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Title: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: Creatura on September 17, 2017, 10:16:46 PM
Bit the bullet and made the trip down to the bay pick up a T13 yesterday and had to take it out today.  Now normally I'm a spearfisher, but I'm letting some barotrauma heal up right before I get back in the water.  Buddy and I launched out of Russian Gulch and dropped down to Jack Peters.  The current was not in my favor and I came back empty handed.  Buddy pulled in a decent haul (spearfishing), 25-26" ling and some decent blues.  He said the fish were out enjoying the good weather but not a whole lot on the large size.

Cheers!
Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: HamachiJohn on September 17, 2017, 10:29:41 PM
Congrats on your T13.  At least you got to enjoy mother nature.  Maybe your buddy could have put your swimbait in front of some lings...

Tight lines
Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: Creatura on September 17, 2017, 11:34:19 PM
At least you got to enjoy mother nature.

I will never complain about a day out of the office ;)
Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: Darius (Burong Isda) on September 18, 2017, 08:43:53 AM
At least you got to enjoy mother nature.

I will never complain about a day out of the office ;)
Here! here! It goes without saying "worse day of fishing, still better than the best day at work" 😉 Congrats on the T13!
Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: crash on September 18, 2017, 08:48:31 AM
Barotrauma?  Is there an interesting story behind that?
Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: Creatura on September 18, 2017, 12:13:11 PM
Barotrauma?  Is there an interesting story behind that?

Nope, just diving when I shouldn't have been. 
Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: Zzz on September 20, 2017, 08:36:51 AM
BBQ to celebrate the kayak food porn:

-Lingcod w/ a funky thai style marinade, tamarind, soy, sesame, sriracha, olive oil, rice vinegar, lemon

-Abalone wrapped in pineapple and bacon with a shot of bbq sauce and bacon grease

-Seared Skipjack

-Figs stuffed with goat cheese, honey, hot sauce, bacon

We live good, brew  :smt004
Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: Spring45 on September 20, 2017, 08:39:41 AM
Yum!
Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: Darius (Burong Isda) on September 20, 2017, 09:25:31 AM
I would drive for that food porn yum!!
Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: LoletaEric on September 20, 2017, 09:53:54 AM
You might need a guide with a "no skunk guarantee".  :smt003
Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: Darius (Burong Isda) on September 20, 2017, 10:47:23 AM
You might need a guide with a "no skunk guarantee".  :smt003
I can concur on this! ;)
Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: Zzz on September 20, 2017, 11:13:49 AM
You might need a guide with a "no skunk guarantee".  :smt003

Agreed. I have no idea what I'm doing when angling on "above water days." I could use plenty of guidance diving as well. Since I went to the trouble of stitching some GoPro clips together, here's some footage of all the fishies that weren't biting:

https://youtu.be/MqIVhd9OiYU

Title: Re: First Day out new kayak, skunked...
Post by: BigJim on September 20, 2017, 11:14:54 AM
BBQ to celebrate the kayak food porn:

-Lingcod w/ a funky thai style marinade, tamarind, soy, sesame, sriracha, olive oil, rice vinegar, lemon

-Abalone wrapped in pineapple and bacon with a shot of bbq sauce and bacon grease

-Seared Skipjack

-Figs stuffed with goat cheese, honey, hot sauce, bacon

We live good, brew  :smt004

Oh yeah!!  :smt007 :smt007

 :smt006

Sincerely,

Jim