Mother Ship Kayak Trip to Mexico 5/16-18 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

blackcloud9 · 05-21-2008, 08:48 PM

Early season trip to get outta town for three days. The food on the boat
was excellent, and a hard working crew. Yellows and seabass were
absent from our party however.

Here's my version of what the kayaking group caught, as I
generally underfished the pack

Day 1 - Punta Colonet
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Fished 5 - 40' of water, overcast foggy windy at the point, sunnier and
calm in the 'bay' where we all fished. One barn door 31# halibut, a few
nice lings in very shallow (5 - 15' of water), a couple nice calicos, plenty
of sculpin, sand bass and wide open brown rockfish in tight to the cliffs /
kelp very shallow. Late afternoon light tackle plastics session from
the big boat on sculpin and rockfish, 20' of water. Water 55 degrees and
stained.

Day 2 - Isla San Martin
-------------------------------------
Fished 20 - 100' deep in the lee kelp beds, windy gloomy and foggy
except where we were fishing, protected from the heavy gloom by the
island. A couple nice halibut were caught in shallow, quality calico bass
bite in kelp beds with many fish 4, 5, and to 7 lbs., a slow pick on nice
reds and sculpin in 80 - 100' of water on plastics too. A couple of lings.
Fish coughing up squid. Water 59 and greenish, lots of tiny jellyfish and
some sunfish around too.
After getting our fill of kayaking, from 5 - 7 pm we fished father offshore
from the Qualifier105 on a high spot 150 -180' deep for many very good
quality reds to 6 lbs.

Day 3 - Las Gaviotas/K38 Coast
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Fished 10-40' kelp beds, water temp 63-64 degrees, sunny flat calm and
glassy. Hot! Fished 3 hours or so. Cookie cutter 12" sand bass, variety
brown rockfish, mixed with some quality calicos to 5 lbs. A few nice
halibut in shallow to 15#. Plate sized sunfish cruising and jumping outside
the kelp.

Biggest fish of the trip - Jared Lane 31# Halibut on a sardine at Colonet.

Note that the above report represents (conservatively) 22 ppl x 5 hrs
avg x 3 days = 330 angler hours on the water. So, there were plenty of
hours without fish.

To see more pictures from this trip ->
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y11.../Qualifier105/
If you have pictures from this trip, I can post them to the photo album if you send them to Larry @ LarryL.com (remove spaces), or post into a reply ....

COLONET, 6' of water

COLONET, new to kayak fishing and having a blast on a loaner Hobie kayak

COLONET, late afternoon goofin' off

SAN MARTIN, miles of heavy kelp, boiling boiler rocks and calico territory

SAN MARTIN, outside the kelp line consolation prize hoping for YT/WSB

SAN MARTIN, fun calicos

SAN MARTIN Freezer Special Red

SAN MARTIN Freezer Special Fat and Red

LAS GAVIOTAS COAST, hot and glassy, halibut were shallow and I fished deep for them :roll:

bajadog · 05-22-2008, 04:18 AM

Nice report !!!!!

Fat reds.

Good taco meat.

Thanks for posting.

aguachico · 05-22-2008, 07:18 AM

Thanks for report. The pics of the reds are very sweet.

How would you rate you experience? Would you do that trip again? Did you expect to get into other species of fish?

Art

slayersmith · 05-22-2008, 08:28 AM

Looks like fun!

Great pics!

Take it easy!

Aaron

yakrider · 05-22-2008, 03:12 PM

atsa big 'ol red...
nice...

kurt · 05-22-2008, 03:45 PM

Thanks for the report. looked like a good trip.

PAL · 05-22-2008, 03:56 PM

It was a good trip, although there is a lot of room for improvement. Some people felt we were on too tight a leash - they kept us close to the boat. Two of our stops (nearly all three) could have been accessed from shore. That said, the majority of people on the trip had a great time. Among them were 8 first-timers.

THE DARKHORSE · 05-22-2008, 06:48 PM

Larry, I think I should have you do the lay-out for my posts from now on. I was going to ask you guys "how was the trip", but I'm left with very few questions, good job. I haven't thought of going to the taxidermy for quite some time, but I would love that big-red Jared is holding on my office wall(if I caught it). By the way, I love the hat.

