Humpback Whale Ho - LJ 4/6 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

blackcloud9 · 04-10-2008, 07:18 AM

Very slow bottom fishing, best around 100'. Sportboats were rockfishing
out deep, two miles away, outside and upcurrent.

Breezy morning turned to nice afternoon. Fished bass gear and plastics,
and the one big mack I caught and nosehooked on a B52 got hammered
quickly and burned off 20 yards but I missed the hookset .... duh :roll:

Got a nice lingcod, a treefish, and some other asst'd rockfish.

Shot pictures and video of a wildly breaching baby whale, and the mom
breached and fluked a couple times and looked huge. Followed for a
mile, while the baby whale jumped at least 20 times.

Here is the Leaping Humpback video -
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...ayak040608.flv

Since it was shot with my older digital camera the quality is marginal.
And my whale videoing skills need some practice ...

27" LINGCOD on the bass gear

JPSURF · 04-10-2008, 08:25 AM

Awesome pics!!

esdees · 04-10-2008, 08:45 AM

Very cool.

Handymansd · 04-10-2008, 08:47 AM

Beautiful!

madscientist · 04-10-2008, 08:55 AM

I thought that was you next to us as we followed those whales. We were in the Parker. Quite a show.

Rusty · 04-10-2008, 02:20 PM

Nice pics and vid. I don't know if it's the way the camera streams the video or what, but it looks like you were booking it. Are the revo's that fast???

masta · 04-10-2008, 02:51 PM

Cool pics man. Nice size ling, and thats a pretty big tree fish. I looking to go out for some bottom dwellers, but I have to wait because I have a cast on my arm till may 2. See you on the water. nick

Craig jones · 04-10-2008, 03:27 PM

What an awesome opportunity, it tends to remind you how small you are when they are breaching nearby, thanks for sharing.

LITTLE_NEMO · 04-10-2008, 06:45 PM

Nice lingcod and those are some great picts

lamb · 04-10-2008, 09:12 PM

killer report and pics Larry, as always!

04-10-2008, 07:18 AM	#1
blackcloud9 Kayaker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Big Rock, WindanSea, La Jolla Posts: 413	Humpback Whale Ho - LJ 4/6 Very slow bottom fishing, best around 100'. Sportboats were rockfishing out deep, two miles away, outside and upcurrent. Breezy morning turned to nice afternoon. Fished bass gear and plastics, and the one big mack I caught and nosehooked on a B52 got hammered quickly and burned off 20 yards but I missed the hookset .... duh :roll: Got a nice lingcod, a treefish, and some other asst'd rockfish. Shot pictures and video of a wildly breaching baby whale, and the mom breached and fluked a couple times and looked huge. Followed for a mile, while the baby whale jumped at least 20 times. Here is the Leaping Humpback video - http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...ayak040608.flv Since it was shot with my older digital camera the quality is marginal. And my whale videoing skills need some practice ... 27" LINGCOD on the bass gear __________________ Larry. Hobie Revolution 13. 25 years of kayak fishing La Jolla. https://larryl.com/photos

04-10-2008, 08:47 AM	#4
Handymansd Ancient Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: On The Water Posts: 935	Beautiful! __________________ All men are equal before fish. -Herbert Hoover

04-10-2008, 08:55 AM	#5
madscientist Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,906	I thought that was you next to us as we followed those whales. We were in the Parker. Quite a show. __________________

04-10-2008, 03:27 PM	#8
Craig jones Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 27	Great pics What an awesome opportunity, it tends to remind you how small you are when they are breaching nearby, thanks for sharing.

04-10-2008, 09:12 PM	#10
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,568	killer report and pics Larry, as always! __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

04-10-2008, 08:25 AM	#2
JPSURF Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 86	Awesome pics!!

04-10-2008, 08:45 AM	#3
esdees The Good Clone Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clairemont Posts: 520	Very cool.

04-10-2008, 02:20 PM	#6
Rusty Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: LJ Posts: 201	Nice pics and vid. I don't know if it's the way the camera streams the video or what, but it looks like you were booking it. Are the revo's that fast???

04-10-2008, 02:51 PM	#7
masta Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4	Cool pics man. Nice size ling, and thats a pretty big tree fish. I looking to go out for some bottom dwellers, but I have to wait because I have a cast on my arm till may 2. See you on the water. nick

04-10-2008, 06:45 PM	#9
LITTLE_NEMO Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Beach Posts: 48	Nice lingcod and those are some great picts