I owe this to the mad sci. I have been Kayak fishing for one year
this month. Mad sci says friends don't let friends fish bass. (should
have said bay bass) I have caught so many bay bass that I won't eat.
Waist of time and money. I don't have a job right now, so I got to feed my family. Ghost 48.5lb 53 inchs long.
Photos to come as soon as I read how to post.
a little help with your photo BWE
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I got to the launch at 10:00 or so in morning. Just in time to see the
early crew coming in. Took my time setting up. Got launched around
11 or so. I went to the inside corner to find bait. Spent a long time
c&r top smelt on the sabiki. Switched to a hulla grub on a 3/8 leadhead.
Bang a big greenback, 13inch. I'm happy I got something to fish with.
I pedal for deep water as fast as I can. Right before I reach 65ft depth,
I pick up another greenback, 12inch. I pedal out past the kelp. I rig up
a dropper loop with 6 oz and drop the smaller mac down to the bottom.
I reel it off the bottom a few cranks and start to cruze. I did'nt make it
to 70 ft depth before the clicker goes off. I reach for the rod, put it in
gear,and take off the clicker. At the same time I'm doing a fast hard turn
into the fish. I can feel the fish has the bait and is just cruzing, not really
running. I am facing the fish now, and because I fish a Hobie Adventure
I pedal as fast as I can towards the fish. All the time I am reeling line
in to keep the line taunt. I feel the fish stop. I lifted the tip of my rod
and set the hook. In setting the hook I kept steady pressure on the
fish which turned the fish towards me. The fish makes a run right at me.
I pedal as fast as I can reeling line in as fast as I could. The fish gets
a clue not to far from me and starts to run away from me. I follow
and keep him on a short line. This time I bring her up to where I can
just make out a white ghost. The fish takes a dive but stops short of
the bottom. This time I bring it up and I see its a giant white sea bass.
The fish starts to dive again so I take this time to grab my gaf,
game clip, and sheers. This dive I could feel the fish tiring. I brought
the fish up along side as I slipped the gaf into the water. The fish just
glided over my gaf. I lifted with a steady presure for a perfect gaf.
I just kept lifting until the fish was in the Adventure. I grabed the sheers
cut the gills, flipped her over, cut the other gills, slipped on the game
hook. I put the head down by my pedals with my leg over the fish.
I figured the fish was most secure like this. One of the reasons I
went with the Hobie Adventure is that it is a good paddler. Because
the fish was so big I coud'nt use the pedals the way I had the fish.
I grabbed the oar and started the 2 mile paddle back. A little ways
from the bouy I ran into MIke who took a couple of on the water
shots. (Thanks Mike) made the landing with flat conditions, and
the rest is dinner.