Another kayak Marlin

I am a kayak fisherman, I want to catch certain fish from my kayak, just as fly fisherman want to catch fish on the fly. It's just the way I want to do it.

I am a kayak fisherman, I want to catch certain fish from my kayak, just as fly fisherman want to catch fish on the fly. It's just the way I want to do it.

Word.

MolBasser

How about a list
What fish have you landed from a kayak?
I'll start

Striped Marlin
Sailfish
Yellowfin tuna
Albacore tuna
Dorado/Mahi/Dolphin fish
Rooster fish
Jack Crevalle
Amber Jack
Yellowtail
White seabass
Thresher shark
Mako shark- OK it was really small
Leopard shark
CA Halibut
Cubera Snapper
a bunch of Mexico Mystery fish
Of course all the other CA regulars and three B's
I know I am forgetting some

It's just more fun in a kayak

My to do list is just as long but here are the top few
Tarpon, must be big
Blue Marlin
Amazon Peacock bass
Amazon Dorado, beautiful fish with huge fangs
Alaskan Halibut
Salmon, go figure
Striped Bass
Giant Ling
more  more more

Sean, Chris,

I guess I just haven't caught a big enough fish to feel a real difference on a kayak versus a boat as far as fighting the fish or feeling the fish on the rod. I guess I have some inkling of it because I prefer the fly rod whenever possible because you feel the fish more and they have a better chance to beat you. Its the immersive experience on a kayak that 'hooked' me, but I'll have to admit that I haven't experienced what you are talking about...yet. Lingzilla is out there and my biggest to date is 32" 11 lbs. And then again, there are those 30+ pound Stripers in the Forebay.

I am a kayak fisherman, I want to catch certain fish from my kayak, just as fly fisherman want to catch fish on the fly. It's just the way I want to do it.

Word.

Yeah I guess I understand somewhat. I just never looked at fishing that way--as an amusement thrill ride. Maybe because most of my adult fishgn was fly fishing for trout which is a mind-game and finesse casting challenge as much as anything. I guess I need to get out and try more types of fishing.

I am just concerned we are sowing the seeds of more and more closures and bans through bad PR by glorifying what some will see as unnecessary abuse for commerical gain and ego. I have to be honest and state that was my first reaction and I am a fisher! But as I said aove--that's my perspective because of how I entered the sport and I need to open my mind a bit perhaps.

I would put Sturgeon on my to do list, but they are so F'n scary ugly looking

Here is my list to the best of my memory.

Sandbass
Calico bass
Spotted bay bass
California halibut
Yellowfin croaker
Bat ray
LMB
SMB
Bluegill
Channel catfish
Crappie
Blue catfish
redear sunfish
green sunfish
rainbow trout
california corbina
Lizard fish
yellowtail
mackerel
bonito
grass rockfish
barracuda
diamond turbot
shovelnose guitarfish (excellent sleigh ride btw)
brown bullhead
striped bass

I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

MolBasser

I have my pacific halibut but I still want my alaskan lingcod.  I will smoke that fella and enjoy him everyday afterwards!

Oh, and with the el nino, I am looking forward to a N CAL yellowtail.......

For Yellowtail (and I'd love one too) I think you'll have to meetthem halfway even with El Nino and go to at least SLO.
Now, realistically, I do reember teh Albacore being only a couple of miles out a few years ago--so that might happen.
Butthis years El Nino is classifed as weak so I don't know if it will bring them in.

My list:
Black Crappie
Largemouth bass
Striped Bass
Bluegill
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Lingcod
Rockfish (Blue, Black, Olive, Copper, Gopher, and one fat Vermillion  )
Jack Smelt
Croaker
Sand Dab

Now I get desperate to lengthen the list...
Sarcastic Fringehead
Octopus
Limpet shell (on rock--hey if it was a fish for Brian it is for me too--though his was much bigger)
Shrimp (snagged)
Anchovy
Sardine
Silverside
Duck (not realy a fish but took a nymph I was fishing on sinking line)

You wanna ride? Alligator Gar got the big car, give y'all a ride until you're dog tired...

http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/bb/index.php?topic=5490.0

I have my fishing journal at home, but I must be pushing 50 species at this point.  I picked up at least 25 new species in Baja last year alone..


-Striped Bass (Saltwater East Coast, and freshwater West Coast)
-Bluefish
-White perch
-Croaker (East Coast species)
-Spot
-Spotted sea trout
-Largemouth bass
-Smallmouth bass
-Bluegill
-Lake trout
-Lingcod
-Kelp Greenling
-Blue rockfish
-Black rockfish
-Copper rockfish
-Black & Yellow rockfish
-Yellowtail rockfish
-Gopher rockfish
-Vermillion rockfish
-Brown rockfish
-Grass rockfish
-Canary rockfish
-Starry rockfish
-China rockfish
-Cabezon
-Jack smelt
-Pacific mackerel
-Striped surfperch
-Sand dabs
-Starry flounder
-Leopard shark
-Brown smoothhound
-Spiny dogfish
-Spotted sandbass
-Barred sandbass
-Shortfin corvina
-Black skipjack
-Bonito
-Green jack
-Jack crevalle

That's 40 off the top of my head and I probably have another 20 species from Baja I can't remember at the moment.

It probably helps that I'm able to identifiy what I catch and the fact that I will often target smaller less desirable fish just to tick them off my species list.  I keep my species lists somewhat separated into shorefish, powerboat fish, kayakfish and flyfish and my kayak list is by far the largest at this point.

Brian

So what do we do when Jim threadjacks his own thread?   

-Allen

I guess I should of started a new one. I just love to hear what people are getting on the yaks

Sport fish so far(at least that I can remember...)

Salmon
Stripers
Lings
Cabezon
Rockies of MANY varieties
Greenlings
Surfperch
LMB
SMB
Crappie
Rainbows
Cutthroat
Yellowfin
Dorado
Rooster
Jack Crevalle
Amber Jack (only small ones tho...)
Black Skipjack
Bonita
Baracuda
Pargo
Pompano

Other tasty critters...

abalone
crabs
clams

To do list...

Yellowtail
WSB
Onno
Amber (a decent one)
Tarpon
Snook
Halibut (I am CURSED with flatties)
Sturgeon (I am double CURSED with dinos)

I hear you really have to let the Abs eat before setting the hook