Yak Report

It was windy and snotty with light misting rain on and off. I launched a little before 5am, made bait easy, all spanish.

Breaking wind chop was a constant companion, but not much swell. Barracuda were crashing bait on the inside, i saw a yakker get one on a Kroc. In my 12 trips over the past couple months I have never metered so much bait, it was thick.

I trolled one on the fly-line and one with a 1/2 oz slider, 1/0 owner ringed fly-liner hooks and 20 pound and 30 pound seagar leaders. Nice small Spanish, I kept dropping on bait balls to check for greenies, none.

I met Johnny Ceviche on the outside, and thought, great this must be the right spot!

Sure enough my 1/2 oz slider mack gets nailed and starts pulling line lickety-split. Definetely the "right kind."

I was pretty far from the kelp, and already had my drift-chute in the water when it happened, so I was sitting pretty happy. I let my squidder and rod do the work and was already getting the deck tidy and thinking about the gaff when I felt the hated "kelped" feeling.

Sigh...

I could feel the fish thrumming and the kelp chattering on the line, I just slowly pumped my way in to the fish , bringing the yak of course.

After just a few minutes of this the line broke on the fishes side, nothing I could do, I had only mild pressure on him.

Just like the last time, only it was 20 pound seagar instead of thirty. I don't think it is the leaders' fault, just crafty fish.

I wondered how he kelped me way off the kelp, till I noticed *one* big clump 50 yards or more off the rest...that's where he took me.

If the bite wasn't so tough lately I would go to 60 pound line and quit screwing around...

At least I got to pull on something, most didn't today.


Quietman
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