dkinla
11-10-2012, 06:43 PM
hey everyone,
Well... we just came back from 3 days at Jalama beach and there's no cell service/wifi/internet up there!
After Robert saw my post from last year about Jalama and the cabins we stayed in, he wanted to setup a trip back to Jalama since he had never been before! So, about 6 months ago, we picked a couple nights to stay in the cabins with some good tides so we could fish both am and pm high tide sessions.
A few days ago, the weather forecast didn't look so good.. predicting that the 11/8-11/10 would be the windiest/coldest/wettest days there... so I was kinda bummed about that, but it turns out that the weather wasn't so bad after all and we got some decent fishing in too :Wink:
Just in case, here's a link on some info for the Jalama cabins.. they are pretty nice cabins! and the Mrs. just won't do "camping" anymore anyways :LOL:
http://www.countyofsb.org/uploadedFiles/parks/Camping_Parks/CabinInformation.pdf
(here's an old post from last year on another forum that has more info on the cabins/pics/vids... not sure if posting a link to another forum is allowed here??)
http://www.scsurffishing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=77338&highlight=jalama
so Thurs am rolls around and we get the CRV loaded up:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/9E053DAA-BDEA-469C-9FF1-D7E8A2549C41-45137-00001AD1887952A0.jpg
took 3 setups for the usual surf fishin (Shimano Clarus and G.Loomis 8'6" rods with Stradic Ci4 3000 reels spooled with 15# PP braid and a longer 9' Shimano Tiralejo surf rod with a Thunnus 8000 reel in case we wanted to soak some squid/perch for something bigger)
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/FE5CDBB0-F709-41DA-9DC2-D66168FA4368-45137-00001AD19953F65F.jpg
The Mrs. and Alfie are ready for Jalama part 2!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/468D5CB7-CAC2-4201-9577-F1D3001BA66E-45137-00001AD1A65E0CA1.jpg
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/90E72589-4906-4640-A542-027978F99D99-45137-00001AD1B11539F0.jpg
met up with my parents in Ventura and had some great clam chowder and fish/chips at Brophy Bros in the harbor there
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/1667E14C-C0B6-4273-B083-DB54EBF5C8E5-45137-00001AD1BA432260.jpg
it was drizzling/cold in Ventura, but once we hit got further north into Santa Barbara, and the road to Jalama, just overcast!
enjoyed the drive to Jalama just like last year!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/36204B2E-4957-42DE-8AE7-AC64E2FDABEE-45137-00001AD1C5DAF850.jpg
Coming around the final bend, it's great to see the water/sand/Jalama:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/56A32910-303A-4730-955E-C9C86F89C548-45137-00001AD1D6A0F6F0.jpg
here's a quick vid from the road above Jalama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDYpMzRA--s
Check-in was around 3pm, and I think we got there around that time...
Robert and his gf Renee were in the car just ahead of us at the ranger station! We got 2 cabins side by side for the trip (Plover and Sandpiper units):
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/16508A51-CE2B-4FB7-8936-A0DBD77BA88D-45137-00001AD1EB742399.jpg
here's a view from the cabins... a 5-minute walk down to the water from there!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/DC39BCAA-0735-4414-95A1-844678FADAA1-45137-00001AD206726CFC.jpg
well... we quickly unloaded the car and of course Robert and I headed down to the water for a session before it got dark!
it was pretty breezy and cold, but manageable... the water was cold, minimal salad, with some pretty big surge, and not much structure really... the beach was pretty flat up and down coast, but the bite was wide open! a bite on every cast :LOL:
view down coast... there were a couple other long-rodders there I think that weren't having any success really:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/926C81E6-6314-4935-801A-1B84E2F39A13-45137-00001AD213694B1F.jpg
Robert and I started working the beach and caught too many to count in the 2 hrs we had... mostly small to mediums
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/B270C02E-0B83-448C-8795-A0CE08B93D87-45137-00001AD2257FBD1D.jpg
approaching sunset:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/1229C3A3-3B4E-408B-A6E8-33E00BEBE81C-45137-00001AD2399916EE.jpg
typical first day perch:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/2493628C-8EA0-47B9-8E45-7F399784EA1A-45137-00001AD2456FE62A.jpg
unusual looking perch with some unusual markings... hmmm?
