Rick's fish was bleed on the kayak and weighed on a certified scale (5) Hours later. It still managed a tick over #52.

If there wasn't such a long delay getting it to the scale I believe it would be the record.

Arne's fish was 52 lbs 8 oz.

That was the 50+ fish I was thinking about. All nice fish for sure.

Jim

He also said this little tid bit....

"If there was a Batman' esque sign we could flash during the night, something only the kayak community we love could see...that would be a different story. I'd be all for it, waving the flag. And it's not about being selfish either, it's about protecting the resource.

If you stumble upon something of mass proportions, or even looks like it could turn into something of mass proportions...please use discretion when considering a "timely report". That said, I could care less if you P.M. every person you know. Feel free to call every fishing buddy you have and I'm sure they'll be happy to return the favor some day. We all know these times I speak of, rare opportunities at that, special occasions indeed! Special occasions we all love to share with "friends". These special occasions don't need to be accompanied by a fleet of boats. It's avoidable with some discretion and just a sprinkle of common sense. Trust me, it's been done before. Not by accident, either."

tik tok tik tok....soon the Pbers will flock.

True dat...

If I was a professional guide I would certainly ask my clients to use the better part of discretion as to sounding a Fire Alarm in regards to a wide open bite, or squid bite, the latter of which is not true at the moment.

I guess they pay for that information and can use it anyway they want, but it splashes back to the provider, "The Guide" and in this case I would think Josh would not approve of broadcasting a bite message as per his wise words written in the previous post.
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on bloodydecks now... who likes boats?

Sleep-In and Bring your own Bulldozer
 

The Fish of a Liftime was caught early last week during the day and I saw no evidence of squid on Friday pm or last Sat am. The launch is a mess and will likely be that way for quite sometime. The City's boozers are working the all the storm bull around our city streets and LJBT Club keeps dumping kelp in front of our ramp unabated. Be careful with the sharp drop-offs at the street and curb edges where stagnant water is now staying put during all tides. I still have confidence we will see a real squid spawn but I would not canceal any Superbowl Party plans you may have this weekend.

My son hooked a Thresher pup on Sat am that fortunately bit thru the line just as he was already talking about bringing the jaws to show-off at school. I yo-yoed my arms off both days with no white gold grabbing my jigs. :jig:

Killing two Fish of a Lifetime in one day seems a bit excessive. I am sure there is a good story behind Arne's fatal harvest but folks should be aware that Josh can provide release as well as catching lessons for those that are interested.

No large fish were caught last Friday as Josh's 12 hours on the water can atest to. Conditions were certainly not glassy last Sat or any day this week and I believe Mr. Miller looks a bit younger in his ?summer sun? Trifecta photo with different waders on as well.

Ten yaks and one PB out this am with some bird action as I looked out into the Canyon at 9am today. Although I am not a big f-ball fan I would say watch the game and wait for another report to varify the real situation. I may hit it again tomarrow pm so feel free to pm me if you want a timely report. Now, with the BD post the PBers will be out in force this weekend. Maybe, Mr. Miller holds gasoline futures in his portfolio?

I came across these on the beach yesterday, they explain the "different waders" :rolleyes::biggrinjester:

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stand up and say Arne

Man this post sure has BD interested...I got emails from like 3 of my pb friends saying "hey look what this dude caught in LJ"!

Bloodydecks :doh:
internet:doh:
guides:doh:

So maybe we need a secret code that only those vetted by BWE royalty can decipher. If you catch your fish near the LJ canyon, you could post that you were off the glider port. If you say La Jolla, you might really mean Bird Rock and of course, Bird Rock could be north of the pier.

When fish are biting on iron the code word could be Schwarzenegger or some other iron pumper. Bait could something tasty like Burrito or your favorite porn star.

When the squid actually show up we could spread the word covertly by mentioning that "unemployment benefits are being extended". Those in the know... would know.

Of course none of this will work unless we first come up with a secret handshake. For further security maybe we could all get a tiny tattoo in an inconspicuous place that could be used to confirm that someone you just met is worthy of befriending.

This is very serious stuff. We have to do something something now to stop the unauthorized dissemination of our secrets. If we fail to do this, we could soon be overrun by Chinese hackers intent on catching every fish in the area and shipping them back home so Communist party officials can pose for photos with trophy Yellowtail or WSB.

