King Harbor, what I expected, not what I hope for

[kayachapi]

Thurs. 7-26. On the water @ around 2:00. Drug frozen squid around the harbor, and threw swim baits at the rocks for nothing. Nice afternoon with son Jerry though. Friday. 7-27. Took my bro in law out at 8:00 am just got outside the harbor entrance, and my bro started getting seasick. Called Jerry and traded them out. We fished somewhat aimlessly around 40' to 80' of water and around the canyon. Still nothing. Sat.7-28. I was on my own, Jerry didn't get good sunscreen coverage on his knees, and was done with the sun. I'm pretty sure he was more interested in the girls on the beach, so he dropped me off. I headed out about a mile off the beach, south of the canyon and started dragging squid again. The heads where coming up missing, so I tied a trap hook and picked up a couple of sand dabs. I didn't know the difference between them and a short halibut so I threw them back. I found out the next morning if you stick your finger in the mouth of a short halibut, and don't come out bleeding, its a sand dab. Came in closer to shore, still nothing. I did see a nice But caught by a kayaker that morning. Sun. 7-30. Dropped off again. 6:30 am, peddled out to where I saw that halibut caught and started bouncing squid. There where about 4 other kayakers there jigging up squid. I tried, but wasn't sure about what I was doing, lost faith and concentrated on the frozen. I sabikied some mackerel and flylined them while soaking squid. Watched another kayaker catch a nice halibut 30-40lbs? Headed back to the harbor entrance and caught some larger macks outside the point. I also caught 1 legal and 1 short sand bass drifting a crossed the harbor entrance, (released). That was a real heads up spot. Lots of traffic, had to peddle a lot, watch everywhere and fish. Very busy, not recommended, but I was catching. Best time I ever had, not catching fish. Not much of a report, but I will be going back with my older son 8-9 through 8-12. He has the obsession like I do and it's not likely that he'll bail on me. I learned a little about the area and fishing there. Hopefully things will be different next trip. Thanks for all the help you guys put out there. Scott

[carbonbass]

any bonito around?

[kayachapi]

Originally Posted by carbonbass

any bonito around?

Not to good at fish ID, so there was either large macks 12" or small bonito at the harbor entrance(?).

[carbonbass]

did they look like this?
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...9QEwAQ&dur=316

[kayachapi]

Originally Posted by carbonbass

did they look like this?
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...9QEwAQ&dur=316

Nope. They were macks

[mtnbykr2]

refer to "does anyone eat their bait" on how to prepare macks...
not bad actually...

[vincentek9]

macs actually taste really good. sometimes i bring wasabi and soy sauce on my yak and sashimi a mac on the spot. make sure to take out the blood lines or else it tastes fishy in sashimi.