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/B2A29DE2-67CA-4467-9C55-476415723108-45137-00001AD24DFB2DC7.jpg
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/0AD468EC-152C-418D-957F-8497972D1BF7-45137-00001AD2576B9C0C.jpg
also another unusual looking perch with some different markings... Robert said this was NOT a walleye:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/C9F60407-3CFF-49C3-BD4D-06F97A3AE23C-45137-00001AE7999DF0B7.jpg
here's one of the nicer mediums the first day:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/9FBA5072-1426-4AB6-BD5F-B90346676471-45137-00001AD261B54E9F.jpg
and a decent medium for Robert:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/E5893AEB-5286-4A49-8C82-9E05D8478042-45137-00001AD2710E4ECF.jpg
well... it got dark, so we called it... and retreated to our warm/cozy cabins!
for dinner, pops prepared some sashimi from a couple of the bigger perch we kept and we had a whole spread of other yummy things:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/B34A80BC-9767-4482-A9AE-6950CF641776-45137-00001AD27DC70A62.jpg
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/40CD3AC8-F283-4A88-A2E5-FD175926A3A4-45137-00001AD294931464.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNCib9F1na4
after dinner... Robert brought a ton of firewood for us to sit around the firepit and keep warm during the night!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/2FE70C27-C4DE-49E3-8159-E32BDF53EDD2-45137-00001AD29EEBBD9E.jpg
we threw some sweet yams and potatoes wrapped in aluminum foil in the firepit and man they were great!! Robert/Renee also brought smores too!
unfortunately, it started to rain after maybe an hour or so around the campire, so we all headed back inside and relaxed a while before going to sleep so we could fish early the next am!
Pops and alfie chillin:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/CF337AA2-66B8-4756-9731-7DBB4553D024-45137-00001AD2AE0ADE35.jpg
It rained pretty hard overnight, and was still raining when we woke up... got a little worried that we might be rained in all day, but just like that... the rain stopped and the skies cleared up!! :Shocked:
so we get geared up for the am sesh... I look like I'm going out ice-fishing or something.. but hey.. I wasn't cold at all :Big Grin:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/B3A4519B-08B1-438A-B127-F0324565E46E-45137-00001AD2BDB1BD6E.jpg
light winds in the am the 2nd day... still relatively salad free, with medium waves and strong surge still. Oh by the way, sand crabs were plentiful there, but they seemed to bite on the crack (camo/bloody) much better.
sunrise shot:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/977CE725-3B0C-46B9-A79B-A2B53840061E-45137-00001AD2D2EAA7A1.jpg
bite wasn't wide-open like the day before, but we still got decent numbers for the am sesssion:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/0E414841-F5A3-40C3-A8B9-76A98717F5E7-45137-00001AD2DC682871.jpg
off in the distance... there were patches of storm clouds headed our way... and saw this awesome rainbow as we were fishin:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/220E095F-6D06-4EFB-A2D9-639B45A50C1B-45137-00001AD2F2CFFA76.jpg
I took this freakin awesome panorama shot with my phone:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/9FB5F3A8-9BA1-42B5-BC18-B34A68DE2C48-45137-00001AD2FC1A6A02.jpg
the tide started to go out and the rains came in... so we headed back to the cabins and relaxed... pops with some coffee:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/ECD0A928-40ED-4F3D-9EFA-2799DE621B91-45137-00001AD30E579CF6.jpg
the rain came and went, and we headed back out again around 3pm or so for another sunset session... this time thought... the winds had really picked up and it was pretty darn cold... the fishin was tough, but we still managed a few bigger models...
here's one of the biggest for my dad there:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/F79B38B8-A2B5-4E68-9FCA-DF5B4823EA2C-45137-00001AD32076BABC.jpg
quick vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXIQT4ytOFw
later that night... we cooked up some pork on the electric pan with all the trimmings (lettuce, ssamjang, etc.):
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/D0C95F55-E53C-49ED-8572-B76A562E2DC2-45137-00001AD3326C36E9.jpg
this was followed by another session at the firepit and had some great smores/potatoes/yams again :lol: man we had the fire roaring!! thanks again for the firewood Robert!
