Kayak Fishing for Lingcod in Great White Country | West Coast | Field Trips with Robert Field

In this episode of Field Trips: West Coast, I've made it north to Central California to meet up with John Kenny in Morro Bay, CA. Our target: my first lingcod from the kayak. Watch as I knock off a few bonus species on my way to my first ling. The biggest one gets a little payback, too...
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Kayak Fishing for Lingcod in Great White Country | West Coast | Field Trips with Robert Field
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[@yallhearsumn6398]

You deserve a tv show or something man for self production and all this seems really high quality content and really enjoyable

[@YakFishField]

Thanks man!

[@mikeduda1505]

As a new kayak fisherman, your videos rock and I learn so much from you. Please keep them coming and thank you.

[@YakFishField]

Glad you’re enjoying em Mike! I’ll keep em comin.

[@patrickconnors8403]

"Very reassuring..." That made me grin, I would be doing the swivel thing, lol.

[@YakFishField]

+Patrick Connors haha I was nervous man

[@CVM222VOLT]

Well filmed and edited kayak fishing videos from an experienced angler that seems to love fishing .... this is the best you could ask for. Thanks for your efforts in bringing these to us.

[@YakFishField]

Thanks so much Craig

[@GregBlanchardFishing]

Great to see you uploading again man! Love you content!

[@YakFishField]

+Greg Blanchard thanks dude! We're overdue for a video shoot together man.

[@sstig13]

Greg Blanchard Both of you guys make some great videos!

[@parkersmith2471]

These videos just keep getting better I love them so much, thank you for making these videos

[@YakFishField]

+Parker Smith thanks Parker!! Glad you're enjoying em

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

VERY nice video and fish! Thanks for the video keep it up. I MISS MY KAYAK FISHING DAYS ON THE central coast of California off Big Sur. Those were great adventures. Some of my best days fishing ever for sure!

[@crankybaitfishing5695]

Awesome video again. You realy know how make a great vid. Love your work cant wait for your next one. Fish on and Tight lines

[@YakFishField]

+CrankyBait Fishing thanks man! Glad you're enjoying em

[@franroslinlmft699]

CrankyBait Fishing I

[@marlonprieto7918]

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[@andrewsnyder179]

As always great post, keep em coming, awesome footage!

[@YakFishField]

+Andrew Snyder thanks Andrew!

[@hx2004]

Very nice catch and yes lings and rockfish are among my favorites

[@YakFishField]

They’re some of my favorites now too!

[@redwood1957]

nice video that boat is great for that calm water thank you

[@reelepicadventures8527]

Great video Rob, love how the quality of the video is always good

[@YakFishField]

+callum millar thanks for following the series Callum!

[@JeffGz]

Robert: That is what I came out here to North Carolina for! King Cod: Boi *Slap*

[@YakFishField]

+Jeff Gonzalez nice! Lots of nice fish there

[@Spartan117TCF]

Another cracking video Rob. I could watch these all day. Keep up the great work. Oh, and thanks for you trailer rig video. Gave me some good ideas for a future project. Cheers.

[@YakFishField]

+Spartan117TCF thanks for following along brother and glad the trailer video was helpful

[@sandrazonou1934]

Fantastic video !! again and again !!!! so jealous !!

[@YakFishField]

+Giorgio Nouche thank you Giorgio!

[@pffear]

Back in the 50's and 60's my Dad would catch 20 to 30 lbs Lingcod off the rocks just north of San Francisco..... I've taken several in the 20 lbs range, spearfishing off Cannery Roe in Monterey.

[@Hook2Cook]

12:50 that slap montage was epic! Love it

[@Jacob-lw8km]

Awesome video Robert, in a very interesting location as well. Keep it up man, I'm loving this series!

[@YakFishField]

+The musky guys thanks again for sticking with me through the series bro!

[@bobbyjoe7426]

Thanks for not giving the spot away. My back yard. Nice ling!

[@calkidsbradley40]

Loved this video. There was a Morro Captain who in the 90`s ran light tackle / artificial bait only charters out of San Simeon. Great area to fish , no matter what type of craft you are in. Thanks for sharing & bringing me back.

[@YakFishField]

It’s a killer area! I will definitely be back.

[@jamesqueen115]

As usual with you great video. I can't wait till your next one. I definitely envy you.

[@YakFishField]

+James Queen thanks James, glad you're enjoying

[@gonzales929]

I love Morro bay. And your videos are awesome bro keep them up.

[@YakFishField]

+JohnnyTheWellnessCoach I love it now too! Really cool place to explore... the fish were just a bonus. Thanks man!

