FLAT CALM & WIDE OPEN!!

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Decided to go out with the Sea Samurai (Kevin Nakada) to look for some giant goats before the closure of rock fish season. We hit the sand at 0600 and drug the kayaks from the bathrooms to the beach since the launch was closed. The surf was pumping if you were an elf. Less than a foot most of the time. We cruse out and Kevin made some bait while I practiced throwing some jigs as I was very rusty, just in case J Got some mini macs in the tank and cruse out to the spot. The sun was coming up over the La Jolla hills, whales were spouting in the distance and I knew it was gonna be a great day! So we pull up to some kelp and tie on. Send down some bait and. . . . . . . Nothing. Ok, no biggie, we swing to another location. Drop. . . . . NADA. WTF? Keep moving….. Drop. . . . fish on! Good strike, reeling it up feels like a trout. Small rock fish. Try this spot for a few. I guess all the Goats were getting it on with the Sheep, cave closed and lights out! So we headed out to deeper water to look for Giant Reds. Sounds good! Cruising around some rock piles I hook up a small Barber Pole. Drop again. . . . WHAM! WTF? Ripping drag, right on! I take some line, it pulls it back…. Keven sees me bendo and rushes over with the gaff. Deep color, “It’s a Ling.” YES! Never caught a Ling before. Gaff to the gills and boated! Whoo Hoo! What a fatty. Back at the beach it weighed 16 lbs. I’ll take it! I am thinking to myself what a great day on the water. We start to mosey back checking rock piles here and there. I got to let the water out of my tank if you get my drift and Kevin yells at me “DROP NOW!” WTF REALLY? My waders are around my ankles! I grab my jig stick and drop. I hear “WHOOO HOOOO” from Kevin and look to see him in full bendo. My jig is getting no love. I take Kevin’s rod and pull on the donkey for a while. Comes to color, nice 30 lbr YT boated. “HOLY SHIT THEY ARE STILL UNDER THE BOAT, DROP.” Waders still are still at the ankles, grab the another rod and I drop, he drops. Wait for it. . . YEP, Kevin bendo, holy CRAP. . . I get bit on the drop. . BENDO! WHOOO HOOO! DOUBLE YT HOOK UP!! Kevin boats another nice 30 lbr. I get mine up to color and gaff onto the boat. WOW! Another 30 lbr. Gaff stuck in the gills bleeding all over my shorts. Looks like I just had my period! 15 MIN OF ABSOLUTE INSANITY!! We attempt to tie up 90 lbs of YT and one 16 lb Ling onto two yaks, 106 LBS OF FISH!!, riding heavy. Hell of a problem to have J Fish still under the boat but we had to take a breath and tie up the catch. Fish falling all over the place, we get it done and I finally get my waders back on and keep searching. We look for a while but the school is running out deep. We hear a group yell from a sport boat in the distance and it appears they found them too. By this time it’s late in the day and we decide to head in. What an awesome day out there, flat calm, no wind, no swell, no clouds, spouting whales, dolphins all over the place and the landing was like coming in from Lake La Jolla…. Gonna be hard to top this one! If you are looking to shorten the learning curve and boat some big fish, give the Sea Samurai a call, just google it! You won’t be sorry! Thanks Kevin!fficeffice" />>>