LJ Shores for the first time - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

EDC · 06-09-2014, 04:00 PM

I'll take that as a good sign then that sometimes the area just isn't turned on. I did see some guys out in the open towards the canyon looking like they were bottom fishing I guess for rockfish. When I wasn't trolling a greenback I would mainly just park on top of the kelp and work my lures vertically with different retrieval speeds. Is this productive or would a long cast and swimming the bait back be better?

I love the site by the way. I've started from the end and have been working my way back. I'm only on page 450 or so. So much experience here it's amazing.

EDC · 06-09-2014, 04:21 PM

YakDout, thanks for all the info. I was pretty much going back and forth with trying the open water troll for big fish and coming back to the kelp in hopes for bass with artificial bait. I saw a seminar from Kevin Nakada (Sea Samurai) at the Fred Hall show earlier this year and was trying to keep to his yellowtail advice. Trolled the greenback about 100 feet back outside and around the kelp at 2.2-2.7mph. There was a pretty good struggle once. The greenie had some cuts along his body but wasn't dead or bit in half so I don't think it was a seal. Maybe a Barracuda. One thing I can't decide is if adding weight to the line would be a good idea to get the greenie lower in the water column.

But yeah I really love OEX. I got my Hobie from them along with various other things. Couldn't ask for a better deal and I love this yak so much (revo 13). I also have a OK Trident 11 and the off brand Ascend for two of my kids in the lakes. Definitely giving my future business to OEX.

EDC · 06-09-2014, 04:23 PM

Yeah I'm pretty bored sometimes at work. Maybe I'll catch something big and tasty after a couple hundred more pages!

Dannowar · 06-09-2014, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by EDC

I'll take that as a good sign then that sometimes the area just isn't turned on. I did see some guys out in the open towards the canyon looking like they were bottom fishing I guess for rockfish. When I wasn't trolling a greenback I would mainly just park on top of the kelp and work my lures vertically with different retrieval speeds. Is this productive or would a long cast and swimming the bait back be better?

I love the site by the way. I've started from the end and have been working my way back. I'm only on page 450 or so. So much experience here it's amazing.

Glad SOMEBODY uses the archives!!! Lotta useful info

computerguy · 06-09-2014, 07:37 PM

Eric, Nice to have meet you. I hope to see you out there again.
Jeff

EDC · 06-10-2014, 12:50 AM

Hey Jeff, did you and Mike end up with anything nice at the end of your lines sunday? Great meeting you too. I'll see you on the water again.

kauaiboy04 · 06-10-2014, 08:24 AM

well that's why it's called fishing, not catching! don't be too discouraged!

medina760 · 06-10-2014, 03:16 PM

I was out there sunday on a 1/2 day boat. It was wide open calicos all day. Barracudas showed up for a bit, and got a few rockfish. I also hooked up on something big most likely a black seabass but didn't land it.

EDC · 06-10-2014, 05:21 PM

Well that's good to hear. I just thought it was pretty weird that the other party boat I saw kept moving all over without success. When I was on it a couple weeks earlier the boat caught over 400 calico along with tons of other species. I didn't expect that kind of success by myself on my kayak, but I did think I would at least bring in a few bass. Nice to know that the fish were just biting heavy in a different location and it (hopefully) wasn't just me sucking. What part of the kelp was your party boat working off of? The one boat that I did see catching bass were chumming with anchovies but fishing the smaller shimano waxwings.

06-10-2014, 08:24 AM	#7
kauaiboy04 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Sandy Eggo Posts: 215	well that's why it's called fishing, not catching! don't be too discouraged! __________________ http://socalkayak.blogspot.com

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06-09-2014, 04:00 PM	#1
EDC Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Oceanside Posts: 44	I'll take that as a good sign then that sometimes the area just isn't turned on. I did see some guys out in the open towards the canyon looking like they were bottom fishing I guess for rockfish. When I wasn't trolling a greenback I would mainly just park on top of the kelp and work my lures vertically with different retrieval speeds. Is this productive or would a long cast and swimming the bait back be better? I love the site by the way. I've started from the end and have been working my way back. I'm only on page 450 or so. So much experience here it's amazing.

06-09-2014, 04:21 PM	#2
EDC Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Oceanside Posts: 44	YakDout, thanks for all the info. I was pretty much going back and forth with trying the open water troll for big fish and coming back to the kelp in hopes for bass with artificial bait. I saw a seminar from Kevin Nakada (Sea Samurai) at the Fred Hall show earlier this year and was trying to keep to his yellowtail advice. Trolled the greenback about 100 feet back outside and around the kelp at 2.2-2.7mph. There was a pretty good struggle once. The greenie had some cuts along his body but wasn't dead or bit in half so I don't think it was a seal. Maybe a Barracuda. One thing I can't decide is if adding weight to the line would be a good idea to get the greenie lower in the water column. But yeah I really love OEX. I got my Hobie from them along with various other things. Couldn't ask for a better deal and I love this yak so much (revo 13). I also have a OK Trident 11 and the off brand Ascend for two of my kids in the lakes. Definitely giving my future business to OEX.

06-09-2014, 04:23 PM	#3
EDC Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Oceanside Posts: 44	Yeah I'm pretty bored sometimes at work. Maybe I'll catch something big and tasty after a couple hundred more pages!

06-09-2014, 07:37 PM	#5
computerguy computer angler Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bonita Posts: 45	Eric, Nice to have meet you. I hope to see you out there again. Jeff

06-10-2014, 12:50 AM	#6
EDC Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Oceanside Posts: 44	Hey Jeff, did you and Mike end up with anything nice at the end of your lines sunday? Great meeting you too. I'll see you on the water again.

06-10-2014, 03:16 PM	#8
medina760 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 123	I was out there sunday on a 1/2 day boat. It was wide open calicos all day. Barracudas showed up for a bit, and got a few rockfish. I also hooked up on something big most likely a black seabass but didn't land it.

06-10-2014, 05:21 PM	#9
EDC Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Oceanside Posts: 44	Well that's good to hear. I just thought it was pretty weird that the other party boat I saw kept moving all over without success. When I was on it a couple weeks earlier the boat caught over 400 calico along with tons of other species. I didn't expect that kind of success by myself on my kayak, but I did think I would at least bring in a few bass. Nice to know that the fish were just biting heavy in a different location and it (hopefully) wasn't just me sucking. What part of the kelp was your party boat working off of? The one boat that I did see catching bass were chumming with anchovies but fishing the smaller shimano waxwings.