Took a quick ride out on the kayak on Saturday evening, and looked
around South La Jolla area. Shot video of spawning sargo(again), dolphin
pods, and there were terns working a big area but the cuda or yellows
under them were not willing to bite. Plenty of private boats out fly-lining
sardines and tossing surface iron, but no biters that I saw or heard.
Current was real bad, ranging from N, NE/E wrong direction for my pet
bottom dwellers - but I managed to scratch up three which is more
than I'd imagined, given the crap conditions. Water 69 degrees and deep
blue on the outside.
ONE MORE CAST!
Waited a little too long to come in --- at dark --- making landing in the
opening between walls of 6' stacked kelp a bit harrowing. For those
asking about
Big Rock/WindanSea launch conditions, check the cool
new 9 foot 'Black Diamond Cornice' drop to the sand. One of the reasons
I continually have this launch 'all to myself'
Sargo Tornado
http://s4.photobucket.com/user/black...a6184.mp4.html
The Kayak Launch is right through the 'chutes' in the wall of stacked kelp.
I probably should have started BACK a little sooner
... I can hear the high tide shore break waves crashing and the beach is pitch black.
And I didn't bring a light.
Survived again! Night landings here are always full of suspense - using all your senses coupled with intuition, experience, efficiency, and dumb luck.
Getting the boat off the beach. Note the seaweed padding under the plastic to get up the rock. I do this exit all the time by myself, and it looks more difficult than it is.
And the guys at the shop wonder how my boats get so wrecked. I swear I'm not surfing the reefs with 'em!
No yellows, but something to tug on anyway. And then eat.
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