Yak fishing off Cardiff

[Billy V]

Before your next trip out there pick up a small bottle of Uni-Butter.
-Apply this to your plastics before casting into the kelp channel, or along the kelp line. Place it in the sun so it gets warm.


I use an old pill bottle filled about 1/4 of the way, and dunk the plastic inside after every 3-5 casts. I have also use a flux brush to brush it on (if I want to get fancy)
-You can also use a small plastic sandwich bag, and simply re-dunk your plastic into that and smear it on every few casts.

Fish like to bite things coated with the stuff.

You may also want to pick up a couple of cans of (fishy type) cat food to chum the water before casting. Walmat has Friskies for 62 cents a can.

Those cattle boats are always chumming as they back into the kelp.
-Catch a Big One-

PS.
Good thinking on the rod/reel storage. I've been on my head enough to simply expect a crash landing most of the time.

[bajadog]

Bob,

It is a all a crap shoot coming in.
I've rolled my old prism in 1' surf, shp.

Great report!

[mars]

Don't forget the halibut, WSB and YTs that sometime frequent the area. I've seen (and had the pleasure of gaffing) a 40# halibut taken out of the kelp a few years back. I've also seen an occasional YT, WSB (caught many WSB there but never legal, though I've seen some 40# class speared there before). You can also find Mr T around that area as well.

And in case you don't know, you'll get a ticket if you park in the Cardiff lot without a pass (get the pass at the campgrounds).

Good luck.

[dsafety]

Thanks to the current recession that our government probably caused and refuses to acknowledge, Charlies restaurant next to the State lot has closed its doors. This parking lot is often empty in the morning and as far as I can tell anyone can park there. That what I have been doing.

Bob