Starting the new year right! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

driftwood · 01-09-2010, 05:18 PM

My plan this morning was very simple. Target the WSB and apply basic fundamental techniques, learned from Josh P, when fishing for these shy and elusive fish.

When I first met Josh he would call me "Gabe the one man band". He called me that because I made a lot of noise on the water.

1st lesson from Josh: be very, very quiet when fishing the ghost. So, I quietly paddled to the spot arriving around 7:30am and quietly cast my line, and waited. Ten minutes later my reel started to scream like it was being raped! As my rod went bendo to the max, I started to think 'please, please dont break off'.

Twenty minutes later a big WSB pops belly-up. Yeah!! I called it a day, paddled back landing on the beach to the same baby waves from this morning.

And yes! My rods out number my wives shoes! She hates it and has plans to catch up.

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forefrazier · 01-09-2010, 05:23 PM

Congrats Gabe! Gotta love the look on the kids face on the last pic....Priceless!

Holy Mackerel · 01-09-2010, 07:16 PM

NICE!

dmrides · 01-09-2010, 07:17 PM

Saw you paddling in with that one today.

Nice work! I was on the WSB hunt today as well, but came back empty handed.

T Bone · 01-09-2010, 07:42 PM

SWEET!

j mo · 01-09-2010, 08:31 PM

Nice!

bellcon · 01-09-2010, 08:45 PM

Shhhhhh

nice one

Billy V · 01-09-2010, 09:20 PM

Nice job Gabe.

dsafety · 01-09-2010, 09:29 PM

Belly up? Just like mine. As much fight as these fish give you early on, it is really strange to have them suddenly stop at the very end.

Congratulations on a beautiful fish.

Bob

Whizz Bang · 01-09-2010, 10:50 PM

Congratulations!!!

Pescavore1 · 01-09-2010, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by driftwood

And yes! My rods out number my wives shoes! She hates it and has plans to catch up.

I may have fallen for some of your fish stories in the past, but I'm not falling for this one. You can't possibly have more rods than your wife's shoes.

Good job, Gabe. I bet you were pretty nervous considering how many you farmed last year.

lamb · 01-09-2010, 11:45 PM

NICE

01-10-2010, 07:53 PM

nice

Cactus · 01-12-2010, 03:12 PM

Nice fish!

Geoffkoop · 01-12-2010, 05:29 PM

That is a beast! Congrats

bigbarrels · 01-12-2010, 06:49 PM

driftwood · 01-12-2010, 08:33 PM

Thanks guys! And thanks for the picture on the water Bryan in the blue hobie kayak. A DFG officer checked me out as soon as landed on the beach for my license. I asked him what his thoughts were on the pending fishing closures. He said he thought the whole thing was ridiculous since there is only 11 DFG patrol guys like him from I.B all the way to Orange county and beyond. He finished by saying, "We don't want that" and I said, "we don't want that either!"

johnny7754 · 01-16-2010, 08:51 PM

That is a nice seabass. Good job.

01-09-2010, 05:18 PM	#1
driftwood Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 1,086	Starting the new year right! My plan this morning was very simple. Target the WSB and apply basic fundamental techniques, learned from Josh P, when fishing for these shy and elusive fish. When I first met Josh he would call me "Gabe the one man band". He called me that because I made a lot of noise on the water. 1st lesson from Josh: be very, very quiet when fishing the ghost. So, I quietly paddled to the spot arriving around 7:30am and quietly cast my line, and waited. Ten minutes later my reel started to scream like it was being raped! As my rod went bendo to the max, I started to think 'please, please dont break off'. Twenty minutes later a big WSB pops belly-up. Yeah!! I called it a day, paddled back landing on the beach to the same baby waves from this morning. And yes! My rods out number my wives shoes! She hates it and has plans to catch up.

01-09-2010, 07:42 PM	#5
T Bone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Redlands CA Posts: 871	SWEET! __________________ Barachit Baralah,Elohim-In the beginning,God-Genesis 1:1 "Who among you,if your son asked for a fish would give them a serpent " Jesus Matt. 7:10

01-09-2010, 11:45 PM	#12
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,568	NICE __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

01-09-2010, 05:23 PM	#2
forefrazier Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: OC Posts: 397	Congrats Gabe! Gotta love the look on the kids face on the last pic....Priceless!

01-09-2010, 07:16 PM	#3
Holy Mackerel Señor member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,627	NICE!

01-09-2010, 07:17 PM	#4
dmrides Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Point Loma Posts: 584	Saw you paddling in with that one today. Nice work! I was on the WSB hunt today as well, but came back empty handed.

01-09-2010, 08:31 PM	#6
j mo Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Encinitas Posts: 600	Nice!

01-09-2010, 08:45 PM	#7
bellcon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Pedro Posts: 999	Shhhhhh nice one

01-09-2010, 09:20 PM	#8
Billy V Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bay Ho Posts: 1,382	Nice job Gabe.

01-09-2010, 09:29 PM	#9
dsafety Olivenhain Bob Join Date: May 2008 Location: Olivenhain, CA Posts: 1,121	Belly up? Just like mine. As much fight as these fish give you early on, it is really strange to have them suddenly stop at the very end. Congratulations on a beautiful fish. Bob

01-09-2010, 10:50 PM	#10
Whizz Bang Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 396	Congratulations!!!

01-12-2010, 03:12 PM	#14
Cactus Junior Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 9	Nice fish!

01-12-2010, 05:29 PM	#15
Geoffkoop Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: So. Orange County Posts: 302	That is a beast! Congrats

01-10-2010, 07:53 PM	#13
NextBite Guest Posts: n/a	nice

01-12-2010, 06:49 PM	#16
bigbarrels Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vista Posts: 1,111

01-12-2010, 08:33 PM	#17
driftwood Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 1,086	Thanks guys! And thanks for the picture on the water Bryan in the blue hobie kayak. A DFG officer checked me out as soon as landed on the beach for my license. I asked him what his thoughts were on the pending fishing closures. He said he thought the whole thing was ridiculous since there is only 11 DFG patrol guys like him from I.B all the way to Orange county and beyond. He finished by saying, "We don't want that" and I said, "we don't want that either!"

01-16-2010, 08:51 PM	#18
johnny7754 Junior Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: San Pedro, CA Posts: 12	That is a nice seabass. Good job.