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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 193
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Sunday Sep. 7 Newport Harbor - late report
Decided to try outside the jetties while my buddy drifted along them. Went straight out almost to red buoy with seals all over it. Did a slow drift/ paddle south for about a mile then did the same on way back to jettis. Not much action. One sandbass and a big 12 inch mackerel. My buddy called me and said he was by coast guard station so I fished my way over to him with still not much action. We worked our way farther up the channel from cg station towards the bridge. Sorry I don't know the names of everything, hope this makes sense. Roughly halfway between the bridge and coast guard my buddy says he got a couple bites by this dock. So I slow paddle right past it and fish on! I had 1.5 ounce egg slider, swivel,18 inch leader and a treble hook. One hook through the nose of the smelt. Halibut!! He looked right about 22 so I didn't gaff him. Managed to get the lip grippers on him and pulled him onboard for a proper measure. 24 inches!! First hali from a kayak 😁 Was about 1 pm when I got the hali. 5 min before that I was thinking "I'm pretty much done let's pull the bait and just slowly head back." But something told me not to. Obviously why not just keep the bait out while I paddle back... Still figuring all this out but not too bad for a day a kayak fishing. I'm so hooked on fishing. (Pun intended?) Anyways, thanks for reading my story. Any advice, tips etc and more than welcomed. - Joe Here's a few pics... uploadfromtaptalk1410219358664.jpguploadfromtaptalk1410219399135.jpguploadfromtaptalk1410219429125.jpguploadfromtaptalk1410219435792.jpguploadfromtaptalk1410219456554.jpg |
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla
Posts: 2,641
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Congratulations or your Hali from a kayak and your post. Some great pictures also. Tight Lines.
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Jason
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: CA
Posts: 67
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Very nice catch! Legal halibuts are hard to find at NPH.
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: The city of Orange
Posts: 1,278
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Congrats!
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#5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Inland Empire
Posts: 370
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Great
That's a great first report!
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#6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Inland Empire
Posts: 370
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Also
...Also, It looks like you posted this in the general Kayak Fishing Discussion section. I'm no moderator here but I think this qualifies as a Kayak Fishing Report.
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#7 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 193
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Thx everyone and damn sorry about that. Leave it to the newb right? 😁 I'm not sure if I can move this thread or not but I'll be sure to post in the right sections. Thx again 👍
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Menifee
Posts: 2,509
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Attaboy!
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