Another great day in La Jolla
 

After having gone 0 for 4 yesterday on nice strikes with sizeable fish today turned out to be my day.

Made 9 mackeral at the usual spot then went to THE place to give it a troll. After a nice long soak my biggest mackeral gets hit and the fish runs.....and runs.....and is gone. My leader knots were terrible and so everything had to be retied. A few mackeral get lost to the seals which is the typical La Jolla tax for fishing there right?

so I put a fresh strong mackeral on and drop him in ....hes running like hell from the second he hits the water.......then .......BAM ! he gets hit like a freight train and I finally am engaged with a substantial fish....for the first time on a kayak.

Fish makes 3 runs or so and the neighborhood dog notices that im a little busy so he comes over for a look.....Cool I think ,, gonna lose this one too. Suddenly the fish sees the dog and goes apeshit.....straight out towards open water......nice fishy. I managed to get him stopped and he managed to avoid the seal long enough for me to get him to the boat. as Im looking down at the fish next to the kayak a brown mass is shooting up from the depths at what seems light speed. So just reached down behind the gills and pulled fish out within seconds of having lost him to the neighborhood hound.
I called out to Josh to show him that I had actually finally avoided the skunk on good size fish and he was kind enough to come over and help me secure the fish to the back deck for the ride home. Not wanting to sound like a broken record here but that man has improved my technique, fishing skills and batting average. Anyone wanting to improve their fishing skills should definately look him up.

The fish was no monster but weighed in at 18.8 on a digital scale
heres a pic
Tight lines
Chris Lewis

very nice fish chris! keep it up!

Congrates on your catch.

Congratulations on a beauty of a YT...good write up, hopefully you will keep them coming.

Again, congrats...:cheers1:

wtg remember u at the moyer tourney u got a hook perfectlt stuck in the rudder screw:D

Nice :yt:! That smile says it all!:cheers1:

Nice forkie!!!

Nice one!
 

Great work on that fish under pressure, Chris. :cheers1:

I love the wide eyed beach shot too :eek: :).

nice :yt:

WTG Chris, nice to meet u today!! guess my scales off then by two solid #..
sorry about the finger in the flick..
;)

Nice job!

Sweet one

Thanks for the write up, sounds like a fun day that got even better with a fish at the end :reel:

Nice! Congrats:)

Gotta love that feeling. Nice fish and report!

:cheers1:
Chris,

Nice seeing you out there yesterday... and the day before. Congratulations on a beautiful fish and thanks for a great report.
:cheers1:

Again, the answer comes down to TIME ON THE WATER. Redemption feels really good doesn't it?

Tomorrow is my day... probably....should be....it's gotta be. EVERYONE around me landed fish yesterday.

Eric

Nice work. You're giving me hope. Just need to spend some more time on the water. Pretty awesome specimen for the first from a kayak.:cheers1:

very nice fish you got there...
congrats on your first yak YT...
It only kindles the flame of addiction...
damn fish!

nice fish
 

Chris, what a beauty. Thanks for the gatoraid. See you on the water soon. Hey, does anyone want to go hoopnetting some saturday night soon? Sundog

Congrats! Way to snatch it away from those dogs!