LJ Shores for the first time - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

medina760 · 06-10-2014, 03:16 PM

I was out there sunday on a 1/2 day boat. It was wide open calicos all day. Barracudas showed up for a bit, and got a few rockfish. I also hooked up on something big most likely a black seabass but didn't land it.

EDC · 06-10-2014, 05:21 PM

Well that's good to hear. I just thought it was pretty weird that the other party boat I saw kept moving all over without success. When I was on it a couple weeks earlier the boat caught over 400 calico along with tons of other species. I didn't expect that kind of success by myself on my kayak, but I did think I would at least bring in a few bass. Nice to know that the fish were just biting heavy in a different location and it (hopefully) wasn't just me sucking. What part of the kelp was your party boat working off of? The one boat that I did see catching bass were chumming with anchovies but fishing the smaller shimano waxwings.

medina760 · 06-11-2014, 11:31 AM

I think that was the boat I was on. My friend was the one using the shimano waxwing, i was using big hammers plastics 5inch most of the day. I probably caught and released like 30. Was that you with 2 other guys in surfboards?

EDC · 06-11-2014, 02:25 PM

No I was by myself on a Hobie Revo 13. The boat I was talking about seemed to be private. There were only three guys on it I think and when I was heading in for the day at noon I passed them. They asked if I wanted to fish right behind the boat cause they were getting calico like crazy and they were just leaving themselves. They threw a final net full of anchovies into the water and started to pull away. Right before they left they got a couple more as I was getting closer for a cast. I threw my 5 1/2" halloween colored Big Hammer with red 3/4oz weedless head quite a few times with not a single taker. I mainly just used a steady retrieve but every few casts I would just try a sweep-sink retrieval. Then I threw a chrome and blue surface iron for a couple minutes. Still nada.

ctfphoto · 06-11-2014, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by EDC

I just thought it was pretty weird that the other party boat I saw kept moving all over without success. When I was on it a couple weeks earlier the boat caught over 400 calico along with tons of other species. I didn't expect that kind of success by myself on my kayak, .

Kayak fisherman usually do way better than the local party boats.

medina760 · 06-11-2014, 03:05 PM

Hmmm.... that's weird, I was using the señorita big hammer with none colored 2oz head also big hammer wasn't weedless. But yeah those 3 guys came to the boat to get some chovies from us. Maybe it just wasn't your day, but fishing was good.

EDC · 06-11-2014, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ctfphoto

Kayak fisherman usually do way better than the local party boats.

No I was only expecting a couple hundred calico plus 5 or 6 YT. Oh well...

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06-10-2014, 03:16 PM	#1
medina760 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 123	I was out there sunday on a 1/2 day boat. It was wide open calicos all day. Barracudas showed up for a bit, and got a few rockfish. I also hooked up on something big most likely a black seabass but didn't land it.

06-10-2014, 05:21 PM	#2
EDC Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Oceanside Posts: 44	Well that's good to hear. I just thought it was pretty weird that the other party boat I saw kept moving all over without success. When I was on it a couple weeks earlier the boat caught over 400 calico along with tons of other species. I didn't expect that kind of success by myself on my kayak, but I did think I would at least bring in a few bass. Nice to know that the fish were just biting heavy in a different location and it (hopefully) wasn't just me sucking. What part of the kelp was your party boat working off of? The one boat that I did see catching bass were chumming with anchovies but fishing the smaller shimano waxwings.

06-11-2014, 11:31 AM	#3
medina760 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 123	I think that was the boat I was on. My friend was the one using the shimano waxwing, i was using big hammers plastics 5inch most of the day. I probably caught and released like 30. Was that you with 2 other guys in surfboards?

06-11-2014, 02:25 PM	#4
EDC Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Oceanside Posts: 44	No I was by myself on a Hobie Revo 13. The boat I was talking about seemed to be private. There were only three guys on it I think and when I was heading in for the day at noon I passed them. They asked if I wanted to fish right behind the boat cause they were getting calico like crazy and they were just leaving themselves. They threw a final net full of anchovies into the water and started to pull away. Right before they left they got a couple more as I was getting closer for a cast. I threw my 5 1/2" halloween colored Big Hammer with red 3/4oz weedless head quite a few times with not a single taker. I mainly just used a steady retrieve but every few casts I would just try a sweep-sink retrieval. Then I threw a chrome and blue surface iron for a couple minutes. Still nada.

06-11-2014, 03:05 PM	#6
medina760 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 123	Hmmm.... that's weird, I was using the señorita big hammer with none colored 2oz head also big hammer wasn't weedless. But yeah those 3 guys came to the boat to get some chovies from us. Maybe it just wasn't your day, but fishing was good.