Bob

remember this one iceman
 

Bluegill on the redworm at the bubble hole:biggrinjester:

New Report
 

I was at Torrey Pines with pumping iron with Lou Ferrigno when Pamela Anderson comes up and says ‘Hey boys, you want a piece of my tasty taco? I could extend your benefits if you want’ All of a sudden Lou’s pole gets bent and he’s trying to straighten it out but can’t. I don’t want to be left out so I say to Pam ‘Hey wanna see my tatoo? Its in a super secret spot’ Of course she would have wanted to see Lou’s tatoo, but mine - no way. So Lou and I went home and had a few beers. Going with Arnold tomorrow.

I don't know how useful this is, but at least it doesn't give anything away!

I never catch anything anyway.

So TCS, how did your neighborhood respond when they all received the invite to huge fish fry featuring fresh YT and WSB along with the tasty lobster and Humboldt Squid that you hauled up today. They must have been really impressed by the near world record size of your catches. Too bad the marlin got away.

Congratulations on a very successful day on the water.

See how easy it is to decipher these posts when you know the code.

Bob

Kelvin!............ahhhhh, the gool ol days!

What a difference a day made...
 

twenty-four little hours...

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So what did it weigh?

52? On a certified scale? Any ounces?

:sifone:

wow. skiffman makes an appearance! and arne got called out for killing two fish in one day! classic!

Being that I was the one to do the certified weight on Ricks fish I 100% agree with this statement. This fish easily lost enough weight to beat out Arnes fish. It was fairly dry when it got to OEX plus that little bit of weight the bleeding takes would have put it over im sure.

Thanks Jim for taking one for the team over on BD, well said.....

Damn I didn't want to do this ... but just so the "record's" straight:

All the fish was eaten. Two fish in one day, three fish in three days, five fish on a three day trip, who friggin cares. It wasn't gill netted, store bought fish ... it was perfectly legal ... it surely wasn't immoral ... and it wasn't, imfo, excessive. 'Nuff said.

The "record" is pretty meaningless - I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. It's gonna be broken. But if you're gonna consider "what ifs" ... then get 'em all in :rolleyes: Mine was bled otw. Don't know how long it was b/t catch and scale but I'm guessing at least a few hours. I fished a while longer - at least long enough to fight another yt where I "practiced my release" - got a few pics in, distributed some bait, paddled in, took some more pics and tape shots, stopped for coffee, yadayadayada, and then drove up to Oceanside for the weight. It, too, was dry and stiff ...

I'm out,
Arne

Nice, Arne, likely the most class guy ever to paddle in La Jolla getting called out by a guy with 10 posts on this site.

I've been reading post from Arne over the years, Great fisherman with a wealth of knowledge. Definitely someone to learn from.

Jim Day - Way to put it down on the other site, another guy with a wealth of knowledge. :cheers1:

Ha Nice! Different rods and reels too! Wonder if we'll see a "Quadfecta post" today? :biggrinjester:

Jim Day, way to step up.

Miller-Insane Yellows no matter when you caught them.

Jealousy & Honesty
 

Yes Jim I am not a Senior Member like yourself and Arne. I do respect the longevity and experience of this forum. Envy may have been my primary motivation for the use of the word excessive but I did not call Arne a lair as I suggested Mr. Miller may be. I apprecaite Arne sharing that he did practice some restrant with a realease on his extraordinary day. My question is how the heck do you land and release another fish with two 50 lbers in your yak? That is truely a feat of a lifetime.

I apprecaite the inshights shared on this forum and I was mainly motivated by a desire to get the most accurate information to all. Mr. Miller is obvious a talented fisherman and I appreciate his sharing of tecniques as well. However, I also agree that one pic post a week may be sufficent to get the point across to those in the know.

Arne...Props to you....for your awesome fish and your well worded post....

and to Jim....for his post "over there".....well done!!!

Jim, you sure have riled them up over at BD. I don't visit that site very often but this thread over there is very entertaining. I guess there must be a lot of people out there who don't have much to do these days.

For the record, I love the photo of you with your big YT. Please feel free to post it over and over. Great fish, great smile and an unbeatable hat.

Bob

All right Bob I'll try giving you a report.

