bug report. 11-10-09 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Sherm · 11-11-2009, 08:59 AM

My buddy Brian was finally able to get away from his BP job and get out on the water with me. We hit the beach around 4:00pm and paddled out with the tide to open water. I forgot it was a holiday today for many people and the traffic on the water showed it. Brian and I had to stay lit up out there or risk getting run over.

We pulled hoops from sunset until 9:30pm. The crawl was good early and then slowed as the night went on. A lot of the boats started to dissapear and then the sea lions showed up. Not as many hoops in the water so they found ours. It was time to go anyway.

We paddled in to glassy conditions that were awesome for paddling. Tide at our back and no a ripple on the water. We made good time back to the beach.

Oh ya.......we came across some divers last night. Brian and I were sitting by our floats and a boat pulls up just outside us and sets anchor. The guy on the boat said he was there to pick up the divers when they were finished. We struck up a conversation with the gentleman and then we see the underwater lights coming. The divers got within about twenty yards of our gear and then turned to their boat and got out of the water. These guys were class acts. They worked towards us and then went around. I saw them later move to another area and do the same thing. They got their dive in and we all communicated and respected each other. It made for a very nice night of hooping.

I got 4 keepers last night and Brian got one. Lots of shorts and clickers last night. Killed another stoagie too.

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PB fisher · 11-11-2009, 04:41 PM

Good job from the beach.
Nice report.

BT · 11-12-2009, 06:14 AM

Thanks again for keepin on me and getting me out Sherm! Looking back at it, even though I got one bug, I did get out of work early and the fact that I paddled back in with just a short sleeve shirt was awesome. Beautiful night on the water for sure and the

made it even nicer!

Ditto on the divers! I havent had to many encounters with divers, but we all know how sometimes it may seem they are in our pots. These guys totally avoided the hoops, and at the start of the night there were alot of hoops out there.

Hopefully the weather will hold for the weekend!

JoeBeck · 11-12-2009, 10:26 AM

Those bugs make me eager to to out hooping again. Thanks for the report.

11-11-2009, 08:59 AM	#1
Sherm Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 490	bug report. 11-10-09 My buddy Brian was finally able to get away from his BP job and get out on the water with me. We hit the beach around 4:00pm and paddled out with the tide to open water. I forgot it was a holiday today for many people and the traffic on the water showed it. Brian and I had to stay lit up out there or risk getting run over. We pulled hoops from sunset until 9:30pm. The crawl was good early and then slowed as the night went on. A lot of the boats started to dissapear and then the sea lions showed up. Not as many hoops in the water so they found ours. It was time to go anyway. We paddled in to glassy conditions that were awesome for paddling. Tide at our back and no a ripple on the water. We made good time back to the beach. Oh ya.......we came across some divers last night. Brian and I were sitting by our floats and a boat pulls up just outside us and sets anchor. The guy on the boat said he was there to pick up the divers when they were finished. We struck up a conversation with the gentleman and then we see the underwater lights coming. The divers got within about twenty yards of our gear and then turned to their boat and got out of the water. These guys were class acts. They worked towards us and then went around. I saw them later move to another area and do the same thing. They got their dive in and we all communicated and respected each other. It made for a very nice night of hooping. I got 4 keepers last night and Brian got one. Lots of shorts and clickers last night. Killed another stoagie too. Attached Thumbnails __________________

11-12-2009, 06:14 AM	#3
BT Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: San Carlos Posts: 202	Thanks again for keepin on me and getting me out Sherm! Looking back at it, even though I got one bug, I did get out of work early and the fact that I paddled back in with just a short sleeve shirt was awesome. Beautiful night on the water for sure and the made it even nicer! Ditto on the divers! I havent had to many encounters with divers, but we all know how sometimes it may seem they are in our pots. These guys totally avoided the hoops, and at the start of the night there were alot of hoops out there. Hopefully the weather will hold for the weekend! __________________ if your brain had fists, you could only hurt yourself!

11-11-2009, 04:41 PM	#2
PB fisher feeesh Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Carlsbad Posts: 61	Good job from the beach. Nice report.

11-12-2009, 10:26 AM	#4
JoeBeck Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 370	Those bugs make me eager to to out hooping again. Thanks for the report.