Pre-Father's day Fun! (Food porn added)

Dave Grigsby from Kayak Connection called me on Friday and said my new all black Jackson Kayak Cruise12 had just arrived in his Moss Landing shop!

 

Ran down after work and picked up the sleek sexy stealth yak, got her home and set up my FF and went to bed early with dreams of fishies dancing in my head.

Picked up Joe Bloodbath at his house in Marina at 5am and we were paddling out at sunrise.

Wind was calm, but there were some sizeable swells rolling through that made diving sporty even at depth...

Our first spot wasn't very productive, but I picked off a few blacks for the fryer before moving.

Second spot I got a nice 19 inch olive right off the bat, then two 26 inch Lings, followed shortly by a TOAD of a cabbie!!

Just a hair under 24 inches and 9 pounds. I have shot one a little bit bigger, but stretched it in the pic to get to 24.5 inches and my buddy Charlie saw that one first so am calling this one my new PB. 

http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1100

After the cab I spent some time searching for the crack where I got a nice male sheephead a few weeks ago. Found it and had Joe mark it on his GPS, and even though the crack was empty this time there was a MASSIVE Octopus in a hole just to the left that Joe and I both spent some time checking out...thing was scary huge!! 

Joe was feeling seasick and I had enough fish so we paddled back in, spent some time playing in the shallows inside the cove and then met up with Dennis Shu (old #7) and his boys and some friends at the beach.

Fried up the Rockies for tacos, enjoyed the sun, a few beers and the good company before heading home to snuggle with my new kitten Loki.

Great day, and I really enjoyed paddling and diving off my new Cruise12 and am looking forward to many more adventures with her in the future!!!

Here's a vid and some pics...at the end of the vid you can see the size of some of the sets that came through offshore... 



 

Sincerely,

Jim

Here's Loki.

Super cool little kitty!!

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Nice Yak!  Thanks for the report, video, and pictures Jim.

Cute pussy bro.. Are you the daddy?

Are you getting soft on us?

Cute pussy bro.. Are you the daddy?

You know it.

Are you getting soft on us?

Dude! Loki is so frikkin cute...guarantee you that you would snuggle up with her. 

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

ps...speaking of puss...I saw two that day on the same reef...I'm heading back there to hopefully find one out and about and not holed up. 

I still have two big bags let me know if you want some bro, your parents are gonna make there way here soon aren't they?

I still have two big bags let me know if you want some bro, your parents are gonna make there way here soon aren't they?

Hell yeah dude!!!

They are gonna be here the week before the 4th and they would be stoked to try some!!

Thanks buddy!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

I got you! I will have A little care package of some southern fish as well!

That octopus was too big to mess with! It was definitely cool to see. Wish he was chillin shallow and not at 45' deep.

That octopus was too big to mess with! It was definitely cool to see. Wish he was chillin shallow and not at 45' deep.

LOL!!

If he was out in the open I would've grabbed him up!   

Just know from experience that it is pretty much impossible (or at least VERY hard) to try and get one out of a hole when they are that far back in it...

Good times bro!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Is the 12 easier to paddle and dive in the kelp?

Is the 12 easier to paddle and dive in the kelp?

I think the Cruise12 paddles great...we had to cover quite a bit of seriously thick kelp and coming back in the wind was gusting pretty hard and the yak tracked well and I didn't have to work to keep it going straight.

The Cuda14 paddles better IMO and has the advantage of having the center hatch for easy stowage of guns, fins etc, and has more "angler features"....

But..the Cruise12 is lighter, cheaper, still paddles well, has multiple RAM ready screws molded in the hull, has a large center hatch for internal stowage (easy to scoot forward and access) and has a big tankwell that easily held my weightbelt, fins, gun, floatlines and fish. I just made sure everything was secured well for launch and landing.

http://jacksonkayak.com/jk-kayaks-4/kayak-fishing/cruise-12-angler/

If you, or anyone, ever want to paddle the Cruise12 to demo it just lemme know.

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Some food porn.

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim