LJ

[beef78]

Originally Posted by Hobie-Pedaller

your FIRST LJ outing.... and you hook into a Thresher, and also something else good that kelps you.
you are blessed, or gifted, or both.

most peeps (including me) don't get that action level, until MANY "learning trips" out in LJ waters.


MY first LJ outing....

flipped yak on maiden launch attempt, lost 1 tackle box.
reels & gear doused in sand & salt.
almost flipped again on second launch attempt,
bailed kayak, and swam/waded it back to shallows.
finally made it out successfully, on 3rd launch attempt.

could not make bait. (had no fish finder, and NO CLUE)
fished plastics in kelp, and broke off/lost every jig i took out.
fished cut squid on bottom, for a handful of tiny sand dabs.
sea sick & chumming overboard multiple times.
barely avoided a second yak flip, during surf landing.


after "all that fun"... i was COMPLETELY HOOKED on yak fishing.
i was truly back out there at LJ, 2 days later, for a much better experience.
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haha! Yeah, I have been told that I am gifted at fishing. I think I am just lucky. That and I have been fishing fresh water and surf my entire life. before I took the yak out to la jolla, I did a lot of trial runs in the bay. Also on Sunday the surf was very small. It was an easy launch. The only problems I had coming in was the tourists from one of the big groups.