Personal best - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

buttchaser · 07-08-2012, 08:02 AM

The surf was high and predicted to be 3 feet, I'm standing on the beach listening to the sounds of crashing waves and looking into a white foamed beach from the violent crashing waves. My adrenaline is pumping and I can fill my body tremble as I wait and look at the sets , The sky is gray with a cool morning breeze.
My Rods and reels are all stowed inside the kayak as i prepare to launch.
My Pfd is fastened and my handheld vhf is attached.
I see a window of opportunity and go for it . I pass the foam filled water only to meet face to face with a a black wall of water barreling down on me , I paddle harder to try to make it over the set but the strength of the wave pushes me backward ,and tosses me off the kayak into the water, My kayak is washed up on to the beach . I pick myself up and grab the kayak and see another chance and this time I am over and through the waves .

Off the distance about 3/4 of a mile I see a few private boaters with their lights on and head into that direction to meet up with some of my buddies that launched their kayaks about a half hour before I did .

When I arrived on the grounds , My plan was to target white sea bass , I had a dropper loop rigged up on my 40 lb outfit and a glow and white jigg set up on another rod . I didn't need any bait since I had fresh frozen . I pinned on 2 squids on the dropper loop and sent it down in a 100 ft of water , and also sent the glow and white down with a couple of squid pinned on . With in 2 minutes, my dropper loop set up is bit , I grab the rod from the rod holder and set the hook . The first run had me thinking it was the right kind , and then I soon realized it was something else when it stopped running , I felt head shakes and heavy weight as i began to turn the handle .
I got this fish up to the surface and couldn't believe my eyes when i seen a big brown carpet come up from underneath the kayak .I laid the fish out nice and perfectly on to the right side of the kayak and gaffed her right in the belly , I secured the fish with my game clip .

For the next few minutes this fish tried to kill me

, I bleed the fish by popping a few gills and started beating it in the head with my bamboo gaff.
She went 45" and 41.7 lbs

Landing the kayak was the fun part , I stowed all gear and fish down below.
The sets were long and nasty , but the breaks in between were very doable, Of course I took on the biggest and badest wave , I seen a overhead set coming right at me and bailed the kayak .. The 75yd swim back in wasn't bad at all

re8elmonk0341 · 07-08-2012, 08:07 AM

Nice report, good read and WTG on the PB but. What are those in the back of the yak?

YakMedic · 07-08-2012, 08:20 AM

What a pig halibut. Nice job John, that kind of fish makes a swim all worth it.

KatFish · 07-08-2012, 08:27 AM

Sucks you got tossed but it was well worth it! Good looking butt

roadx · 07-08-2012, 08:49 AM

Nice Fish!!

USMCfish · 07-08-2012, 09:01 AM

what a fish, way to go out there... thanks for sharing...

buttchaser · 07-08-2012, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by re8elmonk0341

Nice report, good read and WTG on the PB but. What are those in the back of the yak?

Barracuda , Caught and released about 14 of them , mostly all log size.I kept 3 for a buddies smoker .

Iceman · 07-08-2012, 08:23 AM

About time you caught a fish! Well earned on so many levels!

I don't recognize that stretch of ocean though

lbsurf2ca · 07-08-2012, 08:23 AM

Thats a lot of slime for a yak trip. Nice fish man

07-08-2012, 10:55 AM

Wow John!!!

That's the reward you get when you work hard at something.

Nice job.

echo1er · 07-08-2012, 11:06 AM

damn rename thread: Grab some pop corn.
Great Job glad your safe from 75 yard swim back.
Can't wait for your next report.

07-08-2012, 11:13 AM

Hell yeah Jon! Makes those last few skunks in LJ worth it

steveooo · 07-08-2012, 11:59 AM

Fat Fat Fat! Congrats John

T-Rex · 07-08-2012, 12:58 PM

Big time congrats John. Beautiful fish!

packeryakker · 07-08-2012, 07:06 PM

Wow way to go John that thing is a pig!

kobra · 07-08-2012, 07:33 PM

Congrats on a real beauty of a butt John!!! You really had to work for this one. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Congrats again on your monster flatty.

ratdog · 07-10-2012, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kobra

Congrats on a real beauty of a butt John!!! You really had to work for this one. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Congrats again on your monster flatty.

What he said, Congrats John, awesome picture too.

dorado50 · 07-10-2012, 09:58 AM

Johnnys back.....koolfish John

erinoo · 07-08-2012, 08:48 PM

Nice fish big John,,,good to see at the launch the other day..

ful-rac · 07-08-2012, 09:25 PM

John is the shit!!!!

