Mahi on the Kaboat and scout - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

lowprofile · 08-22-2022, 10:53 AM

Launched out of oside with my buddy josh and his scout 430 in search of pelagics. We went out to Carlsbad canyon and put in trollers then pointed towards the 181. Few miles in we saw a grey hull way out in the distance and made that our target. When we got closer we noticed a boat had been hiding in its silhouette and was drifting but I couldn’t see if they were on a patty or just stopped. We got to about 300 yards from it and turned off to the right to try to give them a reasonable distance to pass and as I got inline with them they started their engine and we all were going in the same direction. About 1/4 mile later I see jumping mahi but no patty. Figured they had been working them and I’d just press on but still hope for a strike.
I see them stop and see plenty of jumpers and then about 30 seconds later my daisy chain gets hit. Land the fish and see josh is hooked up. Motored over to ask them if it was cool that we stay and see they’re right on the patty and it’s about the size of a car hood. (It’s hard to see anything from my low point of view, especially with a little chop).
They gave us the go so I continued to work the area and ended up with 7 mahi. Josh got 3. All on various lures trolling.
After my 3rd The boat started trolling as well. They probably weren’t getting much on bait. After my 5th fish I gave them my hot lure and then switched it up to a lighter set up. Seen them hook up a couple times, hope they got some in the cooler!

Video below. Figured out my little hand gaff sucks. Lol. I’m going to make one. And both my new rod holders broke. So that’s cool.

Video.
https://youtu.be/_wp4QJ26BcI

FISH11 · 08-22-2022, 11:05 AM

Real nice haul. Glad you were able to find out what they wanted, to hook up. Tight Lines!

Gobble · 08-23-2022, 03:57 PM

Nice catch! What lure were you trolling?

JohnMckroidJr · 08-23-2022, 09:19 PM

Congratulations! Good thing you had leashes on your rods,

sorry to see the rod holder fail. Already subscribed, and another video liked!

08-22-2022, 10:53 AM	#1
lowprofile #1 on fishstick's hitlist Join Date: May 2011 Location: Sea level Posts: 1,478	Mahi on the Kaboat and scout Launched out of oside with my buddy josh and his scout 430 in search of pelagics. We went out to Carlsbad canyon and put in trollers then pointed towards the 181. Few miles in we saw a grey hull way out in the distance and made that our target. When we got closer we noticed a boat had been hiding in its silhouette and was drifting but I couldn’t see if they were on a patty or just stopped. We got to about 300 yards from it and turned off to the right to try to give them a reasonable distance to pass and as I got inline with them they started their engine and we all were going in the same direction. About 1/4 mile later I see jumping mahi but no patty. Figured they had been working them and I’d just press on but still hope for a strike. I see them stop and see plenty of jumpers and then about 30 seconds later my daisy chain gets hit. Land the fish and see josh is hooked up. Motored over to ask them if it was cool that we stay and see they’re right on the patty and it’s about the size of a car hood. (It’s hard to see anything from my low point of view, especially with a little chop). They gave us the go so I continued to work the area and ended up with 7 mahi. Josh got 3. All on various lures trolling. After my 3rd The boat started trolling as well. They probably weren’t getting much on bait. After my 5th fish I gave them my hot lure and then switched it up to a lighter set up. Seen them hook up a couple times, hope they got some in the cooler! Video below. Figured out my little hand gaff sucks. Lol. I’m going to make one. And both my new rod holders broke. So that’s cool. Video. https://youtu.be/_wp4QJ26BcI Attached Images __________________ MLPA- My Largest Poaching Area

08-22-2022, 11:05 AM	#2
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,643	Real nice haul. Glad you were able to find out what they wanted, to hook up. Tight Lines! __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

08-23-2022, 03:57 PM	#3
Gobble Junior Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 2	Nice catch! What lure were you trolling?

08-23-2022, 09:19 PM	#4
JohnMckroidJr Senior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Fort Lauderdale Posts: 1,945	Congratulations! Good thing you had leashes on your rods, sorry to see the rod holder fail. Already subscribed, and another video liked!