DP 3/30 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

SorryCharlie · 03-30-2013, 07:18 PM

Hit the water around 7am and headed for the point. Conditions started windy but later in the day it calmed down only to pick back up again around 2. Lots of dolphins and whales around most of the day.

Started fishing the kelp didnt get much. Headed a bit off the kelp and saw a fellow yak fisherman and he was kind enough to give me some great tips.
Thanks Wayne! It was great to meet you.

With Wayne's tips I was able to get a 19" sand bass. Wind began picking up so I headed back towards the harbor and was fishing some of the kelp near the harbor and was lucky enough to hook my first legal Hali at 27". Both fish were caught on big hammers. All in all a great day.

Sorry about the side ways picture. My friend wasn't the best camera man.

Hookedface · 03-30-2013, 07:31 PM

Pretty sure I saw you out there. I was on the grey Malibu pro explorer fishing by the mouth of the harbor

Vikingj · 03-30-2013, 08:16 PM

Way to go w/ that nice hali & bass. Yum! I tried fishing w/ 2 rods this week- one live sardine & one swimbait. Got multiple bites and 2 nice sized sandies on swimbait and zero bites on live bait. You never know...
Thanks for posting.

steveooo · 03-30-2013, 09:22 PM

Great job

27" halibut are good eaters.

I'm a bit jealous- 3 trips to Dana in a row for me with no decent fish to show for it. My wife must wonder if I'm really out there fishing

tacklebox · 03-31-2013, 01:30 AM

what color bh? senorita?

DanaPT · 03-31-2013, 10:00 AM

good eats.

Nice report.

PapaDave · 04-01-2013, 08:16 AM

Better luck than I had to the south...

Bait - 11 inch sardines.
Water - cool, green and dirty.
Wind - fairly strong, 1-2' wind chop.
Catch - one short Calico and one Leopard shark.

04-01-2013, 08:50 AM

I cant seem to have any luck in dana point 3 trips with nothing.

dpasinli · 04-01-2013, 10:02 AM

Right On Bro, enjoy the grinds!

SorryCharlie · 04-01-2013, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tacklebox

what color bh? senorita?

Sand bass was on a red calico hunter and the hali was on redrum. The hali completely inhaled the BH, I've had hali bites leave the tell tail teeth marks on the BH tail, but first full on hit.

Dana has been rather hit or miss for me, but it's so close it just makes life easy. One good thing is the past few weekends I've been out things have been picking up a bit, so hopefully that trend continues.

I'll most likely be out there again this Sat., hope to see you out there. (I'll be the one mindlessly peddling around a red hobie

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03-30-2013, 07:18 PM	#1
SorryCharlie Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 140	DP 3/30 Hit the water around 7am and headed for the point. Conditions started windy but later in the day it calmed down only to pick back up again around 2. Lots of dolphins and whales around most of the day. Started fishing the kelp didnt get much. Headed a bit off the kelp and saw a fellow yak fisherman and he was kind enough to give me some great tips. Thanks Wayne! It was great to meet you. With Wayne's tips I was able to get a 19" sand bass. Wind began picking up so I headed back towards the harbor and was fishing some of the kelp near the harbor and was lucky enough to hook my first legal Hali at 27". Both fish were caught on big hammers. All in all a great day. Sorry about the side ways picture. My friend wasn't the best camera man. Attached Images

03-31-2013, 01:30 AM	#5
tacklebox I got gas! Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Mission Viejo Posts: 159	what color bh? senorita? __________________ TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY

04-01-2013, 08:16 AM	#7
PapaDave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 1,462	Better luck than I had to the south... Bait - 11 inch sardines. Water - cool, green and dirty. Wind - fairly strong, 1-2' wind chop. Catch - one short Calico and one Leopard shark. __________________ So long and thanks for all the fish...

03-30-2013, 07:31 PM	#2
Hookedface Junior Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Riverside Posts: 15	Pretty sure I saw you out there. I was on the grey Malibu pro explorer fishing by the mouth of the harbor

03-30-2013, 08:16 PM	#3
Vikingj Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dana Point area Posts: 438	Way to go w/ that nice hali & bass. Yum! I tried fishing w/ 2 rods this week- one live sardine & one swimbait. Got multiple bites and 2 nice sized sandies on swimbait and zero bites on live bait. You never know... Thanks for posting.

03-30-2013, 09:22 PM	#4
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	Great job 27" halibut are good eaters. I'm a bit jealous- 3 trips to Dana in a row for me with no decent fish to show for it. My wife must wonder if I'm really out there fishing

03-31-2013, 10:00 AM	#6
DanaPT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South OC Posts: 1,605	good eats. Nice report.

04-01-2013, 08:50 AM	#8
madncrzydm Guest Posts: n/a	I cant seem to have any luck in dana point 3 trips with nothing.

04-01-2013, 10:02 AM	#9
dpasinli Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: San Clemente Posts: 118	Right On Bro, enjoy the grinds!