05-21-2008, 08:48 PM	#1
blackcloud9 Kayaker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Big Rock, WindanSea, La Jolla Posts: 413	Mother Ship Kayak Trip to Mexico 5/16-18 Early season trip to get outta town for three days. The food on the boat was excellent, and a hard working crew. Yellows and seabass were absent from our party however. Here's my version of what the kayaking group caught, as I generally underfished the pack Day 1 - Punta Colonet ------------------------------------- Fished 5 - 40' of water, overcast foggy windy at the point, sunnier and calm in the 'bay' where we all fished. One barn door 31# halibut, a few nice lings in very shallow (5 - 15' of water), a couple nice calicos, plenty of sculpin, sand bass and wide open brown rockfish in tight to the cliffs / kelp very shallow. Late afternoon light tackle plastics session from the big boat on sculpin and rockfish, 20' of water. Water 55 degrees and stained. Day 2 - Isla San Martin ------------------------------------- Fished 20 - 100' deep in the lee kelp beds, windy gloomy and foggy except where we were fishing, protected from the heavy gloom by the island. A couple nice halibut were caught in shallow, quality calico bass bite in kelp beds with many fish 4, 5, and to 7 lbs., a slow pick on nice reds and sculpin in 80 - 100' of water on plastics too. A couple of lings. Fish coughing up squid. Water 59 and greenish, lots of tiny jellyfish and some sunfish around too. After getting our fill of kayaking, from 5 - 7 pm we fished father offshore from the Qualifier105 on a high spot 150 -180' deep for many very good quality reds to 6 lbs. Day 3 - Las Gaviotas/K38 Coast -------------------------------------------------- Fished 10-40' kelp beds, water temp 63-64 degrees, sunny flat calm and glassy. Hot! Fished 3 hours or so. Cookie cutter 12" sand bass, variety brown rockfish, mixed with some quality calicos to 5 lbs. A few nice halibut in shallow to 15#. Plate sized sunfish cruising and jumping outside the kelp. Biggest fish of the trip - Jared Lane 31# Halibut on a sardine at Colonet. Note that the above report represents (conservatively) 22 ppl x 5 hrs avg x 3 days = 330 angler hours on the water. So, there were plenty of hours without fish. To see more pictures from this trip -> http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y11.../Qualifier105/ If you have pictures from this trip, I can post them to the photo album if you send them to Larry @ LarryL.com (remove spaces), or post into a reply .... COLONET, 6' of water COLONET, new to kayak fishing and having a blast on a loaner Hobie kayak COLONET, late afternoon goofin' off SAN MARTIN, miles of heavy kelp, boiling boiler rocks and calico territory SAN MARTIN, outside the kelp line consolation prize hoping for YT/WSB SAN MARTIN, fun calicos SAN MARTIN Freezer Special Red SAN MARTIN Freezer Special Fat and Red LAS GAVIOTAS COAST, hot and glassy, halibut were shallow and I fished deep for them :roll: __________________ Larry. Hobie Revolution 13. 25 years of kayak fishing La Jolla. https://larryl.com/photos

05-22-2008, 04:18 AM	#2
bajadog I eats what I kills Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Diego Posts: 393	Nice report !!!!! Fat reds. Good taco meat. Thanks for posting. __________________ Please release bill-fish.

05-22-2008, 06:48 PM	#8
THE DARKHORSE Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Seven minutes from the launch! Posts: 987	Awesome report. Larry, I think I should have you do the lay-out for my posts from now on. I was going to ask you guys "how was the trip", but I'm left with very few questions, good job. I haven't thought of going to the taxidermy for quite some time, but I would love that big-red Jared is holding on my office wall(if I caught it). By the way, I love the hat.

05-22-2008, 07:18 AM	#3
aguachico Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 719	Thanks for report. The pics of the reds are very sweet. How would you rate you experience? Would you do that trip again? Did you expect to get into other species of fish? Art

05-22-2008, 08:28 AM	#4
slayersmith Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Torrance. ca Posts: 76	Looks like fun! Great pics! Take it easy! Aaron

05-22-2008, 03:12 PM	#5
yakrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 611	atsa big 'ol red... nice...

05-22-2008, 03:45 PM	#6
kurt Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: 2 inches above sea level Posts: 502	Thanks for the report. looked like a good trip.

05-22-2008, 03:56 PM	#7
PAL Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 754	It was a good trip, although there is a lot of room for improvement. Some people felt we were on too tight a leash - they kept us close to the boat. Two of our stops (nearly all three) could have been accessed from shore. That said, the majority of people on the trip had a great time. Among them were 8 first-timers.