[@Slowrolling92]

Another great video brother. I love fishing out that Cove it's always good for the most part

[@YakFishField]

+Cody B killer spot for sure, thanks Cody

[@abdullahahmad1480]

amazing video as usual ! loved the ending "out-tro"

[@YakFishField]

+Abdullah Boftain thanks for following along with the series and commenting Abdullah! I know I've seen ya here before. You rock

[@lojofishing]

bro you have caught so many fish that I've never even heard of. Makes me jealous af

[@YakFishField]

+lojo.fishing chasing new species I'm unfamiliar with is my favorite thing to do. I love the challenge and the reward when you get one!

[@Geralt_of-Rivia]

@@YakFishField The ocean houses endless species, it's insane. Ocean fishing is king.

[@eddyaruda486]

Looks like the perfect day! Congrats on your first keeper lingcod! Tasty!

[@YakFishField]

SO good! Thanks Eddy!

[@daviddoerr749]

Sand dabs/little flounder are like lingcod candy. Keep them live and drop em down!

[@YakFishField]

So I’ve been told. Now I know for next time!

[@timliddle4677]

Great vid. and you got Fitch slapped! priceless.

[@YakFishField]

Hahaha yes I did

[@lexaket]

Cool. Always on the top. I love your videos man.

[@YakFishField]

+lexaket thanks bro!

[@RodneyMarquezFishingChannel]

yet again, awesome video man

[@YakFishField]

Thanks Rodney!

[@bullfrogger1208]

I saw a Great White eat a seal 10 feet from the boat north of where you are above santa Cruz . Head on a swivel won't help . I will come from straight underneath with no warning . But all hell will break loose once it does . Then 2 bites later and the gulls come in for the scraps . Minute later , no sign anything ever happened . Just awesome .

[@YakFishField]

Yeahhhh, hopefully I never experience that first-hand, haha

[@xicoyo]

That Ling Cod tail fin face slap was EPIC!! lol

[@YakFishField]

Hahaha he got me

[@jenariojacobo706]

Content worthy of any and all streaming Awards out there that exist 👍🏼

[@Fac3p1ant]

Nice to see you in my backyard. I hope you're enjoying your trip.

[@YakFishField]

+Raymond Charland it's an incredible place Raymond!

[@FTW1374]

Another great video Robert, fishing Morro Bay was waaay cool but the Lingcod slap to the face 👋🏻 was a true highlight. 😂😂😂JK, Bro love that you show all of the less than perfect stuff that goes with fishing as well. Keeping it real is the really interesting stuff.

[@brianriley9426]

At 11:53 looks like you had a school of tuna breaching behind you. Cool addition!

[@YakFishField]

That was a few sea lions

[@stretch4638]

Great video man!

[@davej6838]

You're doing an awesome job with the filming and the edits! Keep it up, I'm watching ever episode!

[@YakFishField]

+Missouri Fishing thanks for following along with the series

[@thomaswassermann4638]

great video once again! thumbs up

[@YakFishField]

+Thomas Wassermann thanks Thomas!

[@TheFishingDoctorsAdventures]

I love it! When that lingcod slapped you that was a great shot! You're making me want to get back on the salt with the kayak.

[@YakFishField]

+The Fishing Doctors Adventures haha he got a little payback!

[@bryanmccuan752]

Love your videos man

[@YakFishField]

+Bryan McCuan thanks Bryan!

[@patrickconnors8403]

Great finish!

[@YakFishField]

+Patrick Connors thanks Patrick!

[@alexianorman-alarie3228]

I am from the west cost of B.C and can't wait for Ling cod season!

[@YakFishField]

They're a ton of fun and so tasty!

[@swu1413]

SLO!! my old trumping ground... as Cal Poly grad, I have to get back to there and try some kayak fishing. Lingcod is very good eating. Nice video.

[@YakFishField]

Really cool area

[@chrisreumont]

Great video, I noticed you took a couple extra revenge wacks on that fish. Too funny.

[@YakFishField]

+chris reumont hahaha I owed him one

[@jcm5343]

Awesome vids! Can't wait till see the sturgeon episode.

[@YakFishField]

+James Mi thanks James! Sturgeon is episode 9!

[@jcm5343]

Robert Field okay! I'm ready for it. The lingcod tail slap is epic :)

[@pinstash]

Recently came across your channel and love your videos, keep living the dream for the rest of us who can't

[@gonzales929]

Some nice looking fish.

[@brandonkirk103]

That old town canoe looks like a really nice kayak. Can't wait for rod and reels.

[@YakFishField]

+BlueWater FishHunter it's pretty sweet!

[@buildingcodepro9237]

Just caught my first kayak ling last week. I did parmesan encrusted with herbs... sublime!

[@yangjianhunt]

better than television! awesome camera work, editing and everything!

