I almost lifted the curse... Fishing report 1/29/2011

[wiredantz]

Originally Posted by JoeBeck

The problem is if you don't land the fish or get it to show color you have know idea what it is. Not to sound like an ass but to me it sounds like a snag. The fishfinder went black, did he go over a bunch of kelp or a large reef? the fishing poles both bend like a U, was there yanking? Was drag taken out? typically if it is a large fish the line screams out, snag not so much. The pole bends and hits the side of the yak again sounds like a snag unless his drag is just super tight. He is afraid to lift the rod because it might break, again how many rods break catching fish? I have hooked a boat who went over my line and my rod did not come close to breaking, 10-20lb bass pole, drag screamed out until I broke the line off. I have felt that I could break my pole when pulling hard on a snag though buttoning my drag tight. Fish are either taking out line or I'm reeling them in, I feel head shakes and pulls. I guess I've said enough but I had the same thought when I read about it being a BSB. I'm just saying............. Who knows ...... the fish never came up.... Either way great job getting out on the water. I am not sure a sleigh ride is a sleigh ride, I'm more like Jim, I want to know what is giving me the ride and ideally I'm only happy if I land the fish!

Maybe I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning . I just know I've been out on the water with friends who get excited when they have a snag because they think it is a fish.

lol...

As far as the fishfinder i was just sitting over a bunch of sand.

I know a snag and i know when i have something big. Something big doesn't pull on the line so hard and then stop and keep going again until your rod starts bending under the kayak that you can't lift it up. I fought that beast for 15-20 mins and that beast kept pulling line out of my reel and i could not reel it back in. I felt every movement that fish did with my rod, as he swam deeper and farther away and when i tried to reel him in he kept pulling harder Snag doesn't pull out drag while your in one spot and then swims down so hard your can't reel in and or pull the rod up.

At that moment all i could see around me wsd just a huge amount of bait fish, so whatever was down there was chasing those bait fish.

As regarding my fishing pole i was using my $200ish 20-40lb g-loomis rod that i love so dear with my $ 200 reel and that was the most force i have ever felt on my rod and i did not want to lose my rod.

Even though i lost the fish, it was an epic feeling.

But people don't have to believe me, this was my experience after all.

LONG LIVE KAYAK FISHING

[mtnbykr2]

Originally Posted by wiredantz

lol...

As far as the fishfinder i was just sitting over a bunch of sand.

I know a snag and i know when i have something big. Something big doesn't pull on the line so hard and then stop and keep going again until your rod starts bending under the kayak that you can't lift it up. I fought that beast for 15-20 mins and that beast kept pulling line out of my reel and i could not reel it back in. I felt every movement that fish did with my rod, as he swam deeper and farther away and when i tried to reel him in he kept pulling harder Snag doesn't pull out drag while your in one spot and then swims down so hard your can't reel in and or pull the rod up.

At that moment all i could see around me wsd just a huge amount of bait fish, so whatever was down there was chasing those bait fish.

As regarding my fishing pole i was using my $200ish 20-40lb g-loomis rod that i love so dear with my $ 200 reel and that was the most force i have ever felt on my rod and i did not want to lose my rod.

Even though i lost it, it was an epic feeling.

But people don't have to believe me, this was my experience after all.

LONG LIVE KAYAK FISHING

Amen brotha....

[the dude]

Not to sound like an ass but to me it sounds like a snag.

X2

structure in current can feel fishy...

[Siebler]

Originally Posted by the dude

X2

structure in current can feel fishy...

Yep seen it more times than I can count.

[wiredantz]

Originally Posted by Siebler

Yep seen it more times than I can count.

its a good thing i marked that spot on my GPS. off to fish i go.


A snag would not vibrate my rod as it swam down or scrape up my dead sardine and leaving it bloody. It was definetly something.

I have been snagged on kelp in malibu and in Cabrillo and in corona del mar, and the force i felt as it was trying to shake off the hook felt nothing like being snagged in kelp. I have had snag stop me from going any further, but never exert so much force to pull line out of my reel and vibrate my rod, especially as it kept trying to escape.

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by wiredantz

...... or scrape up my dead sardine and leaving it bloody. It was definetly something.... .

You did not originally say you got the bait back.

Did it look like it was stuck with a bunch of pencil points, scraped with a rake, or was it partially skinned or looked like it was roughed up with coarse sand paper?

If scraped or stuck how wide was the spaces between cuts or holes?

Each fish type leaves unique marks a bite signature, when you get experienced enough that alone will be able to tell you what you had on your line.

Next time take a picture of the bait and we'll be able tell you exactly what you had on.

Jim