presidents day weekend yellow - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

kauaiboy04 · 02-20-2015, 08:00 AM

late post, but better late than never.

so for the past few weeks i've been hearing that the yellows have been chewin' hard. red crabs, warm weather, clear viz, lots of yo-yo catches, all that. haven't really had the time to get out as much as I wanted to, but I got the chance on valentines day. now usually during this time of year, i'm packing light and only bringing my yo-yo setup. tho night before I figured with all the warm water, surface actions bound to be happen. so i tie together a light sliding egg rig, bring along my sabiki and bait tank with the yo-yo setup.

arrive at the launch to 1ft "waves", and head out to make some quick bait. put together maybe a handful a nice candy bar greenies with one spanish. nose hook a greenie and we start to make our way out to some pots. stop at a few places to drop the yo-yo on some marks but nada for quite some time. flat calm water with no wind and seals abound. water temp slowly crept up to 66 degrees, fricken warm for this time of year. seals kept snatching my bait and I was down to my spanish. tied that on and let it down deep. made the slow troll back to some friends and hooked up to a beast! went straight down to 185' and fought it back up to meet my gaff.

30+lbs bled. nice fish for my 1st yellow of 2015!

octico · 02-20-2015, 08:05 AM

Weather looks perfect. Nice fish!

Rambo · 02-20-2015, 08:08 AM

Great catch not to mention the beautiful picture quality with the glassy water shot. What camera did you shoot this on? DSLR?

Mr Fishback · 02-20-2015, 09:16 AM

Awesome catch!

chris138 · 02-20-2015, 10:07 AM

Nice fish, and a nice sled too.

CB

Dennis · 02-20-2015, 10:30 AM

Big fish! Congrats!

Pinhead · 02-20-2015, 10:35 AM

Solid fish. Good job Man!

blitzburgh · 02-20-2015, 11:25 AM

That is a beauty!

the dude · 02-21-2015, 08:35 PM

heinous swell...that's a donkey of a yt!

Oxbeast1210 · 02-21-2015, 09:14 PM

Sweet catch how do you like the kracken?

addicted2sp33d · 02-23-2015, 10:00 AM

Awesome fish!

That color combination reminds me of these:

kauaiboy04 · 02-23-2015, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rambo

Great catch not to mention the beautiful picture quality with the glassy water shot. What camera did you shoot this on? DSLR?

GoPro Hero4 Silver. Nice lighting made for some great on the water pictures.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oxbeast1210

Sweet catch how do you like the kracken?

Absolutely loving the Kraken! Smooth and stable ride, and not too mention fast, especially with the added weight

02-20-2015, 08:00 AM	#1
kauaiboy04 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Sandy Eggo Posts: 215	presidents day weekend yellow late post, but better late than never. so for the past few weeks i've been hearing that the yellows have been chewin' hard. red crabs, warm weather, clear viz, lots of yo-yo catches, all that. haven't really had the time to get out as much as I wanted to, but I got the chance on valentines day. now usually during this time of year, i'm packing light and only bringing my yo-yo setup. tho night before I figured with all the warm water, surface actions bound to be happen. so i tie together a light sliding egg rig, bring along my sabiki and bait tank with the yo-yo setup. arrive at the launch to 1ft "waves", and head out to make some quick bait. put together maybe a handful a nice candy bar greenies with one spanish. nose hook a greenie and we start to make our way out to some pots. stop at a few places to drop the yo-yo on some marks but nada for quite some time. flat calm water with no wind and seals abound. water temp slowly crept up to 66 degrees, fricken warm for this time of year. seals kept snatching my bait and I was down to my spanish. tied that on and let it down deep. made the slow troll back to some friends and hooked up to a beast! went straight down to 185' and fought it back up to meet my gaff. 30+lbs bled. nice fish for my 1st yellow of 2015! __________________ http://socalkayak.blogspot.com Last edited by kauaiboy04; 04-15-2015 at 08:36 AM.

02-20-2015, 10:30 AM	#6
Dennis Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South of La Jolla... Posts: 1,193	Big fish! Congrats! __________________ Hmmmm.....

02-20-2015, 11:25 AM	#8
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	That is a beauty! __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

02-21-2015, 08:35 PM	#9
the dude Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Valley Center Posts: 271	heinous swell...that's a donkey of a yt! __________________ The dude abides.

02-20-2015, 08:05 AM	#2
octico Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: The city of Orange Posts: 1,278	Weather looks perfect. Nice fish!

02-20-2015, 08:08 AM	#3
Rambo Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: West Covina, CA Posts: 434	Great catch not to mention the beautiful picture quality with the glassy water shot. What camera did you shoot this on? DSLR?

02-20-2015, 09:16 AM	#4
Mr Fishback Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 71	Awesome catch!

02-20-2015, 10:07 AM	#5
chris138 donkey roper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pacific Beach Posts: 968	Nice fish, and a nice sled too. CB

02-20-2015, 10:35 AM	#7
Pinhead We all Stink Sometimes! Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 171	Solid fish. Good job Man!

02-21-2015, 09:14 PM	#10
Oxbeast1210 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 421	Sweet catch how do you like the kracken?

02-23-2015, 10:00 AM	#11
addicted2sp33d Here fishy fishy fishy... Join Date: May 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 774	Awesome fish! That color combination reminds me of these: