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Tag: calico bass
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Joe Gaeta of Performance Tackle on the Long Beach breakwall — A-rig tactics, jerkbait rod setups for the wall, and the local tournament circuit that runs calico and trifecta events.
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Guest: Gary Reyes (Reyes Swimbaits) Hosts: Daniel Dahlin ([FISH]rx), El Charly, Luke Dean (Bait Slingers / Artemis Charters) Gary Reyes returns for Episode 29, recorded live on January 30, 2024, to go deeper on the fast-wind technique he introduced in Ep. 8. Daniel ran it the very next morning and had one of his best…
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Matt Florentino on jerkbait tactics for SoCal calico bass, reading bait in the water column as a trigger cue, and why the bladed jig has been the go-to when fish won’t touch a swim bait.
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Captain Benny Florentino of Coastal Charters on why casting is the one skill that determines everything else, spinner baits for big sand bass in the harbor, and how salinity edges concentrate fish after runoff.
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Nate Stilinovich on depth ranges by species for SoCal inshore bass, his universal rod setup for salt and fresh, and why his PB calico came from shallow rocky structure.
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Bill and Shannon of Sudden Impact Bait Co on the burn-pause retrieve that’s been firing in SoCal harbors, how to fish scrounger heads fast, and Shannon’s breakdown of Sierra trout water after a big flood year.
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Gary Reyes of Reyes Swimbaits on the fast-wind technique for big calico, how color theory informs his pour decisions, and why weedless single hooks changed his kelp fishing entirely.
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Scott of Bows & Arrows fishes San Diego kelp for calico. His breakdown of cast angle relative to current, glide bait seasons, and where bites happen in the retrieve is the most useful calico kelp content the show has produced.
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Shannon of Sudden Impact Bait Co breaks down how bass behavior shifts in cold water — where they move, what they eat, and why eelgrass and deeper structure hold the key to the winter bite.