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I was happy when Icatalrus Bill sent me a text asking if I was up for a Sunday afternoon fishing trip. His first kayak fishing excursion since the birth of his first child! Way to go Bill!
We settled on a Piney Point trip looking for Rockfish and trout. Believing that the weather report could be trusted and light winds from the NNW would gently sweep us through the trout spot I call the "chimney", we anticipated a peaceful excursion......but of course, when Bill and I fish together, winds always sprout up from out of nowhere. When I arrived, Bill said, "Sure u want to fish in this wind?" Of course the answer was "Yes". It ended up being about 15 MPH straight out of the west...making the fishing a bit tough.
Never the less, Bill did catch some nice fish right off including a real nice 21" Rock fish. at times I could see the fish feeding on the surface, but just could not connect. Bill and I were using the same color of x-rap, but he was using a size up, guess that 7/8 of an inch made all the difference! I had a harder time of it, but did end up catching some just under-sized rocks and losing a nice trout when a gust if wind pushed me around so fast I could not keep the line tight.
We eventually tried some top water without any success and did catch a few little rocks in the dark just under the bridge. Bill marked a lot of fish in that location .....though it was hard to determine any size. It was a fish every cast on gulp but the largest I landed was 16.
Great company, great scenery, a really great sunset, and a few fish. Overall....very nice.
Only pic of mine that turned out.....
We settled on a Piney Point trip looking for Rockfish and trout. Believing that the weather report could be trusted and light winds from the NNW would gently sweep us through the trout spot I call the "chimney", we anticipated a peaceful excursion......but of course, when Bill and I fish together, winds always sprout up from out of nowhere. When I arrived, Bill said, "Sure u want to fish in this wind?" Of course the answer was "Yes". It ended up being about 15 MPH straight out of the west...making the fishing a bit tough.
Never the less, Bill did catch some nice fish right off including a real nice 21" Rock fish. at times I could see the fish feeding on the surface, but just could not connect. Bill and I were using the same color of x-rap, but he was using a size up, guess that 7/8 of an inch made all the difference! I had a harder time of it, but did end up catching some just under-sized rocks and losing a nice trout when a gust if wind pushed me around so fast I could not keep the line tight.
We eventually tried some top water without any success and did catch a few little rocks in the dark just under the bridge. Bill marked a lot of fish in that location .....though it was hard to determine any size. It was a fish every cast on gulp but the largest I landed was 16.
Great company, great scenery, a really great sunset, and a few fish. Overall....very nice.
Only pic of mine that turned out.....
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