Had a gut feeling ... - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

surfisher · 07-17-2015, 07:33 PM

Had one of those feelings in my gut telling me to fish today after work. Launched locally in some sketchy 3-4ft surf. Timed it almost right and ended up getting soaked on the first wave of a set. Lost my hat. Damn. Hauled ass to the local kelp with only a few hours of light left, got some greenbacks, threw one out and 10 minutes later I got hooked up. The local sportboat gave me words of encouragement as it pulled away, ended up getting it to the boat shortly after. Quick photo, then released. After so much time spent at this spot, and so many missed opportunities .... it felt damn nice to finally pull one up. The bait was really weird today and didn't want to swim so I just called it a day and headed in. On my way in I found my hat floating in the surfline ... great afternoon!

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mpc · 07-17-2015, 07:47 PM

Way to go! I've been wanting to try a north county launch, but the conditions haven't been right. How was the landing?

FISH11 · 07-17-2015, 08:23 PM

Looks like you are keeping your fish locating skills honed in. Nice catch and release surfisher.

surfisher · 07-17-2015, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mpc

Way to go! I've been wanting to try a north county launch, but the conditions haven't been right. How was the landing?

It's been really sketchy lately. They dredged a few months back and it made the launch really hard. Even when it's 1-2ft there are full little barreling waves. That doesn't mean it can't be done but timing is everything!

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Originally Posted by FISH11

Looks like you are keeping your fish locating skills honed in. Nice catch and release surfisher.

Thanks FISH! Had a few runs of no fish these last few days, seals were relentless to me. You gonna be out this week?

Zed · 07-17-2015, 08:39 PM

Hats the best part. Stoked.

FISH11 · 07-17-2015, 08:41 PM

Monday or Tuesday, not sure yet cause I got some things I got to work around. Maybe I'll see you out there. Got one last Tuesday and released it, never thought I would say that about hooking up Yellows. Tight Lines

fishja · 07-17-2015, 08:33 PM

Nice one bradda!

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07-17-2015, 07:33 PM	#1
surfisher Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 388	Had a gut feeling ... Had one of those feelings in my gut telling me to fish today after work. Launched locally in some sketchy 3-4ft surf. Timed it almost right and ended up getting soaked on the first wave of a set. Lost my hat. Damn. Hauled ass to the local kelp with only a few hours of light left, got some greenbacks, threw one out and 10 minutes later I got hooked up. The local sportboat gave me words of encouragement as it pulled away, ended up getting it to the boat shortly after. Quick photo, then released. After so much time spent at this spot, and so many missed opportunities .... it felt damn nice to finally pull one up. The bait was really weird today and didn't want to swim so I just called it a day and headed in. On my way in I found my hat floating in the surfline ... great afternoon!

07-17-2015, 08:23 PM	#3
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,642	Looks like you are keeping your fish locating skills honed in. Nice catch and release surfisher. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

07-17-2015, 08:39 PM	#5
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	Hats the best part. Stoked. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.

07-17-2015, 08:41 PM	#6
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,642	Monday or Tuesday, not sure yet cause I got some things I got to work around. Maybe I'll see you out there. Got one last Tuesday and released it, never thought I would say that about hooking up Yellows. Tight Lines __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

07-17-2015, 07:47 PM	#2
mpc Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 70	Way to go! I've been wanting to try a north county launch, but the conditions haven't been right. How was the landing?

07-17-2015, 08:33 PM	#7
fishja Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 155	Nice one bradda! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk