LJ 7-23 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

lamb · 07-23-2006, 07:08 PM

Good seeing ya’ Kurt.

Too worn out to get up with 3:45 AM alarm. The long hours are either getting to me, or I’m turning into fat old ass. Launched from the Shores more like around 6:30AM.

Bait super easy. Just S from the can in about 40ft, big schools of chovies were cooking on the surface. Calicos, cudas, hordes of spanish, some greenies (from what I confirmed) , and a few lil’ yellers (from what I heard on the air) were working ’em hard.

Loaded up on bait and worked the kelp edge… I should say which would have been kelp edge last year. :cry: Lotsa yaks, sporties and PBers spending their Sunday at LJ. Can’t blame ‘em - it was sunny for the most part, beautiful day at LJ.

Water pretty clear, rather warm. Was going to fish for halibut, but the surface situation was way too appealing. I did drag bait on the bottom while fly-lining. It was hard to keep the surface bait away from calicos and barracuda. Lot of short hits… Missed all except a few, let to live. Hooked into a few short lings on the bottom. That seemed to be all there is down below.

Made it just below of NW corner by 8:30ish. At around 9:00AM as the things slowed down, the area cleared up nicely. Did a few drifts chilling in the sun eating my breakfast. Decided that was it - dropped floro leader down to 20# and started working my way back. Soon after passing a nice mark I finally connected with generation 05 ding and quickly brought him on the deck. Considered releasing, but decided to make a kill as all of it 4# of meat seemed like what I’ll be serving for dinner tonight.

Continued dragging bigger model Spanish in 80’-ish. Soon enough, I found something with a bit more muscle. It immediately put my Big 5 special $40 Sabre rod in “bendolino” mode.

Fought it nice and easy for good 15 mins. Baaaaa…. 17#

Ran into nice group of yakbrothers who helped me out with OTW shot – thank you very much.

Male for sure, look at that yoghurt dripping…

As I moved maybe 100 yards north, my last spanish mysteriously transformed into 10# yeller. :P Not sure what happened there…

All my fish were between 9:30AM and 10:30AM. Wind kicked up at around 11:00ish, got pretty sloppy…

Fist tail off the yak for me this year… Make it 3… Let there be Baaaaa… :lol:

07-23-2006, 07:08 PM	#6
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,568	Good seeing ya’ Kurt. Too worn out to get up with 3:45 AM alarm. The long hours are either getting to me, or I’m turning into fat old ass. Launched from the Shores more like around 6:30AM. Bait super easy. Just S from the can in about 40ft, big schools of chovies were cooking on the surface. Calicos, cudas, hordes of spanish, some greenies (from what I confirmed) , and a few lil’ yellers (from what I heard on the air) were working ’em hard. Loaded up on bait and worked the kelp edge… I should say which would have been kelp edge last year. :cry: Lotsa yaks, sporties and PBers spending their Sunday at LJ. Can’t blame ‘em - it was sunny for the most part, beautiful day at LJ. Water pretty clear, rather warm. Was going to fish for halibut, but the surface situation was way too appealing. I did drag bait on the bottom while fly-lining. It was hard to keep the surface bait away from calicos and barracuda. Lot of short hits… Missed all except a few, let to live. Hooked into a few short lings on the bottom. That seemed to be all there is down below. Made it just below of NW corner by 8:30ish. At around 9:00AM as the things slowed down, the area cleared up nicely. Did a few drifts chilling in the sun eating my breakfast. Decided that was it - dropped floro leader down to 20# and started working my way back. Soon after passing a nice mark I finally connected with generation 05 ding and quickly brought him on the deck. Considered releasing, but decided to make a kill as all of it 4# of meat seemed like what I’ll be serving for dinner tonight. Continued dragging bigger model Spanish in 80’-ish. Soon enough, I found something with a bit more muscle. It immediately put my Big 5 special $40 Sabre rod in “bendolino” mode. Fought it nice and easy for good 15 mins. Baaaaa…. 17# Ran into nice group of yakbrothers who helped me out with OTW shot – thank you very much. Male for sure, look at that yoghurt dripping… As I moved maybe 100 yards north, my last spanish mysteriously transformed into 10# yeller. :P Not sure what happened there… All my fish were between 9:30AM and 10:30AM. Wind kicked up at around 11:00ish, got pretty sloppy… Fist tail off the yak for me this year… Make it 3… Let there be Baaaaa… :lol: __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

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