LJ Vets Day - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Holy Mackerel · 11-10-2006, 02:57 PM

Hit the launch about 5:45 to some tricky swell. It was 3-4 pretty clean, long enough intervals. I timed it wrong, and had a barrel pound 5 ft in front of my bow. Was able to pound through the white water. Headed out to the kelp...yes kelp, water looked clean just of the point, nice blue, with spiraling healthy kelp. Made a few Spanish macks, one hi, one low.

Worked the Iron for a couple of hours for nada... Lots of lobster buoys, reminded me of a YT I lost last year. I decided to head north to work the bottom. Ran into Soulwinner, good seeing you John. There was a big paddy in the water, I was hoping some dorado would be under it. I have the numbers if you want them... :P

Surf was up next to the pier, and all the way to the launch. This is as about as close as I wanted to get, big rollers were coming through.

Surf at the launch had some nice rollers, but manageable, kind of messy. Lights winds all morning, picked up slightly around 10am. There was a scarcity of bait, I didn't find any at the pier, even John said he had to look elsewhere. Finally, there was a sewage smell at the launch upon landing, and the water looked brown.

Video's of PM shift launch...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YT2-F-Ajy3Y

Chris

lamb · 11-10-2006, 03:37 PM

Cool report Chris. :afro:

We need them Baja waves... :shaking2: we need some training.

I feel for the guy that rolled. I don’t know what he was thinking when he kind of stopped paying attention. :cyclopsani:

I think you’re freaking people out with that camera. :shaking:

Safety 1st!!! :safe:

:bom:

dorado50 · 11-10-2006, 04:09 PM

Thanks for report, sort of puts a damper on fishing the shores this weekend. Oh well.

katchfish · 11-10-2006, 04:49 PM

I paddled north and ran into the halibut master....Soulwinner ( thanks John).

He passed off two baits.

I lost one on a snag on the bottom.

I caught a four foot leopard with the other.

I never did find any bait.

Nice afternoon of fishing in November.

Ken

Holy Mackerel · 11-10-2006, 08:01 PM

What the hack Adi, where are my smilies!!! I asked first!! :scratch: :lol: Can you put them back? :king: 8) Just got back from a night dive... Not too many bugs a crawling, my buddy ended up with 3 legals, nada for me, cool seeing the bio at night though!

steveooo · 11-11-2006, 10:56 PM

Yeah the surf was up in the p.m.
Watched 2 guys try to launch diving for bugs around 7:45. First guy just got CREAMED by a couple rollers and then taken back to the beach by a clean 4-5 footer that came from out of nowhere. His kayak was straight up the face and he got taken over the falls.
The second guy just swam his yak past the break and did o.k.
Nasty stuff out there.

11-10-2006, 02:57 PM	#1
Holy Mackerel Señor member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,627	LJ Vets Day Hit the launch about 5:45 to some tricky swell. It was 3-4 pretty clean, long enough intervals. I timed it wrong, and had a barrel pound 5 ft in front of my bow. Was able to pound through the white water. Headed out to the kelp...yes kelp, water looked clean just of the point, nice blue, with spiraling healthy kelp. Made a few Spanish macks, one hi, one low. Worked the Iron for a couple of hours for nada... Lots of lobster buoys, reminded me of a YT I lost last year. I decided to head north to work the bottom. Ran into Soulwinner, good seeing you John. There was a big paddy in the water, I was hoping some dorado would be under it. I have the numbers if you want them... :P Surf was up next to the pier, and all the way to the launch. This is as about as close as I wanted to get, big rollers were coming through. Surf at the launch had some nice rollers, but manageable, kind of messy. Lights winds all morning, picked up slightly around 10am. There was a scarcity of bait, I didn't find any at the pier, even John said he had to look elsewhere. Finally, there was a sewage smell at the launch upon landing, and the water looked brown. Video's of PM shift launch... http://youtube.com/watch?v=YT2-F-Ajy3Y Chris

11-10-2006, 03:37 PM	#2
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,563	Cool report Chris. :afro: We need them Baja waves... :shaking2: we need some training. I feel for the guy that rolled. I don’t know what he was thinking when he kind of stopped paying attention. :cyclopsani: I think you’re freaking people out with that camera. :shaking: Safety 1st!!! :safe: :bom: __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

11-10-2006, 04:09 PM	#3
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	Thanks for report, sort of puts a damper on fishing the shores this weekend. Oh well.

11-10-2006, 04:49 PM	#4
katchfish Paddle for Mahi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Doing the happy paddle! Posts: 846	I paddled north and ran into the halibut master....Soulwinner ( thanks John). He passed off two baits. I lost one on a snag on the bottom. I caught a four foot leopard with the other. I never did find any bait. Nice afternoon of fishing in November. Ken

11-10-2006, 08:01 PM	#5
Holy Mackerel Señor member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,627	What the hack Adi, where are my smilies!!! I asked first!! :scratch: :lol: Can you put them back? :king: 8) Just got back from a night dive... Not too many bugs a crawling, my buddy ended up with 3 legals, nada for me, cool seeing the bio at night though!

11-11-2006, 10:56 PM	#6
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	Yeah the surf was up in the p.m. Watched 2 guys try to launch diving for bugs around 7:45. First guy just got CREAMED by a couple rollers and then taken back to the beach by a clean 4-5 footer that came from out of nowhere. His kayak was straight up the face and he got taken over the falls. The second guy just swam his yak past the break and did o.k. Nasty stuff out there.