Sluggin'

[Dannowar]

very little kayak traffic today, in fact only saw two others. Pierre and I launched at dark planning on hitting some productive rockfish reefs to try and jig some mossies. Worked a solid ridge all morning for nada, didn't see any of the 6 PBs hook up either. Made our way to another solid reef on the inside and my FF was stacked with yellow squiggles. armed with only two poles and a gaggle of heavies, we began to wind our sore arms into oblivion.

nice little school with many big models, hooked a bunch, lost a majority to the thick bull kelp. took me 25 minutes to free this shouldery toad from the bull, but after some strategic toying and the help of a sea lion, managed to pop him off.

Haven't been hook and line fishing in a while as I've been mostly diving, but i think i sparked my fishing stoke a wee bit.


what a gorgeous day on the water. wind was dead and the sun was out. Very blessed to have LJ in my backyard

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fish went 29 and 33 :cheers1::jig::yt:

[Bert Vega]

DONKEYS!!!!!!

Congrats on the catch.

[JeffB]

Freakin' Toads!

[Smthtnnr]

Woah. Winter grade is starting to size up a little. Nice fish man, way to get it done

[surfisher]

Fuck yea! Saw a photo on current crew instagram. Was wondering who it was! Congrats!

[Cadillyak]

Nice fish Dan. You da man!! I heard there was gonna be high wind your there today. Guess not so much. Congrats on some hefty fish!

[FISH11]

Nice haul, quality yellows!

[nickc5]

Pretty sweet man! Saw this on Current Crew instagram! haha

[FlyFishinYakr]

SWEET CATCH on the :jig:! :cheers1: So much for that pesky wind warning!
Do you know what the water temp is?
I'd trade your sore arms for my bad back any day of the year! ;)
Out of curiousity don't you use 2-speeds for the yo-yo irons? :confused:
I own 2 TLD 20's (one for kayak fishing), an original Beastmaster 12/50 (=TLD30) and an Avet MXJ Raptor (65# braid and yes part of my LR GEAR but wouldn't hesitate to take out in my kayak to use on pigs like your's) just for that reason.
FFY :sifone:

[Dannowar]

Thanks guys!!

Ffy: I have the single speed mxj and a modified torium 20. Never had a two speed but both reels cover enough water for me

[Dennis]

Hefty! Congrats!

[the dude]

those are some STOUT mossbacks!

[blitzburgh]

Beeeaaast! :cheers1: Love that blood drenched pic!

[fishja]

Yew!! Killing it Danno! Way to get that kook Pierre on a nice one!


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[addicted2sp33d]

:cheers1:

[Lipripper92592]

Thick ones there! And a seal helped you out.....what strange times.

[Cbad Mike]

Right on buddy.
Good to see you back on top of the kayak!
:cheers1:

[i-Btec]

Random question here...You look like a guy I use to train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with in PB on Cass st. That you bro? :cheers1:

[bolocop]

Nice grade! Fatties!

[Dannowar]

Random question here...You look like a guy I use to train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with in PB on Cass st. That you bro? :cheers1:



Nope. Not the fighting type.


Lipripper, he was hung up almost to the point of giving up. The sea lion dove on him and he made a run, effectively sawing the kelp and busting loose. It's a gamble throwing your reel into freespool but I guess it was worth it.

[Zed]

Nice pair.
Hey katchfish, you're lookin a bit mopey over there. No happy paddle for you?
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[Deamon]

Random question here...You look like a guy I use to train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with in PB on Cass st. That you bro? :cheers1:

No...QB for the Ravens?...YES!

[katchfish]

QUOTE=Zed;Nice pair.

Hey katchfish, you're lookin a bit mopey over there. No happy paddle for you?

Bronze medal for me...

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Congrat's to the slugger slayers!...I could hear them hootin' 'n holler'n from a mile away!

Epic day, and there were some happy paddles!:paddleersmilie:

PS I hope your Pops finger heals soon, thank God it wasn't a pink snapper :sifone:

[i-Btec]

Nope. Not the fighting type.


Lipripper, he was hung up almost to the point of giving up. The sea lion dove on him and he made a run, effectively sawing the kelp and busting loose. It's a gamble throwing your reel into freespool but I guess it was worth it.


Cool man! :sifone: Nice Haul there!

[erinoo]

very, very nice fish, toads 4 sure...oh in the second pic, the guy in the background with the red truck and red 1920 model ocean kayak is very shady, he's got some very odd and unusual tendencies. Be careful when around him..

[YakDout]

very, very nice fish, toads 4 sure...oh in the second pic, the guy in the background with the red truck and red 1920 model ocean kayak is very shady, he's got some very odd and unusual tendencies. Be careful when around him..


Please elaborate.


Nice fish dano. Those are some BIG Yellers.

[GregAndrew]

Nice! But, me thinks that Sea Lion was not trying to help lol.

[Dennis]

That's a nice mackerel Ken!!

[Dannowar]

very, very nice fish, toads 4 sure...oh in the second pic, the guy in the background with the red truck and red 1920 model ocean kayak is very shady, he's got some very odd and unusual tendencies. Be careful when around him..

Dude seemed cool to me!!!

[Zed]

Dude seemed cool to me!!!

And hes got skeels. Caught the smallest yellow in 100miles.

[steveooo]

Slugs for sure!

Any thread that brings katchfish out is ok in my books :luxhello:

[Lipripper92592]

Nope. Not the fighting type.


Lipripper, he was hung up almost to the point of giving up. The sea lion dove on him and he made a run, effectively sawing the kelp and busting loose. It's a gamble throwing your reel into freespool but I guess it was worth it.

Help is help:yt:
"That's AIDS for sure"......oh that SB thread had my sides hurting.
Nice comment!!!!

[Caseym]

Im no podiatrist...but I think thats a bunyon.

[kayakfisherman]

Those are Toads!!! Holy crap!! Nice fish, nicely done.

It's great to see some bigger units out there. Thanks
for the inspiration.

[fresh to salt]

Dang those are some toads!

[captnblood34]

Rad. good haul