Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge - Old dog learns new trick.................lick that beaver.

Mission; go north and finally get that damn elusive first legal halibut from the kayak!

Lazy boy launch at ~6:30. :wink:

I picked up four greenie perfectos on my second drop just short of the pier, I probably never really stopped.

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It was a perfect morning on the water. The sunshine and slight offshore wind warmed me up quickly.

The surfers at Black's seemed happy.

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An on the water shot of Shangri-La,

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I continued north and enjoyed the beautiful day,

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As I approached Flat rock the bait was concentrated at a depth of eight feet,

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Not long after I took this picture a large school of large yellowtail cut through the schools of sardines and greenies!

A few lucky fellers on this charter were rewarded with yellow trophies!

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I was working the area around the sporty and caught this lil' scraping croaker......

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Lazily drifted south with the mild onshore breeze.

I was zinged and picked up only to be cut off leopard style. :roll:

I rerigged and continued south.

All of the sudden, I get a slow zing, that grew into a big zing.........

An then it was on.

I backed off the drag on my Avet MXL and played the fish up and down.

I finally got to see my quarry, expecting the usual guitar or leopard, I was elated to see that glorious brown flatness of beaver!! :shock:

My heart, was a pumpin', I was thinking don’t f' up!

I finally got a shot with the gaff, a poorly placed shot which seemed to have hit a metal plate and was barely hanging on by a piece of skin.

As I was sliding the game clip through the gills the beast goes nuttso

The gaff was shaken off, the game clip was opened wider and the beaver sounded. :shock: :shock:

Luckily the hookset was solid and I clipped the beast!

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OH WHAT A FEELING!!

It was big,

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On the water shot, thanks Soulwinner-

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On the beach shot, thanks Adi-

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This thing had some big choppers-

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And finally the official weight 35 1/2 pounds at OEX, sorry Corey.

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Thanks Brian!

Another fun and beautiful day on the water at glorious LJ :D

Ken