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Old 05-27-2017, 02:32 PM   #1
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La Jolla 5-27-17

Well made it back from my first ever La Jolla trip. Launch was a piece of cake, made decent bait fairly quickly (most of which were 4-6 inches but a few 7-9 models). Flylined, suspended about 20 feet and another at about 50 feet and trolled anywhere between 65 and 130 feet deep but no takers today. Saw some other guys land some decent fish though.

Swells from NW later in the morning made it interesting...so much so I decided I was going to flip my yak and go swimming in about 70 feet of water. Fortunately all of my gear was leashed and/secured and I didn't lose anything but my pride. For the fellow that came by to check if I was ok, if you're on here, Thanks!

Decided that was enough for me and headed in about noon. Aside from dodging swells and kelp return was uneventful and landing was a breeze.

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Old 05-27-2017, 04:02 PM   #2
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While you're providing such great info...where'd you catch the baits?
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Old 05-27-2017, 04:04 PM   #3
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Right on the edge of the kelp just passed the mpa with a size 6 sabiki

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Old 05-27-2017, 04:42 PM   #4
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I was out there with ya, glad to see you made it is safely. And props again on righting your yak solo and not loosing any gear! Make sure to give those reels a thorough fresh water rinse and maybe even a full cleaning and grease so nothing corrodes.

See ya out there next time!

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Old 05-27-2017, 04:44 PM   #5
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Reels definitely gonna get a proper servicing

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Old 05-27-2017, 05:08 PM   #6
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Well made it back from my first ever La Jolla trip. Launch was a piece of cake, made decent bait fairly quickly (most of which were 4-6 inches but a few 7-9 models). Flylined, suspended about 20 feet and another at about 50 feet and trolled anywhere between 65 and 130 feet deep but no takers today. Saw some other guys land some decent fish though.

Glad you didn't lose any gear.


In the future don't put all of your eggs in one basket, fish do not always hang out in the top column of the water. I feel safe saying that at least 50.99% of my YT were caught while bounces lead on the bottom, I believe the deepest I've ever fished and caught a YT was in 150'.
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Glad you didn't lose any gear.


In the future don't put all of your eggs in one basket, fish do not always hang out in the top column of the water. I feel safe saying that at least 50.99% of my YT were caught while bounces lead on the bottom, I believe the deepest I've ever fished and caught a YT was in 150'.
Thanks for the suggestion!

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Old 06-01-2017, 03:46 PM   #8
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fishing la jolla first time soon any pointers?

I would like to fish La Jolla possibly this Sat 06/03/2017 or sometime soon however I have never done it before so I wondering if you guys could give me a few pointers

1. Where do I start looking for bait?
2. What areas do I start looking for yellowtail?

I have no clue about what is in the area except for some MPA zone you have to go past so some advice would be helpful... however I do know where to launch

thanks in advance,

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