Solana Kelp 11/24 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

outdoorzen · 11-25-2013, 11:22 AM

Launched the SUP at Dog Beach @ about 6am. Made it out easy and paddled to the kelp. Found an outlying lobster buoy and sent down a dropper loop with squid strips. Bit after about 10 seconds, lost it, and gear, in the kelp. Kept on that way for about an hour, getting bit every drop. All in all, brought up thre sheephead, two calicos and two sandies. Kept three fish for lunch. Hooked a bunch of others but I was fishing straight 15# mono (havent got the Lexa spooled up with braid yet) and lost alot of gear and fish. Not too much action on the plastics or the waxwing. Off the water by 9. Overall, a SUPer fun day!

dmrides · 11-25-2013, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by outdoorzen

Overall, a SUPer fun day!

I see what you did there!

Nice report. Glad you got some SUPper and spent some good time on the water.

jlabs63 · 11-26-2013, 12:35 PM

Nice. How far out were you? What depth?

outdoorzen · 11-26-2013, 09:26 PM

I hit what I call the "2nd kelp", just past the first if you launch from dog beach heading NW. Not sure how deep as I don't have a fishfinder, still trying to figure that one out!

11-25-2013, 11:22 AM	#1
outdoorzen Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 64	Solana Kelp 11/24 Launched the SUP at Dog Beach @ about 6am. Made it out easy and paddled to the kelp. Found an outlying lobster buoy and sent down a dropper loop with squid strips. Bit after about 10 seconds, lost it, and gear, in the kelp. Kept on that way for about an hour, getting bit every drop. All in all, brought up thre sheephead, two calicos and two sandies. Kept three fish for lunch. Hooked a bunch of others but I was fishing straight 15# mono (havent got the Lexa spooled up with braid yet) and lost alot of gear and fish. Not too much action on the plastics or the waxwing. Off the water by 9. Overall, a SUPer fun day!

11-26-2013, 12:35 PM	#3
jlabs63 Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: SD - Carmel Valley Posts: 78	Nice. How far out were you? What depth?

11-26-2013, 09:26 PM	#4
outdoorzen Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 64	I hit what I call the "2nd kelp", just past the first if you launch from dog beach heading NW. Not sure how deep as I don't have a fishfinder, still trying to figure that one out!