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Kayak Fishing Zone => Fishing Pics => Topic started by: BigJim on November 15, 2016, 02:38:40 PM

Title: Day Tripping...
Post by: BigJim on November 15, 2016, 02:38:40 PM

Work and wife and young daughters prevent me from doing a lot of overnight/camping trips, but luckily I live pretty much right in the middle of the Monterey Bay area, and so can do day trips to areas where I can harvest a wide variety of yummy fish.

Here is a quick vid of some of my favorite examples of fish taken on day trips from my house here in Watsonville over the past 3 years.

Feel very fortunate to be able to target these fish and still be able to make it home at night for dinner with my family.  :smt001

https://youtu.be/O9VAmO44Lws

Fish shown in the vid include:

25 inch Cabezon: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1875
Verms up to 21 inches: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/2136
Lings up to 37 inches: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1394
Sheephead up to 29.75 inches: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1986
Halibut up to 41.25 inches and 31 pounds: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1168
Striped Bass up to 43 inches and 31 pounds: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/2310
http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/2316

 :smt006

Sincerely,

Jim

Title: Re: Day Tripping...
Post by: Eddie on November 15, 2016, 07:41:05 PM

Super-dang.........life is good.  I'm catchin' the gratitude.  To harvest and be home by dinner with solid catches is priceless. :smt006

Title: Re: Day Tripping...
Post by: JohnnyAb on November 15, 2016, 08:05:59 PM

We are all fortunate that you share much more than pics and reports with us.
Thank You
 :smt001

Title: Re: Day Tripping...
Post by: BigJim on November 16, 2016, 07:45:42 AM

Thanks Eddie and JohnnyAb!

 :smt006

Sincerely,

Jim

Title: Re: Day Tripping...
Post by: Yowlie on November 16, 2016, 08:48:37 AM

Fatties!  Hope the knee gets better in time for the few flat days we will have this year.  Don't despair, your knee will return to 100%.   :smt006

Title: Re: Day Tripping...
Post by: BigJim on November 16, 2016, 08:52:29 AM

Quote from: Yowlie on November 16, 2016, 08:48:37 AM

Fatties!  Hope the knee gets better in time for the few flat days we will have this year.  Don't despair, your knee will return to 100%.   :smt006

Thanks buddy!! I hope so too...going on 3 weeks of pain and immobility now...seeing orthopedic specialist on 11/21.

Trying to stay positive and hopeful...

Cursing myself for taking zero abs and not shooting a greenling earlier this year...will most likely be my worst DOTY showing in 5 years...

 :smt009 :smt010 :smt013 :smt005 :smt044 :smt044 :smt044

 :smt006

Sincerely,

Jim

Title: Re: Day Tripping...
Post by: bioman on November 16, 2016, 09:04:11 AM

thanks for sharing, Jim. And my best wishes for a swift recovery.

Im probably late to this party, but why do you extract the otoliths adn what do you learn from them? Are you aging fish?
EJK

Title: Re: Day Tripping...
Post by: BigJim on November 16, 2016, 09:10:28 AM

Quote from: bioman on November 16, 2016, 09:04:11 AM

thanks for sharing, Jim. And my best wishes for a swift recovery.

Im probably late to this party, but why do you extract the otoliths adn what do you learn from them? Are you aging fish?
EJK

Thanks!

I just like taking the stones out to keep for souvenirs/trophies.

 :smt001

 :smt006

Sincerely,

Jim

Title: Re: Day Tripping...
Post by: Sailfish on November 16, 2016, 09:39:10 AM

Thanks for sharing Jim.  We need more posts like this during Winter time.

Title: Re: Day Tripping...
Post by: NowhereMan on November 16, 2016, 10:48:59 AM

Day tripper yeah!