Love for the Yellow - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

rhyak · 02-09-2015, 01:07 PM

Wow, what a trip that was. We left Wednesday at about noon and got into San Diego about 7pm.
We battled the amazing 405, coming back as we hit LA area got really bad, but we had something in the cooler so Happy...

We found some dinner and picked up a sandwich for the water the next day, as we planned on making it a long day if needed.

Well it was not, We launched at 6:10 with just enough light to see ankle crushing waves.

Peddled out of the MLPA >

>

Started making bait, plenty of Spanish mackerel but not what I wanted to use, I wanted the greenbacks, which we ended up found boiling a little deeper.

Start fishing. Within 15 minutes Kurt starts screaming which Kurt never screams. I look over and he is smiling ear to ear with a bent rod. I peddle over and see tons of huge marks and already have a Mac swimming down deep and dropped the Iron which is what he was hooked up with, next think I knew my bait rod was going off, But at this point my Iron line is wrapped in his line with a fish on. I start getting pulled one way trying to stay close to not make the tangle worse and get Kurt to land his first yellowtail.

Kurt Bent

We end up getting pulled separate ways and I run into a issue.

It was a seal issue.

I hate seals.

Where was the great white when I needed it right.

Either way I battled my yellowtail and about 30ft down just getting color and it happens my line rockets to the surface.

OHH CRAP.

I see a Seal pop up 20-30ft in front of me with MY Yellowtail in its mouth.

The great thing, I have mirage power and hauled my butt over to the fish and seal and it kept attacking and I kept battling. This thing was relentless. I did not want to loose this fish after such a long drive.

I battled and battled and came out ahead of this seal, with little to no damage to the meat of my yellowtail.

Group shot of Kurt and I and the first fish of the day.

The day continues and I get one more chance at a fish and this time no seals mess with me.

Perfect Circle hook placement.

The catch, Kurts fish on the right, the two I got on the right.

Huge thanks to the anglers that helped us get out there and get on some fish. You know who you are.

rhyak · 02-09-2015, 01:08 PM

momo fish · 02-09-2015, 01:13 PM

Nice going Ryan. Well deserved after the 405 battle!

wiredantz · 02-09-2015, 01:33 PM

Good Catch guys!

Cadillyak · 02-09-2015, 01:41 PM

I was rooting for you the whole way. And people wonder why we dislike sea lions so much. All the fish in the ocean and they wanna be lazy and take ours! Good job on the pursuit!!

Silbaugh4liberty · 02-09-2015, 01:41 PM

Nice job! Looking at the water, I can definitely tell this wasn't yesterday!

blitzburgh · 02-09-2015, 02:22 PM

Way to go man!

Lipripper92592 · 02-09-2015, 02:26 PM

Yeah, where is a white when you need one.....didn't you get blasted up north?
And I hate seals as well......bastards...all of them. Nice War Cry.....$%$##@ you SEAL!!!!

steveooo · 02-09-2015, 03:58 PM

So awesome!

F&%K YOU SEAL!! Haha

Bert Vega · 02-09-2015, 04:20 PM

I HATE SEALS!!!!!!!!!!!

YTHunter · 02-09-2015, 05:17 PM

Nice job Hombre! Anyone that get's nail by a GW, lives to tell about, and is willing to get back in the saddle and fish another day, deserves a couple YT!

JeffB · 02-09-2015, 05:21 PM

A trip worth while! Nicely done.

octico · 02-09-2015, 05:30 PM

Nice catch!

GregAndrew · 02-09-2015, 06:34 PM

I like it a lot!

roby · 02-09-2015, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YTHunter

Nice job Hombre! Anyone that get's nail by a GW, lives to tell about, and is willing to get back in the saddle and fish another day, deserves a couple YT!

x2

Epic Win!!!

alanw · 02-09-2015, 07:32 PM

Hell yea, F' that seal

bubblehide · 02-09-2015, 07:36 PM

I don't know man, with all that seal slobber all over that fish

, I wouldn't want it contaminating my other fish

; you may as well just give them all away

.

But hey, after catching all those, you should be

ing.

FISH11 · 02-09-2015, 07:49 PM

Great work to win the fight with the seal Ryan. Congrats, nice Yellow. I hate Fu****g seals, lazy ass pieces of shit!

ful-rac · 02-09-2015, 08:33 PM

Congrats ryan!

you guys sure earned that one. Thats a hell of a drive you guys had to make....but you should've came to irvine lake instead! No seals there...

