South LJ 5/29 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

blackcloud9 · 05-29-2006, 08:47 PM

Launched around 9 am at Big Rock, avoided the sketchy 6' sets. Picked up a few nice spanish macks around 60' deep in the few remaining kelp stringers. Went oustside and fished deeper around 110' off Marine St, flylining macks and also trying the bottom. Saw a boat catch 2 small yellows on sardines, I would guess 6-8 lbs and some cuda....

Got my macks stolen a couple times - some slow very lame bites (cuda) very dog-like - and some bumps on the single-hook iron. Lots and lots of good marks around the 90-100' area, huge schools of something fishy, probably just reluctant cuda..

I finally came back inside 40-60' of water, and saw the birds dipping around the kelp areas. Threw iron and had cuda nipping and following, and even a huge calico chased the jig to the kayak. Finally switched jigs and caught a bonito, and had some other foamy boils on the surface iron.

Time to go in, flylined my remaining live mackerel inside there and the calicos were all over 'em. Caught a bunch of calicos up to 4 lbs. and released. Broke some fish off on 20# in the kelp too. Landed around 5 pm, got in dry... but there's a building SW swell with overhead sets at Big Rock. :shock: Whew.

steveooo · 05-29-2006, 09:25 PM

Nice report Larry

Afran · 05-29-2006, 09:55 PM

Nice report. I'm glad you got out there. i hit Carlsbad from the shore today. Looking for Halibut and eye candy.

Heard of two YT today at LJ. sweet. from your report, it sounds like its starting to pick up.

05-29-2006, 08:47 PM	#1
blackcloud9 Kayaker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Big Rock, WindanSea, La Jolla Posts: 413	South LJ 5/29 Launched around 9 am at Big Rock, avoided the sketchy 6' sets. Picked up a few nice spanish macks around 60' deep in the few remaining kelp stringers. Went oustside and fished deeper around 110' off Marine St, flylining macks and also trying the bottom. Saw a boat catch 2 small yellows on sardines, I would guess 6-8 lbs and some cuda.... Got my macks stolen a couple times - some slow very lame bites (cuda) very dog-like - and some bumps on the single-hook iron. Lots and lots of good marks around the 90-100' area, huge schools of something fishy, probably just reluctant cuda.. I finally came back inside 40-60' of water, and saw the birds dipping around the kelp areas. Threw iron and had cuda nipping and following, and even a huge calico chased the jig to the kayak. Finally switched jigs and caught a bonito, and had some other foamy boils on the surface iron. Time to go in, flylined my remaining live mackerel inside there and the calicos were all over 'em. Caught a bunch of calicos up to 4 lbs. and released. Broke some fish off on 20# in the kelp too. Landed around 5 pm, got in dry... but there's a building SW swell with overhead sets at Big Rock. :shock: Whew. __________________ Larry. Hobie Revolution 13. 25 years of kayak fishing La Jolla. https://larryl.com/photos

05-29-2006, 09:25 PM	#2
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	Nice report Larry

05-29-2006, 09:55 PM	#3
Afran fishy Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 219	Nice report. I'm glad you got out there. i hit Carlsbad from the shore today. Looking for Halibut and eye candy. Heard of two YT today at LJ. sweet. from your report, it sounds like its starting to pick up.