Corona Del Mar 5/12 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

doggmann · 05-13-2013, 09:21 PM

Went out to the kelp beds in Corona Del Mar I got out at dawn, skipped the bait and started working the kelp with a 5" Calico Hunter swim bait. 3 sand bass for the day. Later I switched to a camo gulp grub and jigged it off the bottom and caught tree healthy sulpin all at 12". I'm guessing the Garibaldi are spawning since I caught three while jiggin on the bottom (all released).

Saw a handful of dolphins and a juvy gray whale 50 yards away. Weather was perfect... light breeze and small swells in the afternoon.

Iceman · 05-14-2013, 08:03 AM

Fished it from 5:30 to dark............little lumpy out there. Made a greenback and trolled to Pelican Point and back por nada. Saw some marks in the lower third of the screen that sure looked like WSB.

PE.rider · 05-14-2013, 11:43 PM

Those swells make me woozy just looking at em... Definitely not something I'd want to be in after having biscuits with gravy or creamed-chipped beef

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On the other hand, I still believe the ghosts are out there

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Thanks for the report gentleman.

carbonbass · 05-16-2013, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Iceman

Fished it from 5:30 to dark............little lumpy out there. Made a greenback and trolled to Pelican Point and back por nada. Saw some marks in the lower third of the screen that sure looked like WSB.

if anyone will find a WSB off CDM/Crystal Cove it will be andy xD. I must have tried over a dozen times last year in all areas of the water collumn. Bottom, mid, upper, surface; jigs, dines, macs, squid for nada hah.

rieffer · 05-15-2013, 10:20 AM

Hit the kelps near pelican point. Fishing with the plastics and the waxwing and got bit all through the water column all day. Thank god for the mirage drive in that wind. Wound up catching about 12 calicos and sandies. One calico was pushing 5#.

Honcho · 05-15-2013, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by rieffer

Hit the kelps near pelican point. Fishing with the plastics and the waxwing and got bit all through the water column all day. Thank god for the mirage drive in that wind. Wound up catching about 12 calicos and sandies. One calico was pushing 5#.

How did you rig the waxwing?

rieffer · 05-15-2013, 03:44 PM

straight to 50# power pro with uni. 8' Teramar with currado 300. tight to edge and over the kelp.

05-13-2013, 09:21 PM	#1
doggmann Junior Join Date: May 2013 Location: San Gabriel Valley, CA Posts: 21	Corona Del Mar 5/12 Went out to the kelp beds in Corona Del Mar I got out at dawn, skipped the bait and started working the kelp with a 5" Calico Hunter swim bait. 3 sand bass for the day. Later I switched to a camo gulp grub and jigged it off the bottom and caught tree healthy sulpin all at 12". I'm guessing the Garibaldi are spawning since I caught three while jiggin on the bottom (all released). Saw a handful of dolphins and a juvy gray whale 50 yards away. Weather was perfect... light breeze and small swells in the afternoon. __________________

05-14-2013, 08:03 AM	#2
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	Fished it from 5:30 to dark............little lumpy out there. Made a greenback and trolled to Pelican Point and back por nada. Saw some marks in the lower third of the screen that sure looked like WSB. __________________

05-15-2013, 10:20 AM	#5
rieffer Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 91	CDM 5/14 Hit the kelps near pelican point. Fishing with the plastics and the waxwing and got bit all through the water column all day. Thank god for the mirage drive in that wind. Wound up catching about 12 calicos and sandies. One calico was pushing 5#.

05-14-2013, 11:43 PM	#3
PE.rider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: OC, CA Posts: 234	Those swells make me woozy just looking at em... Definitely not something I'd want to be in after having biscuits with gravy or creamed-chipped beef . On the other hand, I still believe the ghosts are out there . Thanks for the report gentleman.

05-15-2013, 03:44 PM	#7
rieffer Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 91	straight to 50# power pro with uni. 8' Teramar with currado 300. tight to edge and over the kelp.