[Aaron&Julie]

Thanks, Jim and PE.rider for your kind words of encouragement. PE.rider, we do know all about the "numbers" game. We're closing in on 10 years of ocean kayak fishing, with the last 8 mostly off of LJ, and both there and Dana Point we've had our fair share of good timing, and whoppers. We never expect, but only hope we'll catch something nice, and bring back some good eats. We're old school all the way, still paddle, homemade bait tanks (which work great), no electronics. We do have a quality hand-held Garmin GPS, but rarely use it.

When you fish La Jolla often enough, you usually know where to go, not that a fish finder wouldn't help immensely. Down the road as we get into our 60s, we'll probably finally convert to more modern techniques.