Ventura - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

smithers · 03-22-2013, 01:22 PM

Hey there.

I went to that same area on my first outing last year days after getting my kayak.

Some nice kelp around there. Hoping to get out there early in weeks to come aiming for WSB.

Swimbaits are fun, but I think you will have more luck with either frozen squid on circle hook dropper loop, or live bait caught with a sabiki. Catching the bait can be hard depending on how thick the smelt are (though I have heard a smaller smelt is not bad halibut bait.

I might be poking around there Sunday, maybe targeting halibut outside kelp line... I had some really close encounters with whales last summer. This year I have the go pro in case they rock my kayak again heh.

03-22-2013, 01:22 PM	#7
smithers Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 39	Welcome Hey there. I went to that same area on my first outing last year days after getting my kayak. Some nice kelp around there. Hoping to get out there early in weeks to come aiming for WSB. Swimbaits are fun, but I think you will have more luck with either frozen squid on circle hook dropper loop, or live bait caught with a sabiki. Catching the bait can be hard depending on how thick the smelt are (though I have heard a smaller smelt is not bad halibut bait. I might be poking around there Sunday, maybe targeting halibut outside kelp line... I had some really close encounters with whales last summer. This year I have the go pro in case they rock my kayak again heh.