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09-23-2013, 05:21 PM | #1 |
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Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
Last Friday I made another paddy hopping trip from SD. I covered a whole lot of ocean and saw a lot of great stuff. Worked between the 9 and the 182. Good uphill current and a light South wind bringing Mexico goodies. Lots of good current breaks with birds and bait. Not a lot of kelp, and a lot of the ones we found were dry. Did find some truly epic paddies though. Had a close encounter with a blue whale and got to shoot some yellows and dorado. The sort of day that reminds you why we do this.
My first short video from Friday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owvDQVAm5vc Now I can go chase lobsters with a clear head. |
09-23-2013, 05:29 PM | #2 |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
epic!
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09-23-2013, 05:34 PM | #3 |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
Awesome!
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09-23-2013, 06:05 PM | #4 |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
Sweet!
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09-23-2013, 06:55 PM | #5 |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
You're such a tease!
Where's the footage of you blasting YT and Dorado? Come on dude, quit holding out. I know you have the footage... And what's with the shaft overhang? Take it easy there Bubba. Haha
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09-23-2013, 07:01 PM | #6 | |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
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You know how Riffes have a lot of overhang. All my fish came from my Riffe, but the RA was still the hero of the trip |
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09-23-2013, 07:08 PM | #7 |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
That Rob Allen was the right tool for the job. Don't think I could have pulled off that shot with any other gun.
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09-23-2013, 07:13 PM | #8 |
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09-23-2013, 07:18 PM | #9 | |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
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BTW, I heard Makos are better than Rob Allens. RA's are old news around here you guys....
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09-23-2013, 07:21 PM | #10 |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
And you're not allowed to allude to gamefish being shot without providing a full writeup and photos of course. Spill the beans dude...I can see that grin through the computer screen
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09-23-2013, 07:21 PM | #11 |
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09-23-2013, 07:28 PM | #12 |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
All my fish were about this size. M and K 's fish were bigger than mine. It is quite something to see multiple dorado jumping 5 feet in the air all around a paddy! Even better to waterski behind one.
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09-23-2013, 07:32 PM | #13 |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
I think a pic or two are missing!
Great report, sounds like you had the proper rabbits foot tied to the hull that day! |
09-23-2013, 07:56 PM | #14 |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
Getting a text with pics of what you got made me so pissed I couldn't make it! I'm still kickin my self !! I think I will be for a while.
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09-23-2013, 08:17 PM | #15 |
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Re: Weekend Paddy Hopping, San Diego, 9-20-13
I got an Andre. I prefer the RA with a flipper for blue water. One day I'll probably get a larger cannon from Andre so I can shoot those dodo that hang further out. But I'm convinced there is no fish in the world that can't be killed with a Rob Allen120 and a flopper.
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