Took me ten years to catch one legal Salmon, doubt I'll get another one in a two day window and if they're that threatened it seems kinda wrong. However given kayaks can launch many places it takes boats a fair bit of time to get to, the short window and boaters tendency to bunch up especially when going for salmon there is likely to be some ocean space left between the clumps of boats.

I have the 465. It works great for me but at some point if it gets damaged or I win the lottery I will likely buy a new one. Perhaps I'll even be looking for new old stock unless there really is an advantage to the newest of the new which I kinda doubt.

Trebel hook is considered a single hook by the regulations

I don't like trebles hard to remove from a fish you want to release and harder to remove from your hand or whatever part of you body you might accidently stick with it.

Quote from: cajun on March 25, 2025, 08:54:40 PM

Ill get my registration in soon. Can't wait for some Shelter! I got site 80 again this year. I'm arriving Wednesday afternoon if anyone is pre fishing Thursday/Friday.

I’ll be there Thursday for some Friday pre fishing.

Hoping for decent conditions, Mark L, Jake and I will be fishing Friday as well.

Tsuri - not sure im picturing what youre saying right but I’ll try to sort that out

Words are hard.....here's a picture of what I'm imagining!

Yeah the one a Doran was reportedly dead.....reminds me of a time I was shore fishing at Bonita Point, after a bit I noticed a horrible smell and upon investigation found a partly decomposed 8' Salmon or GW shark up on the shore line.

Later I mentioned the find to one of my non standard type friends whom promptly set out to harvest the jaws or teeth with a hatchet....guess he wasn't able to locate the shark which was probably for the best considering hacking it up would likely be legal and/or other violation of some kind.

Happy to say I haven't had a surf landing that required the landing rope but I have had a decent amount of surf landings. In harder landings I'm a big fan of nothing on deck.

When I have had sketckty surf landings I have been able to get through by getting as close in as I felt comfortable with the break and then  sliding in and to the stern handle letting the kayak tow me in. I think the rope is for the most extreme landings.