Linda Mar 07/21

My first time at LM.  Arrived at LM state beach parking lot around 5:15am and waited until 6:15am but didn't sea anyone at the parking lot.  Tried to reach someone on CH69 but no reply!  Found out later that they meet at the small shopping "mall" near by (thanks to Allen).  Mooch and John/jdyak launched first while Tom/sirius, Ty/Ty_SuperFishMan, and I getting ready to launch next.  Mooch told us over the radio to hold off our launches as condition is not favorable for fishing out there.  So while we waiting for the condition to improve, we tried fishing from the surf and practice surf launching/landing.  Later Tom went out to join them but no one catch anything except for bait fish    I have great time fishing from the surf and practicing crash landing 

LM at dark o'clock


At the parking lot


Tom surf fishing


Got beat up by the waves from surf fishing so I took a break

Later we met Dave/daviator who's surf fishing too


Ty practiced surf launching/landing






Hey Ty...where is your yak???


Never mind...I found it 

Nice pictures!!

Bummer it was too rough to go out, but looks like you guys had a great time anyway!!

Sincerely,

Jim

  Great action shots, thanks for sharing the experience!

My turn now






I made it out OK (so did everyone, but landing was a different story  ) paddled out to say Hello to Mooch and John then getting ready for the surf landing.  Got a couple practices turning the yak over and  climbed back onto the yak.

Crashed landing twice


Success at last

Bummer the sea kittens didn't want to come out to play!

Later Tom decided to give it a try anyway


No problem with the launching for him


Mooch and John making back to shore OK using the "back paddle" method.  Tom decided to give that a try.  He did fine and got very close to shore but didn't make the last wave!




Mooch's landing a had with Tom's yak


Never see that many surfers out there!  Good day for surfing...bad day for yakking!


We headed over to the Hawaiian restaurant per Mooch's suggestion and the food was delicious.  Thank you Mooch for the hook-up and restaurant suggestion.

Great report!  That's the way to salvage the day.   

Looks like fun despite the conditions.  Joel, you could have called and asked me about the conditions. Oh, wait your phone doesn't work.  When you getting a new phone!

Joel, you could have called and asked me about the conditions.

You could also check this site - they update a live pic each morning. http://www.surfline.com/surf-report/pacifica-lindamar-central-california_5013/

Actually looks somewhat benign from the high angle, but 3 lines of whitewater are a sure sign...

nice pics, good clean (although) salty fun.  colm and i were there 4;30 am-5 am.  but it was very windy.  we decided to go to work instead!

Great day to get some practice in the surf guys.

Great report. Even looks like fun...except for the rocks..

Thanks for the report Sailfish. Sorry about the fishing disappointment. Nice job making the best of it and getting out there and practicing surf launching and landing. It looks like it was fun. Not so bad when you are not worried about dumping all your gear.

I am planning on going out there this weekend and this is the kind of report I needed to see and read. I may end up getting there and bailing on the fishing, but taking the opportunity to play in the surf and get some experience under my belt. These things only make us better at what we do.

Ray

Great report. Even looks like fun...except for the rocks..

Please be careful if you plan to land at the very South end of the beach.  Tom got some bruises when crashed landing due to the rocks.