Barracuda anyone?

[Iceman]

$10 parking at Bolsa or meters at Dog Beach.........bet you could find em under birds out of Newport with free parking!

[onetriphudson]

I'm glad to be a kayak fisherman for many reasons... one of them is my reduced impact on the ocean and my ability to only take what I can use.

I've spent alot of time on the party boats growing up and I've seen so many short barracuda have their faces mangled by jigs when getting shaken off at the rail or even worse, some inland goof fills up a buralap sack with a limit and then he's asking back at the dock if anyone wants them because he doesn't like fish. Don't get me wrong, I've shredded more cuda with the jig than I care to remember and when I see fish counts of 40 guys taking 500 barracuda, I can only hope that the loss of life is going to good use and not just cold-hearted sport. If the slime is biting so good that you can get bit every cast, try a fixed single hook Tady C or maybe even try pinching down the barb.

Just my thoughts...

[bus kid]

I agree with hudson, I dont post post pics because I fish for substance not bragging rights. My family will eat at most 2 cuda, and I will smoke 2 or 3 max to pass on to family and friends. Now as for the Iceman, I will be keeping a ear to the reports, tues it was LB, yesterday it was huntington, looks like they are going south nph launch might be right on the money, I will make a decision as to where I will be going friday night. anyone want to meet up thats good with me, more yaks means less of a chance of being run over by a boat.

See you guys on the water.

[jorluivil]

I'm in if it's a Saturday afternoon launch or Sunday.

[ctrujillo]

heading to newport tommorow 5-13 anyone else going out?

[mtnbykr2]

Originally Posted by ctrujillo

heading to newport tommorow 5-13 anyone else going out?

I will be in DP saturday, if someones smokin' cuda I will take a piece...love that stuff, good luck out there and keep a fresh CDR around for when the one you are throwin gets all tore up

[ctrujillo]

Originally Posted by mtnbykr2

I will be in DP saturday, if someones smokin' cuda I will take a piece...love that stuff, good luck out there and keep a fresh CDR around for when the one you are throwin gets all tore up

cdr? thanks and good luck saturday

[carbonbass]

Originally Posted by ctrujillo

heading to newport tommorow 5-13 anyone else going out?

i think i will be, you going out the harbor mouth looking for birds? time?

[ctrujillo]

Originally Posted by carbonbass

i think i will be, you going out the harbor mouth looking for birds? time?

yes i will launch at small beach at 7 am i will be the xxxl guy in the blue xxxfactor

[swank]

Originally Posted by ctrujillo

heading to newport tommorow 5-13 anyone else going out?

I'm taking my dad out, we'll launch off the coast guard station if we can find parking around 9am. Chase birds if we're lucky, if not we're heading to CDM. Just look for the 2 big guys on yellow yaks :P

[carbonbass]

Originally Posted by swank

I'm taking my dad out, we'll launch off the coast guard station if we can find parking around 9am. Chase birds if we're lucky, if not we're heading to CDM. Just look for the 2 big guys on yellow yaks :P

that sounds like a great plan, with the water warming, calicos are not a bad B plan :]

[FishinReelDeals]

Originally Posted by onetriphudson

I'm glad to be a kayak fisherman for many reasons... one of them is my reduced impact on the ocean and my ability to only take what I can use.

I've spent alot of time on the party boats growing up and I've seen so many short barracuda have their faces mangled by jigs when getting shaken off at the rail or even worse, some inland goof fills up a buralap sack with a limit and then he's asking back at the dock if anyone wants them because he doesn't like fish. Don't get me wrong, I've shredded more cuda with the jig than I care to remember and when I see fish counts of 40 guys taking 500 barracuda, I can only hope that the loss of life is going to good use and not just cold-hearted sport. If the slime is biting so good that you can get bit every cast, try a fixed single hook Tady C or maybe even try pinching down the barb.

Just my thoughts...

Exactly the way I feel. The only difference is I use a dremal to take the barbs completely off. My dad has been fishing cuda barbless before I was fishing. Keep only what your gonna eat and, take care of the fish for a safe realease!

[ful-rac]

Looks like the fish at huntington went down....the fish over at MDR or redondo are still biting so looks like I'll head up there, hopefully it's the right move......

[bus kid]

I launched out of the coast guard station in NPH around 730 am 5-14-2011.
paddled out to CDR first thing to see what was going on. nothing but angry confused seas and some wind. paddled, trolled and drown some bait, metered something but it didnt want to bite threw some plastic for the calicos on the rocks two hooked and released,headed in and loaded up to moved north on PCH but same story all the way to LB so I called it a day. Hope you guys had a better time in MDR.

[roby]

It was alright...caught a couple of these guys.....

[theluckypig]

nice roby!