LJ Saturday - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

taggermike · 02-07-2016, 10:56 AM

Had my first LJ paddle out of 2016 yesterday. Conditions really couldn't have been better. Tiny surf, light off shore breeze that went totally calm, water felt warm, n bait was super easy. I caught a Spanish, a greenie, and a sardine on the same sibiki drop. Gulls were picking at red crabs across a wide area. Only fish I saw were 2 black sea bass CnR-ed. Evidently some guys scored.

I fished a greenie on the bottom drifting and slow trolling. Dropped a bunch of different irons too. Made the most out of the 1 bite I got n put a halibut on board. May 10 lbs or so. And headed on in. Landing was as easy as it gets. Paddled strait in till the yak scraped bottom. Mike

Geno Machino · 02-07-2016, 11:07 AM

Nice score!

Still waiting for my first Hali.

Thanks for the report.

Geno

Jude · 02-07-2016, 12:04 PM

Nice

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Harry Hill · 02-07-2016, 12:19 PM

Did you catch the hali on bait or iron?

kayakfisherman · 02-07-2016, 01:47 PM

Nice job, beautiful, tasty fish!! You're battling a 1000.

taggermike · 02-07-2016, 02:01 PM

Hali bit a green Mac fished right on the bottom. Mostly I was dropping iron to have some thing to do cause I find bottom fishing kinda boring. Thought id be fishing frozen squid on the dropper loop so i had a 7/0 aki twist hook tied on. I left the squid in the car n didn't notice till I was out passed the reserve. I went ahead n fished the Mac on the big hook. Liked the result. Most halibut seam to come up just barely hook. This one had the hook in its mouth and the bend coming out about 2" back from its jaw. No way that hook was coming out. And the aki twists have long shanks so the line wasnt on its teeth. Might have to give the short shank circles I usually use a break until fly line time. Mike

GeauxFish · 02-07-2016, 02:27 PM

Nice catch & info

Harry Hill · 02-07-2016, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taggermike

Hali bit a green Mac fished right on the bottom. Mostly I was dropping iron to have some thing to do cause I find bottom fishing kinda boring. Thought id be fishing frozen squid on the dropper loop so i had a 7/0 aki twist hook tied on. I left the squid in the car n didn't notice till I was out passed the reserve. I went ahead n fished the Mac on the big hook. Liked the result. Most halibut seam to come up just barely hook. This one had the hook in its mouth and the bend coming out about 2" back from its jaw. No way that hook was coming out. And the aki twists have long shanks so the line wasnt on its teeth. Might have to give the short shank circles I usually use a break until fly line time. Mike

thanks for the info, I've been fishing circles hooks on the squid but I'm still batting 0 on hali, I may need to put some twist hooks in my box. Last time out two of my squid were bit in half, that is frustrating.

2-Stix · 02-08-2016, 04:23 PM

bitchen mike!

maquinapescado · 02-08-2016, 04:36 PM

How did your car smell with that squid in it? Because I have never left squid in my car all day to come back to a stink-fest. Just asking

02-07-2016, 10:56 AM	#1
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	LJ Saturday Had my first LJ paddle out of 2016 yesterday. Conditions really couldn't have been better. Tiny surf, light off shore breeze that went totally calm, water felt warm, n bait was super easy. I caught a Spanish, a greenie, and a sardine on the same sibiki drop. Gulls were picking at red crabs across a wide area. Only fish I saw were 2 black sea bass CnR-ed. Evidently some guys scored. I fished a greenie on the bottom drifting and slow trolling. Dropped a bunch of different irons too. Made the most out of the 1 bite I got n put a halibut on board. May 10 lbs or so. And headed on in. Landing was as easy as it gets. Paddled strait in till the yak scraped bottom. Mike Attached Images

02-07-2016, 11:07 AM	#2
Geno Machino "Relax" Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: O'side Posts: 553	Nice score! Still waiting for my first Hali. Thanks for the report. Geno __________________

02-08-2016, 04:36 PM	#10
maquinapescado Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 326	How did your car smell with that squid in it? Because I have never left squid in my car all day to come back to a stink-fest. Just asking __________________ Climb, Surf, Fish, Repeat

02-07-2016, 12:04 PM	#3
Jude Junior Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 5	Nice Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

02-07-2016, 12:19 PM	#4
Harry Hill Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,136	Did you catch the hali on bait or iron?

02-07-2016, 01:47 PM	#5
kayakfisherman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 715	Nice job, beautiful, tasty fish!! You're battling a 1000.

02-07-2016, 02:01 PM	#6
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Hali bit a green Mac fished right on the bottom. Mostly I was dropping iron to have some thing to do cause I find bottom fishing kinda boring. Thought id be fishing frozen squid on the dropper loop so i had a 7/0 aki twist hook tied on. I left the squid in the car n didn't notice till I was out passed the reserve. I went ahead n fished the Mac on the big hook. Liked the result. Most halibut seam to come up just barely hook. This one had the hook in its mouth and the bend coming out about 2" back from its jaw. No way that hook was coming out. And the aki twists have long shanks so the line wasnt on its teeth. Might have to give the short shank circles I usually use a break until fly line time. Mike

02-07-2016, 02:27 PM	#7
GeauxFish Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Pomona Posts: 38	Nice catch & info

02-08-2016, 04:23 PM	#9
2-Stix Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 376	bitchen mike!