2007/09/09 Land of the jellies xj 19. (sorry, no pics)

I got out around 8 a.m. 

No wind. tiny swell. no fog. woo-hoo!

1 legal ling, and 3 underlings including one of those red kelp colored ones. (and yes, it was in the kelp). never held one of those before.

also kept 2 blues, 2 blacks and a gopher. released a few gophers and some small blacks.

I ran into he-uge schools of brown/red jellyfish. must be spawning or something. it was actually a little creepy when they got really thick.  The fishing action was decent when I didn't have a carpet of jellies right under me.

Tried to put down a jointed rebel and bounce for halibut, in what looked like flat terrain, but got hung up on some just grown kelp (got my lure back). Then tried casting out my swimbaits and retrieve along the bottom.  No 'buts. a couple rockfish tho. I think it would have been a decent day to try hard for halibut down there or at 4-mile/5-mile. I'm too lazy to be that focused on halibut.

Later,
J

A few weeks ago we had an explosion of jellies up on the Sonoma coast. Tons of the mini man'o wars. Kept me from diving for abs. Everywhere it was calm, was carpeted with em. Didn't want one of those things stinging me in the face. Got stung in the face years ago while surfing and it felt like a hot poker on my face for a few hours. Nasty!!!

These guys all seemed to be headed south. maybe they will get to santa cruz soon?

Cause they were at BH for a while and I was south of there.

J

You got LINGS?!...no one else seemed to be able to get them to BITE this weekend...and there were a few leftover jellies up at Rockaway Beach on sunday too.I didn't know that ALL JELLIES stung. That HOT POKER would hurt my face!
......if you don't like company(per Mooch) please take some pics so that we can be your "pretend friends"    .....just kiddin!  thanks for the report from the southern waters.

My son and I fished north of SC yesterday and also noticed quite a few jellies.

scott

Adam, I do like company, like one or two, and a crowd once in a while, just not all the time.
Be glad to fish with you anytime you want to fish the linda-mar to moss-landing stretch I
call my 'home range'.

I should have brought my camera on the yak. I figured they would be like my last trip there,
but the jellies were unexpected. I know you would have taken some great underwater ones
of the swarm.

My son and I fished north of SC yesterday and also noticed quite a few jellies.

scott

roger on the jellies.  very thick out there

Adam, I do like company, like one or two, and a crowd once in a while, just not all the time.
Be glad to fish with you anytime you want to fish the linda-mar to moss-landing stretch I
call my 'home range'.

I should have brought my camera on the yak. I figured they would be like my last trip there,
but the jellies were unexpected. I know you would have taken some great underwater ones
of the swarm.

I feel ya on the crowd J!, just bustin chops abit.......and thanks for the invite and shout-out.......do you know of a "secret place" I can find a #@$%@$ CABBIE!!

can't beat the bean, in shallow, for a cabbie. that or lindamar maybe.

one place I bet would work for a cabbie is fitzgerald marine park north of mavericks.

there is a semi-secret launch back there just north of the moss beach distillery.

never fished it. probably will be closed in the next round of closures.

there is a semi-secret launch back there just north of the moss beach distillery.

never fished it. probably will be closed in the next round of closures.

Is that the spot that Surfers try to tell me about when the swell is gigantic in the winter?
..."you can see the swell coming in, but you can't see it actually break"

I will be hitting the bean every chance (swell and wind) I get for that damn BIG-HEADED rockfish.
Thanks for the xtra-intel John.....much needed.

adam, every cabbie I ever caught was in shallow, really shallow and close to shore.  Tends to also be in thick kelp.  half of them came when I paddled to shore and just dropped the rig down while stowing gear for the landing.

of course if I need one, I probably couldnt catch one if my life depended on it

Eugene

of course if I need one, I probably couldnt catch one if my life depended on it

Ive searched shallow at bean and deep in the kelp at MBKT and both at Ft.Ross...i'm in the HUNT, HARD!  and will not be denied!...i hope! thanks for the tips, I'll be applying them.

Adam, I always seem to catch them on smallish rootbeer scampis. I guess they think they are crabs.

Adam, I always seem to catch them on smallish rootbeer scampis. I guess they think they are crabs.

That was what I was using the whole time up at Elk and got a 29"ling and a 22"Verm!  Go FIGURE?! (i had them squid-tip'd) possible overkill?  I'll be scampi'n at the bean fo'sho!

I have caught one on a white bucktail (no trailer!), 2 or 3 on whole squid, and 3 or 4 on fish shaped metal.  often, I catch one, I catch more in the same place.  yes on shallow, like 30 feet, but the last two came in 60 feet, right next to where craig pulled up that fat 'but. Not much rhyme or reason for me. I guess it's been the approach of just go fishing as much as you can. Adam, you got that last part down, so it's just a matter of time for you.

J