i get no love in la jolla - Page 2 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Sherm · 01-14-2009, 09:14 AM

I got my 1st Yt on my seventh yak trip out. I think you are do. Sounds like you had great times on the water with a lot of scenery. Sounds like good times to me.

anjcomp · 01-14-2009, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KennyHill

i have fished la jolla 5 times in the last 2 weeks. ive got skunked every time. ive launched into the darkness and fished into the darkness. made bait. trolled one high and one low. I threw the iron a thousand times. each day i drifted a new line off the point. i dont have a fish finder yet so i dont really no my depths. but i coverd alot of water. there was tons of bait today. lots of dolphins and seals. lots of bird activity. no fish. each trip out ive seen whales all moving south. the weather is perfect. ill be back out there on thursday.

Let's make KennyHill feels better. How many trips it take you to get your first yellowtail or WSB?.

It took me 10 months (40+ times OTW) to hit a school of WSB at Newport.

KennyHill · 01-14-2009, 09:48 AM

dont get me wrong. i have a blast every time i go out. fish or no fish. i love kayak fishing and will continue to do it as long as im breathing. i no my day will come. every trip out is just another learning experience.

Zed · 01-14-2009, 09:51 AM

Solution:
Don't go.

There was a lot of

that day.

Geoffkoop · 01-14-2009, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j mo

Spot on with the diapers coment

+1

KennyHill · 01-14-2009, 11:32 AM

for those of you that cant make it out right now. ill show you how nice it is.

out off the point nice and early. and solo

Smelt are always there. perfect hali bait.

Then i found myself sitting under the biggest bait ball ive ever seen all macks. i thought i was gana hook up here. this was just before night fall.

ttn333 · 01-14-2009, 11:42 AM

Wish I was out there not catching fish, right now.

T Bone · 01-14-2009, 12:08 PM

I am yet another LJ YT virgin.I am going to put in the time(And miles on my truck) the rest is up to the fish.After all is said and done even the best fisherman cant MAKE a fish bite.You just present the best bait in the best way and the fish do the rest.
I was blessed enough to get to fish Alijos Rocks a few years ago.Doing the dropper loop at night with straight 80# and scad mackrel.I caught several YT with the biggest being only 25#.Meanwhile the guy on my right gets a 60#er and the guy on my left gets(I kid you not) an 84.4# YT (4th largest on record).I remember actually being mad about it for a bit,afterall I was doing exactly what they did.I had a great trip though and got over it real fast because the next day was a ripper.

Sherm · 01-14-2009, 12:09 PM

Great pics from the water. That's about as nice a day as you can get. For not getting fish that is. The night was good too.

Dennis · 01-14-2009, 12:22 PM

Damn Kenny, those are some awesome pictures. I told myself that I'd take more pictures while fishing LJ this year, but I've been too busy

.

J/K..

You'll get yours bro, no worries.

T Bone · 01-14-2009, 12:40 PM

The one that missed my hook.This guy was to my left about 8 ft both of us fishing dropper loop mackrel.This fish went 84.4#.If it was eating better I think it would have broke 100#...
It wasnt a bad trip for a 7 day,I just daydream sometimes about what it would have been like for that fish to have hit MY bait.All of us will get our shot.

Dennis · 01-14-2009, 01:09 PM

That yellow is huge! I would love to pull on those fish... How many days was that trip?

T Bone · 01-14-2009, 01:27 PM

7 days.5 days of great fishing.I want to catch a few of these guys out of the Yak.This is not meant to be a hijack to the post just that at the time the guy had that monster YT all I had in the hold was a few smallish YT and I was kinda bummed.The next day I was rewarded.I keep reminding myself that everytime I make the 110 mile trip to LJ.

yakrider · 01-14-2009, 01:33 PM

now I see why they do the

...

