An actual salton sea report 4/3/12 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

'Cuda · 04-05-2012, 02:08 PM

Good to hear it's clean now....I was there 5yrs ago and it sewer stunk....dead fish on the beach so I didn't fish.
I did steal some Medjool dates off the palms...so delicious.

vincentek9 · 04-05-2012, 02:25 PM

went there same time last year.. it was hot as hell. no smell yet. but the tilapia were starting to die off. i saw HUGE boils and casted into them for nothing. chased down the schools later on and found out it was just a bunch of dying tilapia gasping for air.

Yakin · 04-05-2012, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by vincentek9

went there same time last year.. it was hot as hell. no smell yet. but the tilapia were starting to die off. i saw HUGE boils and casted into them for nothing. chased down the schools later on and found out it was just a bunch of dying tilapia gasping for air.

That's so sad I remember so many years ago I would always read great fish reports from there and now you never hear anything but death sickness
it's just like the the reeper has walked across that water

lowprofile · 04-05-2012, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Yakin

That's so sad I remember so many years ago I would always read great fish reports from there and now you never hear anything but death sickness
it's just like the the reeper has walked across that water

i guess thats what happens to man made waterways that don't get properly taken care of. if they (dont really know who "they are" dredged it and pumped more water from the duct in there and designated a run off, maybe transplanted some type of aquatic plant to create oxygen and get the cycle going that place could boom in about 3 years.

FishRaiden · 04-06-2012, 03:12 PM

Heading out to the Salton Sea tomorrow with the crew. Fishing both shore & kayaks.

Should be a fun time. Hopefully the bigger Talapias are out to play with light line.

ful-rac · 04-07-2012, 04:41 AM

Let us know how it goes out there im thinkn about heading out there again soon myself. Good luck!

StinkyMatt · 04-07-2012, 07:17 AM

One of the main reasons (established by numerous studies) for the poor conditions of salton sea is the fertelizer and pestecide runoff from the surrunding farming activity.

Ask yourself where your cheap ass vegetables come from? They got no business farming in the middle of the desert. Yes, they do get three crop rotations a year but its at the cost of very expensive water and high runoff.

That place used to rock, even had some guide services that would slam some huge corvina.

Have fun out there. Stay cool.

04-05-2012, 02:25 PM	#2
vincentek9 MAYNEE-YAK Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: So Cal Posts: 533	went there same time last year.. it was hot as hell. no smell yet. but the tilapia were starting to die off. i saw HUGE boils and casted into them for nothing. chased down the schools later on and found out it was just a bunch of dying tilapia gasping for air. __________________

04-06-2012, 03:12 PM	#5
FishRaiden CEO-TacticalFishingCrew. Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Norwalk, CA Posts: 275	Heading out to the Salton Sea tomorrow with the crew. Fishing both shore & kayaks. Should be a fun time. Hopefully the bigger Talapias are out to play with light line. __________________ Follow us on Instagram: @tacticalfishingcrew #TacticalFishingCrew #DropLuresNotBait

04-07-2012, 04:41 AM	#6
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	Let us know how it goes out there im thinkn about heading out there again soon myself. Good luck! __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

04-05-2012, 02:08 PM	#1
'Cuda Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 224	Good to hear it's clean now....I was there 5yrs ago and it sewer stunk....dead fish on the beach so I didn't fish. I did steal some Medjool dates off the palms...so delicious.

04-07-2012, 07:17 AM	#7
StinkyMatt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Under a bridge Posts: 2,169	One of the main reasons (established by numerous studies) for the poor conditions of salton sea is the fertelizer and pestecide runoff from the surrunding farming activity. Ask yourself where your cheap ass vegetables come from? They got no business farming in the middle of the desert. Yes, they do get three crop rotations a year but its at the cost of very expensive water and high runoff. That place used to rock, even had some guide services that would slam some huge corvina. Have fun out there. Stay cool.