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Let me start off by saying Jeremy (Sparky1423) is one awesome brother!
I got to the launch around 6am and saw a couple of forum members, most notably Zimm who is a great guy with a lot of creativity. I saw all sorts of cool creations he's made for his kayak fishing hobby. After chatting for a bit I launched about 7am.
I would normally pay attention to water temperature but my FF was acting up and giving me weird readings including 350feet for depth. Side note, I fixed the problem when I was coming back for the day by realizing that I didn't have my transducer plug in all the way!
I started trolling up the river towards the 301 bridge to meet up with Sparky1423. The two X-raps I had on didn't even get a nod from any fish. When I get to him he shows me two keeper Rock and a huge WP and then proceeds to hand me what I'd like to coin as "Sparky's Rig"... Two 1/2oz RoadRunner jigs dressed with skirts and tipped with 4" twister and/or paddle tail, tied together like a spec rig.
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I take the rig with gratitude and cast out to put about 100feet behind me. Not even 5 minutes later my drags starts to buzz. My first keeper at 19.5". I was stoked! I put it in the cooler and I cast out again and proceeded to do the same thing. I whisper a little prayer for a second one to bring home to Mom (That's right, I love my Mom!) and within another 5 minutes the drags goes crazy! This one pulls a ton of drag but I finally boat it. It comes at 23.75". The largest Rockfish I've caught to date!! Within 30 minutes of launching (and 15 of using Sparky's Rig) I have my two keepers!
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Needless to say I am ECSTATIC!!! I praised the Almighty and proceeded to thank Jeremy for his awesome rig with a brotherly hug across the kayak!
We fished on for croaker and WP and pull up a lot of shorts. I had to call it a day around 10:30am.
You know, today's success was due to a genuine brother who wanted to spread the same success that he had, to his friends. That's what makes this hobby so unique and this site so great. Now my job is to pay it forward
I got to the launch around 6am and saw a couple of forum members, most notably Zimm who is a great guy with a lot of creativity. I saw all sorts of cool creations he's made for his kayak fishing hobby. After chatting for a bit I launched about 7am.
I would normally pay attention to water temperature but my FF was acting up and giving me weird readings including 350feet for depth. Side note, I fixed the problem when I was coming back for the day by realizing that I didn't have my transducer plug in all the way!
I started trolling up the river towards the 301 bridge to meet up with Sparky1423. The two X-raps I had on didn't even get a nod from any fish. When I get to him he shows me two keeper Rock and a huge WP and then proceeds to hand me what I'd like to coin as "Sparky's Rig"... Two 1/2oz RoadRunner jigs dressed with skirts and tipped with 4" twister and/or paddle tail, tied together like a spec rig.
20130804_131539.jpg20130804_131553.jpg
I take the rig with gratitude and cast out to put about 100feet behind me. Not even 5 minutes later my drags starts to buzz. My first keeper at 19.5". I was stoked! I put it in the cooler and I cast out again and proceeded to do the same thing. I whisper a little prayer for a second one to bring home to Mom (That's right, I love my Mom!) and within another 5 minutes the drags goes crazy! This one pulls a ton of drag but I finally boat it. It comes at 23.75". The largest Rockfish I've caught to date!! Within 30 minutes of launching (and 15 of using Sparky's Rig) I have my two keepers!
20130804_122037.jpgIMAG0586.jpg
Needless to say I am ECSTATIC!!! I praised the Almighty and proceeded to thank Jeremy for his awesome rig with a brotherly hug across the kayak!
We fished on for croaker and WP and pull up a lot of shorts. I had to call it a day around 10:30am.
You know, today's success was due to a genuine brother who wanted to spread the same success that he had, to his friends. That's what makes this hobby so unique and this site so great. Now my job is to pay it forward
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