Looking For Baja Yak Tips (Cerritos and Todos Santos) - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

TCS · 02-15-2012, 08:57 PM

Last time I was at Cerritos there was DOH pounding surf that was humiliating on a surfboard, not to mention a kayak. Imagine launching at Blacks when the Aleutian Juice is in the water...

Also, the flies were thick!

corazondeloso · 02-16-2012, 04:45 AM

Thanks for taking the time to hit me up with some info...it has already been pretty helpful. I also have a copy of Baja Catch laying around that I will read before I leave. You're right re the fact that Cerritos can be a bit treacherous with the surf, so I am prepared to enjoy a thermos of coffee instead of launching if thats what conditions warrant. Dry bags and leashes will be my friend, thats for sure.

Thanks, and feel free to post anything else you feel helpful (wire leader for sierra is something I wouldn't have done, as I shore fished with a buddies rig one time (for about 15 minutes) down there and he had tied a Kroc onto his main line...so maybe he didn't know either. Good stuff.

Fiskadoro · 02-16-2012, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by corazondeloso

..... feel free to post anything else you feel helpful (wire leader for sierra is something I wouldn't have done, as I shore fished with a buddies rig one time (for about 15 minutes) down there and he had tied a Kroc onto his main line...so maybe he didn't know either. Good stuff.

Like I said a lot of mackerel around.

Sierra Mackerel are small toothy mackerel. They are fun to catch on light tackle and actually fair eating, but they usually don't run very big.

If your going to target them all you need is a six inch bite leader of 30lbs "steelon" Nylon coated braided wire,a and maybe 10 to 15lbs spinning gear. A decent Sierra on ten pound is just a blast, they can really haul ass.

You can buy bite leaders premade at places like Charkbait, but I make my own with a small lock snap at one end and I just splice in the other end. Spliced directly to my mainline with a Albright knot.

Here's the bad news. If you use a bite leader you will get bit less, but you will loose less gear. Less is more you want your leader to be as inconspicuous as possible.

The thing that I hate about Sierra is they will hit anything shiny. Don't use an chrome snaps or swivels in your rigging if the are around because they will hit swivels and cut you off.

Your friends no fool when fishing lures like that krock. Your far more likely to get bit without wire. I prefer Fluorocarbon leader, fifty sixty or even eighty over wire, but if they are thick and your loosing gear to cutoffs it's nice to have wire.

Personally I'd much rather target bigger fish like Roosters, Jack Crevalle, , Amberjack, Pargo, Broomtails, Leapord grouper, even yellows etc... over Sierra. Lots of options down there, it all depends what you want to fish for.

Jim

corazondeloso · 02-16-2012, 11:32 AM

good stuff, Jim. Thats exactly what I'm looking for. Like in LJ, I'll likely target bigger fish, work them hard, then start looking for taco meat as a last resort. Sounds like making bait is best if possible, then fishing structure with shiny iron/squid strip for the grouper/snapper/pargo, fly lining a squid for yellows/roosters, as well as Rapala/Yozuri maybe one deep diver (15ft) and one on top (5ft). I heard maybe even a Carolina rig off the bottom with a long leader, and depending on current, maybe even back bouncing like Ive done up in AK for Hbuts. Bro, I got fish wood right now...gonna be fun. Just hope temp, current, wind and surf cooperate.

02-16-2012, 04:45 AM	#2
corazondeloso Junior Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10	Grassy Ass Thanks for taking the time to hit me up with some info...it has already been pretty helpful. I also have a copy of Baja Catch laying around that I will read before I leave. You're right re the fact that Cerritos can be a bit treacherous with the surf, so I am prepared to enjoy a thermos of coffee instead of launching if thats what conditions warrant. Dry bags and leashes will be my friend, thats for sure. Thanks, and feel free to post anything else you feel helpful (wire leader for sierra is something I wouldn't have done, as I shore fished with a buddies rig one time (for about 15 minutes) down there and he had tied a Kroc onto his main line...so maybe he didn't know either. Good stuff.

02-15-2012, 08:57 PM	#1
TCS Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 478	Last time I was at Cerritos there was DOH pounding surf that was humiliating on a surfboard, not to mention a kayak. Imagine launching at Blacks when the Aleutian Juice is in the water... Also, the flies were thick!

02-16-2012, 11:32 AM	#4
corazondeloso Junior Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10	good stuff, Jim. Thats exactly what I'm looking for. Like in LJ, I'll likely target bigger fish, work them hard, then start looking for taco meat as a last resort. Sounds like making bait is best if possible, then fishing structure with shiny iron/squid strip for the grouper/snapper/pargo, fly lining a squid for yellows/roosters, as well as Rapala/Yozuri maybe one deep diver (15ft) and one on top (5ft). I heard maybe even a Carolina rig off the bottom with a long leader, and depending on current, maybe even back bouncing like Ive done up in AK for Hbuts. Bro, I got fish wood right now...gonna be fun. Just hope temp, current, wind and surf cooperate.