Does any one fish the jetty in sd bay i have a few ?s
 

So i was wondering how far it is to paddle a kayak out there to fish and is it worth it or should i just fish shelter island and bait barge area area?

u can get your distances by marking your gps coordinates or u can plot with paper charts.

Shelter Island is a great place, but it is a long paddle out to the break, sometimes very fishy I have caught some quality buts in there, but the water temp should come up a bit for the good stuff. You just have to remeber you are in a heavily patrolled naval area and the gun ship will chase you out of any unauthorized areas which are clearly marked, the traffic does get pretty heavy out there so be aware of your surroundings
but it does hold some good ones

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Good place bit of a paddle watch the tides so you are not coming back on an out going

Yea i was thinking off hitting it on a week day for the boat traffic and time the tides right to make it for an easyer paddle.

I can tell you for a fact that the total paddle to and from are going to be about 6 miles total. If you paddle from S.I. like I did on my B-day it will take about an hour to pick up bait at the Bait barge and then to paddle the rest of the way to the jetty, maybe a little longer but still it's worth the paddle. If you chart it to when the tide is going out and then when the tide is coming in it will make the paddling not so difficult. I wish I would have fished the jetty more when I was there but I chose to head back early. It's a good paddle but could be very fun with Calicos, Sandies, Halibut, and many other fun types.

as I post this,
Shelter Island is a callin me, schedule permits me to take a trip down there on March 5th and 6th...weather permitting of course...anyone game...:reel::D

I might be able to join you on that trip, keep me posted.

totally Jimmy...this is how all my trips start, I have to plan so far ahead...
I will keep you posted...brett:reel:

Im game to join you to mtnbykr2 and jimmy nxt time you hit the jetty let me know id like to tag along.

ok that date is penciled, can't wait....b

I'll mark my calendar also. Now do you want to fish near S.I. or take all that time paddling to the jetty? In March the Halibut should be starting to really go on the chew and I know some spots close to S.I. that we can try. Let me know what you want to do and we'll plan for that.

I have only launched from the shore across the street from the hotels there, thats where wifey likes to stay cause it is so close, we usually get out there on saturday and fish sunday, or we could do the afternoon bite on saturday, it's about 2-2.5 hour drive for me so we make a overnighter out of that trip.
I am open for any ideas...

Hey Bret, are you seeing other men? You told me I was the only one. It is over! I hope that they give you what you want!

:mad:

no Matt, not seeing others, just making the group larger, I figured if nobody saw the invite by the middle of the month I would start pm-ing you guys, I thought this would be advanced enough notice for the "honey-dos" to be done in a timely manner...:rolleyes:

LMFAO

I just booked the hotel in front of the launch for March 5 and 6. The wife and kids and I will arrive Saturday, do family activities. hehehe.... And i will get to fish all day SUNDAY!!! or afternoon Saturday....:you_rock:then on Monday I will eat hot breakfast buffet and leave home on my 2 hour drive to los angeles. :biggrinjester:

Whatever way it works out i get to fISH


Penciled in and ready to launch, i am working on my paddle burn.


My wife asked me if I am taking my mistress ( thats the name my wife named my yak) and I said o yeah.

Hey I don't want to be that other "Man" so if you all have something going I'll back out. :)

I looked at the tides for that weekend and on Sunday from about 3:30 A.M. till 9:40 the tide will be going to a high from 0.6 to 5.7. I was thinking for launching Sunday at 6 A.M. and fishing until about 2. We would be able to fish the end of the incoming tide and then the out going tide. Does that sound good for any of you?

sounds good to me, we are all set to go, the more the merrier... parking at the launch is free, but fills pretty fast after the am, I don't think we will have any trouble:reel:

I'll probably be at the launch by 5 so I can get the Yak down, and geared up to launch at 6. I like to get as much fishing time possible.

I will be there, for the 6 am tee time, I will be staying right across the street at Bay Club...we should have quite a few guys by then, I think there is about 6 or 7 that have expressed interest already...should be a good time :reel:

I'm looking forward to it.

Were are you guys thinking of launching at?

Shelter Island. The beach launch there.

k cool im in.

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Might shorten your paddle a bit to launch from the foot of Lawrence Street. Just keep heading down Rosecrans past the SI turnoff and make a left on Lawrence before you hit the sub base gate. Probably shave at least a few hundred yards off the trip.

yeah but the hotel is right across the street...:farmer:

I have to leave my wife mobile so i will be rolling my yak, from the hotel to the beach. If i have to paddle just a few hundred yards more, well i need the exercise.

yeah, he only paddled to Hawaii and back last time out....:paddleersmilie:

I think illegal beach is a better launch point if heading towards the jetty. Parking sucks unless you can land the Port of San Diego's curb at the entrance located at Lawrence Street / San Antonio Avenue. Everywhere else in at least a 5 block radius has free parking but limited to 2 hours.

I'm not sure of the others but I'm not planning to paddle to the jetty. I may paddle to the bait barge for some live bait and then work some of my Halibut holes from there back towards S.I. area. Starting at about 10 A.M. the current should be going out and paddling against that coming back will for sure be a workout.