La Jolla 6-16-19-26 & 7-3-2017 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

FISH11 · 07-03-2017, 06:47 PM

Ok so I got one on my birthday Friday the 16th, then next three trips are skunks other than bait. The one i got was south in shallow water over heavy kelp and boiling bait. The next there trips I got plenty of good greenbacks for bait and cover all the same areas to the north, west and south but NADA. On the 26th it took a little longer to get bait and as I'm heading south a guy asking for radio check and if anybody is having any luck, tells me he got a WSB in 60' by the condo. Cool, but I'm just passing the Condo at the Cove and I don't see anybody at that depth. As I get further south I'm coming up on a couple kayaks I saw at the launch and notice a third guy coming from the south and he standing on the kayak for an on the water photo holding a large fish. As I get close I ask him if he's the guy with the WSB and he tells me that now he has two and the second one is a real fatty. He point south east and I say, OH you mean the second Condo, good that's were I was going because that is were I caught my last Yellowtail. I head south and as I had expected the Fog comes in hard and the wind picks up. Every one appears to bail out and I stick it out. Can't even see 40 yards and it getting really bumpy. After a few more hours of trolling in the area and heading back north, the fog is so bad I even pass up the Cove. I was using my GPS all the time and started to to not trust my compass. In the end it finally cleared up at the Cove and I could see that the compass was correct the whole time. No visibility and choppy condition were not fun. Today the weather could not have been better. Made ten nice greenbacks in a fairly short time and trolled over the south edge of the canyon and then headed south once the really large parking lot west of the Cove started to break up. Went south and covered the area south of The second Condo and trolled back on the outside edge of the kelp forest. Never got any bites but The frickin sealions stole 4 macs and lost a couple more in the kelp. So even though there have been some fish landed on some days, i did not see any landed today. The radio was unusually quite today, even tried listening to the channels used by boats out west checking out the banks and almost did not hear anything. So here is a shortened video of the last Yellow I landed on June 16th. I though some might want to remember what we look for. Enjoy the short FISH PORN!.........https://youtu.be/FsPYCaPbsrA

Sully1 · 07-03-2017, 07:54 PM

Way to get that Birthday fish!

JohnMckroidJr · 07-04-2017, 09:12 AM

Nice Happy Birthday catch ! Liked the music on your video where did you buy it.

FISH11 · 07-04-2017, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnMckroidJr

Nice Happy Birthday catch ! Liked the music on your video where did you buy it.

It's actually is one of the free non-copyrighted song that's on Utube for adding to videos in the rock category.

grey zone · 07-04-2017, 04:40 PM

In the fog and moving slowly always trust your compass. If you are sitting still your compass will always tell you what direction you are pointing while your GPS has no clue.

FISH11 · 07-04-2017, 09:17 PM

Absolutely right about the compass, when I wasn't moving at least 1/2 MPH the GPS chart would spin almost like a top. My ears were also telling me I should be past the Cove because the Sealions barking was behind me instead of in front.

07-03-2017, 06:47 PM	#1
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,642	La Jolla 6-16-19-26 & 7-3-2017 Ok so I got one on my birthday Friday the 16th, then next three trips are skunks other than bait. The one i got was south in shallow water over heavy kelp and boiling bait. The next there trips I got plenty of good greenbacks for bait and cover all the same areas to the north, west and south but NADA. On the 26th it took a little longer to get bait and as I'm heading south a guy asking for radio check and if anybody is having any luck, tells me he got a WSB in 60' by the condo. Cool, but I'm just passing the Condo at the Cove and I don't see anybody at that depth. As I get further south I'm coming up on a couple kayaks I saw at the launch and notice a third guy coming from the south and he standing on the kayak for an on the water photo holding a large fish. As I get close I ask him if he's the guy with the WSB and he tells me that now he has two and the second one is a real fatty. He point south east and I say, OH you mean the second Condo, good that's were I was going because that is were I caught my last Yellowtail. I head south and as I had expected the Fog comes in hard and the wind picks up. Every one appears to bail out and I stick it out. Can't even see 40 yards and it getting really bumpy. After a few more hours of trolling in the area and heading back north, the fog is so bad I even pass up the Cove. I was using my GPS all the time and started to to not trust my compass. In the end it finally cleared up at the Cove and I could see that the compass was correct the whole time. No visibility and choppy condition were not fun. Today the weather could not have been better. Made ten nice greenbacks in a fairly short time and trolled over the south edge of the canyon and then headed south once the really large parking lot west of the Cove started to break up. Went south and covered the area south of The second Condo and trolled back on the outside edge of the kelp forest. Never got any bites but The frickin sealions stole 4 macs and lost a couple more in the kelp. So even though there have been some fish landed on some days, i did not see any landed today. The radio was unusually quite today, even tried listening to the channels used by boats out west checking out the banks and almost did not hear anything. So here is a shortened video of the last Yellow I landed on June 16th. I though some might want to remember what we look for. Enjoy the short FISH PORN!.........https://youtu.be/FsPYCaPbsrA __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

07-03-2017, 07:54 PM	#2
Sully1 Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: The Beach Posts: 288	Way to get that Birthday fish! __________________

07-04-2017, 09:17 PM	#6
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,642	Absolutely right about the compass, when I wasn't moving at least 1/2 MPH the GPS chart would spin almost like a top. My ears were also telling me I should be past the Cove because the Sealions barking was behind me instead of in front. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

07-04-2017, 09:12 AM	#3
JohnMckroidJr Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 1,933	Nice Happy Birthday catch ! Liked the music on your video where did you buy it.

07-04-2017, 04:40 PM	#5
grey zone Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 158	In the fog and moving slowly always trust your compass. If you are sitting still your compass will always tell you what direction you are pointing while your GPS has no clue.