Ultra finesse BFS setup: Yesterday's ultimate test

[ska4fun]

Went kayak fishing yesterday, in spite of strong rain almost all morning, got several decent fishes, using my bass/bfs and mainly my ultra finesse setup:

 

Giant Red Piranhas, Kelberi Peacock Cichlids, Oscar, Pike Characins and several White Piranhas. The effort paid itself, even with several plugs destroyed, LOL.

 

Fight Giant Piranhas (Pygocentrus piraya) in a bass BFS and utra finesse/trout gear is insane. It fight in force and speed, like a Crevalle Jack.

 

Peacock basses don't need any more praise. Consumated fighters

 

Pike Characins, insane little fighters, praised by brazilian Fly anglers.

 

Oscar... If not for  the giant Piranhas, It would deliver the most insane fight. It's not size that matters, but the size of the fight inside the fish.

 

White Piranhas... Like a biblic plague, decent fighters, yet consummated lure destroyers. And very hard to grab, because of it's frenzied behavior.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Bassnpanfish]

Wow lots of cool fish. Living in Southern California I probably will never catch any of those fish in my lifetime. So colorful!

Also, what rod are you using?

[Bluebasser86]

On 7/2/2022 at 2:10 PM, ska4fun said:

 

Did you take a picture of a fish while it was hanging from a bait with hooks buried in your hand??

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Did you take a picture of a fish while it was hanging from a bait with hooks buried in your hand??

Hahahaha I was wondering the same

thing but I didn’t want to ask 

[Deleted account]

Hiding from Interpol in the Amazon are we?...

[ska4fun]

4 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Did you take a picture of a fish while it was hanging from a bait with hooks buried in your hand??

It has hooked sideways. The treble hook wasn't puncturing my hand.

 

2 hours ago, Deleted account said:

Hiding from Interpol in the Amazon are we?...

Quite not, LOL! Missed my location for just some 3000 miles.

[Bluebasser86]

I can't make my eyes see it. The fish is hooked in the side, I see that. Then it also looks like the front and back treble are both in your hand. Even looks like the front treble is pulling on the skin ?

[ATA]

On 10/2/2022 at 1:26 PM, Bassnpanfish said:

Wow lots of cool fish. Living in Southern California I probably will never catch any of those fish in my lifetime. So colorful!

Also, what rod are you using?

I was thinking the same when I saw the pictures of FL anglers. Thats why I do once a week saltwater(deep sea) to have some more actions. some days I cast for 4 hours from the bank and have only one bass.  some day if lucky ill have 6 or 7 bass all day when I am on float tube or boat. It is really challenging with lake pressure and weather in SoCal.

[TnRiver46]

8 hours ago, Deleted account said:

Hiding from Interpol in the Amazon are we?...

They will find you 

[ska4fun]

On 10/2/2022 at 5:26 PM, Bassnpanfish said:

Wow lots of cool fish. Living in Southern California I probably will never catch any of those fish in my lifetime. So colorful!

Also, what rod are you using?

Its a custom fiberglass trout rod.

[Seaworthy81]

On 10/3/2022 at 8:12 PM, ATA said:

I was thinking the same when I saw the pictures of FL anglers. Thats why I do once a week saltwater(deep sea) to have some more actions. some days I cast for 4 hours from the bank and have only one bass.  some day if lucky ill have 6 or 7 bass all day when I am on float tube or boat. It is really challenging with lake pressure and weather in SoCal.

As a recent socal to sofl transplant, you would be surprised how easy it would be to get on a plane and catch peas here, i wish i knew this much sooner. If you can catch bass in urban socal lakes or catch halibut off the beach in socal you will be absolutely stacking peas and all sorts of other fish in a few hours in FL. Peas fight similar to calicos or spotties imho. 

On 7/2/2022 at 3:10 PM, ska4fun said:

Went kayak fishing yesterday, in spite of strong rain almost all morning, got several decent fishes, using my bass/bfs and mainly my ultra finesse setup:

 

Giant Red Piranhas, Kelberi Peacock Cichlids, Oscar, Pike Characins and several White Piranhas. The effort paid itself, even with several plugs destroyed, LOL.

 

Fight Giant Piranhas (Pygocentrus piraya) in a bass BFS and utra finesse/trout gear is insane. It fight in force and speed, like a Crevalle Jack.

 

Peacock basses don't need any more praise. Consumated fighters

 

Pike Characins, insane little fighters, praised by brazilian Fly anglers.

 

Oscar... If not for  the giant Piranhas, It would deliver the most insane fight. It's not size that matters, but the size of the fight inside the fish.

 

White Piranhas... Like a biblic plague, decent fighters, yet consummated lure destroyers. And very hard to grab, because of it's frenzied behavior.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[img]https://i.imgur.com/mtmqyaE.jpg[/i

 

 

https://i.imgur.com/tXuqG3K.jpg

 

 

[img]https://i.imgur.com/tXuqG3K.jpg[/img]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awesome report! By any chance can you let us know what lures you were using?

[ska4fun]

9 hours ago, Seaworthy81 said:

As a recent socal to sofl transplant, you would be surprised how easy it would be to get on a plane and catch peas here, i wish i knew this much sooner. If you can catch bass in urban socal lakes or catch halibut off the beach in socal you will be absolutely stacking peas and all sorts of other fish in a few hours in FL. Peas fight similar to calicos or spotties imho. 

Awesome report! By any chance can you let us know what lures you were using?

Sure! Tsurinoya trout plugs and Jackson Artist Lipless clone.