Kayak Fishing The Dana Point Kelp Beds | Season Ending Sheephead Trip, 12/2022

[Southwest Kayak Fishing]

Hey guys
I finally put together another video. This one’s from mid December.
Ryan and I headed north out of Dana Point harbor to target Sheephead one last time before the season came to an end.
The weather was perfect and the kelp was laid out nicely on the surface. Fortunately I managed a nice limit of Sheep and a chunky Sculpin.

Last year the limit was 5 Sheep per angler, 12”. The limit of Sheephead for 2023 drops to only 2 per angler, 12”. We’re going to have to wait until March 1st to target them.
Rockfish in the Southern Zone the CDFW pushed the opener back a month to April 1st..

Kayak Fishing The Dana Point Kelp Beds | Season Ending Sheephead Trip, 12/2022

https://youtu.be/RqWqcRTtoFc

[PapaDave]

Looks like you had a good day out there.

[daperrin]

Great stringer. Too bad for the 2023 catch numbers.

[Southwest Kayak Fishing]

Thanks Guys!

[JohnMckroidJr]

Well done Glen. The Dana Point kelp beds are a beautiful area. Congratulations on getting on one last five fish limit of sheephead before the regulations changed!

[Southwest Kayak Fishing]

Thanks John, it was just being in the right place at the right time.
Hopefully this new season I could pick up where I left off. We may possibly hit the surf break for some winter Halibut.

[dsafety]

When bottom fishing restarts in April, I plan to get back on the water after a year off. I would like to start by targeting Sheepshead and more importantly Ling Cod.

I fish, (or at least used to fish) off La Jolla. If anyone has fishing locations and techniques that they would like to share, I would be greatly appreciative.

Thanks,

Bob

[Southwest Kayak Fishing]

Originally Posted by dsafety

When bottom fishing restarts in April, I plan to get back on the water after a year off. I would like to start by targeting Sheepshead and more importantly Ling Cod.

I fish, (or at least used to fish) off La Jolla. If anyone has fishing locations and techniques that they would like to share, I would be greatly appreciative.

Thanks,

Bob

I’m not sure about where to fish in SD for Sheeps and Ling other than LJ.

I usually fish out of Dana Point and head north to the Salt Creek/Strand area.
You can find rockfish about two miles just southwest of Newport harbor as well as Redondo in LA.

[MITCHELL]

I will ever keep. It taste like the bottom of the bait tank.
I don't remember what the small one's taste like
It was 29ins and close to 20lbs.
I don't fish for sheepshead it was by catch and the next one would have to be gut hooked before I keep it.
But there fun to catch I had one in la Jolla one time as I was fighting it on a boron graphite bass rod snap the reel seat on the rod and it was a Fenwick rod. I got the fish.
When I got home I called Fenwick up because it had a life time guarantee and drove up to their plant and they gave me a goldwing rod even better.
They said sometimes they get an air bubble in that model when pouring the mold. Thanks for sharing cool video.

[Southwest Kayak Fishing]

Originally Posted by PapaDave

Looks like you had a good day out there.

Thanks Dave 🤙