Linda Mar

I crabbed at Linda Mar yesterday, and got a few crabs. I didnt see anyone else out fishing. As the tide was coming in the swell came way up so I went out and picked up my pots and called it a day. On my way in there was a turn workin bait behind the surf in front of me, and as I was almost to the spot it was circling I saw a striper bust. It busted about three times chasing bait fish then was gone. Man I was wishing I hadnt left my pole in the truck . Oh well went home and had some crab for dinner.

Thanks for the post Tim.  Your pics with the stripers and salmon in your lap will be forever burned into my brain.  What a day.  I have been dreaming of Linda Mar for a few years now.  I will hopefully make it down there sometime soon.  Thanks again for the heads up.
Dave

 
It has begun. I may change my attempt at crab today into a combo trip. I will start to target the Stripers.

Jason

Hope you hit your target...and then let us all know so we can shoot a bullseye with ya'.Good luck and waiting for news

jason, are you targetting from the shore or the yak?

can we use two poles? can we troll behind the surf watching for
busts then cast at the busts with a second rod?

this sounds like it could be pretty exciting. but I'm sure there's
something that would make it more difficult to do in practice.

J

Depending on time I would like to target them from the Yak.  If time is an issue the shore will be a great time.

As for how to target the fish. the Method I will try is a 1oz egg sinker with 20lb 4 foot leader. The lure of choice for me will be a 1/2 oz hair raiser with worm tail. Yozuri, xrap, and bait fish looking lure will work great.  I will troll that behind the surfline away from the surfers but as close to shore as possible.  If they bust cast reel in and cast right to them. If Live bait is available use a split shot with a 2ft leader and put a live smelt or chove on and hang on.

However Tim got his fat stripers using a watermelon apex trolling for salmon. (tim please verify)

Jason

any reason we can't use two rods? one with a non-castable but nice trolling bait like a jointed rebel.
or maybe an anchovy behind a float.

another one with something castable?

sounds like a lot of fun, prowling for striper busts behind the waves!

tuesday is supposed to be super flat, I wonder if I could get out in the late afternoon? hmmm..

J

I used to fish from the beach alot with lures, I dont know how many poles you can use from a kayak most of the ocean stripers I have caught were incidental while fishing for salomn or hailbut. It still is a little early but there are fish there just spread out, I think I am goimg to wait until I start getting them from the beach to start focussing on them in my kayak.

Two poles = one ticket if the DFG is there.

Why a ticket? you can have two poles for halibut, just limited to one for salmon and rockfish.

salmon are not that close. rockfish is closed.

If you are targetting stripers from the yak, what is the rule?

I understand it as only "Two Pole Stamp"is for lakes and resevoirs only.If to poles are used at the same time by the same person that qualifies for a citation.

well, freshwater and saltwater rules are different.

freshwater it is one rod unless you pay for the extra rod stamp.
which I have in the lifetime version,  .
but this only applies to freshwater.

In So-Cal they go out with about 12 rods each for saltwater. often
have two line out while going for yellowtail, WSB, bonita, barracuda.
but I think they need the ocean enhancement stamp to fish in
So-Cal.

up here, the main limitations are

1. salmon - one rod, two barbless hooks, circle for mooching.

2. rock fish - one rod, two hooks.

3. bay- one rod, no more than 3 hooks. I never fished in the bay before.

4. piers- two rods allowed, not sure about bay piers.

5. If you can argue you are targetting halibut you can have two rods. a drift rod and
a jig rod for example.

If there is no 1 rod rule for ocean stripers then we can go out with one
trolling rod and a casting stick and leave the trolling lure out while
casting. otherwise, we have to reel it in and then either switch to a second
casting rod or use the same one to cast.

It's this last part I'm trying to figure out with out actually reading the regulations
myself,  .

J

I guess I'm gonna learn something about pole count for Ocean/Bay after this is figured out?I thought it was one pole only,unless from a pier or coastal-shore.

well, i just busted out the regs. 

my reading is that we can use two rods for ocean stripers.
disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, a DFG agent, or even a very good fisherman.
anybody read 'em differently?

So I'm thinking a trolling rod with some sort of rig that keeps it
off the bottom when you are stopped. float plus anchovy or jig, or a
floating/diving plug for example. maybe flatline an apex or bait?

another rod to cast back into the waves with a plug or metal jig or spoon, or
cast to a bust if you see it.

best to rig for possibility of taking a swim tho. hook a surf leash to your
yak. but at least you aren't 4 miles from shore.

yeah, blue, I also think a line for a second kayak to tow you
back out of the waves if you get one on might be the way to go.
why should the so-cal dudes and lake striper hunters like scwafish
have all that two-rod fun?

I have had two fish on from a bridge in florida. lost 'em both,  ,
but it was fun as heck.

J

jason, how about this idea:

starting just outside the surf line at the south end of the beach,
cast downwind, (southeast most days) diagonally towards shore.

stick your rod in a holder and paddle north west up in to the wind
trolling the lure/bait back through the waves until it gets to the outside
of the surf zone.

paddle towards shore and repeat. when you are at the north end of the
beach, come back with the wind, drift/trolling
outside the surfline, paddling enough to stop going into the surf.

If you get a hookup, try to paddle far enough outside the surf before you
pickup the rod that you don't get pulled into the surf by the fish.

it woud be a workout, but
you would cover the surf zone in a kind of diagonal pattern, ///////
with an underline                                                           -------->, 

if there are striper and they are biting, seems like you'd find 'em.
                                                                     
this would work even on afternoons when the wind is up, assuming you could
pull off the launch.

crazy?

once I tried paddling north from pescadero to the beach north of there and casting
towards shore and retrieving for surf perch. the mechanics worked okay, but my
spinning reel was so small I was actually getting spooled on the cast (it was an ultralight
with 5lb test). there was also eel grass on the outside and my rig got fouled in the
eel grass. (I am thinking that maybe halibut might get in there sometimes tho).

J