Barracuds/Slime Logs.

[FishRaiden]

Has anyone ever caught legal size Cudas on their kayak? Wheres a good area to find em with good paddle distance?

I want to play with some local topwater species! Tired of bass & rockfishing already :'(

[andrewtp]

That would be fun. Could never grow tired of bass fishing though!

[wildwing621]

Originally Posted by andrewtp

That would be fun. Could never grow tired of bass fishing though!

...i totes agree....i hear down here in la jolla in the summer we get some some times

[FishRaiden]

Originally Posted by andrewtp

That would be fun. Could never grow tired of bass fishing though!

Yeah, bassin will always be year round. Just itchin for some topwater action in the ocean now.

[FishRaiden]

Originally Posted by min-va

Last summer i caught some legal size cudas within 1 mile around DP harbor, trolling hard bait...

But in a skiff tho... but still good paddle distance for kayak.

Is that right? Hmm... haha. We usually do 2 mile paddles too.

[min-va]

Originally Posted by KingArvil

Is that right? Hmm... haha. We usually do 2 mile paddles too.

Yea, but if you ask me where or how to find them, really have no idea, we were just randomly troll some area, and found some of them...

And rental skiff only allow within a mile around the harbor...thats why

[andrewtp]

Originally Posted by wildwing621

...i totes agree....i hear down here in la jolla in the summer we get some some times

True dat. I love feeling the initial bite, trolling and baiting doesn't appeal much to me unless it was for yt or wsb or thresher. It would be fun to come up on a school of cuda and kill em on crank baits .

[CheapPelican]

Originally Posted by andrewtp

True dat. I love feeling the initial bite, trolling and baiting doesn't appeal much to me unless it was for yt or wsb or thresher. It would be fun to come up on a school of cuda and kill em on crank baits .

When we were out Sunday, I mentioned the party boys coming in. I forgot to say what I was going to say but it had something to do with this;

[min-va]

Last summer i caught some legal size cudas within 1 mile around DP harbor, trolling hard bait...

In a skiff tho... but still good paddle distance for kayak.

[mtnbykr2]

Mdr has them when the water warms I have been there when you can catch a half dozen on the way out, but I only fight them and turn em loose but I have seen keeper size there...

[Jimmyz123]

If you bleed them right after catching them they are pretty good to eat also. Bleed them and keep them as cold as you can and they are great on the BBQ.

[CheapPelican]

Originally Posted by Jimmyz123

If you bleed them right after catching them they are pretty good to eat also. Bleed them and keep them as cold as you can and they are great on the BBQ.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

[CalicoCody]

Originally Posted by Jimmyz123

If you bleed them right after catching them they are pretty good to eat also. Bleed them and keep them as cold as you can and they are great on the BBQ.

x2

bleed em and gut em first thing... and try not to let that infamous slime come into contact with the meat, as it will really mess up the flavor, but if it does happen, a good few hours of soaking in milk in the fridge takes care of it pretty well... then just dredge some strips in flour, egg wash, and panko crumbs seasoned to taste, deep fry in hot oil and its TACO TIME (dont forget the cerveza )

[FishRaiden]

Enjoyed the feedback, video, & recipe.

I wouldnt mind taking a couple home, & fighting these guys on light tackle all day. Hopefully I can find em.

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by CalicoCody

x2

bleed em and gut em first thing... and try not to let that infamous slime come into contact with the meat, as it will really mess up the flavor, but if it does happen, a good few hours of soaking in milk in the fridge takes care of it pretty well... then just dredge some strips in flour, egg wash, and panko crumbs seasoned to taste, deep fry in hot oil and its TACO TIME (dont forget the cerveza )

Dude now I want to go catch some cudas.

[Saba Slayer]

Barracuda are in the SM bay...I got 3 yesterday in about 100' off the Venice Pier. 5 sport boats and only 3 private boats on the fish yesterday. All fish were on the single hook B/W Tady C .
All the fish were 30" or bigger...no need to measure.
BBQ'd some last night for dinner with some Trader Joe's Soyaki, and marinated a bunch overnight for the smoker today.
The wind picked up pretty good in the late morning. Damn Wind!!!
Jim / Saba Slayer
Here's a post I did on another site...
I know it's not a kayak report, but I thought you might like this info
Launched about 7:30am baited up 5 Ambush nets for some Crabs...dropped em in about 85' on a reef then headed towards the MDR / Venice area to try and find some Cudas. The local sportboats were already on some fish when I got there. The fish were in about 100' of water straight off the Venice Pier.
Threw out a Tady C single hook and got my first fish on the first cast on the jig.

They were nice fish, well over legal with no need to measure.

The fish were down and never really went WFO, but there were a lot of nice meter marks and I picked up 3 before I had to get back to pull up my nets before someone else did!
The Crabs crawled pretty good...I averaged 3 nice ones in each net and went home with about 15...and one really big Red Crab.

I cooked em up as soon as I got home and we're having Crab Cakes tonight with some smoked Cuda on a salad.

If you were a Cuda...would you bite the bright shinny new jig or the old one with no paint...they bit the old jig only!!!


I saw this big beauty caught yesterday morning...about 40 pounds of Fat Butt for the proud fishermen.

[carbonbass]

Originally Posted by Saba Slayer

Barracuda are in the SM bay...I got 3 yesterday in about 100' off the Venice Pier. 5 sport boats and only 3 private boats on the fish yesterday. All fish were on the single hook B/W Tady C .
All the fish were 30" or bigger...no need to measure.
BBQ'd some last night for dinner with some Trader Joe's Soyaki, and marinated a bunch overnight for the smoker today.
The wind picked up pretty good in the late morning. Damn Wind!!!
Jim / Saba Slayer
Here's a post I did on another site...
I know it's not a kayak report, but I thought you might like this info
Launched about 7:30am baited up 5 Ambush nets for some Crabs...dropped em in about 85' on a reef then headed towards the MDR / Venice area to try and find some Cudas. The local sportboats were already on some fish when I got there. The fish were in about 100' of water straight off the Venice Pier.
Threw out a Tady C single hook and got my first fish on the first cast on the jig.

They were nice fish, well over legal with no need to measure.

The fish were down and never really went WFO, but there were a lot of nice meter marks and I picked up 3 before I had to get back to pull up my nets before someone else did!
The Crabs crawled pretty good...I averaged 3 nice ones in each net and went home with about 15...and one really big Red Crab.

I cooked em up as soon as I got home and we're having Crab Cakes tonight with some smoked Cuda on a salad.

If you were a Cuda...would you bite the bright shinny new jig or the old one with no paint...they bit the old jig only!!!


I saw this big beauty caught yesterday morning...about 40 pounds of Fat Butt for the proud fishermen.

didnt you see my post arvil

[mtnbykr2]

it's about that time Jimmy....

[vincentek9]

cudas swim in/out of newport and lb alot. but they are all pencils. i'm launching out of the santa ana river jetties in the summer to fish the hb flats

[carbonbass]

Originally Posted by vincentek9

cudas swim in/out of newport and lb alot. but they are all pencils. i'm launching out of the santa ana river jetties in the summer to fish the hb flats

long paddle ahead of you there vince just launch dog beach on a smaller day....