I'll be heading out of monterey bay kayaks towards sand city for some rock fishing and maybe some halibut bouncing. First time in years for me! Bringing a bud and anyone is welcome to join us. I'll be listening on channel 11 which I think I remember being the NCKA frequented channel? There's a small craft advisory which I expect to chase off by mid morning around 1030 so we will be out around 615 or 630 and may not make it all the way to sand city.

Hey all. It's been a while since I've gone out fishing as my question shows but I'm gearing up to head out for a paddle tomorrow with the wife. I want to recharge my two identical batteries (one is this http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0036388018049a.shtml and the other is essentially the same but different brand). I can't seem to find the ac adapter I used to use or else the one I have in front of me had the contacts ripped off of it. So what I have is a 1000mA 12v adapter. Is this too high amperage to hook up to my batteries? I see from searching on here that most of you use 500mA chargers. Do I risk blowing my battery up or do I just have to take it off after a short time?

Hey all!
Been a long time since I been around these forums what with college and all but I am now officialy a marine biology graduate from UCSC (in other words I'm unemployed and looking to go kayaking to ease the pain. -.- ). I'm in the market for a new car and want something I can feel comfortable putting two kayaks up on top of. For that reason I have been looking at wagons (not interested in trucks or SUV's with gas prices the way they are) like the mazda3 and kia spectra5.

What I want to know is how safe do you guys think having 2 15' kayaks on a sedan would be? I know I've seen it done but I've never towed with anything but a minivan. Would a kayak rack installed on a 4 door sedan like a hyundai elantra be a good vehicle? Would I need to worry about all the weight on the roof of the car? Maybe these are silly questions but its a concern of mine.

Yesterday I went in a private boat out of Santa Cruz and hooked 3 kings and 2 silvers. One king at 4 lbs. Another at 16. And the final guy we waited til 2pm for.....a 36 POUNDER! I still am stoked from it! I've got some pictures but I haven't loaded them up yet. I'll get on that tomorrow. Didn't measure his length (tired and forgot  ) but did weigh him. Big fish are out there. Just too far out for us to get by kayak. A short ride from the harbor towards west soquel hole will do it if you can rent a skiff for the day.

Aliens/Alex and I tried the hotel today with no halibut. It was foggy on and off and got nasty early. I really gave the maiden voyage of my P15 a test. It was sticking the front under a lot. Water-tested my new fishfinder too on the way out when I launched into a set of waves that had me soaked all the way up. Stayed out til about 1030 or so with a catch and release ling on the troll and a rocky. On the way in I saw a couple on a jetski honking their horn in the middle of the kelp beds. Boats were coming up to help and seeing the kelp and just turning away so I headed in and gave them a hold of my fish stringer which was tied to my stern and started paddling like crazy to pull them loose. They came out and were off and I headed in for a smooth landing.

Not a productive trip but it was fun to test everything out. Where are our halibut?!?!

Anyone want to hit halibut on either of these days? I've got a new yak from JSelli and I'm stoked to get it out.

The halibut search continues. Paul/Nomad and I headed out of MB kayaks towards the hotel to look for halibut around 600. No luck with the halibut but man was there a ton of bait. Paul was marking for what seemed like miles of solid bait off the hotel from 80ft inwards. The largest patch turned out to be squid which we caught a few of and used for live bait. Later the jack smelt showed up boiling at the surface from some unknown predator or for some unknown prey. I caught 5 of these guys and used some for live bait. I got one that was larger than any mackerel or smelt I'd ever seen. Must have been a foot but he managed to jump over my halibut line and tangle himself up and get loose. The sealions were out in force both harassing me and getting their fill of fish. Birds were scattered but constantly diving. About 815 the fog came back with a strong wind that started whitecapping and we decided it might be time to head in. About 10 minutes into our paddle it cleared and the wind died again. The fog has been rolling in and burning off repeatedly the last few days. We spent our last 2 hours moseying on back through some rockfish areas as we couldnt seem to find sand. We caught quite a few which of course we released. Complete lack of swell made for an easy landing and pushoff. No halibut but we know what to do come July 1st.

Hey all,
Looking to upgrade. Anybody got one for sale?