4/1 Opener South LJ

[blackcloud9]

Opening day for Lingcod today. Water temp was 63 inside, 61 out
deeper. Fished 1 - 5 pm. Light breeze, t-shirt weather, saw no other kayakers.

Somehow I managed to find my personal best, 34 inches and 11 lbs. Lost
another good one too, burning drag on 30 lb. then he just let go. Landed
about 12 fish mostly in the 23 to 25 inch range, all on plastics, near the
bottom.

Also caught a log barracuda on the iron, they came up crashing all around
the kayak at one point. Fishing 70 -80 feet deep in South La Jolla.


Landed in 2 to 8' surf at Big Rock. Luckily I timed it for the 2' part.


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[frugalfisher]

Lokk at the size of that mouth!! NICE!

[katchfish]

You didn't need the tape for that one!

Nice ling Larry!

Ken

[reel fishy]

Wow!

I'm impressed. Nice lingasaurus!

[dgax65]

Impressive ling. Even more impressive that you could make that landing. I saw some real crushers breaking around there in the morning.

[LITTLE_NEMO]

Nice Ling!!!!!!

[steveooo]

Nice ling larry!!!!

[Handymansd]

Look at those chompers!! Nice landing too! The surf looked a little big for me:eek:!

[blackcloud9]

For land reference - an Action Jackson shot. There is the Dolphin sitting inside of me. And this fish coughed up a still-nosehooked sardine complete with a foot of line. Someone was fishing 15#. Ha!

I have been quietly C&Ring the 2 footers quite a bit lately - super fun on lighter bass tackle.

For those interested, I will be giving a FREE kayak fishing seminar at Fastlane (Dana Landing area) right on Mission Bay, this Saturday. Sharing the speaking honors with Drew and Morgan, I think it starts at 11 am. C'mon down if you are interested in trying out test pedalling a Hobie on the bay.


'LJ SEA MONSTER'

[ski]

Great fish, Larry! I love the way those lings fight and taste:eating: