Lost another one - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

easyday · 06-09-2013, 03:38 PM

Still oit at DP but had to share just hooked a legal halibut got him boat side all was good went to gaff got him went to put the game clip in and he flipped out broke my fish finder mount and he would have took my gaff if it wasnt connected to my yak so yer another disappointing day of fishing I can jook em I just cant capitalize hopefully ill actually get to keep one soon. At least I got one step closer than the last halibut I caught.

caddisx · 06-09-2013, 03:50 PM

I can't help but laugh and feel horrible all at once reading your posts over the last weeks. The big one is coming, you are just storing up the karma.

easyday · 06-09-2013, 03:51 PM

I know its coming to the point where its funny

DanaPT · 06-09-2013, 04:02 PM

oh man, tough luck. It's kind of funny how you can hook em but can't land them.

Soon enough, you'll get the deal closed.

painful to read your posts about the ones that get away.

Steve W. · 06-09-2013, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by easyday

Still oit at DP but had to share just hooked a legal halibut got him boat side all was good went to gaff got him went to put the game clip in and he flipped out broke my fish finder mount and he would have took my gaff if it wasnt connected to my yak so yer another disappointing day of fishing I can jook em I just cant capitalize hopefully ill actually get to keep one soon. At least I got one step closer than the last halibut I caught.

Ouch....I feel for ya brother...

Old Man in the Sea · 06-09-2013, 05:03 PM

you're getting closer and closer next time the big one will be yours!!!

easyday · 06-09-2013, 05:54 PM

Did manage to wrangle this guy 17in

jruiz · 06-09-2013, 06:19 PM

Hook came out too?

easyday · 06-09-2013, 06:22 PM

Oh yea flopped all over my yak glad I didnt get a treble hook in the leg

bad brady · 06-09-2013, 06:35 PM

Cracking up right now. I feel bad for you bro. Still a little jealous about how much time you spend on the water though. Hey I think I'm gonna hit La Jolla on Sunday, you interested?

Southman · 06-09-2013, 06:49 PM

You're due for a record fish. You'll get it.

Think about becoming a doctor--you have great patience.

easyday · 06-09-2013, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by bad brady

Cracking up right now. I feel bad for you bro. Still a little jealous about how much time you spend on the water though. Hey I think I'm gonna hit La Jolla on Sunday, you interested?

Yea im down, I just have to see which day the wife works next weekend.

chefjtwalker · 06-09-2013, 07:41 PM

Like your flag says KCCO!

exfactor · 06-09-2013, 08:06 PM

if you start taking your time to locate their gut, and stick em there first, you won't have that problem anymore. They will freeze on the gaff, and stay that way, until you take them off. feel's bad when you put a hole in them, and then they swim away.

easyday · 06-09-2013, 08:37 PM

Yea I tried but as soon as I got him next to my yak he went airborne then dove it did this 3 or 4 times and was still for even a second.

lamb · 06-09-2013, 08:45 PM

Ouch... Sorry to hear.

When you gaff halibut, don't bring it on board - let it hang on the gaff while you're running the gameclip through his mouth. When roped, then you should be good to pull up

easyday · 06-09-2013, 08:49 PM

Its all a learning experience. Everytime I go out it seems im learning something.

alanw · 06-09-2013, 09:44 PM

You did better than me today. After you paddled off I fished off doheny a bit longer and then the harbor a bit, no bites. Then I went over to the rock piles off doheny and kept one eye on those swells. The sun broke through for a while at around 4, and around that time I hooked up a few short calicos, 11-12".

06-10-2013, 01:11 AM

There's a net behind you...considering your luck lately it would have probably been better to net him, then smash his brain boat side. Oh well, live and learn.

easyday · 06-10-2013, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Drake

There's a net behind you...considering your luck lately it would have probably been better to net him, then smash his brain boat side. Oh well, live and learn.

Net was inside the kayak pulled it out after haha. That was my plan if I got another one.

06-09-2013, 03:38 PM	#1
easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,469	Lost another one Still oit at DP but had to share just hooked a legal halibut got him boat side all was good went to gaff got him went to put the game clip in and he flipped out broke my fish finder mount and he would have took my gaff if it wasnt connected to my yak so yer another disappointing day of fishing I can jook em I just cant capitalize hopefully ill actually get to keep one soon. At least I got one step closer than the last halibut I caught. __________________

06-09-2013, 03:51 PM	#3
easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,469	I know its coming to the point where its funny __________________

06-09-2013, 05:54 PM	#7
easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,469	Did manage to wrangle this guy 17in Attached Images __________________

06-09-2013, 06:22 PM	#9
easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,469	Oh yea flopped all over my yak glad I didnt get a treble hook in the leg __________________

06-09-2013, 08:37 PM	#15
easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,469	Yea I tried but as soon as I got him next to my yak he went airborne then dove it did this 3 or 4 times and was still for even a second. __________________

06-09-2013, 03:50 PM	#2
caddisx caddisx Join Date: May 2012 Location: Orange County Posts: 77	I can't help but laugh and feel horrible all at once reading your posts over the last weeks. The big one is coming, you are just storing up the karma.

06-09-2013, 04:02 PM	#4
DanaPT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South OC Posts: 1,605	oh man, tough luck. It's kind of funny how you can hook em but can't land them. Soon enough, you'll get the deal closed. painful to read your posts about the ones that get away.

06-09-2013, 05:03 PM	#6
Old Man in the Sea Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bay Park Posts: 569	you're getting closer and closer next time the big one will be yours!!!

06-09-2013, 06:19 PM	#8
jruiz Large Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: La Verne, CA Posts: 1,002	Hook came out too?

06-09-2013, 06:35 PM	#10
bad brady Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Menifee CA Posts: 118	Cracking up right now. I feel bad for you bro. Still a little jealous about how much time you spend on the water though. Hey I think I'm gonna hit La Jolla on Sunday, you interested?

06-09-2013, 06:49 PM	#11
Southman Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Laguna Niguel Posts: 89	You're due for a record fish. You'll get it. Think about becoming a doctor--you have great patience.

06-09-2013, 07:41 PM	#13
chefjtwalker Junior Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 9	Like your flag says KCCO!

06-09-2013, 08:06 PM	#14
exfactor Junior Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 20	if you start taking your time to locate their gut, and stick em there first, you won't have that problem anymore. They will freeze on the gaff, and stay that way, until you take them off. feel's bad when you put a hole in them, and then they swim away.

06-09-2013, 08:45 PM	#16
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,563	Ouch... Sorry to hear. When you gaff halibut, don't bring it on board - let it hang on the gaff while you're running the gameclip through his mouth. When roped, then you should be good to pull up __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

06-09-2013, 08:49 PM	#17
easyday Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Oceanside Posts: 1,469	Its all a learning experience. Everytime I go out it seems im learning something. __________________

06-09-2013, 09:44 PM	#18
alanw Made in U.S.A. Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Dana Point Posts: 1,625	You did better than me today. After you paddled off I fished off doheny a bit longer and then the harbor a bit, no bites. Then I went over to the rock piles off doheny and kept one eye on those swells. The sun broke through for a while at around 4, and around that time I hooked up a few short calicos, 11-12". __________________ Hobie PA 14 ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Jackson Kraken ¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Malibu X-Factor ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Malibu Stealth-12 ¸.·´¯`·.´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸><(((º> Its not a spelling B its a fishing B ~yakjoe

06-10-2013, 01:11 AM	#19
Drake Guest Posts: n/a	There's a net behind you...considering your luck lately it would have probably been better to net him, then smash his brain boat side. Oh well, live and learn.