Old Man and the Sea 10/1 am - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

ratdog · 10-02-2008, 04:35 PM

You know where this is going... Launched around 5:30am absolutely beautiful conditions flat glassy conditions. I make some bait just outside the buoys. get a couple rockfish off the bottom with my iron. then I start spotting some bait on the surface I throw the iron and I bring up an approx 4lb Bonita. I have a friend that loves Bonita so I bleed it inside my yak, after the last death shivers I put a rope thru its mouth and gills and let it set in the water while I start another slow troll. After about ten minutes I feel an odd bumping under my kayak. I pull up the 2ft. nylon rope and I see something very close to this

mouth wide open with my Bonita in its mouth. I screamed like a school girl and grabbed my wire cutter and instantly cut my rope. Half of the bonita was gone "that fast" so I took the rope out of its mouth and thru the half eaten Bonita back into the water. I counted my blessings and thought to myself "I won't be hangin' no stinkin bloody fish from the side anymore"

forefrazier · 10-02-2008, 04:41 PM

BS without pics!

bigbarrels · 10-02-2008, 05:00 PM

A Great White?

That's what your photo implies. I was wondering how often this happens to people who hang their fish over the side (either by sharks or dogs)

bajadog · 10-02-2008, 05:01 PM

I think that's why spearfisherman don't carry them around their waist anymore.

Glad you're safe.

Billy V · 10-02-2008, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigbarrels

A Great White?

That's what your photo implies. I was wondering how often this happens to people who hang their fish over the side (either by sharks or dogs)

Most people do not hang any fish over the side of their kayak for that exact reason, sharks and dogs.
The dogs would nail it in short order and if it was tied on good you would be taking a quick swim.

Nobody need a National Geographic Moment with a large Mako.

pchen911 · 10-02-2008, 05:48 PM

wow, how long before someone starts trolling for great white with bonita off La Jolla in a kayak?

Dan · 10-02-2008, 05:57 PM

Yuck.

I have a similar story! not fun.

Matt · 10-02-2008, 08:29 PM

Well so I am guessing you are ok and I am glad for that!!!

At least LJ will be less crowded now!!!!

radastaff · 10-02-2008, 08:41 PM

wowsers

sumthin i dont wanna experience

p

ratdog · 10-02-2008, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by forefrazier

BS without pics!

Not trying to BS anyone, I said it was something similar to this.
I think it was a large blue shark, but I only had an instant to cut my line incase it came back for seconds.

Handymansd · 10-02-2008, 09:04 PM

I have had a mako latch onto my bait tube before. he gave a couple pretty good tugs before I was able to pull the tube into the yak.

sterling · 10-02-2008, 10:55 PM

Jim Sammons was torpeded by a Sealion a year or two ago. Dumped him and his rods. The dog was going for Yt that were hanging. Even though the fish is in your possesion it's basically chum when it is hanging.

screaming reel · 10-03-2008, 06:13 AM

I was paddling across the canyon one dark morning when my bait tube got attacked by something. Pulled my kayak down and back and scarred the crap out of me!

DESTROYER · 10-03-2008, 01:37 PM

I'm betting it was a Mako pup! I never call BS, Fisherman will always tell their tales and wheather they're true or not I always enjoy reading them.

THE DARKHORSE · 10-03-2008, 03:13 PM

Could you please post this up on the Surfline board also? Opening day at the local reefs with our first north/west swell was crowded to say the least. A couple of these reports and a big drop in water temps could really add to the warm and fuzzy vibe in the water

.

For those that don't think GWS's cruise the La Jolla coast, you are seriously kidding yourself.

These beautiful creatures are below us all the time, year round.

Matt · 10-03-2008, 07:06 PM

getting less crowded with each post!

Spyder · 10-03-2008, 08:50 PM

Have seen a fin or flash while out off LJ.

Dont know which would be a worse way to go..............getting chomped by the man in the gray suit or whithering away from some disease or old age. I think I would rather exit this world doing something I love like being out on the water challenging mother nature............

T-Rex · 10-03-2008, 08:52 PM

A big blue could do some serious damage to a foot or hand!

At LJ you know the Gws and big makos are around! Even places places like this shallow water lagoon they sometimes show up.

Fish and feet out of the water!

blackcloud9 · 10-03-2008, 09:18 PM

The first and last time I tied a legal halibut to a stringer before bagging it,
it lasted 8 seconds in the water and I came very close to getting flipped as
the stringer was, of course, tied VERY securely to the kayak.

How to attract a great white ....

