La Jolla August 8th - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Lipripper92592 · 08-19-2014, 04:56 PM

I've been fishing La Jolla on and off for a little over a year and a half, with not much to show for it. Rewind back to last year and I was in contact with Josh Pruitt for a trip but..... had to put that on hold for a while as my wife and I had our first child.
Now that she is sleeping more than four hours a night, the warden gave me permission to head out on a guided trip. Josh was and is tons of help getting me dialed in and ready for the trip. This day it took over three hours to fill the tanks with Green Backs, but once we were topped off, we headed over to the grounds. The logs were out in force and would hold on to your flylined mac and hitch hike back to the boat for a quick splash and then back into the school. Ton's of knowledge was passed my way, only hopping to remember a fraction and put it to good use. The night landing was exiting, so I included that in the video. I was spooked on the landing, but knowing backup was at my six...it went smooth as can be. One of the YT had a Pennella Filosa embedded in it's back. Pretty nasty female!

YakDout · 08-19-2014, 05:27 PM

Cool video. That's a toad yellowtail on your lap there. Nice work!

FISH11 · 08-19-2014, 05:40 PM

Very nice catch. Surf looked smaller that night, maybe it was low tide. Thanks for sharing

Bert Vega · 08-19-2014, 06:29 PM

Sweet video Chris thanks for sharing. And congrats on busting your cherry wide open!!!!

salty pirate · 08-25-2014, 04:34 PM

Heck yeah Chris, you got a couple nice fish there! Those parasites are Gnarly.

08-19-2014, 04:56 PM	#1
Lipripper92592 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 516	La Jolla August 8th I've been fishing La Jolla on and off for a little over a year and a half, with not much to show for it. Rewind back to last year and I was in contact with Josh Pruitt for a trip but..... had to put that on hold for a while as my wife and I had our first child. Now that she is sleeping more than four hours a night, the warden gave me permission to head out on a guided trip. Josh was and is tons of help getting me dialed in and ready for the trip. This day it took over three hours to fill the tanks with Green Backs, but once we were topped off, we headed over to the grounds. The logs were out in force and would hold on to your flylined mac and hitch hike back to the boat for a quick splash and then back into the school. Ton's of knowledge was passed my way, only hopping to remember a fraction and put it to good use. The night landing was exiting, so I included that in the video. I was spooked on the landing, but knowing backup was at my six...it went smooth as can be. One of the YT had a Pennella Filosa embedded in it's back. Pretty nasty female! Attached Images

08-19-2014, 05:40 PM	#3
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,642	Very nice catch. Surf looked smaller that night, maybe it was low tide. Thanks for sharing __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

08-19-2014, 05:27 PM	#2
YakDout Brandon Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,345	Cool video. That's a toad yellowtail on your lap there. Nice work!

08-19-2014, 06:29 PM	#4
Bert Vega Tail Chaser! Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Murrieta Posts: 627	Sweet video Chris thanks for sharing. And congrats on busting your cherry wide open!!!!

08-25-2014, 04:34 PM	#5
salty pirate Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: where the hell is Temecula Posts: 268	Heck yeah Chris, you got a couple nice fish there! Those parasites are Gnarly.