slept well, and was hoping for a great am session on our last day before checking out...
sunrise shot:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/B3257FF2-97B1-4548-BF1F-326263B6A39C-45137-00001AD33F0A6705.jpg
wow, the conditions had really deteriorated overnight... tons of salad everywhere (look at all that beached salad in the pic above), big waves, big surge... made the fishing really, really tough, but we stuck it out and moved up/down coast to find open water... at least the winds were ok:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0gDhUlTO5E
the action was kinda slow, but we got the biggest perch of the 3 days the final am... and the salad later cleared out as the tide went out too:
Robert with a big model:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/7BEEAEC6-27C0-4299-ABEE-5331A8830486-45137-00001AD35141D114.jpg
my dad with another big model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_MRSJS-Gyo
and Robert with another... I don't know how Robert just fished in his usual shorts and t-shirt... with a light sweatshirt, but he did :EyePop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFcoI3yHTkQ
headed back to the cabins to pack up and made it down to the Jalama beach store to have one last meal together... of course we had to try the famous Jalama burger!!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/42DC8595-3537-495E-8FFD-94C21E00317E-45137-00001AD369EC9A66.jpg
my dad approved (I got him a Jalama hat too)!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/F0460A2F-950D-47E7-A94A-AAC6338E6185-45137-00001AD373B6DDE9.jpg
the Mrs. was happy too:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/DD4D1AEB-3272-4107-89E1-1259F0029D94-45137-00001AD379DDB854.jpg
thanks Robert/Renee for buying us lunch!!!
one last group pic before heading back to civilization and the internet/cell phone service :LOL:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/E54F5E43-2DE0-43B8-87FA-8349A77102DE-45137-00001AD37FB29AEB.jpg
I think the Mrs. and Alfie were pretty pooped out from having a great, relaxing, and memorable trip
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/2EC6F2F1-B561-4FC5-B013-96B6CCA00FAF-45137-00001AD3932DA138.jpg
thanks for reading everyone! sorry if I made it too long as usual....
just might have to go back again next year (thx Robert for taking this awesome pic of me) :LOL::LOL:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/4E25CEF6-FB08-4687-877A-7D9AAFB3A80A-45137-00001AD398BFCCAE.jpg
Well... we just came back from 3 days at Jalama beach and there's no cell service/wifi/internet up there!
After Robert saw my post from last year about Jalama and the cabins we stayed in, he wanted to setup a trip back to Jalama since he had never been before! So, about 6 months ago, we picked a couple nights to stay in the cabins with some good tides so we could fish both am and pm high tide sessions.
A few days ago, the weather forecast didn't look so good.. predicting that the 11/8-11/10 would be the windiest/coldest/wettest days there... so I was kinda bummed about that, but it turns out that the weather wasn't so bad after all and we got some decent fishing in too :Wink:
Just in case, here's a link on some info for the Jalama cabins.. they are pretty nice cabins! and the Mrs. just won't do "camping" anymore anyways :LOL:
http://www.countyofsb.org/uploadedFiles/parks/Camping_Parks/CabinInformation.pdf
(here's an old post from last year on another forum that has more info on the cabins/pics/vids... not sure if posting a link to another forum is allowed here??)
http://www.scsurffishing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=77338&highlight=jalama
so Thurs am rolls around and we get the CRV loaded up:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/9E053DAA-BDEA-469C-9FF1-D7E8A2549C41-45137-00001AD1887952A0.jpg
took 3 setups for the usual surf fishin (Shimano Clarus and G.Loomis 8'6" rods with Stradic Ci4 3000 reels spooled with 15# PP braid and a longer 9' Shimano Tiralejo surf rod with a Thunnus 8000 reel in case we wanted to soak some squid/perch for something bigger)
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/FE5CDBB0-F709-41DA-9DC2-D66168FA4368-45137-00001AD19953F65F.jpg
The Mrs. and Alfie are ready for Jalama part 2!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/468D5CB7-CAC2-4201-9577-F1D3001BA66E-45137-00001AD1A65E0CA1.jpg
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/90E72589-4906-4640-A542-027978F99D99-45137-00001AD1B11539F0.jpg
met up with my parents in Ventura and had some great clam chowder and fish/chips at Brophy Bros in the harbor there
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/1667E14C-C0B6-4273-B083-DB54EBF5C8E5-45137-00001AD1BA432260.jpg
it was drizzling/cold in Ventura, but once we hit got further north into Santa Barbara, and the road to Jalama, just overcast!
