On Sunday my buddy Emerson and I kayaked from Mission Point Park out past the OB Pier looking for bonito, but we didn't have any luck. We ran into Kam Walsh on the way out, but I didn't realize it was him until Emerson mentioned it later. Hey Kam, want to chime in with how you did?
I installed my fish finder the night before and was happy that it worked without issues. The Trident has a recess on the bottom to protect the transducer and a removable (and replaceable) plate on top that you can drill holes into to do the mount. The old 5Ah battery I had wasn't holding a charge, so I replaced it with a new 8Ah one.
We trolled lures mostly and stopped to jig irons if I saw deeper fish on the screen. All we caught though were a few mackerel. We paddled closer to shore south of the pier and watched a small pod of dolphins playing.
On the way back I stopped to reel in my lines and check my lures for weeds. About 10 ft from the boat I had a calico come up and grab my Xrap 15. That was our one non-bait fish of the day.
Here's the screenshot from my Garmin app.
miles: 6.40
hours: 3:38