Kayak Trips and Fishing Reports 2015

[robmedina]

Hit the Delaware river on the yak yesterday. Nothing for me just a good workout! Especially now that I stopped taking Lipitor. I feel like a million bucks!

[robmedina]

fished barny bay behind the lighthouse in the yak. I picked up a couple bunker to soak while I bucktailed and through other various lures. Water temp was 47 degrees. I paddled around and found a nice drop off by a buoy. I marked small pods of fish there and tried to anchor as close as I could but the current kept pulling me of anchor so I had to let more anchor line out to hold and then I was kind of too far. I threw bunker at them and bucktails with pork. No takers. I moved up towards a sand bar in towards the inlet because the current was causing a rip. Figured that would be a good ambush spot for predators so I went that way and did not mark any fish. Something caught my eye on the sandbar, a large dark mass. Went over to check it out, it was moving so I knew it was something. Large school of baitfish? couple of stingrays perhaps. I paddled over to it and was completely on top of it in 3.4 feet of water and that's when I saw its huge tail. Sand shark. Oh about 5 to 8 feet long. It did not seem to care about me but I did not want to give it a chance to so I got out of there.

went over to sege island - wind picked up then it was a fight to beat the wind and current to get back to where I launched. took me a long time. I ended up beaching towards the tip of the dike and wheeling my kayak all the way back.

It was a great workout I can say that!

[cowherder]

went over to sege island - wind picked up then it was a fight to beat the wind and current to get back to where I launched. took me a long time. I ended up beaching towards the tip of the dike and wheeling my kayak all the way back.

It was a great workout I can say that!

Wow sounds better than cardio! Thanks for the report must of been great to go by that sand shark and you didn't spook it either.

[robmedina]

^^^^^ The shark spooked me LOL! I actually still can't believe I was a foot or so from his head. As soon as I realized it was a shark I started paddling. Not franticly but with some urgency to get out of there. I looked back to see if he was following me but he could care less.http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=19295&stc=1

[DarkSkies]

Eli's report from April 25....
(Note that he doesn't give up...he was out on April 23 and didn't do that great...only a few small fish...
That didn't deter him, and 2 days later he ran into some nice fish.....he also reports that the bluefish are all over on the flats where he was...lost a lot of rubber to them)

All pics and report courtesy of Eli...:HappyWave:






[His Report...
Fished Raritan yesterday, jigging-casting-and trolling 6" paddletail shads accounted for about 15 fish into the mid thirty inch range. Bottom of the outgoing produced best, all fish released.]

[williehookem]

Hey you guys should check this out. Eliasv just posted on youtube. I don't know a lot about kyaking but he is the man. I have been following his reports for years. He is always on the fish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-9n1kbzBjY

[J Barbosa]

My brother was ******** himself on the kayak yesterday. Had a seal that was hanging around him for a little while. :bucktooth:

[J Barbosa]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8869/17143899818_b9fd270113_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/s7WY8C)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7650/17171719092_3bd113d984_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sapxQh)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7731/16711424043_a194a82d1b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rsJq9K)

[buckethead]

Nice going JB.

[Monty]

Nice going JB.
^^^^^^^^^
What he said. Very nice.

[VSdreams]

NICE! If I could ask what is that black plug near the fishs mouth in the first pic? Thanks for sharing.

[cowherder]

Nice going guys. Really have to get a kayak one of these days. Seems like it's so much easier to find them that way.

[Monty]

Nice going guys. Really have to get a kayak one of these days. Seems like it's so much easier to find them that way.
:HappyWave:
It is a lot easier. Its fishing from a small boat. Fun I guess.
Nothing wrong with it, just that the fish don't count.

Eli has caught some real nice fish.
JB, great pics, also curious what that plug is.

Edit: Just saw another JB Kayak Bass, REAL Nice, hope he posts it.

[seamonkey]

Wow good job fellas. Looks like the northern bays are on fire now.

