DP 03-16/17 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

PapaDave · 03-18-2013, 12:23 PM

Fished half day Staurday, all day Sunday. Here is the deal...

Conditions:

Wind started off from the SW, calmed, then from the NW, calmed, then from the SW toards evening. Rather gentle, light wind chop, barely any swell. Cool, but nice once the sun broke through the overcast.

Water:

Dirty green or even brown along some areas of the beach, don't know the temp.

Fishing:

On the water at around 9am. Decided to go light, got some chovies at the receivers, nice sized and healthy. Headed down the beach to find something hungry. Saturday I got some small halibut and a couple of formerly legal sand bass close to the harbor, no time to run farther. Sunday I went down the beach and got a smorgasboard. One bat ray, several small halibut, three small sand bass, two formerly legal Calicos, several Leopards and one short WSB. Bite turned off about 2:30, but as stubborn as I am I was out until 7pm.

All in all not a bad couple of days, on light tackle even shorts are fun. And the Leos are awesome on a Stradic 1000 and ultra light rod. All were released, not necessarily on purpose though...

03-18-2013, 12:23 PM	#1
PapaDave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 1,460	DP 03-16/17 Fished half day Staurday, all day Sunday. Here is the deal... Conditions: Wind started off from the SW, calmed, then from the NW, calmed, then from the SW toards evening. Rather gentle, light wind chop, barely any swell. Cool, but nice once the sun broke through the overcast. Water: Dirty green or even brown along some areas of the beach, don't know the temp. Fishing: On the water at around 9am. Decided to go light, got some chovies at the receivers, nice sized and healthy. Headed down the beach to find something hungry. Saturday I got some small halibut and a couple of formerly legal sand bass close to the harbor, no time to run farther. Sunday I went down the beach and got a smorgasboard. One bat ray, several small halibut, three small sand bass, two formerly legal Calicos, several Leopards and one short WSB. Bite turned off about 2:30, but as stubborn as I am I was out until 7pm. All in all not a bad couple of days, on light tackle even shorts are fun. And the Leos are awesome on a Stradic 1000 and ultra light rod. All were released, not necessarily on purpose though... __________________ So long and thanks for all the fish...