Boatless Fishing Forum, Reports, Info

Got to the pier at 04:30 and found Justin already in the water out catching bait near the end of the pier.... I unloaded the Yak and prepared it for battle.... got in the water and slipped over to a down bucket that I had loaded up with 5 Doz. or so Pilchards the afternoon before.... only problem was somebody decided they needed some baits and Lifted around 2 doz or so....at least they left me some.... at grey light we headed out and found that we were battling a very strong North current in addition to a 5 mile an hour SE wind.

Nothing like a good work out first thing in the morning.... I stopped around 3/4 of a mile out and slipped the anchor over while Justin did some slow trolling in the area looking for a good spot. I popped two small Strawberry Grouper right away... ( BTW what is the possession/ size limit on Strawberries?) and tossed them back.... Had a big blowup on the balloon bait but he missed the hooks.



Justen hollered to come over where he was.... He had located a good size rock pile about a mile offshore. where we set up for the rest of the morning. He got a nice King and a Cero, I picked up a Cero and some Snapper and other bottom fish keeping a good size Grover for dinner.




Justin was out of bait by Noon and headed in to clean his fish.... I decided to hang out some more but in a hour or so a good size storm came in and I made a bee line for the sand ( I do not mind the rain but that fire gets me squirming every time )

All in all a pleasant and productive day on the water.

Till next time,

Great report!

No size limit on the rock hind family of groupers ie Coneys, strawberries, but they count towards your limit overall. Usuaally pretty wormy so I seldom keep them after throwing a few back after finding worms when cleaning them.

Nice job Rick, I heard you got a snook at the pier the other day congratulations.

Nice report.

Great Stuff rick ! That current is a bear to paddle in, but sure does fire up the bite !

Nice work !

have you ever tried cobia in the kayak?

yakfish100 wrote:have you ever tried cobia in the kayak?

Haven't seen one from the Yak...Yet....but you can count on if I do I will toss something at it...

Xpierrat wrote:

yakfish100 wrote:have you ever tried cobia in the kayak?

Haven't seen one from the Yak...Yet....but you can count on if I do I will toss something at it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDyQrck25d4

here is why i got curious, because this is a big cobia in this video

The only thing that makes a trip complete....

A simple dish of fresh Cero with Old Bay and rice



Priceless

Your yak needs a 250 4stroke attached to the back.

LOL when that wind and current get up and you are on the wrong side of it ....I wish for something on the back...

Do they have any places where you can rent a kayak and go out with a group of people or anything as such. Like kind of like a charter crew, but with people in Kayaks lol. I was suppose to go kayaking with some dude that worked at the bank, but then I got fired. I can tell him thanks for the fins though lol. Anybody knows???????

Atlantic Coast Kayak company has trips fishing and sightseeing. If you give them your e-mail they'll notify you of all the trips with a newsletter. They're in Ft Lauderdale.

Thanks