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Really solid Halibut fishing in the bay the last couple of weeks from skiffs, kayak, and shore. Using sardines, smelt, and double rig with underspin and white gulp swimbaits.

I grabbed my boat and made it to HB for my grandsons birthday. Ryan just turned 5 and I promised to take him fishing with his much older brother Caleb who's now 8. We traveled over to Newport Bay to try our luck so we launched in the back bay by Newport Dunes . As we left the ramp and it hadnt been ...

I went fishing 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.. caught 9 Bass. Biggest ones were 15 inches. The other ones were like 10 inches. Tried the free rig, sometimes I didn't know I had a fish on till I reeled up, lost a few not having a good hook set.

Fished the incoming tide out in La Jolla last Thursday. Ton of boats out - but the mackerel outnumbered the boats 10,000:1. Caught a few but waiting for the water to get warmer. Anyone else got out there lately? Used a sardine colored HookUp and some JigPara jigs - wished I had a mack colored ...

Another quick to Murray on foot this morning. Nice morning for fishing. Overcast and no to light breeze until quit about 0900.

Started fishing about 0630 and no bites until 0645 :)

Got a small bluegill on topwater which a heron boldly came up and tried to take from me as I was grabbing the leader ...

thx for the report it willl help motivate me to pull out my fly rod

A little local color...

Beautiful spawn colors.

Even though I've been up there over ten years, I've yet to see a bear. Beautiful pics.

Nice fishing!!! Never seen a bear up there either

My right hand has carpal tunnel and it's been painful casting and stripping line for extended periods of time.

I borrowed a technique used by stillwater guys, using a floating line, long mono leader, and break-away strike indicator. The idea was to adjust the leader length below the indicator to ...

The indicator is an "Under-Cator" from Sierra Drifters Guide Service.

https://sierradrifters.com/product/under-cator-strike-indicator/

We have them at Stroud Tackle.

For the bay and local lakes they work pretty will with a fixed amount of leader below them. The leader can be wrapped around the ...

Crowley and Mary fishing great! Midges and Hornbergs killing it at Crowley..doesn't get any better! Most fish are up at the mouth of the Owens. A long kick from the Green banks. Mary was giving up nice 14"-19" fish on black leeches with a flashback hares ear trailer stripped in 4'-8' of water. I ...

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I just wanted to be the first one to post on a topic ahaha here's some fish from this year.

Hi Vinny,

I have an Old Town Sportsman 120 PDL. For me it's just about perfect. It's a good length and wide enough to be very stable, which I like. I have no issues to stand and cast and even can operate the pedals with my hand and troll along. It had good internal storage until I put the panoptix ...

I fish mainly saltwater, so for me it was a tossup between the Old Town Bigwater 132 and the Hobie PA14. I bought my kayak in 2021 when supplies were sucking. I went with the PA14, it was in stock not 3-4 months out like the Old Town was. If i were to do it again i would have to go the same route ...

I use a hobie lynx for freshwater and bays and an outback for la jolla and if someone comes with me. If I have a guest, I take the outback loaded down with all the gear so I can keep them in a minimalist setup and it's less intimidating for a new kayak fisher to not worry about losing things or ...

I have an old Malibu X-Factor 14.5' I use in the bays. It's a very stable kayak, can hold a TON of gear (it has a max weight load of 625 lbs!), and can move out surprisingly well for its size. The downside is it's a beast to load/unload/transport. I'd love to eventually get a pedal kayak but they ...

Yes, it is expensive. Just remember there are used ones that you can haggle. My buddy got a 2019 PA 14 for $1700 with everything only 2 light scratches we found. People impulse buy and find out its not for them, and fire sale things off. Just have to be ready.