La Jolla- A tropical Paradise - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

steveooo · 11-09-2008, 02:30 PM

A tropical paradise during hurricane season.

The plan was perfect. We had 2 free tickets to Sea World, A $100 gift cert to Jade Restaurant, hotel reservations, and most importantly, I had the green light to fish on Sunday.

Sea World was cool. I love the tanks with the monster Ghosts and huge yellows. Kinda hard to get a good pic of them in the tank though. You all know what giant

and

look like anyways. Here are the only noteworthy pics of Sea World.

Barber Pole with no motor

Free Beer. Yeah baby, FREE BEER!

We checked into the Kings Inn before dinner. I feel bad for the SD locals that have never had a reason to stay in the Kings Inn in hotel circle. Luxury accommodations at their finest for sure.

Any hotel that gives out granola bars and KY in the welcome bag is o.k. in my books.

To answer my own question, the Jade Theater Restaurant in Whales Vagina is out of business. With that in mind, I will cut someone a great deal on a $100 gift cert to Jade that I won in the Moyer tourney. I’ll part with it for only 50 bucks or trade for a nice used Kayak.

I was pretty excited that I was staying in SD and had a whole morning to fish on Sunday. Usually I leave my house at 2:45 am to get to the Shores at a decent hour. Too nice to set the alarm at 4:30, leisurely make my way to the launch, and still have time to spare.

To all of you that don’t drive far to fish-

I have read a few other reports when people say they got to the launch and went back to bed due to the conditions. After reading those reports, I vowed that I would never be turned away from fishing due to conditions.

Until today.

When I get to the launch, I knew it was game over. Even in the dark, all I could see was white caps. It was high tide and waves and nasty foam was pouring into the street. It was so windy, my truck was shaking.

I watched for a few minutes and started driving back to the hotel. Once I was at the hotel, I immediately drove back to the shores to make sure I was not being a pussy or anything. No improvement. I went back a third time in the light, and really got a good look at the mess out there.

Oh well. Maybe next time. Hopefully this is what LJ needed to get the lovely wintertime homeguard

bite going.

Steve

Dan · 11-09-2008, 02:56 PM

Thanks for getting the bite started! (pussy)

just kiddin steve...you'll get em next time.

Matt · 11-09-2008, 04:07 PM

I was wondering where I dropped that bottle........nice try Steve!!

yakrider · 11-09-2008, 05:13 PM

that's a bummer...
at least you got free beer

Zed · 11-09-2008, 07:00 PM

meow

trob · 11-09-2008, 08:28 PM

Yup, i was down there about 9:30 to clean the webcam and it was HOWLING. i had to hold my hat down walking down the street and it looked like the perfect storm at the launch....much worse than it looks in the pics.

where did THAT come from?

phreshwon · 11-09-2008, 08:48 PM

Good meeting you this morning steve. I've learned that those weather reports have been wrong in the past. But not today! Maybe next time it will be that Tropical Paradise we dream about.

Dennis · 11-10-2008, 04:57 AM

Thanks for the reports Steve. The conditions looked pretty nasty.

lamb · 11-10-2008, 08:10 AM

not too shabby of a weekend Steve, even without fishing

steveooo · 11-10-2008, 02:38 PM

Geez. Hard times at BWE when a trip to an amusement park and pics of the ocean make the front page. I guess I'll take my ten minutes any way I can get 'em

mc08066 · 11-11-2008, 09:22 AM

Steve,
Went walking at Torrey Pines and that was an adventure. Just a wicked day from a wind/swells. It was so bad I didn't see one surfer the entire day and it was not from lack of good sized waves. Just no form to them. So many rogue waves who knows how many times you would have flipped. I think the over/under might be at 50 for 20 minutes. Plus the kayak probably would of moved faster in the wind then you could swim to catch up to it. Too bad you did not get out on Saturday, completely different story.
Jimmy

Handymansd · 11-12-2008, 07:55 AM

It looks like the storm moved the swimming area a little. I don't thing that kayaks will be as big of a danger to swimmers in the new area; but cars may cause some small issues to swimmers now.

