Chris's Happy Fish - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

kayakfisherman · 07-21-2014, 03:01 PM

I first saw, and heard a joy ridden Chris when he
caught his first yellowtail on a squid bite last July.

Since then he has caught six yellowtails
in La Jolla off his kayak. Prior to kayakfishing,
Chris's only fishing experience was centered
on Sierra Nevada's Trout, 30 years ago.

What's his secret?? I wanted to know too.
After spending a day with Chris, I've come
to realize, he's just happy to have found La Jolla.

Thanks Chris for a great day.

blitzburgh · 07-21-2014, 03:14 PM

Cool video Yani!

wiredantz · 07-21-2014, 03:22 PM

nice clear picture

momo fish · 07-21-2014, 03:31 PM

Nice catch and video as always

FISH11 · 07-21-2014, 04:20 PM

That is some great video Yani. The slow motion replay is awesome, because you get to appreciate the height the yellow get on the jumps. The jumps are just such an added bonus to the runs and headshakes. It's like reliving one of my last hook ups. Chris has deffinately had a good reason to be happy this Year. He's got a great run going. Thanks for sharing.

ctfphoto · 07-21-2014, 07:14 PM

Yani, thank you for the awesome day and awesome video. Those last couple of backflips by that Mako are vividly etched in my mind forever. That was the second of two very close encounters with that mako that day.

It was a slow day making bait and even slower going after yellow so we went deep and caught some nice large reds and a tasty whitefish. I was staying at the La Jolla Shores Hotel on a family vacation so I decided to gut the fish on the water. I guess I chummed the water for shark. Before long, I saw a small splash at my kayak near my game clip which was hanging in the water. I asked Yani if his fly lining mac was over by my yak and he said no. I picked up the game clip out of the ocean to find the whitefish had been sliced in half. I looked around and then I saw it, a 5 to 6 foot mako shark eyeing me with his black death eyes and began to circle around and around my kayak like you see in the movies. It was an awesome experience.

I thought the shark got bored and left, but he was tracking me ......

So after a long day on the water we decided to start back in. I always fly line a greenie as I am going back in. I had no bait left as making bait was extremely hard that day so I took out a rapala that I have never used that was siting in my tackle box for couple of years. Almost instantly the Mako hit it and did about 4 or 5 very high backflips which was crazy cool to see. This shark was on good and I was able to bring him to my kayak. I kept goading Yani into letting my gaff it and he kept telling my that he thought it was a bad and very dangerous idea. This went on for like 10 minutes as I was trying to talk him into it and he was trying to talk me out of it. I was cracking up the whole time and couldn't stop laughing as the whole experience was so cool. Finally clearer heads prevailed and I listened to my very wise friend, brought the shark in close, reached out and cut the line.

driftwood · 07-21-2014, 07:26 PM

Very nice you crazy Greek!

You gettn betta and betta at this. Very nice!!!

bwana · 07-21-2014, 09:44 PM

Nice cap to a "family vacation." Also very cool story and to get it captured on Yani cam.

Yani did you donate your seat to the 5 fwy or is that trick reserved for yellow FnDs?

Cbad Mike · 07-23-2014, 02:12 AM

Nice work Chris.
Great video and advise Yani.

07-21-2014, 03:01 PM	#1
kayakfisherman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 715	Chris's Happy Fish I first saw, and heard a joy ridden Chris when he caught his first yellowtail on a squid bite last July. Since then he has caught six yellowtails in La Jolla off his kayak. Prior to kayakfishing, Chris's only fishing experience was centered on Sierra Nevada's Trout, 30 years ago. What's his secret?? I wanted to know too. After spending a day with Chris, I've come to realize, he's just happy to have found La Jolla. Thanks Chris for a great day.

07-21-2014, 03:14 PM	#2
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	Cool video Yani! __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

07-21-2014, 03:22 PM	#3
wiredantz Currently @ MLO Territory Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Under the Shadow Posts: 2,290	nice clear picture __________________ Team: Disbanded You only have one chance in this life...make the right decision(s)...so you don't regret it

07-21-2014, 04:20 PM	#5
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,642	That is some great video Yani. The slow motion replay is awesome, because you get to appreciate the height the yellow get on the jumps. The jumps are just such an added bonus to the runs and headshakes. It's like reliving one of my last hook ups. Chris has deffinately had a good reason to be happy this Year. He's got a great run going. Thanks for sharing. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

07-21-2014, 07:14 PM	#6
ctfphoto Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 901	Yani, thank you for the awesome day and awesome video. Those last couple of backflips by that Mako are vividly etched in my mind forever. That was the second of two very close encounters with that mako that day. It was a slow day making bait and even slower going after yellow so we went deep and caught some nice large reds and a tasty whitefish. I was staying at the La Jolla Shores Hotel on a family vacation so I decided to gut the fish on the water. I guess I chummed the water for shark. Before long, I saw a small splash at my kayak near my game clip which was hanging in the water. I asked Yani if his fly lining mac was over by my yak and he said no. I picked up the game clip out of the ocean to find the whitefish had been sliced in half. I looked around and then I saw it, a 5 to 6 foot mako shark eyeing me with his black death eyes and began to circle around and around my kayak like you see in the movies. It was an awesome experience. I thought the shark got bored and left, but he was tracking me ...... So after a long day on the water we decided to start back in. I always fly line a greenie as I am going back in. I had no bait left as making bait was extremely hard that day so I took out a rapala that I have never used that was siting in my tackle box for couple of years. Almost instantly the Mako hit it and did about 4 or 5 very high backflips which was crazy cool to see. This shark was on good and I was able to bring him to my kayak. I kept goading Yani into letting my gaff it and he kept telling my that he thought it was a bad and very dangerous idea. This went on for like 10 minutes as I was trying to talk him into it and he was trying to talk me out of it. I was cracking up the whole time and couldn't stop laughing as the whole experience was so cool. Finally clearer heads prevailed and I listened to my very wise friend, brought the shark in close, reached out and cut the line. Last edited by ctfphoto; 07-21-2014 at 07:23 PM.

07-21-2014, 03:31 PM	#4
momo fish Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Camarillo Posts: 1,491	Nice catch and video as always

07-21-2014, 07:26 PM	#7
driftwood Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 1,086	Very nice you crazy Greek! You gettn betta and betta at this. Very nice!!!

07-21-2014, 09:44 PM	#8
bwana Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: El Toro, CA Posts: 244	Nice cap to a "family vacation." Also very cool story and to get it captured on Yani cam. Yani did you donate your seat to the 5 fwy or is that trick reserved for yellow FnDs?

07-23-2014, 02:12 AM	#9
Cbad Mike Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Carlsbad Ca. Posts: 1,206	Nice work Chris. Great video and advise Yani. __________________ [SIGPIC]