La Jolla 5-27-17 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

YakAnglerUSMC · 05-27-2017, 02:32 PM

Well made it back from my first ever La Jolla trip. Launch was a piece of cake, made decent bait fairly quickly (most of which were 4-6 inches but a few 7-9 models). Flylined, suspended about 20 feet and another at about 50 feet and trolled anywhere between 65 and 130 feet deep but no takers today. Saw some other guys land some decent fish though.

Swells from NW later in the morning made it interesting...so much so I decided I was going to flip my yak and go swimming in about 70 feet of water. Fortunately all of my gear was leashed and/secured and I didn't lose anything but my pride. For the fellow that came by to check if I was ok, if you're on here, Thanks!

Decided that was enough for me and headed in about noon. Aside from dodging swells and kelp return was uneventful and landing was a breeze.

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FullFlavorPike · 05-27-2017, 04:02 PM

While you're providing such great info...where'd you catch the baits?

YakAnglerUSMC · 05-27-2017, 04:04 PM

Right on the edge of the kelp just passed the mpa with a size 6 sabiki

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Viper3173 · 05-27-2017, 04:42 PM

I was out there with ya, glad to see you made it is safely. And props again on righting your yak solo and not loosing any gear! Make sure to give those reels a thorough fresh water rinse and maybe even a full cleaning and grease so nothing corrodes.

See ya out there next time!

-Patrick

YakAnglerUSMC · 05-27-2017, 04:44 PM

Reels definitely gonna get a proper servicing

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jorluivil · 05-27-2017, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YakAnglerUSMC

Well made it back from my first ever La Jolla trip. Launch was a piece of cake, made decent bait fairly quickly (most of which were 4-6 inches but a few 7-9 models). Flylined, suspended about 20 feet and another at about 50 feet and trolled anywhere between 65 and 130 feet deep but no takers today. Saw some other guys land some decent fish though.

Glad you didn't lose any gear.

In the future don't put all of your eggs in one basket, fish do not always hang out in the top column of the water. I feel safe saying that at least 50.99% of my YT were caught while bounces lead on the bottom, I believe the deepest I've ever fished and caught a YT was in 150'.

YakAnglerUSMC · 05-27-2017, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jorluivil

Glad you didn't lose any gear.

In the future don't put all of your eggs in one basket, fish do not always hang out in the top column of the water. I feel safe saying that at least 50.99% of my YT were caught while bounces lead on the bottom, I believe the deepest I've ever fished and caught a YT was in 150'.

Thanks for the suggestion!

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ore714 · 06-01-2017, 03:46 PM

I would like to fish La Jolla possibly this Sat 06/03/2017 or sometime soon however I have never done it before so I wondering if you guys could give me a few pointers

1. Where do I start looking for bait?
2. What areas do I start looking for yellowtail?

I have no clue about what is in the area except for some MPA zone you have to go past so some advice would be helpful... however I do know where to launch

thanks in advance,

-gabe

05-27-2017, 02:32 PM	#1
YakAnglerUSMC Junior Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: San Diego Posts: 28	La Jolla 5-27-17 Well made it back from my first ever La Jolla trip. Launch was a piece of cake, made decent bait fairly quickly (most of which were 4-6 inches but a few 7-9 models). Flylined, suspended about 20 feet and another at about 50 feet and trolled anywhere between 65 and 130 feet deep but no takers today. Saw some other guys land some decent fish though. Swells from NW later in the morning made it interesting...so much so I decided I was going to flip my yak and go swimming in about 70 feet of water. Fortunately all of my gear was leashed and/secured and I didn't lose anything but my pride. For the fellow that came by to check if I was ok, if you're on here, Thanks! Decided that was enough for me and headed in about noon. Aside from dodging swells and kelp return was uneventful and landing was a breeze. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

06-01-2017, 03:46 PM	#8
ore714 Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Costa Mesa Posts: 34	fishing la jolla first time soon any pointers? I would like to fish La Jolla possibly this Sat 06/03/2017 or sometime soon however I have never done it before so I wondering if you guys could give me a few pointers 1. Where do I start looking for bait? 2. What areas do I start looking for yellowtail? I have no clue about what is in the area except for some MPA zone you have to go past so some advice would be helpful... however I do know where to launch thanks in advance, -gabe

05-27-2017, 04:02 PM	#2
FullFlavorPike Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 809	While you're providing such great info...where'd you catch the baits?

05-27-2017, 04:04 PM	#3
YakAnglerUSMC Junior Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: San Diego Posts: 28	Right on the edge of the kelp just passed the mpa with a size 6 sabiki Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

05-27-2017, 04:42 PM	#4
Viper3173 Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: San Diego Posts: 71	I was out there with ya, glad to see you made it is safely. And props again on righting your yak solo and not loosing any gear! Make sure to give those reels a thorough fresh water rinse and maybe even a full cleaning and grease so nothing corrodes. See ya out there next time! -Patrick

05-27-2017, 04:44 PM	#5
YakAnglerUSMC Junior Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: San Diego Posts: 28	Reels definitely gonna get a proper servicing Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk