LJ 6/9 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

FullFlavorPike · 06-09-2016, 02:50 PM

Slow. Windy. Cold. Skunked.

Crab crab crab crab crab crab crab. Did I mention crab?

Heard about some hookups but sounded like sharks all around. Can't speak for the two guys who went way down south towards the reserve. Maybe they got bit.

Bait was hiding way up high in the water column in 80-90' beyond the condo. Had to drift the sabiki in the upper ten feet to pick them up one at a time. If anybody goes out, maybe try this.

Metered no good marks.

A few, very persistent dogs making life tough.

Surf was curly! Swell spiked up to 5' briefly today. It's down again now I think. Broseph and I BOTH rolled our boats coming in.

Nothing lost.

Good luck to anybody out there for the PM session or early mañana.

jlabs63 · 06-09-2016, 03:14 PM

Thanks for the tip. Im heading out tomorrow morning. I have been watching the webcam throughout the day and the surf has looked ok. What time did it swell up?

Darrell · 06-09-2016, 04:46 PM

Surf was nasty. I got down there at 8:30 and the waves were coming fast about 5 seconds apart. I checked the webcam before i left but way different in person. I was timing them debating unloading my kayak and about every 4 minutes a large set about 5 feet would come up out of nowhere and breaking past the buoy string. While i could have got out i did not want to deal with that coning in and left about an hour later. Water felt unusually cold too

FullFlavorPike · 06-09-2016, 04:49 PM

We got nailed by a bump in the surf, but it's already subsided, at least according to the CDIP buoy reports for Scripps and the Torrey Outer buoy. I noticed the surf come up around eight thirty. I was sitting around in 100' of water of the condo, and suddenly I couldn't see anybody as I dipped into the troth of a five+ foot swell. That kept up, and it annihilated some La Jolla Kayak Tour groups even worse than it got me.

Should have added that H2O temp was a frosty 62 degrees all morning as well. Darrell's intuitions proved correct.

06-09-2016, 02:50 PM	#1
FullFlavorPike Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 809	LJ 6/9 Slow. Windy. Cold. Skunked. Crab crab crab crab crab crab crab. Did I mention crab? Heard about some hookups but sounded like sharks all around. Can't speak for the two guys who went way down south towards the reserve. Maybe they got bit. Bait was hiding way up high in the water column in 80-90' beyond the condo. Had to drift the sabiki in the upper ten feet to pick them up one at a time. If anybody goes out, maybe try this. Metered no good marks. A few, very persistent dogs making life tough. Surf was curly! Swell spiked up to 5' briefly today. It's down again now I think. Broseph and I BOTH rolled our boats coming in. Nothing lost. Good luck to anybody out there for the PM session or early mañana.

06-09-2016, 03:14 PM	#2
jlabs63 Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: SD - Carmel Valley Posts: 78	Thanks for the tip. Im heading out tomorrow morning. I have been watching the webcam throughout the day and the surf has looked ok. What time did it swell up?

06-09-2016, 04:46 PM	#3
Darrell Junior Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Bonita Posts: 29	Surf was nasty. I got down there at 8:30 and the waves were coming fast about 5 seconds apart. I checked the webcam before i left but way different in person. I was timing them debating unloading my kayak and about every 4 minutes a large set about 5 feet would come up out of nowhere and breaking past the buoy string. While i could have got out i did not want to deal with that coning in and left about an hour later. Water felt unusually cold too

06-09-2016, 04:49 PM	#4
FullFlavorPike Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 809	We got nailed by a bump in the surf, but it's already subsided, at least according to the CDIP buoy reports for Scripps and the Torrey Outer buoy. I noticed the surf come up around eight thirty. I was sitting around in 100' of water of the condo, and suddenly I couldn't see anybody as I dipped into the troth of a five+ foot swell. That kept up, and it annihilated some La Jolla Kayak Tour groups even worse than it got me. Should have added that H2O temp was a frosty 62 degrees all morning as well. Darrell's intuitions proved correct.