As everyone probally knows. My boat is out of commission and is in for repairs. So in the mean time i got a kayak.
So Scott and i decided to head to Lobos this weekend. We arrived friday nite and camped out on the beach. We launched saturday morning at 5 am. The water was calm and there was no wind. i fired up the gps and entered in our spot and it was almost 4 miles away. So off we went.
We 1st stopped at our bait spot and had fun cathing rock bass and grunts. Scott was using a sibiki and i was jigging a iron. after we had a few baits flopping around in the bottom of our kayaks we had another half mile to go.
we arrived to the reef and started on the north end and drifted towards the reef. Scott dropped his sibiki down to see if he could get a fresh green back to throw on for bait. I heard him yell as his pole was doubled over. I think a small grouper grabbed his weight for a second befor it let go. He said man i was not expecting that. I almost fell out of my kayak.
A minute later as i was reeling up my iron as i thought i fouled the hook around the line. I got hit. The fished ripped out a little drag befor i started gainging line on it. I told Scott it had to be a yellow tail. As I got the fish boat side i realized it was a nice sized leopard Grouper about 15lbs. I tied him along side the kayak and dropped back down. A few minutes later scott was hooked up and landed a nice rose snapped also known as a colorado snapper.
we decided to make another pass. on our second drift we caught half a dozen or so nice size rock bass. we said this fishing is fantastic in kayaks. I said to scott it feels like we are on a lake.
Of course i had to say something. not more than 2 minutes later the wind started blowing. and i mean blowing. White caps were forming in the distance. So we decided to head for shore. and of course the wind was not in our favor. by the time we hit the beach. or should i say rocks!!!!! We were 3.85 miles from where we launched at.
we figured we could just pull the kayaks behind us in the shallow water. lets just say that was not a good idea. the waves were big enough to surf. and our kayaks kept flipping over and dumping all gear that we had to chase down. after we walk about 1.5 miles we were spent. we decided to pull our kayaks up on the beach and just walk back and find someone with a 4 wheel drive and have them bring us back to grab our stuff. It took us a total of 4 hrs to walk back from wher we launched with 25 mph winds blowing rite in our face.
We got to Teds place and asked him if he could give us a ride to get our stuff. He said no problem. we hopped in his jeep and grabbed the kayaks and gear.
I cant thank ted enough he was a life saver. we would have been screwed with out him there.
So Scott and i decided to head to Lobos this weekend. We arrived friday nite and camped out on the beach. We launched saturday morning at 5 am. The water was calm and there was no wind. i fired up the gps and entered in our spot and it was almost 4 miles away. So off we went.
We 1st stopped at our bait spot and had fun cathing rock bass and grunts. Scott was using a sibiki and i was jigging a iron. after we had a few baits flopping around in the bottom of our kayaks we had another half mile to go.
we arrived to the reef and started on the north end and drifted towards the reef. Scott dropped his sibiki down to see if he could get a fresh green back to throw on for bait. I heard him yell as his pole was doubled over. I think a small grouper grabbed his weight for a second befor it let go. He said man i was not expecting that. I almost fell out of my kayak.
A minute later as i was reeling up my iron as i thought i fouled the hook around the line. I got hit. The fished ripped out a little drag befor i started gainging line on it. I told Scott it had to be a yellow tail. As I got the fish boat side i realized it was a nice sized leopard Grouper about 15lbs. I tied him along side the kayak and dropped back down. A few minutes later scott was hooked up and landed a nice rose snapped also known as a colorado snapper.
we decided to make another pass. on our second drift we caught half a dozen or so nice size rock bass. we said this fishing is fantastic in kayaks. I said to scott it feels like we are on a lake.
Of course i had to say something. not more than 2 minutes later the wind started blowing. and i mean blowing. White caps were forming in the distance. So we decided to head for shore. and of course the wind was not in our favor. by the time we hit the beach. or should i say rocks!!!!! We were 3.85 miles from where we launched at.
we figured we could just pull the kayaks behind us in the shallow water. lets just say that was not a good idea. the waves were big enough to surf. and our kayaks kept flipping over and dumping all gear that we had to chase down. after we walk about 1.5 miles we were spent. we decided to pull our kayaks up on the beach and just walk back and find someone with a 4 wheel drive and have them bring us back to grab our stuff. It took us a total of 4 hrs to walk back from wher we launched with 25 mph winds blowing rite in our face.
We got to Teds place and asked him if he could give us a ride to get our stuff. He said no problem. we hopped in his jeep and grabbed the kayaks and gear.
I cant thank ted enough he was a life saver. we would have been screwed with out him there.
