Lost Coast - 8/31/24

We wrung every last drop of adventure out of another Cape Day yesterday.  Long time friends and frequent guide clients Tom and David signed on with me for a productive session offshore, and Rob and Yaad joined in for super-fresh fried lingcod and rockfish at the Tailgate Fillet-and-Fry Station to cap off the day.

September should provide some of the flattest days of the year as the nearshore rockfish season winds down.  Take advantage of my Fresh Fish Guarantee at Shelter Cove, or try your luck angling for a halibut in Humboldt Bay.  Let's go on your adventure!   

Reads like an advertisement - because it is!  I don't do any 'conventional' advertising or marketing.  It's all word of mouth and return clients.  I appreciate any connections I can make through NCKA, since this is the top kayak fishing community online, IMO.

So please don't look at my posts as just some dude who wants to make money off of the community.  I had more fishing reports here than anyone else long before I started guiding 10 years ago.

The documentation continues!   

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I have been enjoying your trip reports over the years and happy to spread the word about your contributions in our community.   You are a great man and I honor to have a friend like you.

That water does look niccccce. Smiles all around! Thanks for the report

I have really enjoyed your north coast posts. I am leaving for Shelter Cove in the AM and will be there until Friday. Any shore fishing tips or areas suitable for old man?

I have been enjoying your trip reports over the years and happy to spread the word about your contributions in our community.   You are a great man and I honor to have a friend like you.

Thank you, Sonny!   

I have really enjoyed your north coast posts. I am leaving for Shelter Cove in the AM and will be there until Friday. Any shore fishing tips or areas suitable for old man?

Thank you, Patrick!

My best advice is to toss little shrimp bits or fresh rockfish/lingcod flesh bits into the launch area on the incoming, high and just after high - tons of perch there in easy water.

If it's super flat you can try little jigs from shore at Abalone Point, but the fishing off the rocks has never been the same since the kelp's been gone.

Enjoy!

Wednesday is looking like ideal conditions - hit me up if you want to tap into the Fresh Fish Guarantee!   

That water does look niccccce. Smiles all around! Thanks for the report

It's great to see you, bro!   

Eric - You should start posting Youtube videos of your trips. That would be awesome.

Eric - You should start posting Youtube videos of your trips. That would be awesome.

   That was 15 years ago, Mel! 

So you knew I was going to chime in with a musical fishing report.

Here's "ROCKFISH" - a 60 second musical fishing report from the Cape trip Eric posted about.

https://youtu.be/NOeHb57oL80?si=ze_qRrce3KsPRaUt

I might add this has images and video from TWO guided Cape Trips with Eric.  One on Aug 22 with "Big Terry" and this on on Aug 31 with Tom.  Also Eric gave me permission to use his pictures and I did so, liberally!

Rock on, angling dudes and dudettes.

DaveTheSynthGuy