F'n Arne!!!!!

is there a story behind that? do tell....

or is it that he is just a YT magnet...like Josh...

ezcompany · 01-22-2009, 10:05 AM

at least you spend time on the water!
living in Los Angeles and only using a temporary kayak rack on my leased car, its too difficult for me

taggermike · 01-22-2009, 05:56 PM

LJ is tough this time of year. Hell, fishing is tough this time of year. Most fish are deep, or have lock jaw, or have migrated out of the area. How often does a cold blooded animal need to eat in 55 degree water. And to compound that the fish that are around are closed to take. So that means that the available fish in LJ are basicly YT, halibut, sand dabs, calico/sand bass, sculpin and sheephead. And these species are not in feeding mode generally until the squid show up. So what to do? Like one poster said, you can stay home. You can learn to target halis, sheephead, or deep water calicos. You can keep grinding away on the yo-yo with an optimistic attitude until the YT decide to eat. Or you can go some where else to fish. It wasn't trophy fishing but I caught 8 or so spotties and 2 bairly not legal halibut way in the back of south bay 2 days ago. 6lb test, 4 feet of water, it was fun. In December down there I caught my first bone fish after fishing SD bay for almost 40 years. Not as fun as a big LJ YT, but still fun. Get creative. Just keep the faith and keep fishing. When things do start to happen you will be diled in and ready. Mike

Matt · 01-22-2009, 07:22 PM

Iron time math..... a good friend once told me you will get a shot at a big fish on iron once out of every eight times you yo-yo, fortunately or unfortunately I have found this to be very true!

dorado50 · 01-22-2009, 08:05 PM

Back in the day, before I got into kayak fishing, during the winter months when the palegics left town I would get out the bass rods and practice C & R on bass. Usually off the dock at Harbor Island and Shelter Island. This is a great way to practice your hook sets and angleing skills. I would spend every hour of high tide that I could fishing these bass. Year after year I would do this and each year hopefully I would learn alittle more and alittle more! You can use bass fishing as a way to enhance your fishing skills, it sure worked for me as well it could work for you. During the winter months keep fishing no matter where. Your skills at catching small fish will transfer over to the sucessful catching of palegics, I guarantee it....

Vikingj · 01-24-2009, 12:15 PM

Nice truck load of "sea kittens", T-bone. Big MEOOW!
As for me- 11 LJ trips over 2 yrs and no YT or WSB landed. But, the suspense, enthusiasm, hope, and excitement before each trip prevents me from sleeping the 1-2 nights prior. LJ is a magical place, with or without catching big fish (although I would REALLY like to find out what it is like by hooking on to that big one!)

Wayne

fishchaser25 · 01-25-2009, 12:26 PM

its coming brother i can feel it.

01-14-2009, 09:51 AM	#24
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	Solution: Don't go. There was a lot of that day. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.

01-14-2009, 12:08 PM	#28
T Bone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Redlands CA Posts: 871	I am yet another LJ YT virgin.I am going to put in the time(And miles on my truck) the rest is up to the fish.After all is said and done even the best fisherman cant MAKE a fish bite.You just present the best bait in the best way and the fish do the rest. I was blessed enough to get to fish Alijos Rocks a few years ago.Doing the dropper loop at night with straight 80# and scad mackrel.I caught several YT with the biggest being only 25#.Meanwhile the guy on my right gets a 60#er and the guy on my left gets(I kid you not) an 84.4# YT (4th largest on record).I remember actually being mad about it for a bit,afterall I was doing exactly what they did.I had a great trip though and got over it real fast because the next day was a ripper. __________________ Barachit Baralah,Elohim-In the beginning,God-Genesis 1:1 "Who among you,if your son asked for a fish would give them a serpent " Jesus Matt. 7:10

01-14-2009, 12:22 PM	#30
Dennis Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South of La Jolla... Posts: 1,193	Damn Kenny, those are some awesome pictures. I told myself that I'd take more pictures while fishing LJ this year, but I've been too busy. J/K.. You'll get yours bro, no worries. __________________ Hmmmm.....

01-14-2009, 12:40 PM	#31
T Bone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Redlands CA Posts: 871	The one that missed my hook.This guy was to my left about 8 ft both of us fishing dropper loop mackrel.This fish went 84.4#.If it was eating better I think it would have broke 100#... It wasnt a bad trip for a 7 day,I just daydream sometimes about what it would have been like for that fish to have hit MY bait.All of us will get our shot. Attached Images __________________ Barachit Baralah,Elohim-In the beginning,God-Genesis 1:1 "Who among you,if your son asked for a fish would give them a serpent " Jesus Matt. 7:10

01-14-2009, 01:09 PM	#32
Dennis Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South of La Jolla... Posts: 1,193	That yellow is huge! I would love to pull on those fish... How many days was that trip? __________________ Hmmmm.....

01-14-2009, 09:14 AM	#21
Sherm Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 490	I got my 1st Yt on my seventh yak trip out. I think you are do. Sounds like you had great times on the water with a lot of scenery. Sounds like good times to me.

