Wednesday, August 15, 2012
BACK COUNTRY
Monday, August 13, 2012
REDFISH
Friday, August 10, 2012
Diving
Thursday, August 9, 2012
27 INCH WALLEYE
I think I had the longest commute this morning in the history of commutting. I
woke up at about 3 AM, yesterday to make the truck drive to the airport on Xmas
Island. A 3 hr. flight to Hawaii, than a 5 hr. flight to LA, and then another 5
hr. flight to Newark, then a bus ride to NYC to be at work at 8 AM. I covered
about 8000 miles in 20 hrs. from waking up!
WOW, what a trip !!!! The fishing was insane with about 20 different species caught. Joey and I tried for tuna and had them busting around us for a couple hrs. one morning, but we just could not get one to take anything. The GT's were our main target and we each landed a bunch of nice ones over 50 lbs.
The weather was great but windy most of the time which made for some rough water and fast drifts while jigging. There was only a few hundred yards from 100 feet deep to 300 feet deep and then it went to 1000 feet on the next drift.
We mainly jigged with 4-7 oz. jigs to the bottom and then speed jig up. It was rare if we went 5 drops without a fish from 5 lbs to 65 lbs.
I think the most exciting part of the trip was on one of my last drops on the last day using a 7 oz. jig. My line was heading down to about 200 feet, when all of a sudden, I thought I lost my jig. I started to see my line heading for the surface when I looked up to the direction of my line, only to see about a 7 foot sailfish jump out of the water with my jig in it's mouth!!!
It dove down as I set the hook and about 15 seconds later the line was heading back to the top. Another huge jump and a few second tail walk about 75 feet away from me. When he landed, I saw the line just snap and it was off. I can't explain how my heart was racing with the sailfish tail walking so close.
I have a bunch of pictures and tried picking out the better ones. I will post more during the week with a few videos as well. The week went fast, but I am not sure how much more my hands and arms could take of that type of fishing. I have more cuts on my hand from fighting and landing and releasing fish then I have ever had.
Dan
I wish I had the time to explain each picture, but ask away and I will try to best answer them.
From the Kayak Fishing Stuff forum
WOW, what a trip !!!! The fishing was insane with about 20 different species caught. Joey and I tried for tuna and had them busting around us for a couple hrs. one morning, but we just could not get one to take anything. The GT's were our main target and we each landed a bunch of nice ones over 50 lbs.
The weather was great but windy most of the time which made for some rough water and fast drifts while jigging. There was only a few hundred yards from 100 feet deep to 300 feet deep and then it went to 1000 feet on the next drift.
We mainly jigged with 4-7 oz. jigs to the bottom and then speed jig up. It was rare if we went 5 drops without a fish from 5 lbs to 65 lbs.
I think the most exciting part of the trip was on one of my last drops on the last day using a 7 oz. jig. My line was heading down to about 200 feet, when all of a sudden, I thought I lost my jig. I started to see my line heading for the surface when I looked up to the direction of my line, only to see about a 7 foot sailfish jump out of the water with my jig in it's mouth!!!
It dove down as I set the hook and about 15 seconds later the line was heading back to the top. Another huge jump and a few second tail walk about 75 feet away from me. When he landed, I saw the line just snap and it was off. I can't explain how my heart was racing with the sailfish tail walking so close.
I have a bunch of pictures and tried picking out the better ones. I will post more during the week with a few videos as well. The week went fast, but I am not sure how much more my hands and arms could take of that type of fishing. I have more cuts on my hand from fighting and landing and releasing fish then I have ever had.
Dan
I wish I had the time to explain each picture, but ask away and I will try to best answer them.
From the Kayak Fishing Stuff forum
Monday, August 6, 2012
NEW JERSEY PIKE
Pikezilla !!!!
"After a few crazy work days in a row, I had plans of
hitting the salt last night, but when the alarm went off at 2 AM, I shut it off
and slept until 7. I hit the Passaic and was not expecting much with the stained
water and water levels higher than I prefer.
WOW, was I wrong! I landed at least 6 pike with a few drops at the kayak and a few strikes and misses, with a few bass just to keep things active.
Then I hit an area that usually produces a fish or two. On my first cast I had a solid follow to the kayak with a smaller fish, but he never committed on the spinner bait. After getting pushed around by the current and trying to stay in the zone, I circled around and made a cast and got slammed by a huge pike!
It was a solid hookup and this fish towed me around in circles for what seemed like 10 minutes. At least 5 great runs across the river, and he was heading straight for some logs sticking up in the river. Of course, my line gets tangled around one and I thought for sure the fish would get off or the line would break. I managed to free the line and the fish was off again.
After thinking that he was "almost done", I started to paddle to shore with one hand and try to stay out of the current for a few pictures.
I may have caught one or two longer pike in the river, but this one was by far the heaviest pike that I have landed. I measured the fish against my paddle and it was just at 44 inches. It was a two hand job just to lift it out of the water.
Here are a few pictures before the fish drenched me after the release."
WOW, was I wrong! I landed at least 6 pike with a few drops at the kayak and a few strikes and misses, with a few bass just to keep things active.
Then I hit an area that usually produces a fish or two. On my first cast I had a solid follow to the kayak with a smaller fish, but he never committed on the spinner bait. After getting pushed around by the current and trying to stay in the zone, I circled around and made a cast and got slammed by a huge pike!
It was a solid hookup and this fish towed me around in circles for what seemed like 10 minutes. At least 5 great runs across the river, and he was heading straight for some logs sticking up in the river. Of course, my line gets tangled around one and I thought for sure the fish would get off or the line would break. I managed to free the line and the fish was off again.
After thinking that he was "almost done", I started to paddle to shore with one hand and try to stay out of the current for a few pictures.
I may have caught one or two longer pike in the river, but this one was by far the heaviest pike that I have landed. I measured the fish against my paddle and it was just at 44 inches. It was a two hand job just to lift it out of the water.
Here are a few pictures before the fish drenched me after the release."
Danny
My friend Danny does a lot of kayak fishing all over the world. He just retured from a fiahing trip to Christmas Island in the South Pacific. I will try to get some of those pictures on the blog.
My friend Danny does a lot of kayak fishing all over the world. He just retured from a fiahing trip to Christmas Island in the South Pacific. I will try to get some of those pictures on the blog.
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