enjoyed the drive to Jalama just like last year!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/36204B2E-4957-42DE-8AE7-AC64E2FDABEE-45137-00001AD1C5DAF850.jpg
Coming around the final bend, it's great to see the water/sand/Jalama:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/56A32910-303A-4730-955E-C9C86F89C548-45137-00001AD1D6A0F6F0.jpg
here's a quick vid from the road above Jalama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDYpMzRA--s
Check-in was around 3pm, and I think we got there around that time...
Robert and his gf Renee were in the car just ahead of us at the ranger station! We got 2 cabins side by side for the trip (Plover and Sandpiper units):
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/16508A51-CE2B-4FB7-8936-A0DBD77BA88D-45137-00001AD1EB742399.jpg
here's a view from the cabins... a 5-minute walk down to the water from there!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/DC39BCAA-0735-4414-95A1-844678FADAA1-45137-00001AD206726CFC.jpg
well... we quickly unloaded the car and of course Robert and I headed down to the water for a session before it got dark!
it was pretty breezy and cold, but manageable... the water was cold, minimal salad, with some pretty big surge, and not much structure really... the beach was pretty flat up and down coast, but the bite was wide open! a bite on every cast :LOL:
view down coast... there were a couple other long-rodders there I think that weren't having any success really:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/926C81E6-6314-4935-801A-1B84E2F39A13-45137-00001AD213694B1F.jpg
Robert and I started working the beach and caught too many to count in the 2 hrs we had... mostly small to mediums
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/B270C02E-0B83-448C-8795-A0CE08B93D87-45137-00001AD2257FBD1D.jpg
approaching sunset:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/1229C3A3-3B4E-408B-A6E8-33E00BEBE81C-45137-00001AD2399916EE.jpg
typical first day perch:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/2493628C-8EA0-47B9-8E45-7F399784EA1A-45137-00001AD2456FE62A.jpg
unusual looking perch with some unusual markings... hmmm?
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/B2A29DE2-67CA-4467-9C55-476415723108-45137-00001AD24DFB2DC7.jpg
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/0AD468EC-152C-418D-957F-8497972D1BF7-45137-00001AD2576B9C0C.jpg
also another unusual looking perch with some different markings... Robert said this was NOT a walleye:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/C9F60407-3CFF-49C3-BD4D-06F97A3AE23C-45137-00001AE7999DF0B7.jpg
here's one of the nicer mediums the first day:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/9FBA5072-1426-4AB6-BD5F-B90346676471-45137-00001AD261B54E9F.jpg
and a decent medium for Robert:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/E5893AEB-5286-4A49-8C82-9E05D8478042-45137-00001AD2710E4ECF.jpg
well... it got dark, so we called it... and retreated to our warm/cozy cabins!
for dinner, pops prepared some sashimi from a couple of the bigger perch we kept and we had a whole spread of other yummy things:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/B34A80BC-9767-4482-A9AE-6950CF641776-45137-00001AD27DC70A62.jpg
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/40CD3AC8-F283-4A88-A2E5-FD175926A3A4-45137-00001AD294931464.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNCib9F1na4
after dinner... Robert brought a ton of firewood for us to sit around the firepit and keep warm during the night!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/2FE70C27-C4DE-49E3-8159-E32BDF53EDD2-45137-00001AD29EEBBD9E.jpg
we threw some sweet yams and potatoes wrapped in aluminum foil in the firepit and man they were great!! Robert/Renee also brought smores too!
unfortunately, it started to rain after maybe an hour or so around the campire, so we all headed back inside and relaxed a while before going to sleep so we could fish early the next am!