[robmedina]

Wow just wow. Started the day off at 7am in barney. The water was as flat as glass. I heard alot of hooting and hollaring while i was getting ready. My buddy Mikey was late so i went ahead. I paddled out towards the hollering and notice hundreds upon hundreds if tails sticking out of the water. I was in 6 feet of water so that made it even stranger. I realized pretty quickly they were blues and it was on fir 2 hours straight. I even got 4 of em on my flyrod. Was great fun.
Paddled around to stay on them but lost them once the wind picked up. Caught some more trolling and called it a day.
Snallest fish was 6 or 7 lbs buggest had ti go 12lbs.
I cant upload pics from my phone will do later.

[plugcrazy]

Wow just wow. Started the day off at 7am in barney. The water was as flat as glass. I heard alot of hooting and hollaring while i was getting ready. My buddy Mikey was late so i went ahead. I paddled out towards the hollering and notice hundreds upon hundreds if tails sticking out of the water. I was in 6 feet of water so that made it even stranger.
Snallest fish was 6 or 7 lbs buggest had ti go 12lbs.
.

Awesome report for once the BB is kicking butt on the RB!

[baitstealer]

nice fish gents.

[robmedina]

I will post the pics in fishing reports.

[robmedina]

Pics from yesterday's battle royale with them fat blue fish.

[J Barbosa]

Wow just wow. Started the day off at 7am in barney. The water was as flat as glass. I heard alot of hooting and hollaring while i was getting ready. My buddy Mikey was late so i went ahead. I paddled out towards the hollering and notice hundreds upon hundreds if tails sticking out of the water. I was in 6 feet of water so that made it even stranger. I realized pretty quickly they were blues and it was on fir 2 hours straight. I even got 4 of em on my flyrod. Was great fun.
Paddled around to stay on them but lost them once the wind picked up. Caught some more trolling and called it a day.
Snallest fish was 6 or 7 lbs buggest had ti go 12lbs.
I cant upload pics from my phone will do later.

Nice, to me nothing is more fun than an endless supply of big angry bluefish.

[J Barbosa]

NICE! If I could ask what is that black plug near the fishs mouth in the first pic? Thanks for sharing.

Its a Rapala X-Rap Saltwater size 14 pictured below on a much smaller fish from that day.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=19323&stc=1


Nice going guys. Really have to get a kayak one of these days. Seems like it's so much easier to find them that way.

Join the club! Its not easy, lots of hard work moving the thing around but it is definitely more effective than surf fishing most days/nights.

[J Barbosa]

3 bass to about 25lbs and 14 bluefish on Saturday. Best action came on bucktails w/pork rind.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7712/17160783677_6f311d691d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/s9rv7D)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7692/17180444198_f71a13dc80_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sbbgv9)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7670/17182032179_935c797000_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sbjpy8)
I really like this picture:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7687/16745731834_5fd6365744_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rvLfEo)

[stripercrazy]

Very cool pic of that bass coming in. Looks like you kayak guys are doing pretty well with the bass and blues.

[J Barbosa]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7687/16745731834_5fd6365744_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rvLfEo)

[basshunter]

Jesus those are some nice striper. Way to go!

[strikezone31]

Don't know if you fellas know iplayfair he is a pretty good kayaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8LLy8OJnwI

[blitzhunter]

Nice!!!!!!!

[Monty]

Awesome pics JB

[hookedonbass]

X2 I like that underwater striped bass pic.

[J Barbosa]

The underwater fish is a bluefish.

[hookedonbass]

Sorry dude it looked like it had stripes. Nice fish anyway it looks cool.

[seamonkey]

Yeah I thought it was a bass too! Have never seen a bluefish that calm in the water. Cool pic and catch.

[DarkSkies]

His report 5-16-15
Report and pics courtesy of Chanan AKA thaistick......:HappyWave:
SUP with rigging in the first pic.

"Took my new Sup for a ride, winds picked up hard to manage so I went to a near by island and had some fun with scrappy schoolies."

[J Barbosa]

I just saw this....We probably missed the blues by now. Hey by the way you know those collapsible clothes hampers, they are made of mesh? I picked one up to use as a stripping basket when I stand and fly cast.

Rob,

Mario got himself a 12# fluke last week from the yak!

[surferman]

A 12 lb fluke on the fly. How the heck do you do that? Details please!

