Curse of the lizard fish

[CKallday71]

Flipped the coin and decided to hit Dana Point instead of La Jolla this morning. Think I made a tactical error. DP was nothing but lizard fish and short bass.

Best part of the day was testing out the new Kayak and playing with the Dolphins.

If I find out the La Jolla was rocking today I may just kill myself.

[Dannowar]

Fish were jumping into kayaks today at la jolla. Even the oex cave tours came over and were catching fish.

[CKallday71]

Pardon me while I kill myself... Thanks Dan!

["jjcawjj"]

Fish were jumping into kayaks today at la jolla. Even the oex cave tours came over and were catching fish.
Dude you too!!!! I thought my yak was going to sink with all those :yt: !!!!!! I just hate when that happens!!!:D

[steveooo]

Could be worse. I flipped the coin and hit Dana today for the afternoon shift. Good day to fly a kite or go wind surfing. Lumpy with very mixed swell.

At this point, even catching a lizard fish sounds fun :cool:

Thx for the report :cheers1:

[Jim Sammons LJKF]

I would say you made the right call, at least if you hate fishing in the wind like I do.
I went out yesterday with my friend Rod and we saw one fish landed on a PB but no others before hanging it up. It was sloppy out there.

[danjor]

It still amazes me that out of the hundreds of kayak fishing trips I have only caught 1 lizard fish...

[DanaPT]

It still amazes me that out of the hundreds of kayak fishing trips I have only caught 1 lizard fish...


you aren't trying hard enough on those lizard fish. Seems they like my sibiki.

I ventured out yesterday too. Nice meeting you CK. I had bigger expectations. I flipped a coin and went south instead of north. Most of the activity was just outside of Doheny beach: 1 baby wsb, 1 spot fin croaker, & 1 sand bass. 1 shark hook-up and fail (forgot to set the clicker and almost got spooled) not paying attention.

In the harbor a 16 inch halibut to finish the day.

Water was warm, wind was constant and sea was rough but not too bad.

[Vikingj]

Rode the washboard bumps at DP last week and lucked out w/ a 12lb hali caught on sardine (1st in 2+ months!). I examined the stomach contents and found a partially digested LIZARD FISH! Got me thinking that I better save the LF that I sabiki and send them back down on my hook.

[CKallday71]

Anything that prolific has to be eaten by a LOT of things!

[MrPatrick]

My biggest sand bass at LJ puked up 4 small ones in my lap!!!!! When I took the hook out of its mouth.😝

[CKallday71]

Only problem with using them as bait is that they might try and attack the fish that you're trying to catch! I dropped a big iron the other day and came up with a lizard fish that was just slightly bigger than the iron. They are ambitious little buggers I'll give them credit for that!

[danjor]

The one lizard I caught actually hooked himself trying to eat the sand dab I was catching lol Those sand dabs are so tasty! :drool5:

[yakety-yak]

i dunno, i never had much luck sending lizardfish back down to the bottom. i don't think other fish find them as appealing as other baits

[PapaDave]

My first trip to SD bay I caught one and after reading somewhere they were good for halibut bait, I hooked it up and sent it down. after a short time the rod slowly bends over, thinking I'm hooked on the bottom I give it a yank, it yanked back. Towed me for a little bit then busted the line (this was before I migrated to braid).