[@YakFishField]

+Jan young thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it

[@Quint1975]

fish tail slap made me proper lol - nice catch and nice vid.

[@YakFishField]

Haha got emmmm

[@joeyguillen5847]

12:56 lmao! made the whole video! awesome fishing brother love watching your content!

[@joeyguillen5847]

john kenny seems really cool as well!

[@YakFishField]

+Joey Guillen hahaha yeah dude he made me pay for it. And John is a rad dude

[@TheMass33]

I’ve seen some big ass Great Whites in that bay. Your nuts!

[@bleezieee]

Good to see my local waters getting love. Ggs

[@YakFishField]

Awesome area!

[@bassslayer761]

Dang nice vid once again!!!!!! I'm bchung on fishbrain btw I stayed up all night watching your amazing vids favorite fishing YT now!

[@YakFishField]

+Bass Slayer thanks man! Glad you're digging the series! I'll follow ya.

[@Animallover-zj6hr]

This is good to see

[@YakFishField]

+Laly Hall glad you liked it!

[@quinndoyle4261]

Those fish are so cool btw awesome vid

[@YakFishField]

+Quinn Doyle yes they are. Thanks Quinn!

[@hellyeah1928]

Badass vid!!!

[@YakFishField]

+CBHOOKUP thanks man!

[@danieldimas6160]

Catches a sand dab and proceeds to throw back the best bait for lings. Lol...smh

[@YakFishField]

Didn’t know man, first time out there.

[@lesterludtke227]

Robert they also taste delicous breaded and pan fried

[@Ken-wv2wg]

Another awesome video. Amazing what you do from those kayaks. FYI a couple years ago the large Yellow fin tuna were in range right outside Dana Point. (Strong El Niño) I hope those conditions happen again and you're in the area.

[@YakFishField]

+Ken Roesner oh man that would be awesome. I've caught yellowfin from the kayaks in my Kayak Fishing Panama series

[@MrGG-rz3he]

I live in Morro Bay. Worked for Virg's sportfishing for years. Love it out here but it's definitely falling off even with conservation efforts. It's Gopher city in most spots. Fish 5 was what we call a blue bass. Idk if you got a "Johnny Bass" but they have a good fight for their size. Fish 6 was definitely a Sand dab. A good Halibut spot is the water inlet next to the rock for PG&E. Deeper waters will be more rock halibut and they love biting on chrome. Excellent call on the squid. Squid on purples or tigers have good results. Glad to see you had a good time. Really like the channel!

[@tyvassalli3821]

Great vid!👊

[@YakFishField]

+Ty Vassalli thanks Ty!

[@ryanbernard6550]

squid tipped swim baits are crazy effective for rockfish, lingcod, and bass! keep it up!

[@YakFishField]

Stumbled upon a solid technique it seems! Thanks Ryan

[@elic.2443]

But I'm glad to see you did finally catch a lingcod!

[@YakFishField]

Yessir!

[@RobertJones-ql4oj]

Awesome video, decent sized lingcod too!

[@YakFishField]

+Robert Jones not too bad eh?? Such cool fish

[@brownwaterz1]

Nice to see the reply back cool

[@YakFishField]

I reply to every comment bro! Thanks for taking the time to watch and say hey

[@ethanbrownspearfishing8171]

You lucked out with the conditions there mate, where I am its flat like that once in a blue moon. Great videos mate, cheers.

[@YakFishField]

+Ethan Brown Spearfishing their too, they said it's rarely that calm

[@ShaglusZ]

that's one of our favorite beaches...

[@lancelewandowski2667]

Awesome trip, fish went out fighting lol.

[@YakFishField]

+Lance Lewandowski haha yeah he made me pay for it

[@rcagle123]

Dang Robert you Fiatch slapped lol. Looks like a lot fun. Great whites would definitely make me nervous.

[@YakFishField]

+rcagle123 hahah yeah she got me good

[@johngentile8048]

That LingSlap was hilarious

[@YakFishField]

+John Gentile hahaha yeah dude he got me back pretty good

[@connorbyrne7568]

That fish slapped you pretty hard 😂

[@nickserrano8428]

I wanna catch a lingcod, I love how their fillet is blue at first and as you cook it, the color goes away.

[@TheActiontkr]

I used to Scuba dive Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz CA, there are GW there. Morro Bay is chalk full of them, you were nothing but a lucky buzz bait. Scary dude!

[@YakFishField]

+TheActiontkr i know it man, that's why I kept talking about it. Don't think I was lucky though... pretty sure I have a better shot of getting struck by lightning than attacked by a white shark. Still nerveracking though

[@FishingTheOdds]

Great video man I gotta get out there and catch some lingcod! Tight lines

[@YakFishField]

They’re so much fun man. And delicious!