MrPukaShell · 02-10-2015, 07:28 AM

Sweet, thanks for taking the time to share

02-09-2015, 01:07 PM	#1
rhyak Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Central Coast Posts: 398	Love for the Yellow Wow, what a trip that was. We left Wednesday at about noon and got into San Diego about 7pm. We battled the amazing 405, coming back as we hit LA area got really bad, but we had something in the cooler so Happy... We found some dinner and picked up a sandwich for the water the next day, as we planned on making it a long day if needed. Well it was not, We launched at 6:10 with just enough light to see ankle crushing waves. Peddled out of the MLPA > > > Started making bait, plenty of Spanish mackerel but not what I wanted to use, I wanted the greenbacks, which we ended up found boiling a little deeper. Start fishing. Within 15 minutes Kurt starts screaming which Kurt never screams. I look over and he is smiling ear to ear with a bent rod. I peddle over and see tons of huge marks and already have a Mac swimming down deep and dropped the Iron which is what he was hooked up with, next think I knew my bait rod was going off, But at this point my Iron line is wrapped in his line with a fish on. I start getting pulled one way trying to stay close to not make the tangle worse and get Kurt to land his first yellowtail. Kurt Bent We end up getting pulled separate ways and I run into a issue. It was a seal issue. I hate seals. Where was the great white when I needed it right. Either way I battled my yellowtail and about 30ft down just getting color and it happens my line rockets to the surface. OHH CRAP. I see a Seal pop up 20-30ft in front of me with MY Yellowtail in its mouth. The great thing, I have mirage power and hauled my butt over to the fish and seal and it kept attacking and I kept battling. This thing was relentless. I did not want to loose this fish after such a long drive. I battled and battled and came out ahead of this seal, with little to no damage to the meat of my yellowtail. Group shot of Kurt and I and the first fish of the day. The day continues and I get one more chance at a fish and this time no seals mess with me. Perfect Circle hook placement. The catch, Kurts fish on the right, the two I got on the right. Huge thanks to the anglers that helped us get out there and get on some fish. You know who you are. __________________ Team Central Coast Kayak Fishing Last edited by rhyak; 02-09-2015 at 01:46 PM.

02-09-2015, 01:08 PM	#2
rhyak Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Central Coast Posts: 398	__________________ Team Central Coast Kayak Fishing

02-09-2015, 01:33 PM	#4
wiredantz Currently @ MLO Territory Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Under the Shadow Posts: 2,290	Good Catch guys! __________________ Team: Disbanded You only have one chance in this life...make the right decision(s)...so you don't regret it

02-09-2015, 01:41 PM	#5
Cadillyak Team Get $$ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 841	I was rooting for you the whole way. And people wonder why we dislike sea lions so much. All the fish in the ocean and they wanna be lazy and take ours! Good job on the pursuit!! __________________ The "Y" is silent 2012 Olive PA 12 2011 Papaya Outback

02-09-2015, 01:41 PM	#6
Silbaugh4liberty Fishing Patriot Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 1,121	Nice job! Looking at the water, I can definitely tell this wasn't yesterday! __________________

02-09-2015, 01:13 PM	#3
momo fish Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Camarillo Posts: 1,491	Nice going Ryan. Well deserved after the 405 battle!

02-09-2015, 02:22 PM	#7
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	Way to go man! __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

02-09-2015, 02:26 PM	#8
Lipripper92592 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 516	Yeah, where is a white when you need one.....didn't you get blasted up north? And I hate seals as well......bastards...all of them. Nice War Cry.....$%$##@ you SEAL!!!!

02-09-2015, 03:58 PM	#9
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	So awesome! F&%K YOU SEAL!! Haha

02-09-2015, 04:20 PM	#10
Bert Vega Tail Chaser! Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Murrieta Posts: 627	I HATE SEALS!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ I hate seals!!!

02-09-2015, 05:17 PM	#11
YTHunter Carlisle Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: San Diego Posts: 206	Nice job Hombre! Anyone that get's nail by a GW, lives to tell about, and is willing to get back in the saddle and fish another day, deserves a couple YT! __________________ <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NTOZ1JOXUkQ" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

02-09-2015, 05:21 PM	#12
JeffB Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: La Jolla Posts: 1,216	A trip worth while! Nicely done. __________________ If you're looking for me I'm

02-09-2015, 05:30 PM	#13
octico Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: The city of Orange Posts: 1,278	Nice catch!

02-09-2015, 06:34 PM	#14
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	I like it a lot!

02-09-2015, 07:32 PM	#16
alanw Made in U.S.A. Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Dana Point Posts: 1,625	Hell yea, F' that seal __________________ 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

02-09-2015, 07:36 PM	#17
bubblehide Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 552	I don't know man, with all that seal slobber all over that fish , I wouldn't want it contaminating my other fish; you may as well just give them all away . But hey, after catching all those, you should be ing.

02-09-2015, 07:49 PM	#18
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,638	Great work to win the fight with the seal Ryan. Congrats, nice Yellow. I hate Fu****g seals, lazy ass pieces of shit! __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )

02-09-2015, 08:33 PM	#19
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	Congrats ryan! you guys sure earned that one. Thats a hell of a drive you guys had to make....but you should've came to irvine lake instead! No seals there... __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

02-10-2015, 07:28 AM	#20
MrPukaShell Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ventura COunty Posts: 521	Sweet, thanks for taking the time to share