6-20 La Jolla

[Boneshaker21]

So I went out for my 2nd adventure to La jolla and this was much more productive.

Was hoping to be out really early but went to leave and my vans battery was dead. With no one around to jump it I had to call AAA which set me back a good hour and a half.

Finally got on the water and came up to the fleet of yakers out there. Dropped my iron down to the bottom, placed it in the rod holder and within minutes it was doubled over. Could it be my first WSB or yellowtail from a kayak?!?!
No... fought it forever and turned out to be the biggest Bat ray I have ever caught let alone seen. Fun fight though.

BTW thanks to RK who had offered to assist in landing the fish before we knew it was a ray. Was able to pop the jig at the service and let the beast swim away free without a big iron in its mouth...

So back into the fleet... After a couple of sand bass on a swimbait the jig rod doubled over again. Fight on and this time it felt a little more like the right kind... But what do I know... Turned out to be another mud marlin haha.. This one much smaller.
Thinks time thanks to Matt Moyer for the assist in getting my iron back from the beast...

So after another hour or 2 of nothing I met with Joe or "SAR" in the kelps for some great action on assorted bottom critters. Had a blast fishing and shooting the s*** with Joe. Managed some fish taco meat for tonight to keep the girlfriend happy =)

All in all a great day and was once again very impressed and stoked on how nice and cool everyone is out there. Everyone I met was very helpful and gave me some tips and pointers for different tactics in the La Jolla area.

Hope to see you all out there again soon and thanks again to everyone...

-Jared P