Hey Yani, you and Vey should have come to LJ with me - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Mr GreenJeans · 11-04-2007, 04:00 PM

Called Yani last night to see if he wanted to fish LJ with me this morning. He had family commitments…and Doc Vey was on the other line. I guess I know how I rate compared to Doc Vey, the Sheephead fishing machine. So I didn’t expect to see Yani this morning.

Launched an hour before dawn, whenever that was. Went to the pier and all I could catch were a bunch of Spanish and one jumbo greenie. Pinned on the greenie and trolled around the reserve to the NW corner.

Conditions were nice. Light offshore breeze, flat water, and a modest southerly current. A fair amount of bait in the water, with small bonies boiling here and there.

I wanted to practice with the iron today, so I put the greenie into clicker mode to take care of himself. After nearly two hours of casting exercise, about a thousand birds came out of nowhere and started crashing 100 yards from me. I kicked the hobie into high gear and headed for the boil, dragging an iron and a mac in my wake. I gamely tried to reel in the iron while pedaling and steering. As I approached the boil, the clicker started screaming. Down with the iron rod and get the other reel into free spool. After a short while, it’s into gear and game on.

I could tell by the tail thump it was going to be a YT. I was using 20 pound line, and the YT did not feel like coming up. He drug me around for 20 full minutes. I had to reach over and clear the line of flotsam kelp stringers 4 or 5 times. Fortunately there was no deep kelp, so it just turned into a tug-of-war.

After I got the YT to the gaff, I pedaled over to a friendly yakker and asked him to take this picture:

I fished around for another 20 minutes or so to see if the YT were still in the area. No such luck. The YT was too big to fit under deck, so I decided it must be time to go in and put him on ice. On the shore, a nice lady took this picture for me:

I didn’t see any other YT caught this morning. However, there was a PB anchored very close to the boil. Judging by the whooping and hollering I heard, they probably got a YT to gaff. Only 8 or 10 yaks on the water this morning, plus a couple of PBs and one party boat. Probably the Dolphin, but I can’t be sure.

Once I got home, I weighed him on the bathroom scale at 27 pounds. Not the most accurate in the world, but good enough for me. And a new personal best for YT. Woo Hoo!

David

11-04-2007, 04:00 PM	#1
Mr GreenJeans Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The OC Posts: 58	Hey Yani, you and Vey should have come to LJ with me Called Yani last night to see if he wanted to fish LJ with me this morning. He had family commitments…and Doc Vey was on the other line. I guess I know how I rate compared to Doc Vey, the Sheephead fishing machine. So I didn’t expect to see Yani this morning. Launched an hour before dawn, whenever that was. Went to the pier and all I could catch were a bunch of Spanish and one jumbo greenie. Pinned on the greenie and trolled around the reserve to the NW corner. Conditions were nice. Light offshore breeze, flat water, and a modest southerly current. A fair amount of bait in the water, with small bonies boiling here and there. I wanted to practice with the iron today, so I put the greenie into clicker mode to take care of himself. After nearly two hours of casting exercise, about a thousand birds came out of nowhere and started crashing 100 yards from me. I kicked the hobie into high gear and headed for the boil, dragging an iron and a mac in my wake. I gamely tried to reel in the iron while pedaling and steering. As I approached the boil, the clicker started screaming. Down with the iron rod and get the other reel into free spool. After a short while, it’s into gear and game on. I could tell by the tail thump it was going to be a YT. I was using 20 pound line, and the YT did not feel like coming up. He drug me around for 20 full minutes. I had to reach over and clear the line of flotsam kelp stringers 4 or 5 times. Fortunately there was no deep kelp, so it just turned into a tug-of-war. After I got the YT to the gaff, I pedaled over to a friendly yakker and asked him to take this picture: I fished around for another 20 minutes or so to see if the YT were still in the area. No such luck. The YT was too big to fit under deck, so I decided it must be time to go in and put him on ice. On the shore, a nice lady took this picture for me: I didn’t see any other YT caught this morning. However, there was a PB anchored very close to the boil. Judging by the whooping and hollering I heard, they probably got a YT to gaff. Only 8 or 10 yaks on the water this morning, plus a couple of PBs and one party boat. Probably the Dolphin, but I can’t be sure. Once I got home, I weighed him on the bathroom scale at 27 pounds. Not the most accurate in the world, but good enough for me. And a new personal best for YT. Woo Hoo! David