[J Barbosa]

A 12 lb fluke on the fly. How the heck do you do that? Details please!

This kind of fly had 1.5oz of lead attached to it....bucktail

I believe he hired Elias the kayak guide....I am sure Dark will post the whole story when he gets away from his arm chair cell phone!

[DarkSkies]

I don't think he used a fly to get that fluke, people.
Believe it was bucktail and gulp.....though I could be wrong.....


Pics and report courtesy of Eli....:HappyWave:



"Had Mario and his friends out from Jersey with me. Fluke bite wasn't totally lock and but I guided him to his first DD fluke. We weighed the fish in at Bernie's and it ran 11.14lbs. Congrats on the fish of a lifetime and from a kayak. Not a whole lot of guys in that category Mario. Didn't go soft on the fluke myself, I bucktailed up a 28" fluke with the guys too."

[DarkSkies]

Here's another video where he was doing well on fluke in NY Bight area....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=181&v=fPQGS6KQII0

[cowherder]

Wow nice fluke! Way to go.

[plugginpete]

I don't think he used a fly to get that fluke, people.
Believe it was bucktail and gulp.....though I could be wrong.....


Pics and report courtesy of Eli....:HappyWave:



"Had Mario and his friends out from Jersey with me. Fluke bite wasn't totally lock and but I guided him to his first DD fluke. We weighed the fish in at Bernie's and it ran 11.14lbs. Congrats on the fish of a lifetime and from a kayak. Not a whole lot of guys in that category Mario. Didn't go soft on the fluke myself, I bucktailed up a 28" fluke with the guys too."

Wow that is a monster nice job!

[plugginpete]

Check this out he caught and released it a 40lb cow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljnpWGoay6w

[robmedina]

fished moco ocean side from the yak- nada for me- had my eels chomped by small blues but no hook ups. Albies were being caught by other yakkers on small metal. Fished sun up till noon. bait slingers from land were hauling in skates from what I could see.

[baitstealer]

Thats pretty cool that you were out among the albies. About how far off were they? In your opinion wouid you say we have a lot of chances of catching them from the surf in nj? It is mid october already and I haven't read of many being caught that way.

[robmedina]

Thats pretty cool that you were out among the albies. About how far off were they? In your opinion wouid you say we have a lot of chances of catching them from the surf in nj? It is mid october already and I haven't read of many being caught that way. The albies were about 1/4 mile out and spread out to a few miles off shore. I can't say if they will come close enough to shore or not as I don't personally know. One yakker said he had been catching the albies for weeks now. I have never been out there with albies so I don't know their normal behavior but they were so spread out- there would be a few splashes and then nothing. Look 50 yards away and a few splashes 200 yards away a few splashes- then nothing in site for a while than an occasional splash. In that environment Luck was needed.

[baitstealer]

Thanks man. Should be a real thrill to get one on a kayak. good luck in the future and tight lines!

[J Barbosa]

Got the yak out on Saturday and finished with 17 December Death Rat bass and 2 good sized bluefish. Would have had much more if I wasn't surrounded by boaters who ran over the schools of fish so often.

Got out for some blackfish yesterday. Ended up with 3 keepers to finish off a slow day. Did read large schools of Mackerel on the fish finder.


I like the interesting bait mix we have this fall.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/763/23290826890_5a2967955e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Bu8zoS)

[VSdreams]

Got the yak out on Saturday and finished with 17 December Death Rat bass and 2 good sized bluefish. Would have had much more if I wasn't surrounded by boaters who ran over the schools of fish so often.

Got out for some blackfish yesterday. Ended up with 3 keepers to finish off a slow day. Did read large schools of Mackerel on the fish finder.


I like the interesting bait mix we have this fall.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/763/23290826890_5a2967955e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Bu8zoS)

Nice. How big were the bluefish? I didn't see any caught where I ended up at the end of the day. All bass. but all mostly 24" or smaller as well.

[fishinmission78]

Guess sometimes it does pay to have a yak, congrats.

[7deadlyplugs]

Love this guy and his reports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM8JYcxWmLI