07/19 - LJK - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Afran · 07-19-2009, 05:25 PM

Ron and I fished North LJK from 7A-3P. It was amazing weather of course, but we had zero current all day and little to no wind to help us move through the matt. Water seemed a little murked, maybe 12 ft vis and kinda chill but not cold. Bite was a little slow but we did have a full wildlife adventure.

Ron pulled a 7lbs calico early in the am (on the spring scale and she was long). He also had a 150lbs BSB track his jig back to the boat and then boil at the bow. I saw the thing surface, fins and tail, it was huge to say the least. A battle that would not have been won. We found a puddling 18lb yellowtail in an open area between stringers. We threw some baits at it. It did show interested, but we weren't tricky enough. Lots of rockfish, crabs, cailcos and a 23.75 ling cod, he was close....

Super fun day with a good friend. All fish caught on the War Jig with eevolve plastics as trailers and a cocktail of Hot Sauce and UniButter. Most Calicos were in 58-60ft of water with the other creatures in 70ft.

07-19-2009, 06:59 PM

killer posts

nice big fat calico

Spyder · 07-19-2009, 08:00 PM

Quality forest critters. Those checkes are nice ones. Fun day.

blackcloud9 · 07-19-2009, 09:10 PM

Looks like great light tackle fun Afran - thanks for posting!

joyjiggin' · 07-19-2009, 09:11 PM

I didn't know that Calicos could get that big! Great close-up shots, esp. the Lings' mouth! Thanks for the tips.

bumblebeetuna · 07-19-2009, 11:29 PM

beeeg toad, nice calico!

Freespool · 07-20-2009, 09:43 AM

Hey Afran,
I'm the dude that was bugging you back at the launch for the report. Glad to see the actual photos. That calico is a Hoss! Nice work.

07-19-2009, 05:25 PM	#1
Afran fishy Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 219	07/19 - LJK Ron and I fished North LJK from 7A-3P. It was amazing weather of course, but we had zero current all day and little to no wind to help us move through the matt. Water seemed a little murked, maybe 12 ft vis and kinda chill but not cold. Bite was a little slow but we did have a full wildlife adventure. Ron pulled a 7lbs calico early in the am (on the spring scale and she was long). He also had a 150lbs BSB track his jig back to the boat and then boil at the bow. I saw the thing surface, fins and tail, it was huge to say the least. A battle that would not have been won. We found a puddling 18lb yellowtail in an open area between stringers. We threw some baits at it. It did show interested, but we weren't tricky enough. Lots of rockfish, crabs, cailcos and a 23.75 ling cod, he was close.... Super fun day with a good friend. All fish caught on the War Jig with eevolve plastics as trailers and a cocktail of Hot Sauce and UniButter. Most Calicos were in 58-60ft of water with the other creatures in 70ft. __________________ warbaits.com Instagram @warbaits Last edited by Afran; 07-20-2009 at 02:06 PM.

07-19-2009, 06:59 PM	#2
NextBite Guest Posts: n/a	killer posts nice big fat calico

07-19-2009, 08:00 PM	#3
Spyder Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 169	Quality forest critters. Those checkes are nice ones. Fun day.

07-19-2009, 09:10 PM	#4
blackcloud9 Kayaker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Big Rock, WindanSea, La Jolla Posts: 413	Looks like great light tackle fun Afran - thanks for posting!

07-19-2009, 09:11 PM	#5
joyjiggin' Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 109	I didn't know that Calicos could get that big! Great close-up shots, esp. the Lings' mouth! Thanks for the tips.

07-19-2009, 11:29 PM	#6
bumblebeetuna Junior Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 25	beeeg toad, nice calico!

07-20-2009, 09:43 AM	#7
Freespool Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: La Jolla Posts: 42	Hey Afran, I'm the dude that was bugging you back at the launch for the report. Glad to see the actual photos. That calico is a Hoss! Nice work.