https://youtu.be/ynD9wOWspQE
I saw this on the NCKA site. Are you branching out? You have kayak mounts on your boat now?
Hey, after Gfish's recent post, and knowing the environment up around Big Sur, no matter how much I love fishing there is NO WAY you would be able to convince me to climb into something that from below looks like dinner for an Alpha predator....- john
That looks like a great time. I used to watch guys go kayak fishing from Limekiln State Park before I had a kayak. This would really get you out to some great spots.
yup. and one of the kayaks was that "yum yum yellow" color that sharks seem to like to chew on. but this is the only way to get into the kelp. i guess i could lift the motors up and drift through, but i'm not sure i could get out easily once i was on the other side. the guys found all of their fish right in the middle of the kelp. lots of nice fish.!!!!
Nice going, great looking yak raks too.
"Lots of nice fish"
Any pictures?
Thea just said it would be fun to move back to Monterey and go fishing. Maybe I can work that angle for after my next assignment.
Nick
I remember when we were out in the Argo, there was a dude in an orange yak a mile offshore netting a bloody salmon, and we heard on the radio folks had seen a White or two. That yak shore looked like a big shark-sized cheezit to me :)
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Alan was that the first time you did the mother ship thing? What did you do while the kids were playing in the ocean forest? I'm going for salmon on Saturday. Fishing Rocky Point to Duxbury buoy. Dominick
we've done this 4-5 times now, but it's been a while. i think the last time was before joy's father got sick, so maybe 10 years! mostly we just hung around and fished the area outside the kelp. still LOTS of fish in the area, only 100 feet, lots of mid water fish. i was casting the laser minnow and had maybe 10 strikes in a row. just can't miss!
Quote from: alantani on August 27, 2020, 10:49:07 PM
we've done this 4-5 times now, but it's been a while. i think the last time was before joy's father got sick, so maybe 10 years! mostly we just hung around and fished the area outside the kelp. still LOTS of fish in the area, only 100 feet, lots of mid water fish. i was casting the laser minnow and had maybe 10 strikes in a row. just can't miss!
I love the look on your face when you hook those mid-water blues. Dominick
Thanks for the pics... looks like a great time
the gunwhale mounts for the yaks are sweet!
I knew I was missing an epic when you called me late , Oh well ....
Quote from: thorhammer on August 28, 2020, 02:51:22 PM
the gunwhale mounts for the yaks are sweet!
Yeah, that's a great idea. Did you buy, make or adapt those?
You can see the rockfish weren't hauled up from the deep--- no protruding eyes or bellies.
Thoughts based experiences fishing and diving in the kelp forest:
Never seen a shark there. Once I kayaked past the kelp to try deeper waters and heard a loud splash aways behind me, immediatly thought "shark"!, turned out to be a sea lion, cause I saw him come up again.
Mature kelp plants are usually around 60ft. long and have the top-most part floating on surface waters but can grow in 90ft. deep water. Never seen an attachment point on anything except rock.
Learned that I could fish over the rocks on small patches by judging depth, surface wind/current and possible angle of of the stalks so's I wouldn't have to go into the patch. There were "mid-water blue's"(Dominick's term) and a few other species in small numbers and sizes, but the big'uns were almost always amongst the rocks.
Best fishing was into the middle of the bigger kelp patches, but had to eliminate the rudder, anything sticking out from the sides or bottom and be careful how I used my paddle.
I'm more wary of fishing near Ano Nuevo. Those seals are a good food source that attracts the big sharks. Haven't had issues with sharks anywhere else, although I've been uncomfortably close to whales while trolling for salmon.
- Bernard
I know, huh. Them Humpbacks come down/over here in the winter, the time when the winds lay down many days and I can get way out there. You never know where they'er gonna breach...
One other thought from Monterey, Ca. kelp/Rockfishin, an inflatable kayak was much easier to move around on top of the kelp beds and may have slowed down at times, but never got stuck.
Quote from: Gfish on August 28, 2020, 05:21:07 PM
Quote from: thorhammer on August 28, 2020, 02:51:22 PM
the gunwhale mounts for the yaks are sweet!
Yeah, that's a great idea. Did you buy, make or adapt those?
You can see the rockfish weren't hauled up from the deep--- no protruding eyes or bellies.
I pretty much checked out of ocean fishing in 2010, but am getting the bug again. Part of that includes resurrecting a 1950's or 60's era rod belonging to my late father. Just for grins. I need a reel to go with it, so figured I'd come here, see if I could pick up a vintage Jigmaster or small Senator that wouldn't look out of place.
Lo and behold, there are those kayak racks I fabbed up for Alan once upon a time. 2008-ish maybe?
If memory serves, they're 1.5" .25 wall 6061. Left natural. Not having access to a real machine shop, I mitered the uprights on my drill press, and had a muffler shop put the bends in the "U"s. Once welded, I just used a chainsaw file to put grooves in the uprights so they'd key into the dowels in Alan's rod holders. Et voila.
Scott
scott, it's great to see you here. that offer to take you out on one of these runs is still good. just ping me. november would be best. this month is already shot and october has two long range trip on the calendar. keep in touch!!!!!