Barracuds/Slime Logs. - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Saba Slayer · 05-16-2012, 06:43 AM

Barracuda are in the SM bay...I got 3 yesterday in about 100' off the Venice Pier. 5 sport boats and only 3 private boats on the fish yesterday. All fish were on the single hook B/W Tady C

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All the fish were 30" or bigger...no need to measure.
BBQ'd some last night for dinner with some Trader Joe's Soyaki, and marinated a bunch overnight for the smoker today.
The wind picked up pretty good in the late morning. Damn Wind!!!
Jim / Saba Slayer
Here's a post I did on another site...
I know it's not a kayak report, but I thought you might like this info
Launched about 7:30am baited up 5 Ambush nets for some Crabs...dropped em in about 85' on a reef then headed towards the MDR / Venice area to try and find some Cudas. The local sportboats were already on some fish when I got there. The fish were in about 100' of water straight off the Venice Pier.
Threw out a Tady C single hook and got my first fish on the first cast on the jig.

They were nice fish, well over legal with no need to measure.

The fish were down and never really went WFO, but there were a lot of nice meter marks and I picked up 3 before I had to get back to pull up my nets before someone else did!
The Crabs crawled pretty good...I averaged 3 nice ones in each net and went home with about 15...and one really big Red Crab.

I cooked em up as soon as I got home and we're having Crab Cakes tonight with some smoked Cuda on a salad.

If you were a Cuda...would you bite the bright shinny new jig or the old one with no paint...they bit the old jig only!!!

I saw this big beauty caught yesterday morning...about 40 pounds of Fat Butt for the proud fishermen.

05-16-2012, 06:43 AM	#15
Saba Slayer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Palos Verdes Posts: 1,855	CUDAS Barracuda are in the SM bay...I got 3 yesterday in about 100' off the Venice Pier. 5 sport boats and only 3 private boats on the fish yesterday. All fish were on the single hook B/W Tady C . All the fish were 30" or bigger...no need to measure. BBQ'd some last night for dinner with some Trader Joe's Soyaki, and marinated a bunch overnight for the smoker today. The wind picked up pretty good in the late morning. Damn Wind!!! Jim / Saba Slayer Here's a post I did on another site... I know it's not a kayak report, but I thought you might like this info Launched about 7:30am baited up 5 Ambush nets for some Crabs...dropped em in about 85' on a reef then headed towards the MDR / Venice area to try and find some Cudas. The local sportboats were already on some fish when I got there. The fish were in about 100' of water straight off the Venice Pier. Threw out a Tady C single hook and got my first fish on the first cast on the jig. They were nice fish, well over legal with no need to measure. The fish were down and never really went WFO, but there were a lot of nice meter marks and I picked up 3 before I had to get back to pull up my nets before someone else did! The Crabs crawled pretty good...I averaged 3 nice ones in each net and went home with about 15...and one really big Red Crab. I cooked em up as soon as I got home and we're having Crab Cakes tonight with some smoked Cuda on a salad. If you were a Cuda...would you bite the bright shinny new jig or the old one with no paint...they bit the old jig only!!! I saw this big beauty caught yesterday morning...about 40 pounds of Fat Butt for the proud fishermen. Last edited by Saba Slayer; 05-16-2012 at 07:43 AM.