Spring Fever
setting in…
Had to take the Kayak out given the weather conditions. With the Homer King derby just a few weeks away, drove down to Homer to put a few hours on the kayak. I tried from the Ferry dock all the way out to the Green Can with very little results. In fact I was very surprised to see my sonar didn’t light up with something under the birds. The outfall was definitely kicking “seafood waste” out but nothing. I even slowed down trolling right where the birds were and nothing. There was even someone fishing from shore and I didn’t see him hook up to anything.
So the Spit out to the green can was a bust. Nothing on the sonar which leads to zero confidence. So I plan to review my strategy for the winter king derby. I may just bite the bullet and waste several precious hours getting over and back from the China Poot/Sadie Cove area of the Bay.
Three weeks is a long time for things to change. If I can hit the area one more time in a week or two, I will see about the bait in the area. But I think now the strategy is to get up earlier & start the crossing as soon as I think it’s safe. If I can start fishing at 9am, I am good with fishing till 3 pm and taking 3 hours to cover 3 to 4 miles plus the drive to the weigh in.
I will say that March 2 is the EARLIEST I have ever fished from a vessel in Alaska. I love these kayaks!!!!
Had to take the Kayak out given the weather conditions. With the Homer King derby just a few weeks away, drove down to Homer to put a few hours on the kayak. I tried from the Ferry dock all the way out to the Green Can with very little results. In fact I was very surprised to see my sonar didn’t light up with something under the birds. The outfall was definitely kicking “seafood waste” out but nothing. I even slowed down trolling right where the birds were and nothing. There was even someone fishing from shore and I didn’t see him hook up to anything.
So the Spit out to the green can was a bust. Nothing on the sonar which leads to zero confidence. So I plan to review my strategy for the winter king derby. I may just bite the bullet and waste several precious hours getting over and back from the China Poot/Sadie Cove area of the Bay.
Three weeks is a long time for things to change. If I can hit the area one more time in a week or two, I will see about the bait in the area. But I think now the strategy is to get up earlier & start the crossing as soon as I think it’s safe. If I can start fishing at 9am, I am good with fishing till 3 pm and taking 3 hours to cover 3 to 4 miles plus the drive to the weigh in.
I will say that March 2 is the EARLIEST I have ever fished from a vessel in Alaska. I love these kayaks!!!!
