A day late - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

dmrides · 09-13-2009, 01:30 PM

They day after the tournament seemed like it might be another slow day out at LJ. Caught about 8 barracuda on the sabiki while trying to find some greenbacks. Never did find any greenbacks, but had enough spanish for the day. Dragged them around for quite a while, didn't see much happening and considered heading home at which point, I had a spanish get slammed by a yellow, giving me some hope. I tossed out a fresh one and shortly thereafter my reel started screaming.

After about a ten minute fight with several blistering runs, he wrapped me up really bad in the kelp. 15 minutes of tugging and pulling later, I had almost given up when finally I snapped through the kelp, brought him up to the boat, and let out a big holler.

Would have been much easier with spectra, but was very surprised at how hard you can pull on 30lb mono. Should have taken Sammons's advice; snugged the drag a little more and kept him out of the kelp in the first place.

Thanks Mark for taking the picture. Hope you found yours.

Geoffkoop · 09-13-2009, 01:43 PM

Great Fish!

frugalfisher · 09-13-2009, 02:03 PM

Glad you got one! Enjoy the dinner.

09-13-2009, 08:58 PM

nice

bentrod1 · 09-13-2009, 09:03 PM

Beautiful yellow!

Dan · 09-13-2009, 09:33 PM

great job.

joyjiggin' · 09-16-2009, 10:59 PM

Nice one!!

steveooo · 09-17-2009, 07:18 AM

Great looking fish! Good job getting it out of the kelp too

09-17-2009, 07:28 AM

Super fish! Great effort.

Tman · 09-17-2009, 08:39 AM

Nice feeesh...

FishingBeast · 09-17-2009, 12:15 PM

With the yellowtail

09-13-2009, 01:30 PM	#1
dmrides Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Point Loma Posts: 584	A day late They day after the tournament seemed like it might be another slow day out at LJ. Caught about 8 barracuda on the sabiki while trying to find some greenbacks. Never did find any greenbacks, but had enough spanish for the day. Dragged them around for quite a while, didn't see much happening and considered heading home at which point, I had a spanish get slammed by a yellow, giving me some hope. I tossed out a fresh one and shortly thereafter my reel started screaming. After about a ten minute fight with several blistering runs, he wrapped me up really bad in the kelp. 15 minutes of tugging and pulling later, I had almost given up when finally I snapped through the kelp, brought him up to the boat, and let out a big holler. Would have been much easier with spectra, but was very surprised at how hard you can pull on 30lb mono. Should have taken Sammons's advice; snugged the drag a little more and kept him out of the kelp in the first place. Thanks Mark for taking the picture. Hope you found yours. Attached Images

09-13-2009, 02:03 PM	#3
frugalfisher Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 190	Good work! Glad you got one! Enjoy the dinner. __________________ James Caldwell Yellow Prowler

09-17-2009, 08:39 AM	#10
Tman BRTF...bought & paid... Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,247	Nice feeesh... __________________ Adios Tman Gaffer for Clay the Fishcatcher

09-17-2009, 12:15 PM	#11
FishingBeast Junior Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ventura,CA Posts: 14	Right on With the yellowtail

09-13-2009, 01:43 PM	#2
Geoffkoop Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: So. Orange County Posts: 302	Great Fish!

09-13-2009, 09:03 PM	#5
bentrod1 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Upland Posts: 60	Beautiful yellow!

09-13-2009, 09:33 PM	#6
Dan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,053	great job.

09-16-2009, 10:59 PM	#7
joyjiggin' Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 109	Nice one!!

09-17-2009, 07:18 AM	#8
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	Great looking fish! Good job getting it out of the kelp too

09-17-2009, 07:28 AM	#9
yani Guest Posts: n/a	Super fish! Great effort.