7/6 - LJ - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

kauaiboy04 · 07-07-2014, 10:59 AM

0-1 ft waves at the launch in the morning, with little to no wind. pretty much lake-like conditions for most of the day. greenbacks were out in force, made about 10 before heading out to troll around. while trolling, saw a big mark coming through on my ff. was about to drop down, when it only got BIGGER! took a look under my yak, and what do you know, a HUGE whale just cruising along right under me! kept paddling along, throwing the surface iron at some puddles here and there. tossed the iron until it popped off and went bye-bye

. lots of other yakkers out, so I tried to paddle away from the crowds. got sliced through twice on 40lb test, think the sharks were out in force. stolen bait by dogs many a times as well

. on one bait, as it was getting nervous, it was hit hard. reeled in the slack and it popped off. as i was reeling in my hook and line, a mack hooked itself. then another bigger fish started chasing it! looked like a barracuda (or a small yeller), but then then a dog came and stole the show...made a little more bait but then got slammed by a calico taking my sabiki with him. left around 4pm, as boat traffic picked up. all in all a pretty busy day, but fun to be on the water.

flemdogg · 07-07-2014, 04:15 PM

I was out there as well. Had a 6-8 ft mako cruise right by us. It even circled back around to see if we were food. It was pretty cool, ive never seen one before. But yeah no yellows to report. Still a nice day on the water.

Bert Vega · 07-07-2014, 04:23 PM

I was also out there. Could not ask for a nicer day to be on the water.

h2ofishfo · 07-07-2014, 06:08 PM

Was out on the 3rd and 4th huuuuge spawners out there all on 7" Macs all released except one that was gill hooked made awesome ceviche Name: image.jpg
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janines.fishtales@cox.net · 07-07-2014, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by h2ofishfo

Was out on the 3rd and 4th huuuuge spawners out there all on 7" Macs all released except one that was gill hooked made awesome ceviche Attachment 12826

What a gorgeous calico bass. Beautiful!

Janine

alfsteur · 07-08-2014, 08:36 AM

Cool... hehe... i was one of the pack out there on Sunday morning... trolling around for nothing until my bait got attacked by a 4-5ft shark, it was the most exciting 20 seconds when I set the hook, the shark (I think was a mako) did 2 aerial jumps 6 ft into the air, dropped back into water, peeled the drag briefly and popped off....

07-07-2014, 10:59 AM	#1
kauaiboy04 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Sandy Eggo Posts: 215	7/6 - LJ 0-1 ft waves at the launch in the morning, with little to no wind. pretty much lake-like conditions for most of the day. greenbacks were out in force, made about 10 before heading out to troll around. while trolling, saw a big mark coming through on my ff. was about to drop down, when it only got BIGGER! took a look under my yak, and what do you know, a HUGE whale just cruising along right under me! kept paddling along, throwing the surface iron at some puddles here and there. tossed the iron until it popped off and went bye-bye . lots of other yakkers out, so I tried to paddle away from the crowds. got sliced through twice on 40lb test, think the sharks were out in force. stolen bait by dogs many a times as well . on one bait, as it was getting nervous, it was hit hard. reeled in the slack and it popped off. as i was reeling in my hook and line, a mack hooked itself. then another bigger fish started chasing it! looked like a barracuda (or a small yeller), but then then a dog came and stole the show...made a little more bait but then got slammed by a calico taking my sabiki with him. left around 4pm, as boat traffic picked up. all in all a pretty busy day, but fun to be on the water. __________________ http://socalkayak.blogspot.com

07-07-2014, 04:15 PM	#2
flemdogg Island Blood Join Date: May 2013 Location: Murrieta Posts: 237	I was out there as well. Had a 6-8 ft mako cruise right by us. It even circled back around to see if we were food. It was pretty cool, ive never seen one before. But yeah no yellows to report. Still a nice day on the water. __________________ These are my express opinions derived from my experiences - I know less than most and half as much as some!

07-07-2014, 04:23 PM	#3
Bert Vega Tail Chaser! Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Murrieta Posts: 627	I was also out there. Could not ask for a nicer day to be on the water.

07-07-2014, 06:08 PM	#4
h2ofishfo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Santee Posts: 821	Was out on the 3rd and 4th huuuuge spawners out there all on 7" Macs all released except one that was gill hooked made awesome ceviche

07-08-2014, 08:36 AM	#6
alfsteur Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Diego Posts: 128	Cool... hehe... i was one of the pack out there on Sunday morning... trolling around for nothing until my bait got attacked by a 4-5ft shark, it was the most exciting 20 seconds when I set the hook, the shark (I think was a mako) did 2 aerial jumps 6 ft into the air, dropped back into water, peeled the drag briefly and popped off....