Islander June 4/5-2010 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

aftahour · 06-06-2010, 08:56 PM

wow what monsters!!

Yakking101 · 06-06-2010, 10:42 PM

So, apparently I never knew what "bass fishing" really was until this trip.

This is while still waiting on "Mr. take my sweet ass time Rider" to show up with his yak.

The crew was amazingly efficient.

I hooked up into something big that pulled me around for a short while before unbuttoning. Im thinking white sea bass? But then got bored and went to the inside after yo-yoing for a calico.

Tried nuclear chicken jerk shad for a few bites. Then switched to camo and... game on! Every cast in every direction would come up with a bass. Broke off 20 # twice, so had to tie on a 30 # topshot.

Holy calicos batman!

That was mostly the fish before lunch, stopped taking pictures because... well, I was busy catching fish!

lunch time:

fishing grounds:

guys working the kelp:

dinner:

end of the day: biggest fish was 36 # halibut

No yellows showed up to play, but it was a blast! great seeing everyone and meeting new people. The Islander runs this trip so well, very cool.

Lit-up1 · 06-07-2010, 06:43 AM

Thanks for the great reports and photos-Yes we were at San Clemente Island and all it amounted to was some guys having their best bass day ever in terms of numbers with some chunkers to go along with the multitude of dinks.
I am sure some more photos are coming-I hope-
My camera never was around anything good to shoot

Big thanks to Mr. Bugz for the awesome giveway and those that used them to keep those photos coming with or without the BUGZ.

Dave E.

Socalrobt · 06-07-2010, 11:09 AM

It was a great one! I met some really cool people. Congrats to Joe for landing a nice Halibut. I heard him on the radio and jammed over to him to snap some photos. If anyone ever gets a chance to fish with Josh aka Yakrider, Mark and Rob you have to do it. Those guys are great fishermen and they are fricking funny! I never laughed so hard in my life. Here are some photos.

06-07-2010, 06:43 AM	#3
Lit-up1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Point Loma Posts: 385	Islander reports- Thanks for the great reports and photos-Yes we were at San Clemente Island and all it amounted to was some guys having their best bass day ever in terms of numbers with some chunkers to go along with the multitude of dinks. I am sure some more photos are coming-I hope- My camera never was around anything good to shoot Big thanks to Mr. Bugz for the awesome giveway and those that used them to keep those photos coming with or without the BUGZ. Dave E. __________________

06-07-2010, 11:09 AM	#4
Socalrobt Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chico/Anaheim Posts: 101	Islander Trip It was a great one! I met some really cool people. Congrats to Joe for landing a nice Halibut. I heard him on the radio and jammed over to him to snap some photos. If anyone ever gets a chance to fish with Josh aka Yakrider, Mark and Rob you have to do it. Those guys are great fishermen and they are fricking funny! I never laughed so hard in my life. Here are some photos.

06-06-2010, 08:56 PM	#1
aftahour Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: torrance Posts: 155	wow what monsters!!

06-06-2010, 10:42 PM	#2
Yakking101 Junior Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 26	So, apparently I never knew what "bass fishing" really was until this trip. This is while still waiting on "Mr. take my sweet ass time Rider" to show up with his yak. The crew was amazingly efficient. I hooked up into something big that pulled me around for a short while before unbuttoning. Im thinking white sea bass? But then got bored and went to the inside after yo-yoing for a calico. Tried nuclear chicken jerk shad for a few bites. Then switched to camo and... game on! Every cast in every direction would come up with a bass. Broke off 20 # twice, so had to tie on a 30 # topshot. Holy calicos batman! That was mostly the fish before lunch, stopped taking pictures because... well, I was busy catching fish! lunch time: fishing grounds: guys working the kelp: dinner: end of the day: biggest fish was 36 # halibut No yellows showed up to play, but it was a blast! great seeing everyone and meeting new people. The Islander runs this trip so well, very cool.