NPH 4/18 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

caddisx · 04-18-2014, 02:11 PM

Met up with User45 and Primosurf. Was on water by 7, hit the bait barge for a bit... Lots of bait but nothing hitting. Went out rock fishing. Concentrated around 185'. There were 6+ of us out there fishing from yaks. It was slow for all of us. Did manage one nice red. Also landed a fish I have no idea what it was. Looked like maybe a bass but smaller mouth and had a number of funky jagged lateral lines. Wasn't 14 so I tossed back... Didn't want to chance it if it was a hybrid. Good talking to Primo and 45... quality guys. No one got skunked but no one killed it either. The three of us were back in by 11am.

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oneyedeer · 04-18-2014, 02:20 PM

Good thing it wasnt bigger then 14 probably a juvenile white sea bass

jsunmkly · 04-18-2014, 03:16 PM

Good catch! I hope to catch them soon.

socal_matt · 04-18-2014, 03:39 PM

Glad you caught something. I'm going tomorrow, gonna be out before the crack of dawn.

caddisx · 04-18-2014, 04:00 PM

Wasn't a web caught plenty out young ones these were jagged vertical lines. if it were not for the smaller mouth I would have said bass for sure, like a small mouth bass. Wiz I hap a pic

jsunmkly · 04-18-2014, 04:51 PM

Perhaps a kelpfish? what was the color?

primosurf · 04-18-2014, 05:19 PM

It was really nice meeting you Caddisx! See you again out in the water soon!

caddisx · 04-18-2014, 05:25 PM

Not a kelpfish. It was lighter with these kind of lateral lines... Nothing vertical. I have looked at my book and pics and can't find anything like it.

Casey · 04-19-2014, 08:07 AM

I ended up with 4 reds -1 johnny bass- 1 of the biggest white fish I have ever seen. -2 sand bass and one sand dab released the dab and on of the sand bass.

William Novotny · 04-19-2014, 08:28 AM

Did it look like this? I'm trying to figure out what could have been that deep that looked like a bass.

04-18-2014, 02:11 PM	#1
caddisx caddisx Join Date: May 2012 Location: Orange County Posts: 77	NPH 4/18 Met up with User45 and Primosurf. Was on water by 7, hit the bait barge for a bit... Lots of bait but nothing hitting. Went out rock fishing. Concentrated around 185'. There were 6+ of us out there fishing from yaks. It was slow for all of us. Did manage one nice red. Also landed a fish I have no idea what it was. Looked like maybe a bass but smaller mouth and had a number of funky jagged lateral lines. Wasn't 14 so I tossed back... Didn't want to chance it if it was a hybrid. Good talking to Primo and 45... quality guys. No one got skunked but no one killed it either. The three of us were back in by 11am. __________________ Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.

04-18-2014, 03:16 PM	#3
jsunmkly Jason Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: CA Posts: 67	Good catch! I hope to catch them soon. __________________ Malibu

04-18-2014, 03:39 PM	#4
socal_matt Cruisin' Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 123	Glad you caught something. I'm going tomorrow, gonna be out before the crack of dawn. __________________ There's no such thing as overkill, its just called being prepared for the best.

04-18-2014, 04:00 PM	#5
caddisx caddisx Join Date: May 2012 Location: Orange County Posts: 77	Wasn't a web caught plenty out young ones these were jagged vertical lines. if it were not for the smaller mouth I would have said bass for sure, like a small mouth bass. Wiz I hap a pic __________________ Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.

04-18-2014, 04:51 PM	#6
jsunmkly Jason Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: CA Posts: 67	Perhaps a kelpfish? what was the color? __________________ Malibu

04-18-2014, 02:20 PM	#2
oneyedeer Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Orange County, ca Posts: 684	Good thing it wasnt bigger then 14 probably a juvenile white sea bass

04-18-2014, 05:19 PM	#7
primosurf Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Fullerton Posts: 67	It was really nice meeting you Caddisx! See you again out in the water soon!

04-18-2014, 05:25 PM	#8
caddisx caddisx Join Date: May 2012 Location: Orange County Posts: 77	Not a kelpfish. It was lighter with these kind of lateral lines... Nothing vertical. I have looked at my book and pics and can't find anything like it. __________________ Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.

04-19-2014, 08:07 AM	#9
Casey Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 102	I ended up with 4 reds -1 johnny bass- 1 of the biggest white fish I have ever seen. -2 sand bass and one sand dab released the dab and on of the sand bass.

04-19-2014, 08:28 AM	#10
William Novotny The carpetbagger Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: tha newps Posts: 1,474	Did it look like this? I'm trying to figure out what could have been that deep that looked like a bass. __________________ "The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope." http://www.badinfluencetattoo.com/gallery.php?artist=21