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Originally Posted by momo fish
[Binoculars are invaluable no matter how high off the water you are; spotting birds, foamers, PB'ers, and kayakers.
I've found countless inshore squid nests from the beach with binoculars, especially in the Bu 2010 and 2011.
Don't be discouraged by snide remarks. If you are new to kayak fishing (I am) or new to navigating "yourself" to fish (I'm not), get some binoculars.
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Im rather new to this but how do you spot squid nests from the beach?
One other question... If you spot birds using your binoculars are you able to make it to the spot in time on the kayak before they move on? I mean usually if my eyes can see the birds I struggle to make it let alone using bino... But maybe I'm slow..
Thanks for the insight..[/QUOTE]
In the middle of the day, the birds will be camped out over the bed. One nest I found off Zeros literally had like 5000 birds sitting on it. That is way old tactics man. My grandma taught me that, literally.
In terms of kayaks and birds. I'll use La Jola. If I am paddling out and there are no birds around the inside but birds out over the NW corner, I'm gonna head for the NW corner. Pretty simple.
If you can see the birds you can decide if you want to paddle to them. If you can't see them you can keep not being active in your persuit of catching fish. Again, simple.
If you don't want binoculars, don't think they are useful, think it's stupid, don't get them.