SD Bay 3-4-11, triple play - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

MrPatrick · 03-04-2011, 08:31 PM

I hadn't been on the water in a long time and I was Jonesing.
I had new reels that I bought from craigslist. They were Great White GWC30's. They are Quantum PTS 30's with the cabelas name on them. Great deal at 50$ each, new in the box for two.
I also had a new spinning combo with a cardinal reel and a tactix rod. I spooled it with fireline crystal.
I went out to the 10th Ave. Terminal and fishing was slow, just a couple of spots. I switched to a nuclear chicken gulp shrimp and the next fish wasn't a spot. It came up with a slow tail beat...... Hali. Got it to the boat and thought it was short and set I free. The wind picked up and I moved back to the West side of the Bay over by the restaurants and fished in 35' of water. I caught another Hali that was smaller than the first. But I decided to measure it. It went 20", so I may have let a keeper go, oh well. I caught a third Hali that went about 17". All on the crazy colored shrimp. The wind kept building and I went to Mariot ferry dock and caught 3 Calico bass.
Not great day but the butts made it special. I had caught more Hali's Ina day buthey were all really small ones under the bridge. The butts are here folks, go get them.

catchnfish · 03-05-2011, 07:44 AM

So how do you fish those gulp shrimp? Do you treat them like a plastic or like dead shrimp? Ive never used them before and they seem like a convenient way to always have bait on you.

MrPatrick · 03-05-2011, 06:34 PM

I put them on a 3/8 oz chartreuse ball leadhead with red painted eyes and let keep contact with the bottom.

catchnfish · 03-05-2011, 08:10 PM

Thank you sir.

young mola · 03-07-2011, 06:31 PM

great job on the halis.. on slower days ill toss a gulp ghost shrimp out back and on a carolina rig and just drag it around while im drifting.. works pretty good, thought it might be another option.

MrPatrick · 03-07-2011, 07:48 PM

A note about the fireline chystal. It was six pound test and the fish hit it with no problem. Great feel but it Is stiff off of a spinning reel.
The real drawback is that it has very poor abrasion resistance. I lost the last Hali when the line was cut on the fishes teeth.

03-04-2011, 08:31 PM	#1
MrPatrick Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Waiting to launch Posts: 1,381	SD Bay 3-4-11, triple play I hadn't been on the water in a long time and I was Jonesing. I had new reels that I bought from craigslist. They were Great White GWC30's. They are Quantum PTS 30's with the cabelas name on them. Great deal at 50$ each, new in the box for two. I also had a new spinning combo with a cardinal reel and a tactix rod. I spooled it with fireline crystal. I went out to the 10th Ave. Terminal and fishing was slow, just a couple of spots. I switched to a nuclear chicken gulp shrimp and the next fish wasn't a spot. It came up with a slow tail beat...... Hali. Got it to the boat and thought it was short and set I free. The wind picked up and I moved back to the West side of the Bay over by the restaurants and fished in 35' of water. I caught another Hali that was smaller than the first. But I decided to measure it. It went 20", so I may have let a keeper go, oh well. I caught a third Hali that went about 17". All on the crazy colored shrimp. The wind kept building and I went to Mariot ferry dock and caught 3 Calico bass. Not great day but the butts made it special. I had caught more Hali's Ina day buthey were all really small ones under the bridge. The butts are here folks, go get them.

03-05-2011, 06:34 PM	#3
MrPatrick Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Waiting to launch Posts: 1,381	Gulp I put them on a 3/8 oz chartreuse ball leadhead with red painted eyes and let keep contact with the bottom.

03-07-2011, 07:48 PM	#6
MrPatrick Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Waiting to launch Posts: 1,381	Fireline A note about the fireline chystal. It was six pound test and the fish hit it with no problem. Great feel but it Is stiff off of a spinning reel. The real drawback is that it has very poor abrasion resistance. I lost the last Hali when the line was cut on the fishes teeth.

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03-05-2011, 07:44 AM	#2
catchnfish Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Victorville, Ca Posts: 83	So how do you fish those gulp shrimp? Do you treat them like a plastic or like dead shrimp? Ive never used them before and they seem like a convenient way to always have bait on you.

03-05-2011, 08:10 PM	#4
catchnfish Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Victorville, Ca Posts: 83	Thank you sir.

03-07-2011, 06:31 PM	#5
young mola Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: oceanside Posts: 32	great job on the halis.. on slower days ill toss a gulp ghost shrimp out back and on a carolina rig and just drag it around while im drifting.. works pretty good, thought it might be another option.