11-09-2008, 02:30 PM	#1
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	La Jolla- A tropical Paradise A tropical paradise during hurricane season. The plan was perfect. We had 2 free tickets to Sea World, A $100 gift cert to Jade Restaurant, hotel reservations, and most importantly, I had the green light to fish on Sunday. Sea World was cool. I love the tanks with the monster Ghosts and huge yellows. Kinda hard to get a good pic of them in the tank though. You all know what giant and look like anyways. Here are the only noteworthy pics of Sea World. Barber Pole with no motor Free Beer. Yeah baby, FREE BEER! We checked into the Kings Inn before dinner. I feel bad for the SD locals that have never had a reason to stay in the Kings Inn in hotel circle. Luxury accommodations at their finest for sure. Any hotel that gives out granola bars and KY in the welcome bag is o.k. in my books. To answer my own question, the Jade Theater Restaurant in Whales Vagina is out of business. With that in mind, I will cut someone a great deal on a $100 gift cert to Jade that I won in the Moyer tourney. I’ll part with it for only 50 bucks or trade for a nice used Kayak. I was pretty excited that I was staying in SD and had a whole morning to fish on Sunday. Usually I leave my house at 2:45 am to get to the Shores at a decent hour. Too nice to set the alarm at 4:30, leisurely make my way to the launch, and still have time to spare. To all of you that don’t drive far to fish- I have read a few other reports when people say they got to the launch and went back to bed due to the conditions. After reading those reports, I vowed that I would never be turned away from fishing due to conditions. Until today. When I get to the launch, I knew it was game over. Even in the dark, all I could see was white caps. It was high tide and waves and nasty foam was pouring into the street. It was so windy, my truck was shaking. I watched for a few minutes and started driving back to the hotel. Once I was at the hotel, I immediately drove back to the shores to make sure I was not being a pussy or anything. No improvement. I went back a third time in the light, and really got a good look at the mess out there. Oh well. Maybe next time. Hopefully this is what LJ needed to get the lovely wintertime homeguard bite going. Steve

11-09-2008, 04:07 PM	#3
Matt Support your local pangas Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lj Posts: 976	I was wondering where I dropped that bottle........nice try Steve!! __________________ Thanks Matt F.

11-09-2008, 08:28 PM	#6
trob Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Marcos (now idaho) Posts: 231	Yup, i was down there about 9:30 to clean the webcam and it was HOWLING. i had to hold my hat down walking down the street and it looked like the perfect storm at the launch....much worse than it looks in the pics. where did THAT come from? __________________

11-10-2008, 04:57 AM	#8
Dennis Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South of La Jolla... Posts: 1,193	Thanks for the reports Steve. The conditions looked pretty nasty. __________________ Hmmmm.....

11-10-2008, 08:10 AM	#9
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,563	not too shabby of a weekend Steve, even without fishing __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

11-09-2008, 02:56 PM	#2
Dan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,053	Thanks for getting the bite started! (pussy) just kiddin steve...you'll get em next time.

11-09-2008, 05:13 PM	#4
yakrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 611	that's a bummer... at least you got free beer

11-09-2008, 07:00 PM	#5
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	meow

11-09-2008, 08:48 PM	#7
phreshwon PHRESHWON Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: O.C. Posts: 36	Good meeting you this morning steve. I've learned that those weather reports have been wrong in the past. But not today! Maybe next time it will be that Tropical Paradise we dream about.

11-10-2008, 02:38 PM	#10
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	Geez. Hard times at BWE when a trip to an amusement park and pics of the ocean make the front page. I guess I'll take my ten minutes any way I can get 'em

11-11-2008, 09:22 AM	#11
mc08066 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 51	Sunday Steve, Went walking at Torrey Pines and that was an adventure. Just a wicked day from a wind/swells. It was so bad I didn't see one surfer the entire day and it was not from lack of good sized waves. Just no form to them. So many rogue waves who knows how many times you would have flipped. I think the over/under might be at 50 for 20 minutes. Plus the kayak probably would of moved faster in the wind then you could swim to catch up to it. Too bad you did not get out on Saturday, completely different story. Jimmy

11-12-2008, 07:55 AM	#12
Handymansd Ancient Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: On The Water Posts: 935	It looks like the storm moved the swimming area a little. I don't thing that kayaks will be as big of a danger to swimmers in the new area; but cars may cause some small issues to swimmers now. __________________ All men are equal before fish. -Herbert Hoover