Easy catches in the La Jolla kelp?

[fishinkid2010]

I second the recommendation of weedless swimbaits.
Get some 3/4oz WAR slayer heads, and pair it up with a 3" to 4" Big Hammer or MC swimbait. Sexy Smelt is a pretty good color, along with anything that has some brown and orange in it. Find the thickest kelp canopy you can, as well as the small pot holes, and drop down you swimbait there. Also look for long channels in the kelp, and fish it along the stringers. I have never lost a WAR head to getting snagged in the kelp, so I don't expect you'll lose to many.

If you're simply looking to pull on anything, a double dropper loop with a 4oz torpedo sinker and cut squid strips will always produce something!