Weekend Yak Report March 30- April 1

Weather was pretty good Friday and Saturday, launched out of Cholla Bay and fished the pelican point area. The Mackerel were running bait out past the point a ways and got into some good light tackle action. Had a few bottom hits, something big that slammed my bottom setup while it was in the rod holder, grabbed the rod but the fish had already rocked up. Apparently that's why you dont keep the rod in the rod holder when it's down on the bottom. Caught a little CAR Pinto which was cool. Few BUTS were caught just west of JJ's from the beach by someone in my party during the day on Saturday. All in all, no keepers but it was a good weekend for weather and fishing in beautiful RP. As always #chollabay4life

You need to put a 5hp motor on the back of that.

Nice pix!
What bait did you have on your bottom setup?

azfish said:

You need to put a 5hp motor on the back of that.

My arms are all the horse power I need.

jmcdtucson said:

Nice pix!
What bait did you have on your bottom setup?

Cut greenback macks

Sounds like a fun time on the water, thanks for the report.

Glad to hear you let that little Pinto swim away... give him 3 more years and he'll be one of the ones rocking up your bottom rig... :)

I am jonesin to get down there one more time before it gets really steamy - maybe week after next.

Wahoo said:

looks like fun times; what s up with the sun face guard?

I dont like to use sunblock.

how did the new yak workout for you?

ckyevanjay said:

how did the new yak workout for you?

It worked really really well!! I just installed a 24" dry hatch in the bow of the boat. It opens up the hull of the boat for dry storage which is critical so you dont lose anything in the event of a capsize. Ive purchased just about everything for the live bait tank, just need to put everything together. 5 gallon bait tank with a 360gph bilge pump running off of a 6v gel cell battery. Wanted to have the fish finder mounted and ready for the next trip but it doesnt appear Im going to have it installed in time.

ckyevanjay said:

how did the new yak workout for you?

New 5 gallon bait tank running off of a 6v gel cell, powering a 360gph bilge pump. Two extra rod holders and my new front bow hatch. Only thing left is a fishfinder/gps...

I notice you don't have hydraulic steering... what's up with that?

It must be boring not having any steering cylinders to rebuild... :geek:

Joe, I'm looking forward to the post of you being towed around by that BIGFISH that will come your way.

Kenny said:

Joe, I'm looking forward to the post of you being towed around by that BIGFISH that will come your way.

Send me good vibes Kenny, its going down this weekend!! Doesnt need to be huge just something respectable. Ill let you know how things turned out.

On a side note, now I actually have to make bait. We'll see how that goes... any suggestions from the RP Pros? Sabiki?

Mexico Joe said:

Send me good vibes Kenny, its going down this weekend!! Doesnt need to be huge just something respectable. Ill let you know how things turned out.

Patience and perseverance, and positive vibes will do it, and visualize Joe, visualize.

Sabiki's are great, but you might want to shorten it up some because you're sitting down.

So being a newbie, what kind of live bait is best? When I get down there I'll have about 100 sabikis and just planned on throwing whatever I caught on a bigger hook and sending him to the depths.

kanvery said:

So being a newbie, what kind of live bait is best? When I get down there I'll have about 100 sabikis and just planned on throwing whatever I caught on a bigger hook and sending him to the depths.

Best live bait, greenback macks.

Joe, that paddle needs a upgrade!

jerry said:

Joe, that paddle needs a upgrade!

Lol yea I know Jerry, its the one weak spot on the yak. The one I want is all fiberglass and weighs about as much as my other member but it's $120!!!!!

Joe, I noticed you have four rods (I think) do you always bring four and in what configurations do you think is best? Do you guys catch ballyhoo at all as bait to use along with those greenmacs? I used to "chum" for ballyhoo with oats or crushed chips and catch them on bread balls. This was in Florida though.