YakN'Surf
08-15-2009, 12:41 PM
3 full days of kayak fishing the pismo area. We spent a lot of time looking for butts with no success. From what I hear it might still be a little early for them in the shallow water.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc098.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc109.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc139.jpg
Good amounts of rockfish
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc102.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc071.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc155.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc154.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc151.jpg
Our final day was all around AMAZING!
This enormous whale decided to surface right next to me. That got the adrenaline pumpin. We chased it around the harbor for a while. It was only in 30 feet of water.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8110244.jpg http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/whale.jpg
16 inch Cabbie
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130265.jpg
Rockfish
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8120256.jpg
This was by far one of my coolest fishing experiences. Im slowly retrieving my swimbait over a sand flat for halibut. The lure is now 5 feet from my yak, on the surface, and out of nowhere a ling cod darts out from a rockpile underneath me. It engulfs my bait while leaping about a foot into the air, crashes back into the water and heads straight back down with all his might. I was stunned....DID THIS REALLY JUST HAPPEN! I set the hook and quickly got him back up. I was in only 7 feet of water. The hard part was getting the damn thing on board. He wasnt so happy about the situation and i wasnt about to grab his lip. So after countless attempts i manage to grab him by the gill and get him on board. If I had known they practically have razor blades in their gill rakers I may have reconsidered that option. In attempt to calm the beast I shoved my knife into his head. That resulted in a bent knife as he thrashed around.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8120254.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130257.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130258.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130260.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130267.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8120252.jpg
My first ling, 26 inches. I couldnt be happier.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130268.jpg
Ended up with two beautiful fillets of blue meat.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8140269.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc098.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc109.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc139.jpg
Good amounts of rockfish
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc102.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc071.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc155.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc154.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/Misc151.jpg
Our final day was all around AMAZING!
This enormous whale decided to surface right next to me. That got the adrenaline pumpin. We chased it around the harbor for a while. It was only in 30 feet of water.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8110244.jpg http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/whale.jpg
16 inch Cabbie
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130265.jpg
Rockfish
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8120256.jpg
This was by far one of my coolest fishing experiences. Im slowly retrieving my swimbait over a sand flat for halibut. The lure is now 5 feet from my yak, on the surface, and out of nowhere a ling cod darts out from a rockpile underneath me. It engulfs my bait while leaping about a foot into the air, crashes back into the water and heads straight back down with all his might. I was stunned....DID THIS REALLY JUST HAPPEN! I set the hook and quickly got him back up. I was in only 7 feet of water. The hard part was getting the damn thing on board. He wasnt so happy about the situation and i wasnt about to grab his lip. So after countless attempts i manage to grab him by the gill and get him on board. If I had known they practically have razor blades in their gill rakers I may have reconsidered that option. In attempt to calm the beast I shoved my knife into his head. That resulted in a bent knife as he thrashed around.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8120254.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130257.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130258.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130260.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130267.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8120252.jpg
My first ling, 26 inches. I couldnt be happier.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8130268.jpg
Ended up with two beautiful fillets of blue meat.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/LiftedDdge/P8140269.jpg