LJ 8/19 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

nmbrinkman · 08-19-2007, 03:00 PM

Got out early and headed through the darkness towards the lights of the pier. Lots of croakers on the bottom but no bait so I headed for the kelp. Lots of jack macs off the condo in about 70' of water. For about 30 minutes it was all you can eat on bait. Loaded up and headed to the NW corner. Nothing but ski boats and novice PBers trolling over and into each other. Saw a lot of boat and bird activity way south but headed there anyway. Got just shy of the SW corner and noticed the cattle boats were having some success on the right kind. Pretty slow for the PB crowd and myself though. I can't exactly say it was their chumming ability that gave them the advantage but I did hear the skipper over the speaker telling the deckhand not to chum too much since the yellows were picky and he'd rather have most the bait in the water have hooks in them. I guess it was more about the odds (lines out per boat). Anyhow, headed back to the NW and saw some good activity further outside but it was a bit too far for my tired arms. Wind picked up a bit and the sun was at full strength so I called it. In by 1pm.. just in time to catch the Padres game... Needless to say, the fish are there. It's just a matter of what, when and how much I guess....

08-19-2007, 03:00 PM	#1
nmbrinkman Work Sucks! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 559	LJ 8/19 Got out early and headed through the darkness towards the lights of the pier. Lots of croakers on the bottom but no bait so I headed for the kelp. Lots of jack macs off the condo in about 70' of water. For about 30 minutes it was all you can eat on bait. Loaded up and headed to the NW corner. Nothing but ski boats and novice PBers trolling over and into each other. Saw a lot of boat and bird activity way south but headed there anyway. Got just shy of the SW corner and noticed the cattle boats were having some success on the right kind. Pretty slow for the PB crowd and myself though. I can't exactly say it was their chumming ability that gave them the advantage but I did hear the skipper over the speaker telling the deckhand not to chum too much since the yellows were picky and he'd rather have most the bait in the water have hooks in them. I guess it was more about the odds (lines out per boat). Anyhow, headed back to the NW and saw some good activity further outside but it was a bit too far for my tired arms. Wind picked up a bit and the sun was at full strength so I called it. In by 1pm.. just in time to catch the Padres game... Needless to say, the fish are there. It's just a matter of what, when and how much I guess.... Last edited by nmbrinkman; 08-19-2007 at 05:47 PM.