San Diego Bay Report - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

fishinkid2010 · 07-11-2009, 09:52 PM

As of lately I have been fishing the bays quite a bit. Yesterday was no exception. I started out by fishing near the Point Loma Fuel Depot. I only managed one Sand Bass on a swimbait. After spending a while there I decided to get a kayak scoop of sardines and try for a Halibut for a second week in a row. After getting my scoop I peddled back to the boats moored in front of Shelter Island. I began my drift at the furthest boat from the Beach, that resulted in an assortment of bass. As I drifted past the "Mollyhawk II" I hooked into what I wanted. At first I thought I was hung up in some eel grass, but since hook sets are free I gave it a swing. As soon as I set the hook the drag began peeling. It turned out to be a legal Halibut. 6.2 lbs and just over 26 inches.

The rest of the day resulted in lots of Sandies and Spotties.

I even managed several doubles throughout the day.

I also caught five more Halibut, all too short to be kept, three Corvina, and a juvenile White Seabass (I'm fairly sure it wasn't another Corvina, It had no fangs, a whiteish colored mouth and had a slight light purple stripe on its sides). Is there any good way to tell between the two when they are small, especially if their teeth get broken off?
I got fish on everything from live bait, swimbaits, grubs, Gulp, to crankbaits.
I also caught a small shark. It was about two feet long, rough sandpaper like skin, grey, and a rough molar like mouth. Does anyone know what species it is?

Weather was very nice, and until the later part of the day the water wasn't very crowded.

07-11-2009, 09:52 PM	#1
fishinkid2010 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: La Mesa Posts: 386	San Diego Bay Report As of lately I have been fishing the bays quite a bit. Yesterday was no exception. I started out by fishing near the Point Loma Fuel Depot. I only managed one Sand Bass on a swimbait. After spending a while there I decided to get a kayak scoop of sardines and try for a Halibut for a second week in a row. After getting my scoop I peddled back to the boats moored in front of Shelter Island. I began my drift at the furthest boat from the Beach, that resulted in an assortment of bass. As I drifted past the "Mollyhawk II" I hooked into what I wanted. At first I thought I was hung up in some eel grass, but since hook sets are free I gave it a swing. As soon as I set the hook the drag began peeling. It turned out to be a legal Halibut. 6.2 lbs and just over 26 inches. The rest of the day resulted in lots of Sandies and Spotties. I even managed several doubles throughout the day. I also caught five more Halibut, all too short to be kept, three Corvina, and a juvenile White Seabass (I'm fairly sure it wasn't another Corvina, It had no fangs, a whiteish colored mouth and had a slight light purple stripe on its sides). Is there any good way to tell between the two when they are small, especially if their teeth get broken off? I got fish on everything from live bait, swimbaits, grubs, Gulp, to crankbaits. I also caught a small shark. It was about two feet long, rough sandpaper like skin, grey, and a rough molar like mouth. Does anyone know what species it is? Weather was very nice, and until the later part of the day the water wasn't very crowded.