First time out of LJ - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

blackcloud9 · 09-25-2013, 01:51 PM

And this link below may help to gauge launch conditions.

http://www.larryl.com/favorite_kayak_conditions.htm

SE breeze this morning was likely blocked by La Jolla making for a smooth launch with pretty small surf.

BTW, I would NOT recommend a launch Thursday morning (9/26) as it will be 'washing machine' conditions.

Larry

PAL · 09-25-2013, 03:05 PM

^It wasn't exactly glassy inside, but not bad either. By 10 or so the southeast wind was blowing snot outside. Surf intermittently thumpy and seeming to rise. Definitely doable for anyone with timing.

No fish for me.

TJones · 09-25-2013, 03:17 PM

20 mph + . i took vacation for this

. nice meeting up with you guys , maybe next time we will get em . i think the surf is gonna pick back up in the next couple days . on the positive note , i did break the skunk . i scratched out one greenie .

PAL · 09-25-2013, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by TJones

20 mph + . i took vacation for this

. nice meeting up with you guys , maybe next time we will get em . i think the surf is gonna pick back up in the next couple days . on the positive note , i did break the skunk . i scratched out one greenie .

Bait? That's a low bar! We made plenty of mega macs and even a few micro bones just off the kelp line at first light. I guess we scored after all.

CKallday71 · 09-25-2013, 04:31 PM

Wind certainly sucked. Making bait was easy and metered fish but none of them were biting.

MurseMike · 09-26-2013, 12:04 AM

So first beach launch and landing went well. It definitely will get interesting when it gets bigger than ankle to knee high. I launched at 5 and I'm not going to lie I was a bit sketched out not being able to see more than 10 feet and being in that much water. Chris helped me out huge by letting me follow him out a ways. Fishing was fantastic, but I was able to getting a few healthy mackeral and a halibut that was the size of my hand. I had to call it an early day because of work so I started the paddle back to shore at 9. The wind was starting to come up. Overall, it was a awesome day and definitely way better than newport and dana point. It was my third time fishing without a deck hand and my third time in a kayak. The paddle wasn't too bad and will only help me build muscle for surfing this winter.

Cbad Mike · 09-26-2013, 02:31 AM

Nice report. Glad it went well for you. Btw.... The Halibut the size of your hand most likely was a Sand Dab. There's a ton of them in LJ.

TJones · 09-26-2013, 07:49 AM

i had trouble catching greenies with sibiki . i was able to catch sardines and spanish , this was in the midst of a wide open bite . i should have dumped the spanish macs and headed to 95 ' of water with the few "dines" that i had . i have never really fished sardines in Lj , but needless to say these are great baits . this week i switched back to a pre made double hook setup tipped with squid , which wasn't working for me either .so i started to head offshore with the one greenback that i had , but after 45 min. of paddling , decided to try and tie off , hoping that the winds would die down . remarkably i was able to stay stationary with only two strand of kelp . i did this for 45 minutes to no avail . i tried to head off shore again , but was quickly fatigued and headed back in . the paddle back in seemed to take longer than normal , maybe i was out of gas from the start . swells were pretty big , combined with the wind i almost felt like i was about to flip on the PA , had i done something stupid . coming back in , the water definitely had more power , but so far i have been lucky on the pro angler and have not gotten destroyed . this might have been a better day for a outback . hope to see you guys on the water soon . take care .

09-25-2013, 03:17 PM	#3
TJones Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,526	shet day 20 mph + . i took vacation for this . nice meeting up with you guys , maybe next time we will get em . i think the surf is gonna pick back up in the next couple days . on the positive note , i did break the skunk . i scratched out one greenie .

09-25-2013, 04:31 PM	#5
CKallday71 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: The 951 Posts: 430	Wind certainly sucked. Making bait was easy and metered fish but none of them were biting. __________________ I fish therefore I am. Selling cars since 2006. If you love what you do you never WORK a day in your life.

09-26-2013, 02:31 AM	#7
Cbad Mike Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Carlsbad Ca. Posts: 1,206	Nice report. Glad it went well for you. Btw.... The Halibut the size of your hand most likely was a Sand Dab. There's a ton of them in LJ. __________________ [SIGPIC]

09-26-2013, 07:49 AM	#8
TJones Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,526	last week i had trouble catching greenies with sibiki . i was able to catch sardines and spanish , this was in the midst of a wide open bite . i should have dumped the spanish macs and headed to 95 ' of water with the few "dines" that i had . i have never really fished sardines in Lj , but needless to say these are great baits . this week i switched back to a pre made double hook setup tipped with squid , which wasn't working for me either .so i started to head offshore with the one greenback that i had , but after 45 min. of paddling , decided to try and tie off , hoping that the winds would die down . remarkably i was able to stay stationary with only two strand of kelp . i did this for 45 minutes to no avail . i tried to head off shore again , but was quickly fatigued and headed back in . the paddle back in seemed to take longer than normal , maybe i was out of gas from the start . swells were pretty big , combined with the wind i almost felt like i was about to flip on the PA , had i done something stupid . coming back in , the water definitely had more power , but so far i have been lucky on the pro angler and have not gotten destroyed . this might have been a better day for a outback . hope to see you guys on the water soon . take care . Last edited by TJones; 09-26-2013 at 07:52 AM. Reason: congrats on catch , you did better that most .

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09-25-2013, 01:51 PM	#1
blackcloud9 Kayaker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Big Rock, WindanSea, La Jolla Posts: 413	And this link below may help to gauge launch conditions. http://www.larryl.com/favorite_kayak_conditions.htm SE breeze this morning was likely blocked by La Jolla making for a smooth launch with pretty small surf. BTW, I would NOT recommend a launch Thursday morning (9/26) as it will be 'washing machine' conditions. Larry

09-25-2013, 03:05 PM	#2
PAL Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 754	^It wasn't exactly glassy inside, but not bad either. By 10 or so the southeast wind was blowing snot outside. Surf intermittently thumpy and seeming to rise. Definitely doable for anyone with timing. No fish for me.

09-26-2013, 12:04 AM	#6
MurseMike Junior Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 6	So first beach launch and landing went well. It definitely will get interesting when it gets bigger than ankle to knee high. I launched at 5 and I'm not going to lie I was a bit sketched out not being able to see more than 10 feet and being in that much water. Chris helped me out huge by letting me follow him out a ways. Fishing was fantastic, but I was able to getting a few healthy mackeral and a halibut that was the size of my hand. I had to call it an early day because of work so I started the paddle back to shore at 9. The wind was starting to come up. Overall, it was a awesome day and definitely way better than newport and dana point. It was my third time fishing without a deck hand and my third time in a kayak. The paddle wasn't too bad and will only help me build muscle for surfing this winter.