Limekiln SP (8/3/07)

It has been more than one year since last trip to Big Sur. It was fun of spending days at Limekiln for camping and fishing.

While driving down Hwy 1 along Big Sur Coast and looking at Pacific ocean, I felt itchy to get on water asap. It was indeed the best condition I had seen for a long time. No wind and no swell in the entire day = oily glassy. How about launch at Limekiln? Easy, because of very little shore breaks.

Fishing was hot. It seemed not matter whether you would fish early or late and in the morning or the afternoon. Bites were open everywhere with structures and anytime of the day. My catches of day were 1 Ling (31”), 6 reds with 22” inch longest, 1 oliver, and 1 grass = Great day of fishing.

Meeting Ed, Allen & Mark (from Utah) on the park. They left Thursday afternoon and evening for ELK and home. Nice of meeting you guys.

Pictures to follow and enjoy ...

View on the ocean from Hwy 1.
Limekiln Beach.
View from Ocean.

Catches of day: a ling and colorful reds.

Nice haul and awesome conditions.  Nice you were able to stay out there a while this time.  That wind has been a bitch.

Great report Eric, and thanks for the pics.

Craigh

That is ironing board flat!!!!
Glad to see you were able to fish such incredible conditions.

Looks like you picked the perfect day! 

Yah, the condition was perfectly good. It was just flat shown in the pictures. I have not had that good condition since I started kayak fishing. I consider it as a treat for us. 

Nice catches Eric, and awesome conditions - definitely worth the drive, for sure!  Wish I could have made it...  Lookin forward to reports from others, and photos.  I haven't fished for 2 weeks already, going on 3     Living vicariously is all I got.

Can't wait to get my net back from Promar...  See ya out there soon!

Way to go Eric, with all this wind we've had this year (in Cambria) it makes me realize how few & far between those great days are!!!!

Glad you got it good!!!

Hi Eric,

It was very nice to see you again. I wish I would have stayed the extra day and fished with you. Your tips on Elk were right on. Thanks bro. Here are some of the pics from our adventure. The first pic is of our friend Mark as he runs for his life on an aborted Lime Kiln launch.



This pic shows how glassy it was. I love this pic, it explains it all.........



Here is a couple shots of everyones favorite polygamist, Alan



You can tell Utah is a productive state. Just look at the condition factor on these boys.



A lady in the park asked if these were Koi.



Beautiful......................................................



Mark's First Gaff Shot



It was great to see you Eric, and I look forward to fishing with you in the future. Mark says he's moving to Big Sur now. Yeah, right. Later

Dude!
Kayote, that first picture is CLASSIC!!! "Running for his life..."
The other pics are great too!

Thanks for the report guys!
PK

that "running man" shot is exactly what happened to ChuckE on opening weekend two years ago out of Mill Creek when a bunch of us fished the Kitchen.  Only ChuckE didn't quite get out of the way, ended up doing the craziest backflip ever by a guy wearing neoprene.  That day also had beautiful weather.  Seems like if you get awesome weather, Big Sur make you pay for it.

great job you guys!!  do you recall the forecast for that day?  Would like to head down under simillar conditions.

nice....

Yakuza,

We didn't check the forcast. Our trip was based on the Elk tourny. We were fishing no matter what. Eric probably knows.

Ed