Pot of Yellow at the end of the Rainbow | 5-7-16 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

summers in kuwait · 05-09-2016, 10:14 PM

Headed out last Saturday morning. Figured I'd try and get a nice mother's day gift for the Mrs. and Mother-in-law. Got to the launch and no fence up, a nice treat to roll onto the sand. The water was mellow with some light rain upon launching as a few guys pulled up. Cruised around and found bait a little deeper than usual. Dropped my homemade sabiki and got a nice mix bag of jack & greenies in a short time. After loading up on bait, made rounds by fly line.

A few run-ins with some dogs and some decent rain made things interesting, but shortly after this appeared.

I put on a lively mac and headed south and after pausing for a moment the reel starts screaming. Turned into a nice yellow that wanted to play in the kelp.

Fish went 41" x 26.5 lbs bled and gutted.

Some video

Plenty of sashimi for the evening and another great day on the water!

Geno Machino · 05-09-2016, 10:26 PM

Nice going, working that fish out of the weeds!

Geno

LEEZO · 05-09-2016, 11:52 PM

Nice fish, great day to be out!

iethinker · 05-10-2016, 06:29 AM

Thanks for the report and good job!

FISH11 · 05-10-2016, 10:34 AM

Congrats. They're still out there for those that don't give up. Just not in large numbers, they are certainly outnumbered by the Fu**n sea lions and on some days by the Threshers.

maquinapescado · 05-10-2016, 11:03 AM

Nice Todd! I'm getting some new gear and I am almost into some free time. I'll hit you up to get some lines wet in a couple weeks.

Sully1 · 05-10-2016, 11:36 AM

Nice one and great rainbow shots!

Lipripper92592 · 05-10-2016, 03:04 PM

And here is the "other" end of that one....that was a wet day. There was a double going on in the am as well.

east county dirtbag · 05-10-2016, 05:54 PM

Nice. I was out there too. Didn't catch anything though

kayakfisherman · 05-10-2016, 08:06 PM

That's called "Yellowtail in the Salad." Love the video.
Nice job Todd!!!!

summers in kuwait · 05-11-2016, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Geno Machino

Nice going, working that fish out of the weeds!

Geno

Right on. Thanks Geno!

Quote:

Originally Posted by FISH11

Congrats. They're still out there for those that don't give up. Just not in large numbers, they are certainly outnumbered by the Fu**n sea lions and on some days by the Threshers.

Thanks Mark. I've def. been putting in the time and covered a lot of ground that day.

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Originally Posted by maquinapescado

Nice Todd! I'm getting some new gear and I am almost into some free time. I'll hit you up to get some lines wet in a couple weeks.

Brian! Sounds good man. Im always down!

summers in kuwait · 05-15-2016, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by kayakfisherman

That's called "Yellowtail in the Salad." Love the video.
Nice job Todd!!!!

Thanks Yanni!

"Yellowtail in the salad" sounds like the name for a new recipe!

Deamon · 05-15-2016, 09:55 AM

Nothing but awesomeness! Jim

05-09-2016, 10:14 PM	#1
summers in kuwait Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: East County San Diego Posts: 657	Pot of Yellow at the end of the Rainbow \| 5-7-16 Headed out last Saturday morning. Figured I'd try and get a nice mother's day gift for the Mrs. and Mother-in-law. Got to the launch and no fence up, a nice treat to roll onto the sand. The water was mellow with some light rain upon launching as a few guys pulled up. Cruised around and found bait a little deeper than usual. Dropped my homemade sabiki and got a nice mix bag of jack & greenies in a short time. After loading up on bait, made rounds by fly line. A few run-ins with some dogs and some decent rain made things interesting, but shortly after this appeared. I put on a lively mac and headed south and after pausing for a moment the reel starts screaming. Turned into a nice yellow that wanted to play in the kelp. Fish went 41" x 26.5 lbs bled and gutted. Some video Plenty of sashimi for the evening and another great day on the water! Last edited by summers in kuwait; 05-24-2016 at 06:02 AM. Reason: Get codes

05-09-2016, 10:26 PM	#2
Geno Machino "Relax" Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: O'side Posts: 553	Sweet! Nice going, working that fish out of the weeds! Geno __________________

05-10-2016, 06:29 AM	#4
iethinker Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Inland Empire Posts: 370	Good Job Thanks for the report and good job!

05-10-2016, 10:34 AM	#5
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,642	Congrats. They're still out there for those that don't give up. Just not in large numbers, they are certainly outnumbered by the Fu**n sea lions and on some days by the Threshers. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

05-10-2016, 11:03 AM	#6
maquinapescado Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 326	Nice Todd! I'm getting some new gear and I am almost into some free time. I'll hit you up to get some lines wet in a couple weeks. __________________ Climb, Surf, Fish, Repeat

05-09-2016, 11:52 PM	#3
LEEZO Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Coronado Posts: 179	Nice fish, great day to be out!

05-10-2016, 11:36 AM	#7
Sully1 Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: The Beach Posts: 288	Nice one and great rainbow shots! __________________

05-10-2016, 03:04 PM	#8
Lipripper92592 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 516	Wet Day And here is the "other" end of that one....that was a wet day. There was a double going on in the am as well. Attached Images

05-10-2016, 05:54 PM	#9
east county dirtbag Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 34	Nice. I was out there too. Didn't catch anything though

05-10-2016, 08:06 PM	#10
kayakfisherman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 715	That's called "Yellowtail in the Salad." Love the video. Nice job Todd!!!!

05-15-2016, 09:55 AM	#13
Deamon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,972	Nothing but awesomeness! Jim __________________ Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"