Tidelands 06/05/11 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Jimmyz123 · 06-05-2011, 05:19 PM

Still fine tuning my new Fish Finder/GPS unit I wanted to see if the new way I installed my transducer would work as I hoped. The results were wonderful and I will be posting up Step by step instructions as to what I did.

I made my way to Tidelands this morning wanting to avoid the runners for the R&R marathon and I was glad that I did. I saw some other Kayakers launching just ahead of me. It wasn’t until I was returning my cart wheels that I realized who they were. Anyway as you can see the tide was way out this morning, and started to roll in at 6:30 this morning.

I made my way to the bridge and started to drift. Going between the Pilings of the bridge I was getting some hard hits but they were avoiding taking the hooks. Then right at about 9 A.M. I drifted passed the green channel marker and it was like a switch was turned on. I had 3 rods out with different baits on, 1 white grub, 1 blue silver swim bait, and another anchovy looking bait. All buttered up with Unibutter.

The white grub was not getting anything but the anchovy and swim bait were getting bumped 1 after the other. I was missing fish because I was reeling in one, and then reeling in the next while another was biting. I had to be off the water by 10 for a family outing that was planned so I was bummed that I had to leave an active bite. However I was able to do what I wanted. I caught nice fish, tested my FF/GPS, and got to enjoy a nice morning paddle, and then spend time with the family. All in all a great morning and day.

Total fish count.
5 Spotties caught and released 1 lizard, and quite a few hard hits coming through the bridge area.
NOTE - Always clean you lens before taking pictures. As you can see I had some water on the lens.

Regor · 06-06-2011, 04:56 AM

Sounds (and looks) like you had a good time, and STILL made your family commitments

Jimmyz123 · 06-06-2011, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Regor

Sounds (and looks) like you had a good time, and STILL made your family commitments

Yes it was a great morning and rest of the day. I still would have liked to have stayed another hour. The bite had just turned on. Oh well Save some fish for next time. All fish released.

mtnbykr2 · 06-06-2011, 06:39 AM

nice job Jimmy...I need to get down there with ya, I had a good time there the last visit

Jimmyz123 · 06-06-2011, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by mtnbykr2

nice job Jimmy...I need to get down there with ya, I had a good time there the last visit

Next time you come down we'll do a South Bay trip rather than a Zuniga trip. There are a lot of fun fish down in that area.

06-05-2011, 05:19 PM	#1
Jimmyz123 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,385	Tidelands 06/05/11 Still fine tuning my new Fish Finder/GPS unit I wanted to see if the new way I installed my transducer would work as I hoped. The results were wonderful and I will be posting up Step by step instructions as to what I did. I made my way to Tidelands this morning wanting to avoid the runners for the R&R marathon and I was glad that I did. I saw some other Kayakers launching just ahead of me. It wasn’t until I was returning my cart wheels that I realized who they were. Anyway as you can see the tide was way out this morning, and started to roll in at 6:30 this morning. I made my way to the bridge and started to drift. Going between the Pilings of the bridge I was getting some hard hits but they were avoiding taking the hooks. Then right at about 9 A.M. I drifted passed the green channel marker and it was like a switch was turned on. I had 3 rods out with different baits on, 1 white grub, 1 blue silver swim bait, and another anchovy looking bait. All buttered up with Unibutter. The white grub was not getting anything but the anchovy and swim bait were getting bumped 1 after the other. I was missing fish because I was reeling in one, and then reeling in the next while another was biting. I had to be off the water by 10 for a family outing that was planned so I was bummed that I had to leave an active bite. However I was able to do what I wanted. I caught nice fish, tested my FF/GPS, and got to enjoy a nice morning paddle, and then spend time with the family. All in all a great morning and day. Total fish count. 5 Spotties caught and released 1 lizard, and quite a few hard hits coming through the bridge area. NOTE - Always clean you lens before taking pictures. As you can see I had some water on the lens. __________________ No better time than being on the water, God Bless, JimmyZ Last edited by Jimmyz123; 06-05-2011 at 06:43 PM.

06-06-2011, 04:56 AM	#2
Regor Greg Join Date: May 2010 Location: Chula Vista, ca Posts: 509	Sounds (and looks) like you had a good time, and STILL made your family commitments

06-06-2011, 06:39 AM	#4
mtnbykr2 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: newbury park ca Posts: 2,323	nice job Jimmy...I need to get down there with ya, I had a good time there the last visit