[@Djprecarious]

awesome video those look like the quill back rockcod i catch up here in west coast canada!

[@YakFishField]

Never heard of those. I’ll add em to the list!

[@adolfo206]

that ling sure smacked the nervous out of you robert...great video man

[@YakFishField]

+Adolfo hahaha yeah he got me pretty good

[@adolfo206]

yeah stay safe robert and keep the videos coming

[@sedatklnc9858]

i watch all videos ,all enjoyable hunting . I want to thank you Hi from Turkey :)

[@YakFishField]

+Internet Explorer thank you for watching!

[@Mikejolly2807]

CAnt wait to get back into fishing again

[@YakFishField]

+Michael Jolly do it man!

[@scottehrlich6653]

Thank you !!!! Another great episode brother! Sand dabs are the crappie out there. Many restaurants serve them. (Need more than one) lol. He made ceviche? You were in good company bro. Glad you didn't meet the landlords. Over.

[@YakFishField]

+Scott Ehrlich yeah man I didn't even know it was on haha. Thursday's VLOG episode is us cooking those fish up!

[@mrbabysitter11]

In WA we use swimbaits that are like 10inchs long, lingcod aren’t a smell feeder really only sight. Stops a lot of the smaller rock fish from hitting it. And we do big jigging motions

[@YakFishField]

Good info!

[@froggleggers1805]

That Vermilion Rockfish was at least 15-20 years old, I used to work for NMFS as an observer on the west coast and up in Alaska. They have a very slow growth rate.

[@YakFishField]

+froggleggers wow man that's really interesting, I never would've guessed that. She did not go to waste, we turned her into ceviche in tomorrow's VLOG episode

[@Katya_Lastochka]

I gave a like as a thank you for the enjoyable videos.

[@YakFishField]

Thanks!

[@lanedoane8672]

That blue rockfish looked like a smallmouth bass in fresh water

[@davehaag8175]

That fog looked like the movie and show the mist

[@YakFishField]

Totally. Luckily no creatures from another dimension.

[@killhimplayz]

I've been watching u since the the bad river in texas the devil river or bend I am not sure but I miss your amazing content keep up the good work

[@YakFishField]

+killhim7684 playz thanks man! New fishing episodes every Tuesday

[@robertpurdon2907]

Hey! You’re at my spot! My buddy had a shark circle his kayak out there haha. Nice work!

[@YakFishField]

Lots of sharks out there. I didn’t have any encounters luckily

[@Krosys1]

Nice Lingcod slap LOL

[@alexmarket2225]

I love your videos

[@YakFishField]

+alex Market thanks Alex!

[@INGNS1]

Great video man

[@YakFishField]

+Ingenious Creation thanks dude!

[@climb.grimey]

Spooners Cove!!! Been there many times :)

[@YakFishField]

Very cool place. Nobody spooned me though.

[@4stringmanagmaildcom]

We had Ling Cod fish and chips tonight. Caught last May and vacuum bagged. Our season in WA is only 6 weeks and starts May 1st. Live Sand Dabs make fantastic bait for Lings. I would bonk fish ASAP and bleed all fish as soon as possible. It's better for them and the quality of the meat.

[@YakFishField]

Thanks for the tips Mike

[@danecallahan9938]

Awesome

[@djayj1220]

Thanks for sharing. I love fishing Spoon's. Rarely that flat, you scored a beautiful day! Looks like Leff is on deck in the next episode, hope you scored. Are you doing the Slamdown next weekend?

[@YakFishField]

+DJay J yeah man I really luck out with the conditions. No I won't be at the slamdown, I've already moved on from that area. This isn't live... it takes time to edit these videos

[@vikings4l1fe]

Where are the other 60K people!!?? This one is my favorite! probably cause the fish slapped you. But you got the last laugh at dinner.

[@YakFishField]

+vikings4l1fe hahaha yeah he got me good, but we cook him up in tomorrow's VLOG episode

[@jefbrewer]

Great video, bro! Let me know the next time your up in Northern California! We can hit the salt one day and chase bass on Clear Lake the next!

[@YakFishField]

+Jef Brewer sounds awesome dude, totally down for that

[@lukeg6509]

Nice vid great editing 👍🏻

[@YakFishField]

+Luke Gechijian thanks Luke!

[@idahomike100]

One if my top 3 fish to eat.

[@willwailes9298]

Spooner's Cove is cool. I don't have a kayak though, so it's not AS cool. There's some huge perch though. I'm excited. Should be headed that way next week. Gonna sift through the kelp to see if there's calicos close to shore.

[@YakFishField]

It’s such a cool area!