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Old 05-02-2010, 02:48 PM   #1
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WSB - May 1

So I woke up Saturday morning, got a few hours work done, and decided it was nice enough to try to get out there for the dusk fish. I ended up at the launch at 5, past the reserve at 530, and only 2 hours to go until sundown at 730. It was rough getting past the surf, and the wind was pretty strong. Luckily, I made bait in less than 15 minutes, and threw on a nice tasty mack.. Trolled around outside the kelp beds for the next two hours, and did not see a single other kayaker the entire time out. The only action I saw was a guy in a sailboat who was yelling at the top of his lungs about the two big yellowtails he had just caught, trolling with a jointed rapala. So, I'm thinking today is my day for my first YT. I would settle for anything at this point - my freezer was getting pretty empty.

Sun goes down at 7:30, and while I'm rigging my gear for the surf landing I thought I got hooked up in the kelp again. Nope. 20 mins later, I've got a delicious bass in my yak, and 2 hours after that, I'm panfrying with butter and onion. The strange thing was, it's stomach was COMPLETELY EMPTY. I thought that bigger fish like this need to be continually feeding; I expected to find squid, macks/sardines/... heck even a license plate would fit in! Long story short, this guy was HUNGRY...

Next time hopefully there'll be someone else out there to take my pic on the water - would have been nice to get a shot with this guy on my lap! Oh well, next time! 49#, 52". My first WSB - but definitely not my last!! It was fun catching it, but will be more fun eating it!!

PS - richard - if you're on here thanks for the tip on the powerpro. Made life a lot easier.
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Old 05-02-2010, 02:57 PM   #2
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fantastic! nice toad!
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Old 05-02-2010, 03:15 PM   #3
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SICK! Nice cherry popper..
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Old 05-02-2010, 06:34 PM   #4
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WTG DAVE!!!!!!!!!
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Old 05-02-2010, 07:17 PM   #5
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Very nice
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Old 05-02-2010, 08:12 PM   #6
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well done. great pictures
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Old 05-02-2010, 09:20 PM   #7
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An on the water pic would have been nice, but the 'in the dark' shot is pretty cool too. Waiting till dark to go in when the surf is big like that takes some courage!

Congratulations!
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Old 05-02-2010, 10:09 PM   #8
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Thanks guys!!! I've been coming out to LJ shores for over a year now - so I guess all the hard work FINALLY paid off !!!

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Waiting till dark to go in when the surf is big like that takes some courage!
I crash landed a few months ago - since then I've always made darn sure I don't pick up too much speed in the surf Still gets a bit dicey sometimes tho...
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Old 05-02-2010, 10:12 PM   #9
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Dude! F'nA!
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Old 05-03-2010, 08:47 AM   #10
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Nice first wsb. I got a similar-sized one as my first a couple weeks ago, too and am still stoked! Congrats.
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Old 05-03-2010, 03:57 PM   #11
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NICE!!!!

Congrats on your first
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Old 05-03-2010, 07:32 PM   #12
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Beautiful!
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Old 05-04-2010, 12:57 PM   #13
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If that's you J (wade) I gotta give you some mad props too... I'd still be out there with a plastic worm and 20#mono if it wasn't for your help!

Can't wait to get out again....
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Old 05-04-2010, 01:20 PM   #14
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If that's you J (wade) I gotta give you some mad props too... I'd still be out there with a plastic worm and 20#mono if it wasn't for your help!

Can't wait to get out again....

oh..its me...ol' J-Wade/ sideway!.......

im really am soOOOO happy for ya!

this weekend?...
(upgrade your yellowtail status to popped as well!)

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Old 05-04-2010, 05:20 PM   #15
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Love it when a plan comes together awesome biscut...hopefully there will be some of those when I can get there next month
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