Homeguard yellowtail - better days - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

kodadog · 03-16-2013, 04:00 PM

Got this one on a questionable morning watching the surf roll in on the webcam, and watching the fishermen unload, evaluate, and load back up. Fellow BWE member i was watching paddled for it and aborted twice. My buddy called me, says it's his only day off and we're going.

So I load em up, head down. See dude who was still ready to go after not making it. We all rally and make it through the manageable but fairly intense beach launch, but we all knew the fish were there. Everyone did, but there was only one other kayak fisherman out, the man who took this pic for me. Thanks again.

I got this one on the first drop this day. After days, weeks of drops with nothing. Yoyo.

Never felt so lucky. The surf landing was great with this guy on the bow. Completely washed my old ocean yak.

tacklebox · 03-16-2013, 04:02 PM

Nice yellow man! Congrats!

FlyFishinYakr · 03-16-2013, 04:57 PM

Very nice fish.

Worth the effort while everyone else bails....Your reward=

You did tip your buddy for getting you out there...didn't you?
Not bad for the first drop!

FFY

Necron 99 · 03-16-2013, 06:00 PM

First Drop??? I need a day like that!

kaya_one · 03-16-2013, 08:10 PM

Hey Bud,
I saw you out last week and we were chatting it up. I was on the orange Tarpon.
Nice one there. Right on!

theluckypig · 03-16-2013, 09:29 PM

way to make it happen!

Sully1 · 03-17-2013, 07:12 AM

Nice yellow!

driftwood · 03-17-2013, 07:23 AM

Feels good to get that skunky/monkey YT off your back.
Big time congrats on your spring YT.

blitzburgh · 03-17-2013, 09:32 PM

Nice!

619-SWIM-DOG · 03-18-2013, 12:21 AM

Nice yellow on the lucky first drop...killer

bigbarrels · 03-18-2013, 01:13 AM

Deamon · 03-18-2013, 04:19 AM

The type of landing one has doesn't matter when there's a pig strapped to the yak...great job!

03-16-2013, 04:00 PM	#1
kodadog Junior Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 8	Homeguard yellowtail - better days Got this one on a questionable morning watching the surf roll in on the webcam, and watching the fishermen unload, evaluate, and load back up. Fellow BWE member i was watching paddled for it and aborted twice. My buddy called me, says it's his only day off and we're going. So I load em up, head down. See dude who was still ready to go after not making it. We all rally and make it through the manageable but fairly intense beach launch, but we all knew the fish were there. Everyone did, but there was only one other kayak fisherman out, the man who took this pic for me. Thanks again. I got this one on the first drop this day. After days, weeks of drops with nothing. Yoyo. Never felt so lucky. The surf landing was great with this guy on the bow. Completely washed my old ocean yak. Attached Images

03-16-2013, 04:02 PM	#2
tacklebox I got gas! Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Mission Viejo Posts: 159	Nice yellow man! Congrats! __________________ TODAY WAS A GOOD DAY

03-16-2013, 04:57 PM	#3
FlyFishinYakr Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Nor Cal...30 min from Bodega/Tomales Bay, 1hr from Clear Lake, 2+ hr to Berryessa & the Delta Posts: 729	Very nice fish. Worth the effort while everyone else bails....Your reward= You did tip your buddy for getting you out there...didn't you? Not bad for the first drop! FFY Last edited by FlyFishinYakr; 03-16-2013 at 05:37 PM.

03-17-2013, 07:12 AM	#7
Sully1 Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: The Beach Posts: 274	Nice yellow! __________________

03-17-2013, 09:32 PM	#9
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	Nice! __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

03-16-2013, 06:00 PM	#4
Necron 99 Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 80	First Drop??? I need a day like that!

03-16-2013, 08:10 PM	#5
kaya_one Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Encinitas Posts: 257	Hey Bud, I saw you out last week and we were chatting it up. I was on the orange Tarpon. Nice one there. Right on!

03-16-2013, 09:29 PM	#6
theluckypig Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: San Pedro Posts: 694	way to make it happen!

03-17-2013, 07:23 AM	#8
driftwood Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 1,086	Feels good to get that skunky/monkey YT off your back. Big time congrats on your spring YT.

03-18-2013, 12:21 AM	#10
619-SWIM-DOG Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Diego Posts: 619	Nice yellow on the lucky first drop...killer

03-18-2013, 01:13 AM	#11
bigbarrels Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vista Posts: 1,111	__________________ The shorter you are, the bigger your fish appear

03-18-2013, 04:19 AM	#12
Deamon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,972	The type of landing one has doesn't matter when there's a pig strapped to the yak...great job! __________________ Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"