First LJ Report 4-7-14 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

fresh to salt · 04-11-2014, 07:04 AM

So after weeks of planning, I finally made it out to La Jolla for the second time but the first time on my "new" yak. Met up with my buddy zfish at the launch at 0900 as he had to work until 0800 and we set up and launched around 0930. We had planned on throwing iron while searching for the yellowtail in between 200-300' of water but only marked a couple that weren't interested in what we were throwing. Every group of birds crashing and circling we chased down were just following small pods of dolphins... Luckily, we also decided to bring a rock fishing setup each if the yt were too elusive so we each caught 4 nice rockfish at random stops. The morning was perfect as the water was like glass. We could sit on structure and keep the lines straight up and down but after around 1200 the wind picked up and tended to push us off the structure pretty quickly. All in all a great day on the water doing about 10-12 miles of searching. Zfish was surprised and impressed that I had brought out a full growler of Refuge's Illusion IPA for us and that definitely made the day even better! Back to the beach we went with no capsizing while landing for either of us... knock on wood for the future. The fish tacos were awesome with some more Refuge beer and a glass of iced Sangria for the lady friend. Tight lines and good eats to all!

Loudog · 04-11-2014, 07:52 AM

Very Nice!

blitzburgh · 04-11-2014, 07:58 AM

Nice work

steveooo · 04-11-2014, 08:05 AM

Looks tasty. Nice report, and even nicer beer selection

Bert Vega · 04-11-2014, 08:19 AM

Thanks for sharing. Those were some tasty looking tacos.

octico · 04-11-2014, 10:30 AM

Nice thanks for sharing!

Grunt31 · 04-11-2014, 02:40 PM

Nice session. The last time I made it out to LJ 2 weeks ago I flipped going out. Then my buddy who drove got called back to work and he got crushed coming in. So we got in a whole 15 minutes of getting our lines wet. Our clothes got more wet than our irons.

Sully1 · 04-12-2014, 09:19 AM

Nice one

live?orLetLive?07 · 04-12-2014, 04:45 PM

Where did u launch from. The regular launch spot is closed

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MrPatrick · 04-12-2014, 08:02 PM

So............ Are the tortillas meant to look like "red snapper"?

roadx · 04-12-2014, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MrPatrick

So............ Are the tortillas meant to look like "red snapper"?

finger lick'n good

kaya_one · 04-13-2014, 03:11 PM

full growler of IPA...I like your style.

04-11-2014, 07:04 AM	#1
fresh to salt Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 53	First LJ Report 4-7-14 So after weeks of planning, I finally made it out to La Jolla for the second time but the first time on my "new" yak. Met up with my buddy zfish at the launch at 0900 as he had to work until 0800 and we set up and launched around 0930. We had planned on throwing iron while searching for the yellowtail in between 200-300' of water but only marked a couple that weren't interested in what we were throwing. Every group of birds crashing and circling we chased down were just following small pods of dolphins... Luckily, we also decided to bring a rock fishing setup each if the yt were too elusive so we each caught 4 nice rockfish at random stops. The morning was perfect as the water was like glass. We could sit on structure and keep the lines straight up and down but after around 1200 the wind picked up and tended to push us off the structure pretty quickly. All in all a great day on the water doing about 10-12 miles of searching. Zfish was surprised and impressed that I had brought out a full growler of Refuge's Illusion IPA for us and that definitely made the day even better! Back to the beach we went with no capsizing while landing for either of us... knock on wood for the future. The fish tacos were awesome with some more Refuge beer and a glass of iced Sangria for the lady friend. Tight lines and good eats to all! Attached Images

04-11-2014, 07:58 AM	#3
blitzburgh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Menifee Posts: 2,509	Nice work __________________ ”The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” ~Thomas Jefferson.........maybe

04-12-2014, 09:19 AM	#8
Sully1 Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: The Beach Posts: 274	Nice one __________________

04-11-2014, 07:52 AM	#2
Loudog Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 93	Very Nice!

04-11-2014, 08:05 AM	#4
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,921	Looks tasty. Nice report, and even nicer beer selection

04-11-2014, 08:19 AM	#5
Bert Vega Tail Chaser! Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Murrieta Posts: 627	Thanks for sharing. Those were some tasty looking tacos.

04-11-2014, 10:30 AM	#6
octico Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: The city of Orange Posts: 1,278	Nice thanks for sharing!

04-11-2014, 02:40 PM	#7
Grunt31 Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Pendleton Posts: 80	Nice session. The last time I made it out to LJ 2 weeks ago I flipped going out. Then my buddy who drove got called back to work and he got crushed coming in. So we got in a whole 15 minutes of getting our lines wet. Our clothes got more wet than our irons.

04-12-2014, 04:45 PM	#9
live?orLetLive?07 Junior Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 9	Where did u launch from. The regular launch spot is closed Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk

04-12-2014, 08:02 PM	#10
MrPatrick Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Waiting to launch Posts: 1,381	So............ Are the tortillas meant to look like "red snapper"?

04-13-2014, 03:11 PM	#12
kaya_one Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Encinitas Posts: 257	full growler of IPA...I like your style.