LJ 3/4 AM - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

FISHIONADO · 03-04-2007, 01:50 PM

Launched just before 6:00am, easy ankle high waves and slight offshore breeze. I headed west for almost 3 miles trolling a jointed rebel and then south for a while, lots of birds working all over. One of the PB's said it was squid pushing up the bait, he caught an 8lb squid. I never caught bait so I yo-yo'd a 6x jr and soaked a gulp mackerel on a halibut rig. Nothing touched the 6x but I ended up catching about a dozen calicos on the gulp at 80 - 100'. They became a nuisance and pissed me off until I decided some of them had to die for dinner, they were 14" and 16". The breeze calmed around 10:00am, I landed at Noon, 6 hours and 10 miles per the gps. I wouldn't be surprised if some bigger fish were caught but I didn't see any and everyone I talked to just complained about those pesky calicos.

Caught about a dozen of these guys on the sabiki.

madscientist · 03-04-2007, 03:24 PM

Nice tacos.

Dan · 03-04-2007, 08:17 PM

thems good eatin. WTG Dave

zeelaagee · 03-04-2007, 09:09 PM

hey- that's a nice little stringer

!

was landlocked holding an open house today in north county. luckily i was able to look out at the water and the hot moms jogging by through the 10x binos from the third story balcony most of the afternoon. about 2:30 i saw a huge rift across the water about 2 miles out- certainly looked like a feeding frenzy the best i could tell and i noticed what looked like jumping fish of decent size. species not identified... any guesses?

i also observed a small pod of dolphins as well as a whale moving north. it certainly lookd like a glorious day to be on the water! i wish i could have been out there!

i know it's not much of a report... but i thought it would be nice to share.

03-04-2007, 01:50 PM	#1
FISHIONADO Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 698	LJ 3/4 AM Launched just before 6:00am, easy ankle high waves and slight offshore breeze. I headed west for almost 3 miles trolling a jointed rebel and then south for a while, lots of birds working all over. One of the PB's said it was squid pushing up the bait, he caught an 8lb squid. I never caught bait so I yo-yo'd a 6x jr and soaked a gulp mackerel on a halibut rig. Nothing touched the 6x but I ended up catching about a dozen calicos on the gulp at 80 - 100'. They became a nuisance and pissed me off until I decided some of them had to die for dinner, they were 14" and 16". The breeze calmed around 10:00am, I landed at Noon, 6 hours and 10 miles per the gps. I wouldn't be surprised if some bigger fish were caught but I didn't see any and everyone I talked to just complained about those pesky calicos. Caught about a dozen of these guys on the sabiki.

03-04-2007, 03:24 PM	#2
madscientist Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,906	Nice tacos. __________________

03-04-2007, 09:09 PM	#4
zeelaagee Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 37	hey- that's a nice little stringer! was landlocked holding an open house today in north county. luckily i was able to look out at the water and the hot moms jogging by through the 10x binos from the third story balcony most of the afternoon. about 2:30 i saw a huge rift across the water about 2 miles out- certainly looked like a feeding frenzy the best i could tell and i noticed what looked like jumping fish of decent size. species not identified... any guesses? i also observed a small pod of dolphins as well as a whale moving north. it certainly lookd like a glorious day to be on the water! i wish i could have been out there! i know it's not much of a report... but i thought it would be nice to share.

03-04-2007, 08:17 PM	#3
Dan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,053	thems good eatin. WTG Dave