A win is a win - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

TCS · 05-21-2012, 10:57 PM

This year I resolved not to miss any of my daughters water polo games, and there are a lot of them. She's 13 and I am glad I have been doing it. One side effect is less time on the water.

Spoke to josh on the phone and saw all the posts so decided to go on Sunday. Launched at 11. Made about 20 macs and started the slow troll around the corner. About an hour into it I got picked up pretty shallow. This was one feisty YT and it went right through the kelp. I managed to pop some stringers and catch up to it, only to realize that it had gotten tangled in a bunch of kelp.

Up till this point I think I looked reasonably competent even if I was over excited. (You never see the varsity all worked up like that.)

So I get up next to the kelp and josh paddles over to lend a hand. The fish does a big circle just out of gaff range (josh later tells me I should've had her at that point) and gets caught in the mirage drive. While I'm yanking out the drive a harbor seal grabs the fish by the tail. Josh tells me not to freak out cause its a little harbor seal and it will probably let go. It does and I manage to get the fish back into the big jumble of kelp and just out of reach. Josh finished the job with a perfect gaff shot. Sorry no pics. I think it's about 25 pounds.

Yes, it was ugly, but fun as hell and a win is a win. It's nice to have people out there willing to lend a hand.

Good Times!

rhyak · 05-22-2012, 12:23 PM

Awesome glad it all worked out. Loosing it would have been heartbreak thats for sure.

lamb · 05-22-2012, 01:55 PM

Right on

Glad to hear it all ended well!

blitzburgh · 05-22-2012, 02:52 PM

SWEET!

chris138 · 05-23-2012, 10:41 AM

Right on Tom! It's never a bad thing to accept help from a fellow kayaker, it just means you're more likely help someone else in return! Enjoy the fruit of your WIN!!!

Baja_Traveler · 05-23-2012, 12:54 PM

Good job!

My first yellowtail got hung up in the kelp just like that, I didn't have to fight off seals, but I nearly rolled the kayak trying to get it out! Luckily got it on the gaff and brought it and about 100 pounds of kelp into my lap. I cant wait to get a nice stable platform like you have...

05-21-2012, 10:57 PM	#1
TCS Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 478	A win is a win This year I resolved not to miss any of my daughters water polo games, and there are a lot of them. She's 13 and I am glad I have been doing it. One side effect is less time on the water. Spoke to josh on the phone and saw all the posts so decided to go on Sunday. Launched at 11. Made about 20 macs and started the slow troll around the corner. About an hour into it I got picked up pretty shallow. This was one feisty YT and it went right through the kelp. I managed to pop some stringers and catch up to it, only to realize that it had gotten tangled in a bunch of kelp. Up till this point I think I looked reasonably competent even if I was over excited. (You never see the varsity all worked up like that.) So I get up next to the kelp and josh paddles over to lend a hand. The fish does a big circle just out of gaff range (josh later tells me I should've had her at that point) and gets caught in the mirage drive. While I'm yanking out the drive a harbor seal grabs the fish by the tail. Josh tells me not to freak out cause its a little harbor seal and it will probably let go. It does and I manage to get the fish back into the big jumble of kelp and just out of reach. Josh finished the job with a perfect gaff shot. Sorry no pics. I think it's about 25 pounds. Yes, it was ugly, but fun as hell and a win is a win. It's nice to have people out there willing to lend a hand. Good Times! Last edited by TCS; 05-22-2012 at 09:06 AM.

05-22-2012, 12:23 PM	#2
rhyak Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Central Coast Posts: 398	Awesome glad it all worked out. Loosing it would have been heartbreak thats for sure. __________________ Team Central Coast Kayak Fishing

05-22-2012, 01:55 PM	#3
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,568	Right on Glad to hear it all ended well! __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

05-22-2012, 02:52 PM	#4
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	SWEET! __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

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05-23-2012, 10:41 AM	#5
chris138 donkey roper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pacific Beach Posts: 968	Right on Tom! It's never a bad thing to accept help from a fellow kayaker, it just means you're more likely help someone else in return! Enjoy the fruit of your WIN!!!

05-23-2012, 12:54 PM	#6
Baja_Traveler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co. Posts: 943	Good job! My first yellowtail got hung up in the kelp just like that, I didn't have to fight off seals, but I nearly rolled the kayak trying to get it out! Luckily got it on the gaff and brought it and about 100 pounds of kelp into my lap. I cant wait to get a nice stable platform like you have...