yani
02-28-2008, 10:46 PM
<TABLE id=HB_Mail_Container height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 UNSELECTABLE="on"><TBODY><TR height="100%" UNSELECTABLE="on" width="100%"><TD id=HB_Focus_Element vAlign=top width="100%" background="" height=250 UNSELECTABLE="off">It started with one phone call on Monday, President’s Day. Greenjeans just got back from LJ and claimed he saw lots of Yellows being caught.Although none came his way. He suggested I might give it a try.As a back up, I emailed Adi with lots of questions.Adi’s reply: “We have Yellows year-roundat La Jolla.” What did I expect from Adi?<O:p</O:pHell’s bells, I decided to give it a try on Tuesday. The super high tide prevented a beach launch. And a couple of foot-pumpingdingy-inflatable fisherman with a small trollingmotor made for entertainment while attemptinga surf launch. I laughed my ass off, until I sawthem bring a huge WSB. Then I cried my ass off.http://www.kayakfishingmafia.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/normal_squid_bait.jpg<O:p</O:pMuch to everyone’s surprise, a WSB bite brokewide open around 8am and lasted an hour. If you had live squid, you were in there, otherwiseyou just got in the way. <O:p</O:pI was given a couple of squid by Owen, then quickly proceeded to farm my only hook-upof the day. I must have seen at least 10 WSBthat day that were over 40lbs.<O:p</O:pTuesday nite, I get a phone call from San Deigo.It’s my old friend Adi. He wants to know what’sreally going on at LJ. Hey Adi, there’s WSBat LJ all year round. <O:p</O:pOn Wednesday, I met Greenjeans and both of us were hoping I wasn’t having a LSD flashbackon Tuesday. And, that there really was a WSBbite going on. As far as the live squids go,I brought a 6-pac of Heinekens for some horse-trading in case I couldn’t find any squids.Lucky for me Greensjeans found a boaterwho was giving squids away. So we wereloaded and ready to go. On Wednesday, thebite started at 9am, and lasted an hour.<O:p</O:pFirst Greenjeans got hooked up with a 55lb WSB,then Dave Easton with his two. I start paddling over to their spotand notice Pat Esdees with a look of despair on hisface. “Need any squid?” I asked. Pat came running.<O:p5 minutes later, Pat’s on within the same area. He pullsup a monster WSB. Finally it’s my turn. I’ve got a niceyellow. I bring it to gaff, took a swing and althoughI missed the fish, I broke my line. My yellow is freeswimming near my yak. And by the grace of GodAlmighty, I get one more swing and it’s a hit.<O:pRight after that, two guys in a small boat simultaneouslyhook up with WSB. After they landed their fish, they callme over and show me their earlier catch. A 43lb halibut.
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http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/2/Squid_08_Pat.jpg</O:p<O:p</O:phttp://www.kayakfishingmafia.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/normal_three_big_fish.jpg<O:p<O:p> http://www.kayakfishingmafia.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/normal_Yellow_Squid_08.jpg</O:p>What a day. I was like being in the middle of a DiscoveryChannel documentary. Three days later my mom is cooking upfish soup with some Yellowtail I had givenher. She calls me at work to tell me she found a hookwith a short little nylon string connected to it in the Yellowtail’s mouth. I told her to keep it, but ifshe found a Heineken in its belly, well, that was mine. <O:p</O:pWhile she enjoyed Yellowtail soup, I took the bellymeat, diced it, boiled it and turned it into a TunaSalad Sandwich. Mmmm Yummy.http://www.kayakfishingmafia.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/normal_prep_for_yellow_sandwich.jpg<O:phttp://www.kayakfishingmafia.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/normal_Squid_Winter_08_006.jpgPS. If the formatting is all screwed up, it's Adi fault.Yani
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http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/2/Squid_08_Pat.jpg</O:p<O:p</O:phttp://www.kayakfishingmafia.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/normal_three_big_fish.jpg<O:p<O:p> http://www.kayakfishingmafia.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/normal_Yellow_Squid_08.jpg</O:p>What a day. I was like being in the middle of a DiscoveryChannel documentary. Three days later my mom is cooking upfish soup with some Yellowtail I had givenher. She calls me at work to tell me she found a hookwith a short little nylon string connected to it in the Yellowtail’s mouth. I told her to keep it, but ifshe found a Heineken in its belly, well, that was mine. <O:p</O:pWhile she enjoyed Yellowtail soup, I took the bellymeat, diced it, boiled it and turned it into a TunaSalad Sandwich. Mmmm Yummy.http://www.kayakfishingmafia.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/normal_prep_for_yellow_sandwich.jpg<O:phttp://www.kayakfishingmafia.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10026/normal_Squid_Winter_08_006.jpgPS. If the formatting is all screwed up, it's Adi fault.Yani
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