Podaker · 10-03-2008, 11:09 PM

any time we go out into the ocean we are a part of the food chain, like it or not. if anybody thinks there is no GWS in LJ

10-02-2008, 04:35 PM	#1
ratdog Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 424	Old Man and the Sea 10/1 am You know where this is going... Launched around 5:30am absolutely beautiful conditions flat glassy conditions. I make some bait just outside the buoys. get a couple rockfish off the bottom with my iron. then I start spotting some bait on the surface I throw the iron and I bring up an approx 4lb Bonita. I have a friend that loves Bonita so I bleed it inside my yak, after the last death shivers I put a rope thru its mouth and gills and let it set in the water while I start another slow troll. After about ten minutes I feel an odd bumping under my kayak. I pull up the 2ft. nylon rope and I see something very close to this mouth wide open with my Bonita in its mouth. I screamed like a school girl and grabbed my wire cutter and instantly cut my rope. Half of the bonita was gone "that fast" so I took the rope out of its mouth and thru the half eaten Bonita back into the water. I counted my blessings and thought to myself "I won't be hangin' no stinkin bloody fish from the side anymore"

10-02-2008, 05:01 PM	#4
bajadog I eats what I kills Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 393	I think that's why spearfisherman don't carry them around their waist anymore. Glad you're safe. __________________ Please release bill-fish.

10-02-2008, 08:29 PM	#8
Matt Support your local pangas Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lj Posts: 976	Well so I am guessing you are ok and I am glad for that!!! At least LJ will be less crowded now!!!! __________________ Thanks Matt F.

10-02-2008, 09:04 PM	#11
Handymansd Ancient Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: On The Water Posts: 935	I have had a mako latch onto my bait tube before. he gave a couple pretty good tugs before I was able to pull the tube into the yak. __________________ All men are equal before fish. -Herbert Hoover

10-03-2008, 03:13 PM	#15
THE DARKHORSE Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Seven minutes from the launch! Posts: 987	Hey Ratdog......... Could you please post this up on the Surfline board also? Opening day at the local reefs with our first north/west swell was crowded to say the least. A couple of these reports and a big drop in water temps could really add to the warm and fuzzy vibe in the water . For those that don't think GWS's cruise the La Jolla coast, you are seriously kidding yourself. These beautiful creatures are below us all the time, year round. __________________

10-02-2008, 04:41 PM	#2
forefrazier Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: OC Posts: 397	BS without pics!

10-02-2008, 05:00 PM	#3
bigbarrels Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vista Posts: 1,111	A Great White? That's what your photo implies. I was wondering how often this happens to people who hang their fish over the side (either by sharks or dogs)

10-02-2008, 05:48 PM	#6
pchen911 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 218	wow, how long before someone starts trolling for great white with bonita off La Jolla in a kayak?

10-02-2008, 05:57 PM	#7
Dan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,053	Yuck. I have a similar story! not fun.

10-02-2008, 08:41 PM	#9
radastaff Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 314	wowsers sumthin i dont wanna experience p

10-02-2008, 10:55 PM	#12
sterling Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 118	Jim Sammons was torpeded by a Sealion a year or two ago. Dumped him and his rods. The dog was going for Yt that were hanging. Even though the fish is in your possesion it's basically chum when it is hanging.

10-03-2008, 06:13 AM	#13
screaming reel Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 24	I was paddling across the canyon one dark morning when my bait tube got attacked by something. Pulled my kayak down and back and scarred the crap out of me!

10-03-2008, 01:37 PM	#14
DESTROYER Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: "The Table" Posts: 976	I'm betting it was a Mako pup! I never call BS, Fisherman will always tell their tales and wheather they're true or not I always enjoy reading them.

10-03-2008, 07:06 PM	#16
Matt Support your local pangas Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lj Posts: 976	getting less crowded with each post! __________________ Thanks Matt F.

10-03-2008, 08:50 PM	#17
Spyder Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 169	Have seen a fin or flash while out off LJ. Dont know which would be a worse way to go..............getting chomped by the man in the gray suit or whithering away from some disease or old age. I think I would rather exit this world doing something I love like being out on the water challenging mother nature............

10-03-2008, 08:52 PM	#18
T-Rex Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Rancho Santa Margarita Posts: 770	A big blue could do some serious damage to a foot or hand! At LJ you know the Gws and big makos are around! Even places places like this shallow water lagoon they sometimes show up. Fish and feet out of the water!

10-03-2008, 09:18 PM	#19
blackcloud9 Kayaker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Big Rock, WindanSea, La Jolla Posts: 413	The first and last time I tied a legal halibut to a stringer before bagging it, it lasted 8 seconds in the water and I came very close to getting flipped as the stringer was, of course, tied VERY securely to the kayak. How to attract a great white ....

10-03-2008, 11:09 PM	#20
Podaker Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: la jolla shores Posts: 86	any time we go out into the ocean we are a part of the food chain, like it or not. if anybody thinks there is no GWS in LJ