La Jolla 9-18
 

Made it out to La Jolla about 0700 hours. Much later than normal, but sleep was needed. Couldn't catch suid for the first time all year. Luckily i brought a handfull of dead ones caught last week. After about 30 minutes of no bait i drop a dead suirt down. Before it hits the bottom i feel rapid hits, DAMN, i freaken hait cudas! Reel up and discover there is no head. Pin another on and drop her down again.


Feel a few more hits, i'm thinking the head is gone after about 5 minutes, but leave it down while i jig for squid. Then a buddy says hey, "somethings hitting your pole pretty hard." I say, "My clicker isn't sounding, so it must be small."

I figure i wouldn't peddle 10-15 yards away to hopefully free my bait up and then BAM. My Torium-16 starts ringing. OH YEAH!

The fight is on. First it goes left, then right, then straight out into the open ocean. I realize why. It heads straight for an anchored skiff. The anchored guy asks, should i pull up?" I say NO. Dumb!

The fish get wrapped in the anchor line. Luckily this dude was cool. I forget his name, but he have gave me countless tips. He actually advised me to tie the dropper the way i did to hook this fish. So anchor dude walks me through how not to lose this fish.

Five minutes later i'm free. Hoping the fish is still on i start cranking. Nothing... nothing... then BAM!!! The fight is back on. About ten minutes later at about 0800 hours i see my FIRST :wsb:on the end of my line.

Oh YEAH!!!

Here's my prize. All 67 LBS, According to my bathroom scale...

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This is my first year of hitting La Jolla hard and only know what i do from asking questions to fellow yakkers on the water. Thanks for all the advice and tips. Luck goes a long way as well. A few yellows and now this have made me a happy man! Tight Lines...

WOW
freakish looking beast, congrats!
:cheers1:

HOLY SH!T-SNACKS BATMAN!!!! WAY TO GO!!!!:notworthy:

Nice, that's one big tanker there! Congrats.

That thing is huge! Nice catch :you_rock:

Dude hell. Yes. I'll be out at o'dark thirty in a few hours. Thanks for the report and what a monster!

Anchor guys name is Dan he's one of the most OG kayak fishing legends around....

Holy crap Matt!


That prehistoric looking thing is gonna feed you good.

67 pounds, damn its all downhill from here.:)

I remember that guy when he was Twinfin! :D

67 pounder on the dead stuff :luxhello::luxhello::luxhello:

That's one nice fish!:luxhello:

NUTS!

Dayum, congrats!

Excellent! That is a serious slob.

wow....congrats on that trophy. what are you gonna do now???? I guess this makes Disneyland look like crap....:reel:

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!

That thing is so big it looks photoshopped!!!

Congrats on a beast!

THAT A TOAD!!

Wow WHat a Beast!!! I guess la jolla sucks when it's not biting!!!;) Congratulations Man!!!!

Frankenslab!!!

matt
 

right on bro looks like your hitting it up hard...way to go that thing is a beast!....alex

jealous! :you_rock:

Congrats on hauling in that beast!

Nice fish, I saw you on the water getting pulled around. Nice fish. No luck for me.

DAAAAAMN!!:eek:

Awesome and cool, WTG!!! :cheers1:

I know exactly when that guy on the skiff caught his first kayak yellow! :D

Friendly advice - when you connect with something in that kind of size, make an extra effort get a cert weight on it. Bathroom scales and huge fish are kind of like fish tacos with fig jam in it, a spoiler. :D

What a fricken dinosaur. Congrats on the beast!

Damn Obesity is now hitting the WSB population.

Ho. Lee. Hell. :)
Now that is a fish.
Job well done sir.

Incredible fish, congratulations.

what classic photos. One day, long off, your grandkids will appreciate those photos...... I hope!

What an incredible fish! You will likely re-live that day for years. I know I would. Enjoy!

Nice tanker! You'll spend a lifetime trying to best that one! Congrats.

Wow! That's on hell of a fish. Nice one!

Dan

i can only catch 26-32" fish... :o cant wait to get one 3/4 or even 1/2 that size.

Like everyone else, I'm blown away by this fish....

Congrats!!

Shit!

Saw you on the webcam
 

Very Cool!! Yea saw you land with the monster and hold it up ...first time I have seen a big fish on the webcam!!

Does anyone outhere know how to estimate the age of a beast like this?