Hooping Dana Point Lobster Opener - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

danjor · 09-28-2011, 09:46 PM

Anyone going?
Looking to find someone to meet up with to go hooping with.
I need to meet some more fishing buddys, tired of going alone all the time haha

Also i have a few questions about where you can actually drop your nets. I have read that you can't drop nets inside the harbor or on the jettys/breaks walls of the harbor is this true? If so where do you actually hoop at?
Also everything I have read says use oily fish as bait has anyone tried adding canned anchovies to the macs they use as bait since there plenty oily and fishy smelling?

Limits · 09-28-2011, 09:57 PM

Good luck. That place (along with MDR) are absolute ZOOs on opening night. Lot of guys in boats who 'think' they know what they're doing but watching for kayakers is the last thing on their minds.

Make sure you've got plenty of lighting and don't assume those boats see you.

Personally, I'd wait a couple of nights.

danjor · 09-29-2011, 07:08 PM

This thread is quiet...

Hunter (The 80's Man) · 09-29-2011, 08:12 PM

Probably won't make it out on opener,but maybe on sunday night.

PapaDave · 09-30-2011, 09:17 AM

Toooo quiet....

I'll be there, zoo or not. Hope to learn about the wheres and the hows.

09-28-2011, 09:46 PM	#1
danjor Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Riverside CA Posts: 673	Hooping Dana Point Lobster Opener Anyone going? Looking to find someone to meet up with to go hooping with. I need to meet some more fishing buddys, tired of going alone all the time haha Also i have a few questions about where you can actually drop your nets. I have read that you can't drop nets inside the harbor or on the jettys/breaks walls of the harbor is this true? If so where do you actually hoop at? Also everything I have read says use oily fish as bait has anyone tried adding canned anchovies to the macs they use as bait since there plenty oily and fishy smelling?

09-28-2011, 09:57 PM	#2
Limits Kayak Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cypress, CA Posts: 200	Good luck. That place (along with MDR) are absolute ZOOs on opening night. Lot of guys in boats who 'think' they know what they're doing but watching for kayakers is the last thing on their minds. Make sure you've got plenty of lighting and don't assume those boats see you. Personally, I'd wait a couple of nights. __________________ When the going gets tough, the tough go "pedaling"

09-29-2011, 08:12 PM	#4
Hunter (The 80's Man) Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Riverside Posts: 243	Probably won't make it out on opener,but maybe on sunday night. __________________ What's in YOUR hatch?

09-29-2011, 07:08 PM	#3
danjor Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Riverside CA Posts: 673	This thread is quiet...

09-30-2011, 09:17 AM	#5
PapaDave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 1,473	Toooo quiet.... I'll be there, zoo or not. Hope to learn about the wheres and the hows.