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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Picking up hitchhikers ocean style
« on: August 24, 2021, 03:27:27 PM »
I just passed through Port Orford on my way back to California and though it was windy, it sure looked like a beautiful place to be on the water. Any quick tips on where to fish close in? Tempted to bring a little SOT kayak on my next trip up that way in a couple months, and if so would be fish-finder-less.
"Though it was windy" that is the norm for this year and it looks like that one trip was it. Hell's Gate out on the Headlands and the coves around there is the best choice for structure(pretty much everything else is a Marine reserve or sand bottom) but you really need  super calm day and keep an eye on the weather for it can change in a instant and trust me you don't want to be out there when it changes that south wind will shuts everything down.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Picking up hitchhikers ocean style
« on: August 17, 2021, 04:11:02 PM »
That's awesome. What kind of line are you running? Full sink?
I was using a intermediate running line with 15 ft. of T-20 and 4ft. of straight 12lb. test.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Picking up hitchhikers ocean style
« on: August 16, 2021, 05:17:01 PM »
awesome story, what kind of rod are you using for a 34" ling flyfishing! that's pretty cool.
It was a Beulah 9/10 wt. surf rod  and I almost forgot my leader was 12lb. test.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Picking up hitchhikers ocean style
« on: August 16, 2021, 05:13:53 PM »
John, it's Langlois the only real change is the Langlois market now you need to stand in line to get one of their famous hot dogs and the little restaurant just down the street is now a sushi restaurant.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Picking up hitchhikers ocean style
« on: August 16, 2021, 03:40:24 PM »
Finally got out up here on the Oregon coast (Damn 6 months of WIND). Port Orford was great with little wind hardly any wave action and the fish they chomping at the bit to be caught. Right of the bat fish on, it tugged, it went that way and this way and all of a sudden it went nuts right into the kelp and got tangled up . Great now I've lost the fish plus going to lost my fly to say the least. Get over to where the is kelp and start hand hand lining my flyline to try and save it but feel the tug of the fish so I every gently  back off giving it some slack so the fish work himself free. No more than 30 seconds later the fly line is moving out of the kelp and I haul back and stick him one more time and the fight was on once again. Within 12 feet of me looking down there is this large mottled bluish form hoovering next to my fish no wait, it has my fish. All that was going through my mind was I need a bigger net, next thing I now was my fishing partner was coming over with his net (must have said it out loud) so while he was coming over he also had a fish on and and was dragging it along the rockfish made a daring escape only to have the ling pounce on it again. If that wasn't enough the rockfish made one more attempt and broke free and dove down only to find the ling had dove below it and came up at it at this time the rockfish was head first 3/4 of the way in the lings mouth and the ling was not going to let go at no cost. My fishing partner got me his net  and netted a 34" 24lb. lingcod. Needless to say the rest of the day was icing on the cake(stop counting at 18 for the blacks). 3 hours later the bite started to die off finished our limits and headed back in.

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: 30+ years later...
« on: August 10, 2021, 05:20:15 PM »
Always love your post and what a beast of a fish.

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Introductions / Re: New Meat
« on: April 15, 2021, 09:18:26 PM »
With a intro like that your going to fit right in here!

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Kayak Diving and Spearfishing / Re: surf spearing stripers??
« on: March 12, 2021, 03:28:49 PM »
His videos are are out of this world. If you haven't watch them they are well worth watching.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Happy New Year: San Joaquin - 1/1/2021
« on: January 21, 2021, 04:02:59 PM »
Keep the pictures and reports coming. The weather up here on the Oregon coast is a guessing game right now.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Going a nuts at the vice
« on: November 05, 2020, 11:21:58 PM »
Thank you so much. Between this Covid-19 thing weather and closures, they haven't been used like they should have been. Yours are looking fishy too.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Going a nuts at the vice
« on: April 02, 2020, 12:17:47 PM »
Hopefully once the weather gets better up here, I can start to use these? I hate the way they look at me and seem to be saying"why aren't you using us yet".

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General Talk / Re: I learned a new phrase today ... Whale Fall
« on: October 17, 2019, 06:54:49 AM »
I think the word for the day should be" Bone-eating Snot Flower Worm"

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Two handed fly rods for surf fishing
« on: August 28, 2019, 08:44:10 PM »
All I can say or should say is that all of us are waiting for some more pictures?

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Not sure but the camo pattern on all OK is like a finger pint, each camo kayak is different from the next one and so forth. If you got a good picture of the yak and can match the camo pattern to your picture you might by able to get it back with the police help once it shows up on the open market.

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Kayak Fly Fishing / Re: Two handed fly rods for surf fishing
« on: August 25, 2019, 09:43:53 PM »
And it all comes together.  For the snap swivels I'd go for Duo-lock snaps or the cross-lok snaps and quick connect clips but you need to find small enough ones that will fit the eye of the hook. If you can't find them small enough just go with the non-slip loop knot(Rapala knot).

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