01-14-2009, 09:48 AM	#23
KennyHill Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Temecula CA. Posts: 117	dont get me wrong. i have a blast every time i go out. fish or no fish. i love kayak fishing and will continue to do it as long as im breathing. i no my day will come. every trip out is just another learning experience.

01-14-2009, 11:32 AM	#26
KennyHill Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Temecula CA. Posts: 117	for those of you that cant make it out right now. ill show you how nice it is. out off the point nice and early. and solo Smelt are always there. perfect hali bait. Then i found myself sitting under the biggest bait ball ive ever seen all macks. i thought i was gana hook up here. this was just before night fall.

01-14-2009, 11:42 AM	#27
ttn333 Junior Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 6	Wish I was out there not catching fish, right now.

01-14-2009, 12:09 PM	#29
Sherm Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 490	Great pics from the water. That's about as nice a day as you can get. For not getting fish that is. The night was good too.

01-14-2009, 01:27 PM	#33
T Bone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Redlands CA Posts: 871	7 days.5 days of great fishing.I want to catch a few of these guys out of the Yak.This is not meant to be a hijack to the post just that at the time the guy had that monster YT all I had in the hold was a few smallish YT and I was kinda bummed.The next day I was rewarded.I keep reminding myself that everytime I make the 110 mile trip to LJ. Attached Images __________________ Barachit Baralah,Elohim-In the beginning,God-Genesis 1:1 "Who among you,if your son asked for a fish would give them a serpent " Jesus Matt. 7:10

01-14-2009, 01:33 PM	#34
yakrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 611	now I see why they do the ... F'n Arne!!!!! is there a story behind that? do tell.... or is it that he is just a YT magnet...like Josh...

01-22-2009, 10:05 AM	#35
ezcompany Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 30	at least you spend time on the water! living in Los Angeles and only using a temporary kayak rack on my leased car, its too difficult for me

01-22-2009, 05:56 PM	#36
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	LJ is tough this time of year. Hell, fishing is tough this time of year. Most fish are deep, or have lock jaw, or have migrated out of the area. How often does a cold blooded animal need to eat in 55 degree water. And to compound that the fish that are around are closed to take. So that means that the available fish in LJ are basicly YT, halibut, sand dabs, calico/sand bass, sculpin and sheephead. And these species are not in feeding mode generally until the squid show up. So what to do? Like one poster said, you can stay home. You can learn to target halis, sheephead, or deep water calicos. You can keep grinding away on the yo-yo with an optimistic attitude until the YT decide to eat. Or you can go some where else to fish. It wasn't trophy fishing but I caught 8 or so spotties and 2 bairly not legal halibut way in the back of south bay 2 days ago. 6lb test, 4 feet of water, it was fun. In December down there I caught my first bone fish after fishing SD bay for almost 40 years. Not as fun as a big LJ YT, but still fun. Get creative. Just keep the faith and keep fishing. When things do start to happen you will be diled in and ready. Mike

01-22-2009, 07:22 PM	#37
Matt Support your local pangas Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lj Posts: 976	Iron time math..... a good friend once told me you will get a shot at a big fish on iron once out of every eight times you yo-yo, fortunately or unfortunately I have found this to be very true! __________________ Thanks Matt F.

01-22-2009, 08:05 PM	#38
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	Back in the day, before I got into kayak fishing, during the winter months when the palegics left town I would get out the bass rods and practice C & R on bass. Usually off the dock at Harbor Island and Shelter Island. This is a great way to practice your hook sets and angleing skills. I would spend every hour of high tide that I could fishing these bass. Year after year I would do this and each year hopefully I would learn alittle more and alittle more! You can use bass fishing as a way to enhance your fishing skills, it sure worked for me as well it could work for you. During the winter months keep fishing no matter where. Your skills at catching small fish will transfer over to the sucessful catching of palegics, I guarantee it....

01-24-2009, 12:15 PM	#39
Vikingj Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dana Point area Posts: 438	Nice truck load of "sea kittens", T-bone. Big MEOOW! As for me- 11 LJ trips over 2 yrs and no YT or WSB landed. But, the suspense, enthusiasm, hope, and excitement before each trip prevents me from sleeping the 1-2 nights prior. LJ is a magical place, with or without catching big fish (although I would REALLY like to find out what it is like by hooking on to that big one!) Wayne

01-25-2009, 12:26 PM	#40
fishchaser25 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Riverside Posts: 97	its coming brother i can feel it. __________________ Fishing is not a hobby! It's a way of life!