6/6 LJ Sea Monster? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

CurtyL · 06-08-2009, 11:56 AM

It was 3PM or so. COuld it have been a max fow out? Maybe, but I never saw the tide push a yak in a perfectly westerly direction ....excep maybe Mission Bay channel. Then again there was a strong wind blowing inshore.... maybe the two combined to make him look like he was moving faster away from me than he really was. But he was going in a circle when I first came up on him...what about that? You got to be pretty dense to battle kelp for 8 ours. Hey I'm just reporting on what I saw....cause in 5-6
bb years on the canyons I've never seen anying like it.

dorado50 · 06-08-2009, 01:19 PM

Someones imagination has gone wild.... the guy must of had wire leader,300# mono on the spinning rod to have had that fish on for 8 hrs. Its like the"old man and the sea" story. Ride that bull kelp to Hawaii.

kurt · 06-08-2009, 02:10 PM

A full sabiki of mature black sea bass.

tptrench · 06-08-2009, 02:22 PM

NEEEEEEEEEMMMOOOOOOOOOO!

lapulapu · 06-08-2009, 02:53 PM

I too have fought the "green dragon" for hours at a time. Broke a fenwick and a kencor to boot.

bigbarrels · 06-08-2009, 11:31 PM

sparky..matured......travelled south from San Onofre

dadandsonkayak · 06-09-2009, 08:09 AM

i think he was the real kayk version of captain ahab.. "Thar she blows!"

forefrazier · 06-09-2009, 08:30 AM

A similar thing happened to a friend of mine while on his boat out at Cortes Bank. He thought he had a huge yellow and may have that eventually wrapped the kelp. I was trying to tell him to give it up...(after 2 hours) but he was convinced he had a record fish on! I wonder if this guy really did have something big on that was towing him at first but then got wrapped?

yaky yak · 06-09-2009, 10:15 AM

I once spent an hour in a life and death struggle with bull kelp.(long time ago OK) The current was ripping and it was even making short runs(or so it seemed) Ied of swore it was a monster fish. That of course isn't the case here

Im sure.

herefishyfishy! · 06-09-2009, 10:30 AM

Nekton · 06-09-2009, 03:24 PM

I was freediving and hunting off Pt. La Jolla and I saw some mono trailing across under the surface going into the Reserve. I grabbed it with my gloved hand and it towed me about 30 yds, moving so fast I was leaving a wake. I had to decide whether or not I wanted to get towed into the Reserve and fight the fish or try to turn it because I was getting really close to the border.

I put on the brakes and the fish/sea lion/black seabass/monster just kept going straight and the line cut through my padded glove. I was just about going to give it a wrap around my speargun but the bitter end pulled through my hand and that was it. My hand didn't get sliced but my dive glove on my right hand was shredded. My guess, is that it was a bsb but I'll always wonder if it was a monster yt or wsb.

tylerdurden · 06-09-2009, 05:23 PM

8 hours swinging in the current

Don't know where the drawing came from, but I bet it's right.

Dennis · 06-09-2009, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tylerdurden

8 hours swinging in the current

Don't know where the drawing came from, but I bet it's right.

CLASSIC!

Tman · 06-09-2009, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tylerdurden

8 hours swinging in the current

Don't know where the drawing came from, but I bet it's right.

That happened to the Fishcatcher one time, didn't have the heart to tell him...then he pulled out a 21" Calico...

06-09-2009, 08:09 AM	#7
dadandsonkayak Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: near palm springs Posts: 82	i think he was the real kayk version of captain ahab.. "Thar she blows!" __________________

06-09-2009, 10:15 AM	#9
yaky yak Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Riverside, calif Posts: 130	I once spent an hour in a life and death struggle with bull kelp.(long time ago OK) The current was ripping and it was even making short runs(or so it seemed) Ied of swore it was a monster fish. That of course isn't the case hereIm sure.

06-09-2009, 10:30 AM	#10
herefishyfishy! Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: La Mesa Posts: 154	__________________ "There's a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot."

06-09-2009, 05:23 PM	#12
tylerdurden Bad Clone Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 874	8 hours swinging in the current Don't know where the drawing came from, but I bet it's right. __________________ MLPA, if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem Let the Fish and Game Commission know what you think about the proposed maps. Be ready for December 9th and 10th.

06-08-2009, 11:56 AM	#1
CurtyL Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: wherever the college girlz r Posts: 127	It was 3PM or so. COuld it have been a max fow out? Maybe, but I never saw the tide push a yak in a perfectly westerly direction ....excep maybe Mission Bay channel. Then again there was a strong wind blowing inshore.... maybe the two combined to make him look like he was moving faster away from me than he really was. But he was going in a circle when I first came up on him...what about that? You got to be pretty dense to battle kelp for 8 ours. Hey I'm just reporting on what I saw....cause in 5-6 bb years on the canyons I've never seen anying like it.

06-08-2009, 01:19 PM	#2
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	Someones imagination has gone wild.... the guy must of had wire leader,300# mono on the spinning rod to have had that fish on for 8 hrs. Its like the"old man and the sea" story. Ride that bull kelp to Hawaii.

06-08-2009, 02:10 PM	#3
kurt Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: 2 inches above sea level Posts: 502	A full sabiki of mature black sea bass.

06-08-2009, 02:22 PM	#4
tptrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: pt loma Posts: 101	NEEEEEEEEEMMMOOOOOOOOOO!

06-08-2009, 02:53 PM	#5
lapulapu Junior Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 6	I too have fought the "green dragon" for hours at a time. Broke a fenwick and a kencor to boot.

06-08-2009, 11:31 PM	#6
bigbarrels Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vista Posts: 1,111	sparky..matured......travelled south from San Onofre

06-09-2009, 08:30 AM	#8
forefrazier Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: OC Posts: 397	A similar thing happened to a friend of mine while on his boat out at Cortes Bank. He thought he had a huge yellow and may have that eventually wrapped the kelp. I was trying to tell him to give it up...(after 2 hours) but he was convinced he had a record fish on! I wonder if this guy really did have something big on that was towing him at first but then got wrapped?

06-09-2009, 03:24 PM	#11
Nekton Junior Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1	I was freediving and hunting off Pt. La Jolla and I saw some mono trailing across under the surface going into the Reserve. I grabbed it with my gloved hand and it towed me about 30 yds, moving so fast I was leaving a wake. I had to decide whether or not I wanted to get towed into the Reserve and fight the fish or try to turn it because I was getting really close to the border. I put on the brakes and the fish/sea lion/black seabass/monster just kept going straight and the line cut through my padded glove. I was just about going to give it a wrap around my speargun but the bitter end pulled through my hand and that was it. My hand didn't get sliced but my dive glove on my right hand was shredded. My guess, is that it was a bsb but I'll always wonder if it was a monster yt or wsb.