NPH Coastgauard station - Corona del Mar. No stripes for me! - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

CheapPelican · 04-15-2012, 09:43 PM

Because it was sunny and I worked off my farmer tan.

Cold breeze on and off throughout the day. Water was chilly but not uncomfortable. Saw 3' swells at the most.

Put in late and Saw J3FFro who later tipped me off to some rock fish, but I didn’t poach his spot. Caught up to gupppy and made bait while trolling a rattle trap around the coastguard station and through the jetty. Met min-va, then gupppy and I made our way to the kelp beds.

Jigged a warblade for a short strike. Flylined my smallest mac for no results. gupppy had to head out about 1 so i followed him back to see him off then fished the slips around the guard station with a slayer head & 3" bay smelt for no results.

Made my way back to the kelp tried to jig a 3/4oz slayer & 4" calico killer but by then the current was moving and it took forever to sink. Stepped it up to a 1 1/2 oz 5" and got several strikes but couldn’t get anything to stick. Just for kicks I threw a 1oz spinner into the boilers. Also no results. Saw lots of garibaldi and a few spider crabs so high on the stringers that i could have touched them with my paddle. Watched a harbor seal play peekabo with me for about 5 minutes. On my back in I was escorted briefly by a pair of dolphins.

Question. If all you do is make bait, does that beat the skunk?

04-15-2012, 09:43 PM	#1
CheapPelican Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Too far from the launch. Posts: 443	NPH Coastgauard station - Corona del Mar. No stripes for me! Because it was sunny and I worked off my farmer tan. Cold breeze on and off throughout the day. Water was chilly but not uncomfortable. Saw 3' swells at the most. Put in late and Saw J3FFro who later tipped me off to some rock fish, but I didn’t poach his spot. Caught up to gupppy and made bait while trolling a rattle trap around the coastguard station and through the jetty. Met min-va, then gupppy and I made our way to the kelp beds. Jigged a warblade for a short strike. Flylined my smallest mac for no results. gupppy had to head out about 1 so i followed him back to see him off then fished the slips around the guard station with a slayer head & 3" bay smelt for no results. Made my way back to the kelp tried to jig a 3/4oz slayer & 4" calico killer but by then the current was moving and it took forever to sink. Stepped it up to a 1 1/2 oz 5" and got several strikes but couldn’t get anything to stick. Just for kicks I threw a 1oz spinner into the boilers. Also no results. Saw lots of garibaldi and a few spider crabs so high on the stringers that i could have touched them with my paddle. Watched a harbor seal play peekabo with me for about 5 minutes. On my back in I was escorted briefly by a pair of dolphins. Question. If all you do is make bait, does that beat the skunk?