Charting new territory on the yak - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

carbonbass · 02-22-2011, 03:15 PM

Well i went out of laguna yesterday (launched from fishermans cove, great spot for begginning surf launchers as its pretty protected from the rocks near by and slopes up slowly for small shorebreak.) Anywho launched at about 945am and saw some birds working the surface a good 3/4 mile out so i paddled to it for kicks, i found some dolphins balling up a bunch of bait taking turns spearing through the ball like a torpedo (will upload the video footage once i can figure out how to transfer it from my phone to my email, the file is too big to email). Anywho, it took about an hour just to paddle to them so i watched for a good 30 mins or so. I was hoping there would be game fish out there but there was only dolphins, i wonder why :roll:. I turned on my FF to realize i was in 250ft of water, lol didnt know it dropped off that quickly at laguna. I decided to paddle in closer and when i got to about 150 feet i metered a few fish hugging the bottom, i figured they must be bass. I dropped down a 4 incher and let the current drift me, no bites no hookups, i casted out and reeled it in along the bottom for nothing, i even jigged up and down. Im definately still very novice in the explore the ocean and find your own fish, and realize the harbor is much easier to find fish for me still (hey a piling it probably has a bass next to it :lol: ). Any tips you guys can give me for fishing deeper water with the swimmies would be greatly appreciated, i got frustrated and paddled back to the kelp in 30 ft of water and started grinding around on bottom over there only to miss 1 bite for the session, i almost wanted to go back to deeper water alsdfgjkaslkdgj i feel like im in such a rush to find fish i never have the confidence knowing im going to catch fish in the particular spot im in, making me want to change lol. The big problem for me is that i feel like i cant feel my lure anymore when its 75ft+ down there so i never know if im working it properly, any help would be awesome and i will get that video footage of the dolphins up once i figure out the xfer. Thanks for reading~

02-22-2011, 03:15 PM	#1
carbonbass Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 367	Charting new territory on the yak Well i went out of laguna yesterday (launched from fishermans cove, great spot for begginning surf launchers as its pretty protected from the rocks near by and slopes up slowly for small shorebreak.) Anywho launched at about 945am and saw some birds working the surface a good 3/4 mile out so i paddled to it for kicks, i found some dolphins balling up a bunch of bait taking turns spearing through the ball like a torpedo (will upload the video footage once i can figure out how to transfer it from my phone to my email, the file is too big to email). Anywho, it took about an hour just to paddle to them so i watched for a good 30 mins or so. I was hoping there would be game fish out there but there was only dolphins, i wonder why :roll:. I turned on my FF to realize i was in 250ft of water, lol didnt know it dropped off that quickly at laguna. I decided to paddle in closer and when i got to about 150 feet i metered a few fish hugging the bottom, i figured they must be bass. I dropped down a 4 incher and let the current drift me, no bites no hookups, i casted out and reeled it in along the bottom for nothing, i even jigged up and down. Im definately still very novice in the explore the ocean and find your own fish, and realize the harbor is much easier to find fish for me still (hey a piling it probably has a bass next to it :lol: ). Any tips you guys can give me for fishing deeper water with the swimmies would be greatly appreciated, i got frustrated and paddled back to the kelp in 30 ft of water and started grinding around on bottom over there only to miss 1 bite for the session, i almost wanted to go back to deeper water alsdfgjkaslkdgj i feel like im in such a rush to find fish i never have the confidence knowing im going to catch fish in the particular spot im in, making me want to change lol. The big problem for me is that i feel like i cant feel my lure anymore when its 75ft+ down there so i never know if im working it properly, any help would be awesome and i will get that video footage of the dolphins up once i figure out the xfer. Thanks for reading~