First Outing 6/28

[dlmoo]

Last week I picked up a hobie outback from a member here on BWE. Very cool guy and extremely helpful in answering my questions and giving me lots of pointers He also hooked it up with plenty of gear to get me out fishing right away. Thanks again!

I wanted to get out ASAP, and decided to hit the LB breakwall for some bass action on Saturday with a few friends.

Launched by 6am and reached the wall after a good paddle out. On the way out I picked up a single mac and stored him in the bait tank for later. We fished along the breakwall with swimbaits and hardbaits for a while and scratched at the bass. Early on I scored a couple calico and farmed a sandy, and I watched Jason and Tess also land a few bass. The action slowed down considerably and we picked off a couple more fish.

One of our friends, Peter, had gotten some chovies and was drifting for halibut. He gave me a scoop and I decided to try drifting for halibut too. I made my way across the channel with my buddy Thien and caught the biggest lizardfish I've seen.

When we got to the other side of the channel, I decided to pin on the mac I had caught in the morning. I trolled it slowly along a shelf in 50ft of water. After a while I started to see the rod tip bouncing and as I continued to watch it, dip hard. Fish on! I fought the fish to the surface and fumbled with the gaff, but finally managed to get it out and sink it into the fish. As I struggled to put the gameclip on, the fish went crazy and popped off the gaff, sinking away from sight, and for a moment, I was sure I lost it. I sat there and stared at Thien, a few feet away from me now, in disbelief, but then I see my rod bend over again. I get the fish to the surface for the second time, and this time get the gameclip secured with Thien's help.






Peter (ptn)


Jason (Jaysuuun) and Tess.


Plus Thien (bloox8)


Most of my experience fishing for halibut comes from using luckycrafts in the surf. This was my first time fishing for halibut this way, and I was stoked to have landed my first legal from the kayak. The fish came out to 29"
I've learned a lot from this site and have already met some cool members. I plan on getting out one the water as much as possible this summer. I look forward to meeting some of you out on the water Thanks for reading!


-Daniel

Thanks for reading!