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10-23-2011, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Big Rock, WindanSea, La Jolla
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Elusive Legals
Saturday launched for some solo kayak hooping the shallows from 7 pm to
2 am off south La Jolla in foggy conditions, and didn't keep any bugs. The two barely, barely legals in this net went back into the water. Its been tough bugging for me - I feel like packing the gear away until the next warm-water year. Vermillion rockfish carcass in the baitcage, from my limit last weekend. At least the rockfish seem to want to bite. I get one trip a weekend, and usually struggle deciding between going fishing and going hooping! Heavy Hoop - notice the gps under the net, it was "instruments only" navigation out there.  Monster Eel - the clear water surface bump made for some wierd effects! This thing was 10 lbs!  Rockfish from 10/16  Photos: http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...loud9/Fishing/ Videos: http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...hing%20Videos/ .
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Larry. Hobie Revolution 13. 25 years of kayak fishing La Jolla. https://larryl.com/photos Last edited by blackcloud9; 10-24-2011 at 05:06 PM. |
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10-23-2011, 10:48 PM
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Location: Huntington Beach CA
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You are all over it!!
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10-24-2011, 09:08 AM
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10-24-2011, 12:59 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Palos Verdes
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Bait
Try a bloody oily bait lik
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10-24-2011, 01:19 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: San Diego
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Nice Job.... That eel shot was freaking me out I couldn't figure it out until I read the caption
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10-24-2011, 03:14 PM
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Kayaker
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Big Rock, WindanSea, La Jolla
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Hey Jim thanks for the great advice - oily bait's certainly best. The carcass in my baitcage was originally packed in solid with mashed sardinesand mackerel, I just throw the carcasses in for 'filler'. I usually toss in salmon skin, salmon carcasses and chopped salmon heads too, when I can get them. So I don't think bait is the issue. I average 100 shorts/night. I'm experimenting with pvc bait tubes and salmon/fish oil as well for less rebaiting work. The La Jolla shorts, eels and parasites (isopods) can eat through 15 lbs of bait in five of these bait cages a night. Yes ... I know, I should branch out to one of the bays here, after all these years, I can't stand getting into a car to go kayaking. For me, it used to be lots of lobster limits out near the kelp here until cold water year 2010, and this summer was pretty cool too. Dunno, guess I just keep missing the crawl. ************************************ I even went out on the Pride the other night hooping, 8 guys got 13 legalsbut I pulled ZERO. Now that, that ... my friends is not just BAD SKILL. : ) We were all rotating through pulling the same 10 nets in 50+ feet of water. This is a great operation, they started this year and its $55/net for 6 - 11 pm daily. Fish count for the Pride: http://www.sportfishingreport.com/pa...hp?boat_id=191 Last edited by blackcloud9; 10-24-2011 at 05:27 PM. |
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10-24-2011, 04:07 PM
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Stuck in LA
Larry, Thanks for the report. Sorry about all the shorts. But I gotta tell ya, listening to you crying about living so close to La Jolla, makes me want to cry too... |
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10-26-2011, 10:37 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Central coast california
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Nice catch!!!
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