Night time - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Grunt31 · 05-05-2014, 08:26 PM

Well a couple buddies and I set our peddles to 5 and started heading out to some structure beyond a jetty around 2000 or so Saturday night. Wind was calm, water looked and felt super calm. Got to our first POS and dropped, my buddy pulled his head up for barely a minute and BOOM pushed 400 feet off the structure. It was a constant fight to stay anywhere near our points. We tried several spots around known good structure but nothing seemed to hit except on some random drifts somehow. We were dropping whole squids, just heads, or slices. Slices seemed to get the hits but not many hook ups on droppers and c-rigs fishing 45' to 75'. Either way it was a good time to get out for more than an hour or two. Even tossed a few big hammers with some 1 oz heads tipped with some squid and got some nudges but yup..... No luck. I think it's a curse from the wives. Either way ended the night with 6ish miles on and 6 hours out, a buddy who was the only lucky one with 2 scorpions and a sand dab. Nothing huge. And a buddy lost at sea.....or it seems. Only reason we know he's still good and alive was he left before us and his truck was gone when the other guy and me got back to the launch. I'm pretty sure he is grounded...for a while. No worries we are all grown men with kids and yeah Marines.... But somehow we find ourselves "grounded" more often than 15 year olds drinking and driving starring on 16 and pregnant rolling in Molly swinging on a wrecking ball and escorting Mayweather in and out of a ring...

BigTunaL · 05-05-2014, 09:54 PM

Cool. I was thinking myself about trying Carlsbad lagoon at night. Do you think halibut and bass feed in the dark?

Grunt31 · 05-05-2014, 09:57 PM

Absolutely. Just gotta get out there and get on top of them somehow haha. Which can be rough but at least the night was relaxing and calm.

DanaPT · 05-05-2014, 10:09 PM

you Marines are bad ass. thank you for what you do and the report.

Fishing at night is a whole new world.

William Novotny · 05-05-2014, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BigTunaL

Cool. I was thinking myself about trying Carlsbad lagoon at night. Do you think halibut and bass feed in the dark?

My best day of halibut fishing was at night with 20+ fish. And missed twice as many

BigTunaL · 05-06-2014, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by William Novotny

My best day of halibut fishing was at night with 20+ fish. And missed twice as many

Thank you William, very encouraging

Grunt31 · 05-06-2014, 11:35 AM

Haha yeah peacock is grounded. Ill never understand how grown men can get grounded from fishing... and thanks for the bad ass comment. Greatly appreciated

LawDog · 05-06-2014, 06:13 PM

Hmm. Mike and Alan, we need to get out together. My time here is running real short. I think you both need to work all day Saturday and Sunday. You picking up what I'm laying down.

Madbeaver · 05-05-2014, 10:38 PM

Peacock is grounded for sure............And his wife is screening all calls and text messages.......This week lets head out again maybe Wednesday.

05-05-2014, 08:26 PM	#1
Grunt31 Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Pendleton Posts: 80	Night time Well a couple buddies and I set our peddles to 5 and started heading out to some structure beyond a jetty around 2000 or so Saturday night. Wind was calm, water looked and felt super calm. Got to our first POS and dropped, my buddy pulled his head up for barely a minute and BOOM pushed 400 feet off the structure. It was a constant fight to stay anywhere near our points. We tried several spots around known good structure but nothing seemed to hit except on some random drifts somehow. We were dropping whole squids, just heads, or slices. Slices seemed to get the hits but not many hook ups on droppers and c-rigs fishing 45' to 75'. Either way it was a good time to get out for more than an hour or two. Even tossed a few big hammers with some 1 oz heads tipped with some squid and got some nudges but yup..... No luck. I think it's a curse from the wives. Either way ended the night with 6ish miles on and 6 hours out, a buddy who was the only lucky one with 2 scorpions and a sand dab. Nothing huge. And a buddy lost at sea.....or it seems. Only reason we know he's still good and alive was he left before us and his truck was gone when the other guy and me got back to the launch. I'm pretty sure he is grounded...for a while. No worries we are all grown men with kids and yeah Marines.... But somehow we find ourselves "grounded" more often than 15 year olds drinking and driving starring on 16 and pregnant rolling in Molly swinging on a wrecking ball and escorting Mayweather in and out of a ring...

05-05-2014, 09:54 PM	#2
BigTunaL Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 170	Cool. I was thinking myself about trying Carlsbad lagoon at night. Do you think halibut and bass feed in the dark? __________________

05-05-2014, 09:57 PM	#3
Grunt31 Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Pendleton Posts: 80	Absolutely. Just gotta get out there and get on top of them somehow haha. Which can be rough but at least the night was relaxing and calm.

05-05-2014, 10:09 PM	#4
DanaPT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South OC Posts: 1,606	you Marines are bad ass. thank you for what you do and the report. Fishing at night is a whole new world.

05-06-2014, 11:35 AM	#7
Grunt31 Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Pendleton Posts: 80	Haha yeah peacock is grounded. Ill never understand how grown men can get grounded from fishing... and thanks for the bad ass comment. Greatly appreciated

05-06-2014, 06:13 PM	#8
LawDog Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 143	Hmm. Mike and Alan, we need to get out together. My time here is running real short. I think you both need to work all day Saturday and Sunday. You picking up what I'm laying down.

05-05-2014, 10:38 PM	#9
Madbeaver Nub Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Oceanside CA Posts: 14	Peacock is grounded for sure............And his wife is screening all calls and text messages.......This week lets head out again maybe Wednesday.