Here goes:

The no occupancy sign was illuminated as 15 vehicles were parked outside on jackstands.
(3) tow trucks were circling the area.
A team of natures stealth bombers were strafing green gumballs.
5 beetle songs were played, and if you listened carefully you could hear 1 swan song. I played Led Zeppelin's rock and roll twice, and in an unprecedented move danced with a stealth bomber (with a witness).

The weather:
Old man winter was all over the compass and vehicles were complaining.
Water quality on the Johnny Walker Scotch scale was:
Red Label and was flowing good.

Hope this helps

So your saying the wind was blowing off shore in the morning and switched onshore by noon. You hooked two T-sharks, one bird, and one porpoise; But in general, there was no wide open squid bite yesterday?

Correct. :)

Some of the players seen OTW were:

Saint Patrick, The Milkman, The Man with No Name, The Old Man,
The Sheriff of Noddingham. and more that have not been labeled yet.

A couple of switch hitters, or ambidextrous athletes (kayak fisherman/skiff owners.) without nicknames yet.

Great fish! Congrats.




On another note.....
Sometimes I just don't get it. Why call out someone for "harvesting" fish. I always tell people that catching a YT on a yak is special experience. It's flat out awesome! You'll never get that feeling from a PB boat.

I think it's the image of seeing 2 huge YTs on a deck of a small yak versus seeing 9 YTs on the deck of a PB. Just make sure you call out those PBers too..... not just the yak guys. Actually don't call out any one. Welcome to the forum, good luck out there.

THIS THREAD:hmmmm:


Arne~ You didn't need to respond to that $hit. All us regulars know who you are. You're:arne1:, the guy with the golden horseshoe in your arse.

Good point but the bottom line is that we should never take more than we can use. If someone can consume 100 lbs of fresh fish in a week or two than they should definitely keep that much fish if they can catch it.

On the other hand, if you harvest more than you can use and a bunch of it ends up in the freezer only to get tossed out when you catch your next big fish, that is wasteful. It makes no sense to me to kill a fish and then send it to the land fill.

To me, there are two great things about fishing... catching and eating. The catching part ends when you get the fish to the yak. If you need the meat, stick the gaff. If not, take a photo and release the fish.

It does not matter if you are one guy on a kayak or part of a large group on a PB, the rules should be the same. Take what you need... use what you take. It's as simple as that.

Bob

The problem is determinig how much someone else needs. i just ate some tuna last night from this past summer. Vacume sealed and in the freezer for quite some time now. I remember putting the fish in the freezer in the summer thinking I was taking too much. Now I'm thinking summer needs to get here so I can re-stock. Tuna that is. I have other stuff in the freezer.

I just have a hard time giving someone grief about their take when I don't know their situation. They were legal fish.

Harvesting vs Accuracy
 

All this back a forth about harvesting shows how touchy a subject this is and I for one will not bring it up again as I do believe this forum is a great place to share experiences and information not express opinions. My main intent was to challenge Mr. Miller to come back with a reply to fess up or clarify his claims of the Trifecta.

I can validate his Fish Porn from last week but I don't think it is fair to sound a three gun salaute for all you guys that have to drive miles to get to LJ.

Nobody should judge how much fish one can consume in a certain amount of time. Fish doesn't last long in my freezer. I would have no problem keeping two 52bl Y.T. caught in the same day and only post one. that would be enough fish for 6 months. If you use a food saver the fish wiil stay almost fresh for a year.

I would love to practice catch and release. My promlem is the same as 95% of kayak fishing guys out there. I spend HUNDREDS of hours on the water and maybe catch one or two Y.T. a year if im lucky. last year I caught two 30lb Y.T. on the squid run which lasted for about 3 days.

If i would of caught 5 Y.T. during the squid run I would of kept them all - because that would have been itttt- for the whole year. The squid run only comes once a year and last for maybe three day. If your lucky enough to fish in that small window, good for you! and if your like me, (no fish catching fool) I hope you catch your limit!! :rolleyes: ok, maybe 5 would suffice.

Thanks for the insite and concern for people taking more fish than you wish,Bob, I've never released a yellowtail in my life! I only stop fishing for them when I get limits or my arms fall off! I may practice catch and release on yellows someday but not "today".

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WOW....I didn't know that YT are washing up on shore like those bluefins a couple of weeks ago.

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D50 - what a pic.....still waiting for my first yak YT, this pic makes me want to kick you in the shins......no offense....

Haha, my point being "to each his own"...

SHOW OFF!:the_finger: