Cabrillo 1/22/11 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

roby · 01-23-2011, 07:50 AM

Got to Cabrillo at 6:10am and saw two other cars at the parking lot, Ron(?) and Greg. In the next 20 minutes stinkymatt, ericko, mtnbykr2, wiredantz, theluckypig, and Landwhale showed up. We all loaded up and were on the water before 7am. The weather was just fantastic and with the incoming tide the water looked decent. There were patches of debris, but nothing terrible. The wind cooperated and made for an absolutely gorgeous day.

Later on in the day we heard some other baytubers were on the water, specifically Kiyo.

I started fishing the point with mtbykr2. I caught a bass early on that ran into the kelp and lost it. I decide to get closer to the kelp...bad idea. My bait tank gets clogged and dies, and my rudder gets hung up. I'm pissed right now. I get free and and find some sand to work to find a halibut. After sending down one of my dying bait, I get bit and catch my first legal halibut. I unhook the halibut and send him back down. Ericko comes rolling in and catches a 27 inch halibut within 30 minutes - his PB on a kayak. Mtbykr2 catches a couple of shorty halibut and some bass while we check out the area for some more halibut. We make another move on the jetty into some deeper water with wiredantz. When we get there the sand bass started to bite. In total we all pulled in 6 bass or so in the first hour at that spot; the bass were decent sized as well.

We made our last drift towards the launch about noon. I met up with Greg and stinkymatt and fished for another 45 minutes or so. I headed in at 12:45.

One of my goals in 2010 was just to catch a legal halibut, so I was excited when I caught one at Cabrillo. My highlight of the day though was just fishing with some folks here on the board. Paddling with Greg in the morning and just getting to know him, watching ericko catch his pb, Landwhale's great attitude about kayak fishing in general, and meeting a baytuber in the parking lot and finding we have lot in common. Starting this trip there were some harsh words on stinkmatt's thread; it ended up with some real cool veterans, BWE members, and newbies (mainly me) having a good time on the water.

Greg on the water in the AM

ericko's halibut...

01-23-2011, 07:50 AM	#1
roby CEO of Team Roby Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 905	Cabrillo 1/22/11 Got to Cabrillo at 6:10am and saw two other cars at the parking lot, Ron(?) and Greg. In the next 20 minutes stinkymatt, ericko, mtnbykr2, wiredantz, theluckypig, and Landwhale showed up. We all loaded up and were on the water before 7am. The weather was just fantastic and with the incoming tide the water looked decent. There were patches of debris, but nothing terrible. The wind cooperated and made for an absolutely gorgeous day. Later on in the day we heard some other baytubers were on the water, specifically Kiyo. I started fishing the point with mtbykr2. I caught a bass early on that ran into the kelp and lost it. I decide to get closer to the kelp...bad idea. My bait tank gets clogged and dies, and my rudder gets hung up. I'm pissed right now. I get free and and find some sand to work to find a halibut. After sending down one of my dying bait, I get bit and catch my first legal halibut. I unhook the halibut and send him back down. Ericko comes rolling in and catches a 27 inch halibut within 30 minutes - his PB on a kayak. Mtbykr2 catches a couple of shorty halibut and some bass while we check out the area for some more halibut. We make another move on the jetty into some deeper water with wiredantz. When we get there the sand bass started to bite. In total we all pulled in 6 bass or so in the first hour at that spot; the bass were decent sized as well. We made our last drift towards the launch about noon. I met up with Greg and stinkymatt and fished for another 45 minutes or so. I headed in at 12:45. One of my goals in 2010 was just to catch a legal halibut, so I was excited when I caught one at Cabrillo. My highlight of the day though was just fishing with some folks here on the board. Paddling with Greg in the morning and just getting to know him, watching ericko catch his pb, Landwhale's great attitude about kayak fishing in general, and meeting a baytuber in the parking lot and finding we have lot in common. Starting this trip there were some harsh words on stinkmatt's thread; it ended up with some real cool veterans, BWE members, and newbies (mainly me) having a good time on the water. Greg on the water in the AM ericko's halibut...