LJ 1/14 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Spinal Tap · 01-14-2006, 06:26 PM

I was one of the divers. Not much to report. The water was cold and we got all the sheephead on the bottom in the kelp from 45'-50'.

Nice day. Here's a more detailed report:

I went out with a couple guys to do some diving. I think the last time we've been in the water was ove the Thanksgiving weekend.

We got out to the kelp bed straight out from the hotel. The bottom was at 55' according to my dive watch. The water was 57 and calm. The vis. varied from 12' to 25' in some places. There was absolutely no signs of life throughout most of the kelp bed. I saw about a dozen smelt and two calicos at about 35' but decided not to shoot them.

I ended the day with about a 5lb sheephead that I got off the bottom at about 45' of water. It's nice being back on the water.

Oh, I couldn't get comfortable for the first hour or so due to the eery calm of the water and the lack of life. But after seeing a soufin shark, I got more comfortable. Too bad it was swimming kind of aggressively because it smelled the blood from my buddy's fish.

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01-14-2006, 06:26 PM	#5
Spinal Tap Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 132	I was one of the divers. Not much to report. The water was cold and we got all the sheephead on the bottom in the kelp from 45'-50'. Nice day. Here's a more detailed report: I went out with a couple guys to do some diving. I think the last time we've been in the water was ove the Thanksgiving weekend. We got out to the kelp bed straight out from the hotel. The bottom was at 55' according to my dive watch. The water was 57 and calm. The vis. varied from 12' to 25' in some places. There was absolutely no signs of life throughout most of the kelp bed. I saw about a dozen smelt and two calicos at about 35' but decided not to shoot them. I ended the day with about a 5lb sheephead that I got off the bottom at about 45' of water. It's nice being back on the water. Oh, I couldn't get comfortable for the first hour or so due to the eery calm of the water and the lack of life. But after seeing a soufin shark, I got more comfortable. Too bad it was swimming kind of aggressively because it smelled the blood from my buddy's fish.