Day Tripping...

Work and wife and young daughters prevent me from doing a lot of overnight/camping trips, but luckily I live pretty much right in the middle of the Monterey Bay area, and so can do day trips to areas where I can harvest a wide variety of yummy fish.

Here is a quick vid of some of my favorite examples of fish taken on day trips from my house here in Watsonville over the past 3 years.

Feel very fortunate to be able to target these fish and still be able to make it home at night for dinner with my family. 



Fish shown in the vid include:

25 inch Cabezon: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1875
Verms up to 21 inches: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/2136
Lings up to 37 inches: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1394
Sheephead up to 29.75 inches: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1986
Halibut up to 41.25 inches and 31 pounds: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/1168
Striped Bass up to 43 inches and 31 pounds: http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/2310
http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/catches/2316

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Super-dang.........life is good.  I'm catchin' the gratitude.  To harvest and be home by dinner with solid catches is priceless.

We are all fortunate that you share much more than pics and reports with us.
Thank You
 

Thanks Eddie and JohnnyAb!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Fatties!  Hope the knee gets better in time for the few flat days we will have this year.  Don't despair, your knee will return to 100%.   

Fatties!  Hope the knee gets better in time for the few flat days we will have this year.  Don't despair, your knee will return to 100%.   

Thanks buddy!! I hope so too...going on 3 weeks of pain and immobility now...seeing orthopedic specialist on 11/21.

Trying to stay positive and hopeful...

Cursing myself for taking zero abs and not shooting a greenling earlier this year...will most likely be my worst DOTY showing in 5 years...

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

thanks for sharing, Jim. And my best wishes for a swift recovery.

Im probably late to this party, but why do you extract the otoliths adn what do you learn from them? Are you aging fish?
EJK

thanks for sharing, Jim. And my best wishes for a swift recovery.

Im probably late to this party, but why do you extract the otoliths adn what do you learn from them? Are you aging fish?
EJK

Thanks!

I just like taking the stones out to keep for souvenirs/trophies.

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Thanks for sharing Jim.  We need more posts like this during Winter time.

Day tripper yeah!