La Jolla 3-30-15 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

FISH11 · 03-30-2015, 09:37 PM

Went out this morning and met Cadillyak at the launch. Nice finally getting to share some time on the water with you Andre. Got a late start to the fishing because I did not have a new sabiki and the one I have got all tangled last week by 3 macs on at the same time. Made plenty of greenbacks in a short time once I got the sabiki partially untangled. Met a guy named Matt that told me he also live in Pine Valley but does not post on BWE. He knew who I was by my posts. He had one yellow already and as I kept paddling west I saw The Sea Samurai releasing a yellow, nice job, Kevin. Tried trolling a greenback and once further out I also sent down one on a drop loop. Cruised south west and got hit a couple of times on the trolling Tady 45 and also got my flylined mac smacked hard and almost killed but did not hook up. Finally at about 10:20 I get a yellow on the drop loop. After a 15 minute fight I get it to the gaff. Sweeeeeeeeeet! Weighed 22lb at the landing on my Mustad digital scale. Cruised all over and drifted south several times. All in all I thing today was the most I have ever paddled. Hooked up twice more in the afternoon but lost one during the fight and the second was on flyline were I was using a Ugly Stick that I had broken months ago when I got stuck in the kelp. I had tried fixing it with a ferrell and it was working well until the Yellow got to color, as I was pulling up on the rod it snapped. I tried to reel in the rest and after a short distance the braid got jammed on the wrap. at that point I can see the fish about 15' below my kayak so I grab the line and start pulling it up. I grab the gaff and had to switch hands to hold the line, now the yellow is up against the side and bottom of my kayak as I reach to gaff it, it is on it's side and sees me reaching with the gaff and make one last strong lunge and rolls at which time the circle hook breaks in the middle of the bend. The Yellow starts to kick and I miss the gaff shot, when he was no longer on his side. I guess that qualifies as a catch and release, even though I never intended it to be one. There's always next trip. Then I will have better quality, heavier gauge circle hooks.

03-30-2015, 09:37 PM	#1
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,643	La Jolla 3-30-15 Went out this morning and met Cadillyak at the launch. Nice finally getting to share some time on the water with you Andre. Got a late start to the fishing because I did not have a new sabiki and the one I have got all tangled last week by 3 macs on at the same time. Made plenty of greenbacks in a short time once I got the sabiki partially untangled. Met a guy named Matt that told me he also live in Pine Valley but does not post on BWE. He knew who I was by my posts. He had one yellow already and as I kept paddling west I saw The Sea Samurai releasing a yellow, nice job, Kevin. Tried trolling a greenback and once further out I also sent down one on a drop loop. Cruised south west and got hit a couple of times on the trolling Tady 45 and also got my flylined mac smacked hard and almost killed but did not hook up. Finally at about 10:20 I get a yellow on the drop loop. After a 15 minute fight I get it to the gaff. Sweeeeeeeeeet! Weighed 22lb at the landing on my Mustad digital scale. Cruised all over and drifted south several times. All in all I thing today was the most I have ever paddled. Hooked up twice more in the afternoon but lost one during the fight and the second was on flyline were I was using a Ugly Stick that I had broken months ago when I got stuck in the kelp. I had tried fixing it with a ferrell and it was working well until the Yellow got to color, as I was pulling up on the rod it snapped. I tried to reel in the rest and after a short distance the braid got jammed on the wrap. at that point I can see the fish about 15' below my kayak so I grab the line and start pulling it up. I grab the gaff and had to switch hands to hold the line, now the yellow is up against the side and bottom of my kayak as I reach to gaff it, it is on it's side and sees me reaching with the gaff and make one last strong lunge and rolls at which time the circle hook breaks in the middle of the bend. The Yellow starts to kick and I miss the gaff shot, when he was no longer on his side. I guess that qualifies as a catch and release, even though I never intended it to be one. There's always next trip. Then I will have better quality, heavier gauge circle hooks. Attached Images __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )