San Diego Bay 4/7/13 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

wade · 04-07-2013, 11:54 PM

Spotty Report April 07, 2013 San Diego Bay

Another great day out on the big bay with Jarrod today.

The Spottys were on fire upon arrival & the entire day, too bad we only gave it a half day go..Wanted to get some time in before this next front..Throwing the same rig pearl Z-Man PaddlerZ, on a silver Slayers jig. (Clarity was off so I didn't throw the bad shad.) Toward the end of the day I got absolutely slammed working a sloping hill into a deep channel where live bait was popping. Working the bottom vertically two or three times to entice the marks below and POW! It was game on...got her to the surface and she was my biggest Spotty ever..fifty thousand head shakes, and it tore a hole big enough to come unbuttoned..

I don't think she got the memo that clearly stated 'each & every Spotty shall be released'....

Heres just one of many that were C&R'ed today..

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Baja_Traveler · 04-08-2013, 07:13 AM

Nice Spotties! Where did you launch from this time?

I had all intentions of getting down to the Coronado Yacht Club area, but the vegetable garden needed tending and planting out for the spring/summer vegetables that will accompany some future catches on the dinner plate...

wade · 04-08-2013, 02:19 PM

Im doing the same with the garden too, Kai!
Only I somehow find time not to let it interrupt my fishing..
We did a Tidelands launch..

Amish Ed · 04-08-2013, 02:34 PM

NICE! Do those Z-Mans have a hook slot? I so need to get out on the water, but todays wind forecast scared me off. Next week for sure.

wade · 04-08-2013, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amish Ed

NICE! Do those Z-Mans have a hook slot? I so need to get out on the water, but todays wind forecast scared me off. Next week for sure.

Yes these PaddlerZ have a nice hook-slot right in the belly.
(I also pack it with Unibutter after rigged..)
Z-Man has numerous baits with hook-slots including their new worm designed by FLW Tour Pro Luke Clausen called the FattyZ

Good thing the forecast scared you off, cause' the winds surly would have today!.....

Honcho · 04-08-2013, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade

Yes these PaddlerZ have a nice hook-slot right in the belly.
(I also pack it with Unibutter after rigged..)
Z-Man has numerous baits with hook-slots including their new worm designed by FLW Tour Pro Luke Clausen called the FattyZ

Good thing the forecast scared you off, cause' the winds surly would have today!.....

OK, I'll bite, with my son out-fishing me (he's 9) I need all the help I can get. can you PM or post a picture of the paddlerZ rigged up and where do you 'stuff' unibutter, plus why would you need the uni-butter if its already scented (or is this one not scented)...thanks Capt. Wade.

ful-rac · 04-08-2013, 04:09 PM

Nice bass again wade! Gotta go fish bass more often...I always had so much fun catchn those things. Wonder if ol' huntington harbor still bites....Too bad there isn't a OEX bass tournament anymore, those were always alot of good food and alot of fun.

04-07-2013, 11:54 PM	#1
wade Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,214	San Diego Bay 4/7/13 Spotty Report April 07, 2013 San Diego Bay Another great day out on the big bay with Jarrod today. The Spottys were on fire upon arrival & the entire day, too bad we only gave it a half day go..Wanted to get some time in before this next front..Throwing the same rig pearl Z-Man PaddlerZ, on a silver Slayers jig. (Clarity was off so I didn't throw the bad shad.) Toward the end of the day I got absolutely slammed working a sloping hill into a deep channel where live bait was popping. Working the bottom vertically two or three times to entice the marks below and POW! It was game on...got her to the surface and she was my biggest Spotty ever..fifty thousand head shakes, and it tore a hole big enough to come unbuttoned..I don't think she got the memo that clearly stated 'each & every Spotty shall be released'.... Heres just one of many that were C&R'ed today.. • __________________ Last edited by wade; 04-08-2013 at 12:34 PM.

04-08-2013, 02:19 PM	#3
wade Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,214	Im doing the same with the garden too, Kai! Only I somehow find time not to let it interrupt my fishing.. We did a Tidelands launch.. __________________

04-08-2013, 02:34 PM	#4
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,906	NICE! Do those Z-Mans have a hook slot? I so need to get out on the water, but todays wind forecast scared me off. Next week for sure. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

04-08-2013, 04:09 PM	#7
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	Nice bass again wade! Gotta go fish bass more often...I always had so much fun catchn those things. Wonder if ol' huntington harbor still bites....Too bad there isn't a OEX bass tournament anymore, those were always alot of good food and alot of fun. __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

04-08-2013, 07:13 AM	#2
Baja_Traveler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co. Posts: 943	Nice Spotties! Where did you launch from this time? I had all intentions of getting down to the Coronado Yacht Club area, but the vegetable garden needed tending and planting out for the spring/summer vegetables that will accompany some future catches on the dinner plate...