Mali-Boo - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

yaksailor · 10-13-2011, 09:32 PM

It seems to me that October is the best month to fish around here. It's warmer and sunnier than July. With the warming trend starting earlier this week and the moon and sun aligning, we took the day off and hit Maliboo.

The water was cooler, but no matter; the fish were biting. Plenty of bait in the water along with calicos, sand bass and rock fish. Austin had the hot lure of the day: a sardine tail pinned on to a chartreuse jig-head. I'm not sure that I've ever seen that before, but the fish really like it. I guess you could call it bait or lure, dunno

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We caught around 20 and kept the best 6.

Some nice rock fish:

Here's a nice sand dab (I hope). If he was a sand dab, hypothetically speaking, I hypothetically got 4 nice tacos from him:

The fun fish:

Vikingj · 10-13-2011, 09:48 PM

Nice job. Looks like that baitlure really works. Neat idea - thanks for sharing.
Wayne

StinkyMatt · 10-13-2011, 10:06 PM

Great photos, nice trip.

Conditions looked great.

This is exactly what I'm hoping for this weekend.

ODOGFISH · 10-13-2011, 10:26 PM

man Austin sure has grown sense I frist started reading your reports on G.B. ... nice catch'n you two ... how were the sand dab tacos

sterling · 10-13-2011, 10:52 PM

Someone once told me that if there are orange dots/circles on the brown side you can rest easy that in fact it is a Sand dab. Can anyone confirm this? Looking closely it kind of seems there is this orange coloration in the pic.

Amish Ed · 10-13-2011, 11:01 PM

That's the biggest sand dab I've ever seen. Nice job.

Fiskadoro · 10-13-2011, 11:24 PM

Incredibly cool!!!

Not a Sanddab or Halibut because the eyes are on the wrong side. The eyes are the wrong shape for an Arrowtooth flounder, and I don't see any big teeth so I'd say it's a Sand Sole, or possibly a Petrale Sole.

Cool catch! Kinda rare down here. I always love it when I get unusual flatfish.

Jim

10-13-2011, 09:32 PM	#1
yaksailor Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 66	Mali-Boo It seems to me that October is the best month to fish around here. It's warmer and sunnier than July. With the warming trend starting earlier this week and the moon and sun aligning, we took the day off and hit Maliboo. The water was cooler, but no matter; the fish were biting. Plenty of bait in the water along with calicos, sand bass and rock fish. Austin had the hot lure of the day: a sardine tail pinned on to a chartreuse jig-head. I'm not sure that I've ever seen that before, but the fish really like it. I guess you could call it bait or lure, dunno. We caught around 20 and kept the best 6. Some nice rock fish: Here's a nice sand dab (I hope). If he was a sand dab, hypothetically speaking, I hypothetically got 4 nice tacos from him: The fun fish:

10-13-2011, 10:26 PM	#4
ODOGFISH Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: HAVANA , CUBA Posts: 64	man Austin sure has grown sense I frist started reading your reports on G.B. ... nice catch'n you two ... how were the sand dab tacos __________________ Don't want to hear about it Every single one's got a story to tell Everyone knows about it Oscar

10-13-2011, 11:01 PM	#6
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,906	That's the biggest sand dab I've ever seen. Nice job. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

10-13-2011, 11:24 PM	#7
Fiskadoro ....... Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,509	Nice Incredibly cool!!! Not a Sanddab or Halibut because the eyes are on the wrong side. The eyes are the wrong shape for an Arrowtooth flounder, and I don't see any big teeth so I'd say it's a Sand Sole, or possibly a Petrale Sole. Cool catch! Kinda rare down here. I always love it when I get unusual flatfish. Jim

10-13-2011, 09:48 PM	#2
Vikingj Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dana Point area Posts: 438	Nice job. Looks like that baitlure really works. Neat idea - thanks for sharing. Wayne

10-13-2011, 10:06 PM	#3
StinkyMatt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Under a bridge Posts: 2,169	Great photos, nice trip. Conditions looked great. This is exactly what I'm hoping for this weekend.

10-13-2011, 10:52 PM	#5
sterling Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 118	Someone once told me that if there are orange dots/circles on the brown side you can rest easy that in fact it is a Sand dab. Can anyone confirm this? Looking closely it kind of seems there is this orange coloration in the pic.