San Pedro 5/5/19 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

SoCalEDC · 05-06-2019, 11:45 AM

Went out to Cabrillo yesterday morning with a buddy. It was his first time Yak fishin.

On the water by 0700, made bait by 0730, 7-10 lizard fish and a couple of sardines.

Reverse droppers for halibut and dropshot/jig fishing for bass.

Get a couple of bass (land one, one gets off right under the boat) and head over toward the channel.

Buddy hooks up to a nice halibut, rolls the kayak dumps all of his gear (my gear, he was using), gets back on the kayak, recovers the rod/reel that didnt have the fish, recovers the gaf. One of my lines ends up tangling on his rod that had the fish on it so i give him that rod so he can recover the other. He reels in a Daiwa sealine, a 7' pacificstick rod, and a decent halibut using the snagged line on my small spinning set up.

He lands the fish with this tangled mess, and saves my rod/reel combo.

Halibut ends up being 26" and quite meaty.

We fished for a little while longer, headed back in. I landed a 13" Sculpin a couple hundred yards off the beach and we called it a day.

Great day, great story.

I'll rebuild the reels and we will laugh about this for a long time to come.

05-06-2019, 11:45 AM	#1
SoCalEDC Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Rancho Cucamonga Posts: 608	San Pedro 5/5/19 Went out to Cabrillo yesterday morning with a buddy. It was his first time Yak fishin. On the water by 0700, made bait by 0730, 7-10 lizard fish and a couple of sardines. Reverse droppers for halibut and dropshot/jig fishing for bass. Get a couple of bass (land one, one gets off right under the boat) and head over toward the channel. Buddy hooks up to a nice halibut, rolls the kayak dumps all of his gear (my gear, he was using), gets back on the kayak, recovers the rod/reel that didnt have the fish, recovers the gaf. One of my lines ends up tangling on his rod that had the fish on it so i give him that rod so he can recover the other. He reels in a Daiwa sealine, a 7' pacificstick rod, and a decent halibut using the snagged line on my small spinning set up. He lands the fish with this tangled mess, and saves my rod/reel combo. Halibut ends up being 26" and quite meaty. We fished for a little while longer, headed back in. I landed a 13" Sculpin a couple hundred yards off the beach and we called it a day. Great day, great story. I'll rebuild the reels and we will laugh about this for a long time to come. Last edited by SoCalEDC; 05-06-2019 at 12:14 PM.