Hit the beach at about 7 and took my time getting setup. Helped a dory guy with his boat and snapped some pics of the exposed reefs with starfish. Ron showed up and we hit the surf. Michael, another member of the Next Adventure Fishing Team, and Jarrol showed up right as we were about to launch. Nice and easy surf launch!
On the way out, I stopped and chatted with another kayakfisher in an OK Trident with a big Next Adventure sticker on the side. He was working the back side of the rock and said he was picking up a lot of blacks and small lings.
Ron and I worked some reefs and ditches out past the rock. I picked up a nice yelloweye and little later I found a steady bite of black rockfish. I also caught a nice copper rockfish which was also released after pictures. I pulled up a 29" ling that had a bunch of eggs stuck to its jaw and belly. I must have pulled him right off the next he was guarding. Soon after that Michael and Jarrol came out past the rock. After another couple of drifts I pulled up my second ling which ended up at 32.5". I caught and released another lingcod at about 25" and a few more rockfish and then headed to the rock.
The wind was starting to pick up so hanging out around the rock sounded nice. I switched to lighter gear and caught and released some more rockfish around the north side of the rock. Then switched to even lighter gear (bass rod) and started dragging a nice big weedless plastic bass lure through the kelp. I felt a good bump and set the hook. Line started peeling off and I started to get nervous that this thing was going to wrap me up in the kelp. I started pedaling towards it to get vertical. It certainly didn't feel like a rockfish so I'm now thinking this thing is going to bite right through my 8lb. line. It slowly starts to come up and I see it's a decent ling! It was about 24" and sure was a fun fight! A couple of pics and back he went.
It was an awesome day of fishing with great company! Hope to do it again real soon!
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