Huntington Beach oil derrick

[Brian]

Good day, I want to check out some fishing in the area. I'm thinking of paddling my Outback to the first oil derrick off Huntington. Is this an unwise decision? I'm aware of other nearby spots like PV and south of Newport Harbor, but I'd like to check out closer to home.

[JohnMckroidJr]

Welcome to the forum. Hopefully, someone on here can provide current information(I lived in SoCal, but now live in Florida). When you first mention the rigs off Huntington Bch, I thought of Edith, Elliot and Eureka. The closest of which is over 7 miles offshore. Then I noticed Emmy and Eva that are less than 2 miles offshore. Definitely worth finding out more info about. Hopefully, someone on here can shed some light, if not try other forums to learn what the closest distance one can fish off the rigs. Good luck.

[Saba Slayer]

WHY...?

Originally Posted by JohnMckroidJr

Welcome to the forum. Hopefully, someone on here can provide current information(I lived in SoCal, but now live in Florida). When you first mention the rigs off Huntington Bch, I thought of Edith, Elliot and Eureka. The closest of which is over 7 miles offshore. Then I noticed Emmy and Eva that are less than 2 miles offshore. Definitely worth finding out more info about. Hopefully, someone on here can shed some light, if not try other forums to learn what the closest distance one can fish off the rigs. Good luck.

[JohnMckroidJr]

Originally Posted by Saba Slayer

WHY...?

Why not help a fellow kayaker?
Why not find out more information regarding fishing around the rigs?
Why does this seem like a follow-up to our banter on a previous post?

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/s...ad.php?t=36217

If you have a problem with my comments, let's take the banter off the forum. You can email me directly and we can resolve this privately. Thanks.

[Brian]

Thank you all for the direction!

[ajcm648]

I went out a few weeks ago. Launched out off of 69th across from Ballast point. Lot of activity on the fish finder but started to freak myself out with all the seals swimming around so heading back and fished the harbor.

[AlwaysFishing]

Originally Posted by Brian

Good day, I'm new to the forum. I'm from HB but lived in Florida for six years where I picked up kayak fishing. Now that I'm back to HB, I want to check out some fishing in the area. I'm thinking of paddling my Outback to the first oil derrick off Huntington. Is this an unwise decision? I'm aware of other nearby spots like PV and south of Newport Harbor, but I thought I'd check out closer to home first. Hopefully this is the right area to post this.

Welcome back to SoCal Brian. Lost Horizon Fishing (Dan) goes out to the oil rig all the time. He beach launch out of Bolsa Chica I believe. Check out his YT channel.

-Quang

[JohnMckroidJr]

Originally Posted by AlwaysFishing

Welcome back to SoCal Brian. Lost Horizon Fishing (Dan) goes out to the oil rig all the time. He beach launch out of Bolsa Chica I believe. Check out his YT channel.

-Quang

Nice link Quang, Dan has some productive fishing videos around those rigs.

[MurdaJ]

Originally Posted by Brian

Good day, I want to check out some fishing in the area. I'm thinking of paddling my Outback to the first oil derrick off Huntington. Is this an unwise decision? I'm aware of other nearby spots like PV and south of Newport Harbor, but I'd like to check out closer to home.

I've fished the closest two in my 14 ft aluminum. Lots of bass, too much current for me to plan a trip on my revo.

It's a conundrum. Lots of current equals fired up fish, but it was semi sketch with a 15 hp 2 stroke imo