12/19 AM - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

madscientist · 12-19-2005, 11:49 AM

Launched right as Andy pulled up this morning. Had a pair of dolphins scare the bejesus out of me when they surfaced 15 ft off my starboard. Made 8 or so squid as the sun came up. Drifted across last week's hotspot, ran into Arne. Donated a squid and remarked that we were almost on my GPS spot called BSB1.

Chatted a bit when my rod takes a zing. Loads up and a quick swing and I'm hooked up. Turns me around and off I go. Strong run, quite fast has me thinking big yellow. Aimed rigth at the kelp and buoys, I try to slwo the beast down. Fully buttoned down and short stroking for all I'm worth but I can't stop it. Fortunately, we zig zag between buoys. After a good 20 minutes of arm burning struggle, I finally start getting it up. Damn, big black. Probably over 100, largest I've seen. Got some pics and just managed to get the hook in my pliers when it wakes back up and almost pulls me off the yak. Hook comes free and with one big splash of the tail he took off. Paddled back to the zone but nothing much happened for me after that. Had to be in the lab at 10:00 so at 9:00 I thru in the towel and jetted in. On the beach Dan said he'd heard someone was hooked up, not sure who (though if I had to guess I'd say pornstar). Beautiful morning, light to no wind and some decent current early. Taking tomorrow off for a full day of fun in the sun. Pics to follow.

12-19-2005, 11:49 AM	#1
madscientist Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,906	12/19 AM Launched right as Andy pulled up this morning. Had a pair of dolphins scare the bejesus out of me when they surfaced 15 ft off my starboard. Made 8 or so squid as the sun came up. Drifted across last week's hotspot, ran into Arne. Donated a squid and remarked that we were almost on my GPS spot called BSB1. Chatted a bit when my rod takes a zing. Loads up and a quick swing and I'm hooked up. Turns me around and off I go. Strong run, quite fast has me thinking big yellow. Aimed rigth at the kelp and buoys, I try to slwo the beast down. Fully buttoned down and short stroking for all I'm worth but I can't stop it. Fortunately, we zig zag between buoys. After a good 20 minutes of arm burning struggle, I finally start getting it up. Damn, big black. Probably over 100, largest I've seen. Got some pics and just managed to get the hook in my pliers when it wakes back up and almost pulls me off the yak. Hook comes free and with one big splash of the tail he took off. Paddled back to the zone but nothing much happened for me after that. Had to be in the lab at 10:00 so at 9:00 I thru in the towel and jetted in. On the beach Dan said he'd heard someone was hooked up, not sure who (though if I had to guess I'd say pornstar). Beautiful morning, light to no wind and some decent current early. Taking tomorrow off for a full day of fun in the sun. Pics to follow.