sheepshead? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

steveooo · 12-05-2011, 09:42 PM

Weird reply. Working today, driving up Bolsa Chica, about to get on the 22 East. Stopped at a light, i see some fish on the side of the road... WTF?!?

5 good size sheeps 5 - 8 lbs & one RF all dumped in a pile on the side of the road, miles from the ocean. I tried to figure out some theories, but I'm stumped.

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Anybody like 48 hrs mystery

driftwood · 12-06-2011, 05:44 AM

Some poacher saw the DFG up ahead and thru them out the window last second ditch.

mystery solved.

I'm pretty sure the poacher was Yani. Remeber, you didn't hear it from me.

lamb · 12-06-2011, 06:47 AM

Steve, that's a puzzler...

I've heard of all this goats buzz, but we were not catching them when after rockfish. Then last Sunday, we cought a couple of nice ones in the same area we were rock-fishing, about 180 ft out... Look for marks on the bottom around lobster pots.

The canyon slope right outside the yellow buoys as you're paddling out (or coming back in) has traditionally been a good spot for the goats. Maybe 100 yards out past the yellow reserve can, where the bottom drops from 110 to 180+ steeply... It's a small section; try drifting that very edge / drop-off... When in 200 ft go back and repeat the drift 130ish feet, over the canyon edge. We haven't tried it lately, but that place has been producing rockfish over the years, and often had goats in the mix with other rockfish.

Hurry up - that spot will be off limits as MLPA kicks in on 1/1/12.

bus kid · 12-06-2011, 07:35 AM

Steve looks like they bounced out of the cooler in the back of someones truck, how did they taste?

lowprofile · 12-06-2011, 07:32 PM

thanks for all the help guys!

The Kid · 12-07-2011, 11:56 AM

This was yesterday's carnage. WFO Sheeps all you can eat. All of them were big average 4-5 lbs with some dinks every now and then. Keep at it they are there. All on squid.

blitzburgh · 12-07-2011, 12:47 PM

NICE! Coordinates pleeaaase

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lowprofile · 12-07-2011, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Kid

This was yesterday's carnage. WFO Sheeps all you can eat. All of them were big average 4-5 lbs with some dinks every now and then. Keep at it they are there. All on squid.

not anymore... lol. your all over those rockfish and sheeps. I was with my buddy and met you when you landed Sat. afternoon. seen the haul you got that day too.

12-06-2011, 06:47 AM	#3
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,568	Steve, that's a puzzler... I've heard of all this goats buzz, but we were not catching them when after rockfish. Then last Sunday, we cought a couple of nice ones in the same area we were rock-fishing, about 180 ft out... Look for marks on the bottom around lobster pots. The canyon slope right outside the yellow buoys as you're paddling out (or coming back in) has traditionally been a good spot for the goats. Maybe 100 yards out past the yellow reserve can, where the bottom drops from 110 to 180+ steeply... It's a small section; try drifting that very edge / drop-off... When in 200 ft go back and repeat the drift 130ish feet, over the canyon edge. We haven't tried it lately, but that place has been producing rockfish over the years, and often had goats in the mix with other rockfish. Hurry up - that spot will be off limits as MLPA kicks in on 1/1/12. __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

12-06-2011, 07:35 AM	#4
bus kid Team Keine Zugehörigkeit Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Way out there Posts: 2,854	Steve looks like they bounced out of the cooler in the back of someones truck, how did they taste? __________________ Não alimente os trolls------------Don't feed the trolls---------------インタネット荒らしを無視しろ

12-07-2011, 12:47 PM	#7
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	NICE! Coordinates pleeaaase . __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

12-05-2011, 09:42 PM	#1
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,922	Weird reply. Working today, driving up Bolsa Chica, about to get on the 22 East. Stopped at a light, i see some fish on the side of the road... WTF?!? 5 good size sheeps 5 - 8 lbs & one RF all dumped in a pile on the side of the road, miles from the ocean. I tried to figure out some theories, but I'm stumped. / Anybody like 48 hrs mystery

12-06-2011, 05:44 AM	#2
driftwood Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 1,086	Some poacher saw the DFG up ahead and thru them out the window last second ditch. mystery solved. I'm pretty sure the poacher was Yani. Remeber, you didn't hear it from me.

12-06-2011, 07:32 PM	#5
lowprofile #1 on fishstick's hitlist Join Date: May 2011 Location: Sea level Posts: 1,478	thanks for all the help guys!

12-07-2011, 11:56 AM	#6
The Kid Loves Surface Irons Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 455	This was yesterday's carnage. WFO Sheeps all you can eat. All of them were big average 4-5 lbs with some dinks every now and then. Keep at it they are there. All on squid.