May Tails - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Chuck D · 06-12-2012, 01:01 PM

SO, in respect of posting too timely a report and keeping my anonimity during the Yellowtail Derby I decided to post a recent but not too recent report from the month of May. My work schedule changed for the better and I required some much needed on the water time to make up for lost time. I managed to get a good nine or ten days on the water for this month so I compiled my findings for all to see

The month kicked off with a 3/4 day adventure on the a cattle boat (I know this is not a kayak fish but there are more to come), I had to use a voucher that I won a while back and so out I went. We ran into a couple boilers and my surface Iron found the mouth of two YT's. Only one landed (24lbs) due to a deck hand handing off his rod to an 8yr old who sawed off my favorite Jig and fish

Gotta love the cattle boats. Got a Red and Sculpin too Anyways it was pretty cool to see YT hit the jig from such a high vantage point. 5 were caught on the boat total and they seemed to be the first the boat caught all year, way to start it off.
Now it is time to head out on the Yak. Deep , deep, deep, birds, birds, birds, YT 27lbs, Flyline Mak.
Next, middle grounds, kelp line, Flyline, 28lbs.
Got a day to hit up Lake Poway, got a 4lb trout afternoon bite. Smoked it up, mmmmm.
Lastly shallow on the way home after a rough day, a school blew up in front of me. Iron goes out, flyline goes off. Hell of a fight took about 20 min 31.5 lbs.
Additional credits go to two monsters lost in the Kelp and a Mako I posted about a week ago.
Glad to hear that the 31.5 pounder landed me in second place for the month long Yellow Tail Derby contest. Boy I love to beat up on PBers

I hope ya'll get out on the water and put in your time, the reward are usually paid off more so than waiting for the secret post of the century! Thanks for watching. Tight lines everyone

Dennis · 06-12-2012, 03:19 PM

congrats on placing! nice fish

chris138 · 06-12-2012, 03:43 PM

Nice one!!

Gigafish · 06-12-2012, 05:24 PM

Firecrackers were the norm on the local cattle boats that I fished. Anything above 10lbs. was jackpot worthy. Kayak fishing has def. raised the bar. Congrats.

lamb · 06-12-2012, 06:47 PM

That's a great month in anyone's book.

Nice going!

dos ballenas · 06-12-2012, 06:48 PM

SOLID fish!

Thanks for donating the carcasses as well!

See you on the water

NextBite · 06-12-2012, 07:44 PM

Nice

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06-12-2012, 01:01 PM	#1
Chuck D Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bay Park Posts: 559	May Tails SO, in respect of posting too timely a report and keeping my anonimity during the Yellowtail Derby I decided to post a recent but not too recent report from the month of May. My work schedule changed for the better and I required some much needed on the water time to make up for lost time. I managed to get a good nine or ten days on the water for this month so I compiled my findings for all to see The month kicked off with a 3/4 day adventure on the a cattle boat (I know this is not a kayak fish but there are more to come), I had to use a voucher that I won a while back and so out I went. We ran into a couple boilers and my surface Iron found the mouth of two YT's. Only one landed (24lbs) due to a deck hand handing off his rod to an 8yr old who sawed off my favorite Jig and fish Gotta love the cattle boats. Got a Red and Sculpin too Anyways it was pretty cool to see YT hit the jig from such a high vantage point. 5 were caught on the boat total and they seemed to be the first the boat caught all year, way to start it off. Now it is time to head out on the Yak. Deep , deep, deep, birds, birds, birds, YT 27lbs, Flyline Mak. Next, middle grounds, kelp line, Flyline, 28lbs. Got a day to hit up Lake Poway, got a 4lb trout afternoon bite. Smoked it up, mmmmm. Lastly shallow on the way home after a rough day, a school blew up in front of me. Iron goes out, flyline goes off. Hell of a fight took about 20 min 31.5 lbs. Additional credits go to two monsters lost in the Kelp and a Mako I posted about a week ago. Glad to hear that the 31.5 pounder landed me in second place for the month long Yellow Tail Derby contest. Boy I love to beat up on PBers I hope ya'll get out on the water and put in your time, the reward are usually paid off more so than waiting for the secret post of the century! Thanks for watching. Tight lines everyone Attached Images

06-12-2012, 03:19 PM	#2
Dennis Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South of La Jolla... Posts: 1,193	congrats on placing! nice fish __________________ Hmmmm.....

06-12-2012, 06:47 PM	#5
lamb Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,563	That's a great month in anyone's book. Nice going! __________________ [------------------------ <)))< ....b-a-a-a-a

06-12-2012, 06:48 PM	#6
dos ballenas Vampyroteuthis infernalis Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 585	SOLID fish! Thanks for donating the carcasses as well! See you on the water __________________ ____________________________________________

06-12-2012, 03:43 PM	#3
chris138 donkey roper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pacific Beach Posts: 968	Nice one!!

06-12-2012, 05:24 PM	#4
Gigafish Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 309	Firecrackers were the norm on the local cattle boats that I fished. Anything above 10lbs. was jackpot worthy. Kayak fishing has def. raised the bar. Congrats.

06-12-2012, 07:44 PM	#7
NextBite Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Long Beach Posts: 389	Nice 's