He shall be known now as john "hugebuttcatcher"

07-08-2012, 08:02 AM	#1
buttchaser Float Tuber Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 243	Personal best The surf was high and predicted to be 3 feet, I'm standing on the beach listening to the sounds of crashing waves and looking into a white foamed beach from the violent crashing waves. My adrenaline is pumping and I can fill my body tremble as I wait and look at the sets , The sky is gray with a cool morning breeze. My Rods and reels are all stowed inside the kayak as i prepare to launch. My Pfd is fastened and my handheld vhf is attached. I see a window of opportunity and go for it . I pass the foam filled water only to meet face to face with a a black wall of water barreling down on me , I paddle harder to try to make it over the set but the strength of the wave pushes me backward ,and tosses me off the kayak into the water, My kayak is washed up on to the beach . I pick myself up and grab the kayak and see another chance and this time I am over and through the waves . Off the distance about 3/4 of a mile I see a few private boaters with their lights on and head into that direction to meet up with some of my buddies that launched their kayaks about a half hour before I did . When I arrived on the grounds , My plan was to target white sea bass , I had a dropper loop rigged up on my 40 lb outfit and a glow and white jigg set up on another rod . I didn't need any bait since I had fresh frozen . I pinned on 2 squids on the dropper loop and sent it down in a 100 ft of water , and also sent the glow and white down with a couple of squid pinned on . With in 2 minutes, my dropper loop set up is bit , I grab the rod from the rod holder and set the hook . The first run had me thinking it was the right kind , and then I soon realized it was something else when it stopped running , I felt head shakes and heavy weight as i began to turn the handle . I got this fish up to the surface and couldn't believe my eyes when i seen a big brown carpet come up from underneath the kayak .I laid the fish out nice and perfectly on to the right side of the kayak and gaffed her right in the belly , I secured the fish with my game clip . For the next few minutes this fish tried to kill me , I bleed the fish by popping a few gills and started beating it in the head with my bamboo gaff. She went 45" and 41.7 lbs Landing the kayak was the fun part , I stowed all gear and fish down below. The sets were long and nasty , but the breaks in between were very doable, Of course I took on the biggest and badest wave , I seen a overhead set coming right at me and bailed the kayak .. The 75yd swim back in wasn't bad at all

07-08-2012, 08:07 AM	#2
re8elmonk0341 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 37	Nice report, good read and WTG on the PB but. What are those in the back of the yak? __________________

07-08-2012, 08:49 AM	#5
roadx . Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,155	Nice Fish!! __________________ Last edited by roadx; 07-08-2012 at 08:56 AM.

07-08-2012, 08:23 AM	#8
Iceman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 1-2 miles off the point Posts: 6,943	About time you caught a fish! Well earned on so many levels! I don't recognize that stretch of ocean though __________________

07-08-2012, 08:23 AM	#9
lbsurf2ca Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Encinitas Posts: 395	Thats a lot of slime for a yak trip. Nice fish man __________________

07-08-2012, 08:20 AM	#3
YakMedic Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wrightwood Posts: 623	What a pig halibut. Nice job John, that kind of fish makes a swim all worth it.

07-08-2012, 08:27 AM	#4
KatFish Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: El Cajon, CA Posts: 132	Sucks you got tossed but it was well worth it! Good looking butt

07-08-2012, 09:01 AM	#6
USMCfish Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 48	what a fish, way to go out there... thanks for sharing...

07-08-2012, 10:55 AM	#10
yani Guest Posts: n/a	Wow John!!! That's the reward you get when you work hard at something. Nice job.

07-08-2012, 11:06 AM	#11
echo1er Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 598	damn rename thread: Grab some pop corn. Great Job glad your safe from 75 yard swim back. Can't wait for your next report.

07-08-2012, 11:13 AM	#12
Drake Guest Posts: n/a	Hell yeah Jon! Makes those last few skunks in LJ worth it

07-08-2012, 11:59 AM	#13
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	Fat Fat Fat! Congrats John

07-08-2012, 12:58 PM	#14
T-Rex Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rancho Santa Margarita Posts: 770	Big time congrats John. Beautiful fish! __________________

07-08-2012, 07:06 PM	#15
packeryakker Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Victorville Posts: 61	Wow way to go John that thing is a pig!

07-08-2012, 07:33 PM	#16
kobra Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: oceanside Posts: 880	Congrats on a real beauty of a butt John!!! You really had to work for this one. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Congrats again on your monster flatty.

07-10-2012, 09:58 AM	#18
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	Johnnys back.....koolfish John

07-08-2012, 08:48 PM	#19
erinoo Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Carlsbad,,Halfway up the Hill Posts: 486	Nice fish big John,,,good to see at the launch the other day..

07-08-2012, 09:25 PM	#20
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	John is the shit!!!! He shall be known now as john "hugebuttcatcher" __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.