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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: Will be out of MB harbor this sat 05/10 for squid/rockfish/halibut

« on: Today at 12:04:18 PM »

Water a bit more bouncier than expected with short duration between sets. Tried to make the best of it anyway.
Squid are around. I caught around 100 or so within a couple of hours before fishing for some rockfish on the way back. Didn't try for halibut since I was feeling a bit queasy.

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General Talk / Re: Why Are Great White Sharks So Attracted to Kayaks? - Video

« on: May 09, 2025, 12:48:29 PM »

Quote from: NuggyT on May 06, 2025, 12:29:57 PM

Seen two in my five years of kayak fishing. One outside of capitola in 90’ of water and one flipped a whole bucket of water on me in 25’ of water at new Brighton beach.
Seen some really interesting marks on my fish finder, can’t wait to get out this Saturday

Reminds me of this video from Die Hard that shows sharks around that area.

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Will be out of MB harbor this sat 05/10 for squid/rockfish/halibut

« on: May 07, 2025, 08:53:22 AM »

Conditions look great. Will be my first time on the water this season.
If anyone wants to join, I'll be in a lime hobie revo.
Ahmer

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General Talk / Re: SoCal Tuna Trip?

« on: April 16, 2025, 02:29:06 PM »

Quote from: polepole on April 16, 2025, 11:16:14 AM

Quote from: Califbill on April 16, 2025, 11:03:46 AM
Go on a 3/4 day trip first. Learn the way of fly lining live bait. I got first one out of Seaforth. Free parking, on the San Diego. Mostly yellowfin tuna. Can rent rod if don’t have.

95% of the BFT we've caught are at night on the jig. The way of fly lining live bait is not important. I'll maintain the only way to really learn this night time jig fishery is to jump in and do it. It's not for everyone. I've seen grown men cry and give up.

-Allen

Yep. Last time I went (about a year ago), we only caught them late at night where it was pretty much wide open. Rip roller jigs were the ones that were working the best. I caught my limit and stopped and helped other people who didn't have any.

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For Sale / Re: 3d printer Ender 3 max with new Creality Sprite extruder - free

« on: October 06, 2024, 02:02:07 PM »

Quote from: Sailfish on October 06, 2024, 01:36:19 PM

I would love to play around with it. Will try to pick it up sometime next week. Thank you Ark.

Sounds good Sonny. Ping me when you plan on coming

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For Sale / 3d printer Ender 3 max with new Creality Sprite extruder - free

« on: October 06, 2024, 01:21:36 PM »

Thought I'd post it to the board if someone is interested here as we could always make parts for our kayaks.
Lots of upgrades done to the printer. Have a couple of bed plates. Comes with a fire retardant cover/case. Needs calibration which you can do on your own.

I upgraded to a Bambu Lab X1 Carbon. Let me know if interested in picking this up. I'm in Palo Alto.

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Gearing Up and Rigging Up / Re: NRS Farmer John wetsuit closeout

« on: August 15, 2024, 07:16:06 AM »

I would buy one but nrs wetsuits have this neoprene smell that tends to make me seasick which the stohlquist suit doesn't.

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Hobie Kayaks / Re: 30ah Battery for Hobie Outback

« on: July 29, 2024, 08:24:14 PM »

I use a holder in the rear round hatch of my hobie to hang my 2 20ah batteries. I also use a distribution block (https://www.mariner-sails.com/new-distribution-hub-plug-play-wiring.html) that I can connect in other stuff that I can control using a remote.

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Hobie Kayaks / Re: Hobie Revolution - No longer in production

« on: July 19, 2024, 05:28:33 PM »

Watching ICast 2024 on youtube. I didn't spot a single kayak that you could propel using paddles and all have motors. All are like big boats now and weigh over 160lbs. They shouldn't be calling them kayaks anymore.
All geared towards big people and bass fishing.

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CA Regulations / Re: Fishing on a SUP question

« on: July 08, 2024, 06:45:16 PM »

According to the dmv website. https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-registration/new-registration/register-your-boat-vessel/

What type of boats/vessels have to be registered with DMV?
Any boat or vessel that you can use to transport yourself on water, such as a:

Sail-powered boat/vessel that is over eight feet long.
Vessel/boat with a motor (no matter how big it is).

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General Talk / Re: Lost in the Fog

« on: July 08, 2024, 01:59:38 PM »

Harrowing situation to be in for you and your buddy both. Glad things worked out in the end. I wouldn't be out in the fog without a radio with no sense of direction. Did he not have a fishfinder with gps as well?

All I can say is that you're a good friend to your buddy.

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For Sale / Garmin echomap 64cv

« on: July 06, 2024, 09:24:47 AM »

$299.99 at West Marine. Never seen it this low in price anywhere. Perfect size for a kayak. I would get it if I had not purchased a 74sv recently.
4th of July sale.
https://www.westmarine.com/garmin-echomap-uhd-64cv-fishfinder-chartplotter-combo-with-gt24-transducer-and-g3-blue-charts-us-coastal-charts-and-us-canada-great-lakes-19822634.html?queryID=82af807922a0bb7d810ffc7fdd027adc&objectID=19822634&indexName=production_na01_westmarine_demandware_net__WestMarine__products__en_US

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: Monterey 06/22

« on: June 26, 2024, 06:25:28 PM »

Slow for me. 3 squid for me only. Not many around and were spotty and in small patches. I gave up on squid and started trolling north of the red can and hooked on to something really heavy in 120ft of water. I slowly reeled it in but my leader broke at mid column after the fish decided to wake up. Note to self, do not ever use 20lb leader again.

Caught a few underlings and a few small rockfish. Decided to go back home empty handed.

A number of yakkers decided to go to the hotel to fish for halibut. I didn't hear of anyone catching anything over the radio.

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Monterey 06/22

« on: June 20, 2024, 07:37:42 AM »

Will be launching from the boat ramp. Looks like great conditions so far weather wise. Join in if you can.

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: Monterey - 6/19/2024 Wed. - Squid Hunting

« on: June 18, 2024, 04:15:55 PM »

Will be there on Sat. Can't make it there tomorrow. Hope you guys have a lot of fun,.

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