Baby's Beach, Dana Point

Report from Baytubers.com:

Hey guys, good to meet everyone (although I can't remember most of your names). Thanks for setting this up Kiyo. Here are some pics of my catches showing the variety of fish out there (Lokey caught even more--http://baytuber.informe.com/viewtopic.php?t=181):

and report from Pierfishing.com:

Jumped into my first kayak fishing tournament with the nice folks over at baytubers.com. We hit Dana Point around 7am. While the other guys were actually competing and targeting big fish, I stayed near the jetty catching a bunch of small fries. My list of first time catches keeps growing: buttermouth, halfmoon, cabezon, and kelpfish.

Egret


1st of 2 senoritas


1st of 3 calicos


Buttermouth


Halfmoon


2nd of 3 calicos


Rock wrasse


Cabezon


2nd of 2 sandies


3rd of 3 calicos


Rock wrasse


Kelpfish


Paul's winning halibut


Bret's calicos


Dave's sandies and halibut


Mike handing off his catches to Terry

Private Marina

Report from Pierfishing.com:

Pile perch, sargo, buttermouth, and one of the locals.

Good to hang out with you guys!

Sargo


Pile perch


David and Tim


Buttermouth


Mina


One of the locals


Closeup

Hermosa Pier, Hermosa Beach

Not much to report other than taking my daughter to Hermosa for beautiful weather in the middle of January. Met David and Tim at the pier. I brought my umbrella net to see if we could catch some baitfish, but it was very windy and hard to control.

Southern California winters are harsh


Surfers


Hi

Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes

Report from Baytubers.com:

Thanks for the info guys. tattuna, I wish I'd gotten your message sooner, ha. The paddle back was brutal... plenty of whitecaps and my kayak kept wanting to turn out towards the ocean (as opposed to the beach). Just couldn't keep it straight. I was starting to get anxious wondering if I could make it back. I thought about landing on the surf but the big waves pounding the beach weren't very encouraging. Oi. It took about an hour to get to Malaga Cove and definitely more than that to get back.

14 in. calico


15 in. calico

Redondo Beach

Report from Baytubers.com and Pierfishing.com:

Hit the water around 10am with a buddy. We paddled out to the canyon area first. Things started slowly but then all of a sudden the mac bite was on. It's better than nothing, right? Shortly after, a big school of dolphins were feeding on the macs and we were stuck in the middle. It was quite a sight:

Being smack dab in the middle of a dolphins feeding frenzy was awe-inspiring. It's one of the attractions of kayaking... You've got a front row seat to nature.

David


Close encounters


Dolphins heading straight for me

Private Marina

Hanging out with my daughter and a friend... We caught smelt around 2 ft. long--the biggest I'd ever seen--and a couple perch. I removed the orange play-fish from my daughter's fishing pole and it was the first time she felt a fish at the end of her pole. She immediately yelled out and sorta held the rod at arms length not knowing what to do.

"I don't wanna hold no more!" she said.

Needless to say, she was through with fishing for the day.

Before catching her first fish ever


Taking a picture with her first catch... as she keeps a wary eye on it!

King Harbor, Redondo Beach

Report from Baytubers.com:

Wanted to get in some fishing today since there's supposed to be some rain this weekend. Got onto the water around 11am and headed outside the jetty. Conditions were rougher than usual which sucked for me since I ran out of the ol' patch. I felt every wave, ugh... Ginger tablets apparently don't work for me (but I sure got a good taste of 'em each time I burped, heh). Decided to come back into the harbor and trolled around for some 'buts. Nada. I envy you guys who don't have to deal with seasickness...

One bright point was that I got to try out the FF after replacing the transducer. Wow, I actually got readings--fish everywhere (which was starting to drive me nuts until I realized the sensitivity and alarm was still on high LOL). Also got to use the GPS which was really neat. I tracked myself around the harbor, setting waypoints, adjusting the off-course range, etc. Thanks for the FF help guys!

Edit: Oh yeah, also had the milk crate setup... man, makes life much easier.

Redondo Beach

Report from Baytubers.com:

Launched around 10am from King Harbor. Tried to make some bait with the Sabiki but wasn't getting any hits. Paddled to the other side of the jetty and threw out a 3" swimbait with squid strips. Caught a few mackerel when I dropped the lure straight down. Caught 10" and 15" calicos (beautiful fish) when casting towards the rocks.

Still not getting the hang of the fishfinder, though. Are there classes for newbs on how to use them?

10 in. calico


15 in. calico