closer to shore - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Zed · 04-11-2011, 11:23 AM

LJ Shores launch is about the most consistent beginner friendly kayak launch, aside from a harbor launch. It only gets bigger in places other than the Shores.

Kaijuu · 04-11-2011, 01:43 PM

You can always start out by launching at the harbor at O'Side. You step into your yak from a dock and off you go.

Good place to start to learn the yak. Inside the harbor is always easy going. Outside gets a little blown sometimes but its still quite manageable.

If you want to fish for halibut or bass, about a mile or so in 40' on a 275 heading, not a bad place to start. There's artificial reefs.

I go out usually on week days, If you wanna tag along, just PM me.

P.S. don't use or park at the boat launch, its free on the other side of the harbor.

wms,Jr · 04-11-2011, 02:04 PM

now we're talkin, thats some good info. right now my son and i are fishin off of sup's, i hope that dosent get me kicked off the site!! eventually i will move to one of the fancy kayaks i see on this site, but thats after he gets his butt outta the house, i wanna keep it fun for him now so i can enjoy his company as long as possible, a lil surf a lil fish, so the kelp beds along the shore are the best for us. The reef, pipes and swamis sound good, thanks for the oside info. dont know how it feels to be on an sup way out in the ocean, freaks me a lil thinkin about it, but if thats what i have to do to catch fish, so be it. any tips on bait, tactics, and what is PM?

dsafety · 04-11-2011, 04:25 PM

You know, a great place to launch a SUP would be the Children's Pool. The fishing grounds start a couple hundred feet out. What could be easier than that?

Bob

Jimmyz123 · 04-11-2011, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by dsafety

You know, a great place to launch a SUP would be the Children's Pool. The fishing grounds start a couple hundred feet out. What could be easier than that?

Bob

I'm all for this. The more people that show up to use the beach the more the seals will find somewhere else to sleep.

Amish Ed · 04-11-2011, 06:49 PM

For the bass use Zooms on a sleadhead and 3-5" swimbaits. Plus use some sort of scent, I like Hotsauce. Fishing the kelp I wouldn't use heavier than 15lb line, this time of year I'd use 10lb.

wms,Jr · 04-12-2011, 04:12 PM

zooms? sleadhead? hotsauce? burrito hotsauce?

mtnbykr2 · 04-11-2011, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by wms,Jr

now we're talkin, thats some good info. right now my son and i are fishin off of sup's, i hope that dosent get me kicked off the site!! eventually i will move to one of the fancy kayaks i see on this site, but thats after he gets his butt outta the house, i wanna keep it fun for him now so i can enjoy his company as long as possible, a lil surf a lil fish, so the kelp beds along the shore are the best for us. The reef, pipes and swamis sound good, thanks for the oside info. dont know how it feels to be on an sup way out in the ocean, freaks me a lil thinkin about it, but if thats what i have to do to catch fish, so be it. any tips on bait, tactics, and what is PM?

I believe our kayak fishing kayaks have evolved from sups...good luck out there and enjoy, but be warned it is an addiction

04-11-2011, 11:23 AM	#1
Zed BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: W of 5 Posts: 1,265	LJ Shores launch is about the most consistent beginner friendly kayak launch, aside from a harbor launch. It only gets bigger in places other than the Shores. __________________ Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man and he'll eat for a week.

04-11-2011, 01:43 PM	#2
Kaijuu "Floater" Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: so cal Posts: 164	O'Side fishing You can always start out by launching at the harbor at O'Side. You step into your yak from a dock and off you go. Good place to start to learn the yak. Inside the harbor is always easy going. Outside gets a little blown sometimes but its still quite manageable. If you want to fish for halibut or bass, about a mile or so in 40' on a 275 heading, not a bad place to start. There's artificial reefs. I go out usually on week days, If you wanna tag along, just PM me. P.S. don't use or park at the boat launch, its free on the other side of the harbor.

04-11-2011, 06:49 PM	#6
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,906	For the bass use Zooms on a sleadhead and 3-5" swimbaits. Plus use some sort of scent, I like Hotsauce. Fishing the kelp I wouldn't use heavier than 15lb line, this time of year I'd use 10lb. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

04-11-2011, 02:04 PM	#3
wms,Jr Junior Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 24	now we're talkin, thats some good info. right now my son and i are fishin off of sup's, i hope that dosent get me kicked off the site!! eventually i will move to one of the fancy kayaks i see on this site, but thats after he gets his butt outta the house, i wanna keep it fun for him now so i can enjoy his company as long as possible, a lil surf a lil fish, so the kelp beds along the shore are the best for us. The reef, pipes and swamis sound good, thanks for the oside info. dont know how it feels to be on an sup way out in the ocean, freaks me a lil thinkin about it, but if thats what i have to do to catch fish, so be it. any tips on bait, tactics, and what is PM?

04-11-2011, 04:25 PM	#4
dsafety Olivenhain Bob Join Date: May 2008 Location: Olivenhain, CA Posts: 1,123	You know, a great place to launch a SUP would be the Children's Pool. The fishing grounds start a couple hundred feet out. What could be easier than that? Bob

04-12-2011, 04:12 PM	#7
wms,Jr Junior Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 24	zooms? sleadhead? hotsauce? burrito hotsauce?