Newport or J Street or Tidelands this Sat? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

slammah · 10-07-2019, 07:58 AM

Got to Castaways Park at around ~5:30 and launched right as the sun came up. Slowly peddling my hobie through the still glassy water while eating a fat breakfast burrito was definitely one of the highlights of my week. Ed mentioned how the lack of tidal movement and wind was going to make the fishing tough and we grinded for a few hours with just a couple bites. I hooked up on a spottie at around 8:30 (my first fish on the kayak!) using a 5" keitech with some freshwater shad scent I usually spray on for lmb’s. Sluggish fish so Ed told me to go low and slow and sure enough, I got bit slow popping over the eel grass. So cool. Fishing was slow so we headed back at around 10. Thanks guys for a good time and I'll be going out again same time next week.

SoCalEDC · 10-07-2019, 11:08 AM

nice, glad to hear you guys had a good time and got a couple of fish.

Amish Ed · 10-07-2019, 05:15 PM

My son got 2, I got skunked. But, it was a good time. This Sat at 530 works for me, hopefully the fish want to play.

AlwaysFishing · 10-07-2019, 09:58 PM

I skunked too but it was nice to have met Ed and his son as well as Kevin.
I did get a feel of the Topwater 120 PDL and love it!
Checked the tide report and it was reported to be smooth so I took the kayak out the next day and launched it off of the beach by Grissom oil island. Boy was that a mistake! The beach is so far from the parking lot I almost die of exhaustion dragging the kayak to the beach and then back to the parking lot after. I did have the C-Tug cart but it was still heavy. Love the few hours in the water though. I only managed a couple of small bass but it was nice to be out there.

Amish Ed · 10-07-2019, 11:21 PM

Are you coming Sat?

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Originally Posted by AlwaysFishing

I skunked too but it was nice to have met Ed and his son as well as Kevin.
I did get a feel of the Topwater 120 PDL and love it!
Checked the tide report and it was reported to be smooth so I took the kayak out the next day and launched it off of the beach by Grissom oil island. Boy was that a mistake! The beach is so far from the parking lot I almost die of exhaustion dragging the kayak to the beach and then back to the parking lot after. I did have the C-Tug cart but it was still heavy. Love the few hours in the water though. I only managed a couple of small bass but it was nice to be out there.

AlwaysFishing · 10-09-2019, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Amish Ed

Are you coming Sat?

Ed I might not be able to go out this weekend. Got the Long Beach Marathon this Sunday. Maybe next weekend.

10-07-2019, 07:58 AM	#1
slammah Junior Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: RSM Posts: 27	POST-SESH UPDATE! Got to Castaways Park at around ~5:30 and launched right as the sun came up. Slowly peddling my hobie through the still glassy water while eating a fat breakfast burrito was definitely one of the highlights of my week. Ed mentioned how the lack of tidal movement and wind was going to make the fishing tough and we grinded for a few hours with just a couple bites. I hooked up on a spottie at around 8:30 (my first fish on the kayak!) using a 5" keitech with some freshwater shad scent I usually spray on for lmb’s. Sluggish fish so Ed told me to go low and slow and sure enough, I got bit slow popping over the eel grass. So cool. Fishing was slow so we headed back at around 10. Thanks guys for a good time and I'll be going out again same time next week.

10-07-2019, 05:15 PM	#3
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,906	My son got 2, I got skunked. But, it was a good time. This Sat at 530 works for me, hopefully the fish want to play. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

10-07-2019, 11:08 AM	#2
SoCalEDC Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Rancho Cucamonga Posts: 609	nice, glad to hear you guys had a good time and got a couple of fish.

10-07-2019, 09:58 PM	#4
AlwaysFishing Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: On the water Posts: 198	I skunked too but it was nice to have met Ed and his son as well as Kevin. I did get a feel of the Topwater 120 PDL and love it! Checked the tide report and it was reported to be smooth so I took the kayak out the next day and launched it off of the beach by Grissom oil island. Boy was that a mistake! The beach is so far from the parking lot I almost die of exhaustion dragging the kayak to the beach and then back to the parking lot after. I did have the C-Tug cart but it was still heavy. Love the few hours in the water though. I only managed a couple of small bass but it was nice to be out there.