I almost lifted the curse... Fishing report 1/29/2011

[wiredantz]

The Curse:

Originally Posted by ericko

5)Wiredants its nice to see my old ride has found a good home...LET YOUR WIFE NO THAT IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT THAT YOU HAVE NOT COUGHT ANY FISH...I TO DID NOT CATCH ANY ON THAT YAK i just could not tell you to your face...you need to break the curse ill go fishing with you any day that im not working..

Ericko told me the kayak is cursed because he never caught any fish with his old x-factor, and i haven't caught any good fish except for bait since i started in November.


Today:started at 7am

I started out in Mothers Beach in Marina Del Rey, CA and i bought some live sardines from Mike at Inseine Bait.

So i started fishing south of the of the entrance of Marina Del Rey and just ended loosing some bait to squid. So i catched some squid after reeling in my dead sardine by using my landing net, and stuck that sticky squid on my live bait hook. I trolled that squid for about 2 miles and ended up by Venice pier about 75 ft deep.

time: 11:30pm

I threw that squid away and put another sardine on my hook. At this time, I see the Charter fishing boat leave a fishing spot at about 60ft water and i decided to fish that spot i had a rubber fish on my G-loomis rod on my right side and a live sardine setup on the left side. I see a small cloud of bait on my fishfinder and i decide to throw in some catfood in the water. 2 min later my whole fishfinder turns black and the water is full of bait fish. I have my fish id on and my fish id alarms starts beeping like crazy.

Then suddenly BOTH RODs STARTED BENDING HARDCORE UNDER THE KAYAK!!!

I started to panic and picked up both rods, and i set the hook by lifting the rods upward in a fast motion , both the rods start bending like U and i can't lift the rods anymore, both rods slam on to the side of the kayaks and i am unable to real them in. I start lifting each one separately and started reeling in what i could manage, but both fish are pulling the line so tight that its starts releasing a lot of drag. At this point the reel is not turning and both fishes are pulling a lot more line and i can't even reel it in. Fine i said, i put one rod under my leg and focus on one rod. I start reeling it, lift up and reel., lift up and reel. Then the fish escapes. Whatever i said, i go to my G-loomis rod with the rubber bait and its been under the kayak. I am scared to lift it because i didn't want my rod to break, and or the fish to escape like what just happened on the other rod since it was shaped like a u, i work on the fish for 15-20 mins and i can't get anywhere. i start to be pulled into deeper water I am now in about 75 ft of water . I struggle to lift the reel and i can't, i can't even turn the reel. so i decide to loosen the drag. The fish runs with the drag, the fish gets loose and that how i ended with this story.


On the way back i have to navigate my way back like a mouse because of all these sailboats.



This was the most exciting day of kayak fishing i have had since i started.



The day i lost the big one!!! but it was great feeling....


Then we went to captain kidds in Redondo Beach, and ate fresh fish steak.




Any tips on what the pros would of done would be much appreciated.


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