Kayaking Off Shore Continued

Nice light on the sand

On the way back in a slipped into the kelp at the far edge.  It was barren at the spot, so I came back in after being in the water for only 4 min.  The 1st 300 yard from the beach was really clear, and I wanted to land the kayak and go back for lobster, but it was getting late and I had things to do.  Until next time, Diver Dan.

kayaking Off Shore Continued

View on the return

The sky wasn't dramatic but gorgeous

Would have loved to see this one with a real camera (all images on today's blog were taken with my 2.0 megapixel camera phone).

Off Shore Kayaking

Went out today to find the some "pelagic" action.  Pelagic are free swimming fish like white sea bass, bonito, or yellow tail.  I was planning on paddling out the far edge of the La Jolla Kelp, looking for bait fish from the Kayak, and then get slip in with the speargun to take a nice game fish.

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So I say these large congregations of birds on the distant horizon, and though it was getting late, I said to myself, "What if there are some pelagics driving the fish up that those birds are feeding on from the top.  They were pretty far away and I think I ended up about 3 miles off shore.

I never made it to the far congregation, but there was another closer and there was some action (not huge but the birds grabbed a few fish of the surface). I even saw bits of chewed up fish in the water, and my fishfinder showed larger fish mixed in with lots of little specks on the screen (bait fish I suppose).  I would have jumped in but there was no kelp on with to clip my kayak.  I was in about 130 feet of water according to the depth meter.