Pops and alfie chillin:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/CF337AA2-66B8-4756-9731-7DBB4553D024-45137-00001AD2AE0ADE35.jpg
It rained pretty hard overnight, and was still raining when we woke up... got a little worried that we might be rained in all day, but just like that... the rain stopped and the skies cleared up!! :Shocked:
so we get geared up for the am sesh... I look like I'm going out ice-fishing or something.. but hey.. I wasn't cold at all :Big Grin:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/B3A4519B-08B1-438A-B127-F0324565E46E-45137-00001AD2BDB1BD6E.jpg
light winds in the am the 2nd day... still relatively salad free, with medium waves and strong surge still. Oh by the way, sand crabs were plentiful there, but they seemed to bite on the crack (camo/bloody) much better.
sunrise shot:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/977CE725-3B0C-46B9-A79B-A2B53840061E-45137-00001AD2D2EAA7A1.jpg
bite wasn't wide-open like the day before, but we still got decent numbers for the am sesssion:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/0E414841-F5A3-40C3-A8B9-76A98717F5E7-45137-00001AD2DC682871.jpg
off in the distance... there were patches of storm clouds headed our way... and saw this awesome rainbow as we were fishin:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/220E095F-6D06-4EFB-A2D9-639B45A50C1B-45137-00001AD2F2CFFA76.jpg
I took this freakin awesome panorama shot with my phone:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/9FB5F3A8-9BA1-42B5-BC18-B34A68DE2C48-45137-00001AD2FC1A6A02.jpg
the tide started to go out and the rains came in... so we headed back to the cabins and relaxed... pops with some coffee:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/ECD0A928-40ED-4F3D-9EFA-2799DE621B91-45137-00001AD30E579CF6.jpg
the rain came and went, and we headed back out again around 3pm or so for another sunset session... this time thought... the winds had really picked up and it was pretty darn cold... the fishin was tough, but we still managed a few bigger models...
here's one of the biggest for my dad there:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/F79B38B8-A2B5-4E68-9FCA-DF5B4823EA2C-45137-00001AD32076BABC.jpg
quick vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXIQT4ytOFw
later that night... we cooked up some pork on the electric pan with all the trimmings (lettuce, ssamjang, etc.):
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/D0C95F55-E53C-49ED-8572-B76A562E2DC2-45137-00001AD3326C36E9.jpg
this was followed by another session at the firepit and had some great smores/potatoes/yams again :lol: man we had the fire roaring!! thanks again for the firewood Robert!
slept well, and was hoping for a great am session on our last day before checking out...
sunrise shot:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/B3257FF2-97B1-4548-BF1F-326263B6A39C-45137-00001AD33F0A6705.jpg
wow, the conditions had really deteriorated overnight... tons of salad everywhere (look at all that beached salad in the pic above), big waves, big surge... made the fishing really, really tough, but we stuck it out and moved up/down coast to find open water... at least the winds were ok:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0gDhUlTO5E
the action was kinda slow, but we got the biggest perch of the 3 days the final am... and the salad later cleared out as the tide went out too:
Robert with a big model:
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/7BEEAEC6-27C0-4299-ABEE-5331A8830486-45137-00001AD35141D114.jpg
my dad with another big model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_MRSJS-Gyo
and Robert with another... I don't know how Robert just fished in his usual shorts and t-shirt... with a light sweatshirt, but he did :EyePop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFcoI3yHTkQ
headed back to the cabins to pack up and made it down to the Jalama beach store to have one last meal together... of course we had to try the famous Jalama burger!!
http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu266/dkinla/42DC8595-3537-495E-8FFD-94C21E00317E-45137-00001AD369EC9A66.jpg
my dad approved (I got him a Jalama hat too)!
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the Mrs. was happy too:
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thanks Robert/Renee for buying us lunch!!!
one last group pic before heading back to civilization and the internet/cell phone service :LOL:
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I think the Mrs. and Alfie were pretty pooped out from having a great, relaxing, and memorable trip
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thanks for reading everyone! sorry if I made it too long as usual....
just might have to go back again next year (thx Robert for taking this awesome pic of me) :LOL::LOL:
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