Solana Beach kelp beds (what happened to them?)

[ccacher1]

Paddled out from dog beach by the horse track inlet yesterday morning like I've been doing every summer. Funny thing is I never found the kelp beds just to the north like I used to... Was super bummer because I was planning on doing some calico fishing. Ended up catching some macs and flying lining one. Hooked a thresher shark for about 45 min on my medium heavy teramar / daiwa lexa 300 bass rod. Managed to get the shark to the kayak once before it ran again and I called it. Anyways still bummed the kelp beds were missing...

[Dave Legacy]

The kelp will be back eventually and it'll probably bounce back quickly when the water cools to a constant temp it likes.

[FullFlavorPike]

Water's waaaaay to warm and the kelp dies.

It could be gone for years, but I hope not. Past el nino events have wiped out certain forests for extended intervals. The biggest worry is that the warmer water will allow invasive sargassum to gain substantial territory, making it hard for the kelp holdfasts to anchor to the existing rocks.

[taggermike]

Warm water is not good for our giant kelp. We also had some big storms n swells this winter that tore the weakend kelp out. The small kelp beds in north county seem more suceptable because they are shallower than LA Jolla or Point loma. The little kelp beds of Terramar, Tamarack Ave, and the army/navy academy were gone for years.

Even when the kelp isn't visible at the surface there's usually still some deeper. You can see it on a FF. I haven't seen kelp on the surface in LJ this year but the yellow tail sure know how to find some to tangle in. The structure the kelp was on is still there and will hold fish even w/o kelp.
Mike

[YakDout]

I try to be optimistic. Think about all the school bus kelp paddies offshore...

[HobieOneCanoebe]

I'm going out of solona tomorrow early I can show you where the kelp is I marked it on my gps, got limits of barracuda and a croaker last week and was only out for an hour. The kelp is about a mile out and north, almost in front of fletcher cove, it's a good size kelp forest still stringers all over and some nice lanes to cast in.

[FullFlavorPike]

Originally Posted by HobieOneCanoebe

I'm going out of solona tomorrow early I can show you where the kelp is I marked it on my gps, got limits of barracuda and a croaker last week and was only out for an hour. The kelp is about a mile out and north, almost in front of fletcher cove, it's a good size kelp forest still stringers all over and some nice lanes to cast in.

You find enough surface kelp to attach a yak to with a kelp clip?

[YakDout]

Where are you guys launching for this? Someone mentioned launching through an inlet? The one in cardiff.


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[ccacher1]

I usually launch from the dog beach inlet by the horse track. Flipped pretty bad coming in last weekend though, haha.

Originally Posted by YakDout

Where are you guys launching for this? Someone mentioned launching through an inlet? The one in cardiff.


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[Dirty Curti]

I was out last week in Carlsbad in front of the PP. I saw only 1 stringer of kelp. Lots of red crab though. No fish!

[HobieOneCanoebe]

32°59'59.3"N 117°16'41.7"W Here's one of my launch spots it has a really good channel I would be willing to teach anyone how to time it I have been surfing this spot for years....Let me know if anyone hooks up!

[HobieOneCanoebe]

Fullflavorpike yes definitely enough to get a kelp clip on out there