Maiden Trip - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

jorluivil · 05-31-2010, 06:39 PM

We fished Cabrillo today around the San Pedro Bait Barge, traffic wasn't to bad, more boats than fish though. It was our first day out on our yaks, I ended up with a 17" sandie on a Berkley Big Gulp Grub, pulled him out of the kelp. I kept it alive until we got back to the launch site, snapped a pic(left the camera in the car), put it back in the water and helped it swim away to fight another day. I also got a nice hit while dragging bait on the bottom, it was it tore up my bait pretty good. I'm sure it was a hali but without landing it it's tuff to say.

When we got back to the beach it was a madhouse

...people everywhere!!! As soon as we landed we had a welcoming committee

, people on us like flies on........you know. How much did the canoe cost? Canoe

Where were you fishing

? I had to push a few kids

away from the yak, they started snooping around, literally. I didn't want to be mean to the buggers but I still had some swimbaits and irons on the poles.

Anyway, it was nice to finally put the yaks to use, we need to work on a few things before our next trip. We're planning a trip to La Jolla in a few weeks, hope the two hour drive pays off.

Adam12 · 05-31-2010, 06:49 PM

I was out there today myself. If you want to avoid the beach crowd in the future use the boat ramp.

tattuna · 05-31-2010, 07:35 PM

Nice meeting you this morning. Tough day fishing. My buddy got skunked and I c&r'd a 25" hali. It was a mad house on shore, but I was surprised the boat traffic wasn't worse.

Hunters Pa · 06-01-2010, 08:30 AM

I was concerned the boat traffic would have been nasty today so I stayed home & worked on the skiff - good progress, but still a ways to go.

Did you have a stinger on the bottom bait that got mangled?

Glad your first trip was successful!

shortstack · 06-01-2010, 09:47 AM

I fished in OC yesterday also. It was a nice day, not much traffic in the early morning, Fished the kelp for about a dozen Sandies. Bait was easy to make. The dines were everywhere. I managed for the day 12 sandies, 1 short Wsb, 2 Calicos and 7 butts. All released, 3 were small legals the other 4 were shorts. nice day on the water not to crazy for a haliday.

jorluivil · 06-01-2010, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hunters Pa

Did you have a stinger on the bottom bait that got mangled?

Not me.

theluckypig · 06-01-2010, 04:30 PM

fished cabrillo with adam... saw all you guys out there. tried to make bait, nada. fished the shipping lanes, the shallows, then the harbor, a short butt... total. still, a beautiful day fishing...

05-31-2010, 06:39 PM	#1
jorluivil Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 6,856	Maiden Trip We fished Cabrillo today around the San Pedro Bait Barge, traffic wasn't to bad, more boats than fish though. It was our first day out on our yaks, I ended up with a 17" sandie on a Berkley Big Gulp Grub, pulled him out of the kelp. I kept it alive until we got back to the launch site, snapped a pic(left the camera in the car), put it back in the water and helped it swim away to fight another day. I also got a nice hit while dragging bait on the bottom, it was it tore up my bait pretty good. I'm sure it was a hali but without landing it it's tuff to say. When we got back to the beach it was a madhouse...people everywhere!!! As soon as we landed we had a welcoming committee, people on us like flies on........you know. How much did the canoe cost? Canoe Where were you fishing? I had to push a few kids away from the yak, they started snooping around, literally. I didn't want to be mean to the buggers but I still had some swimbaits and irons on the poles. Anyway, it was nice to finally put the yaks to use, we need to work on a few things before our next trip. We're planning a trip to La Jolla in a few weeks, hope the two hour drive pays off. Attached Images

05-31-2010, 07:35 PM	#3
tattuna Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pasadena Posts: 329	Nice meeting you this morning. Tough day fishing. My buddy got skunked and I c&r'd a 25" hali. It was a mad house on shore, but I was surprised the boat traffic wasn't worse. __________________ IG @tattuna

05-31-2010, 06:49 PM	#2
Adam12 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Whittier Posts: 126	I was out there today myself. If you want to avoid the beach crowd in the future use the boat ramp.

06-01-2010, 08:30 AM	#4
Hunters Pa Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fullerton Posts: 1,360	I was concerned the boat traffic would have been nasty today so I stayed home & worked on the skiff - good progress, but still a ways to go. Did you have a stinger on the bottom bait that got mangled? Glad your first trip was successful!

06-01-2010, 09:47 AM	#5
shortstack Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: LJ Posts: 97	I fished in OC yesterday also. It was a nice day, not much traffic in the early morning, Fished the kelp for about a dozen Sandies. Bait was easy to make. The dines were everywhere. I managed for the day 12 sandies, 1 short Wsb, 2 Calicos and 7 butts. All released, 3 were small legals the other 4 were shorts. nice day on the water not to crazy for a haliday.

06-01-2010, 04:30 PM	#7
theluckypig Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: San Pedro Posts: 694	fished cabrillo with adam... saw all you guys out there. tried to make bait, nada. fished the shipping lanes, the shallows, then the harbor, a short butt... total. still, a beautiful day fishing...