Camp Pendleton Clam Beds

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by fsuindustries

Anybody ever ventured to the Camp Pendleton Clam Beds? If so roughly how far of a paddle is it and what have you caught out there?

Thanks

I'll have to assume that if someone went to a clam bed they caught.......clams

[danjor]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

I'll have to assume that if someone went to a clam bed they caught.......clams

A matter of fact i love clams! Wheres the location to these mysterious clam beds that only you seem to know about? Oh and by the way i dont think many of our local fish population live underground with the clams

[Kahouna]

I think it is north by the big white radar balls (golf balls). Seems like a long paddle (4+ miles) when the reefs are a little over one.

For what it's worth, I talked to the Game Warden on Pendleton and he said someone caught a huge striper in the basin last weekend.

[roadx]

from BD

Clam Beds

Camp Pendelton

33° 14.30'N. x 117° 27.30'W

More gps #'s

http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/fis...s-numbers.html

No.	Name	Area	Coordinates
1	Point Loma Kelp	San Diego	32° 42.50'N. x 117° 16.30'W
2	Bird Rock*	La Jolla	32° 48.90'N. x 117° 16.57'W
3	La Jolla Kelp	La Jolla	32° 50.00'N. x 117° 17.50'W
4	Del Mar Kelp	No. County San Diego	32° 58.50'N. x 117° 17.00'W
5	Leucadia Kelp	No. County San Diego	33° 04.00'N. x 117° 18.65'W
6	Barn Kelp	Camp Pendelton	33° 18.50'N. x 117° 29.10'W
7	San Mateo Kelp	San Clemente	33° 22.50'N. x 117° 35.50'W
8	Dana Point Kelp	Dana Point	33° 28.45'N. x 117° 44.50'W
9	Horseshoe Kelp	L.A. Harbor	33° 40.07'N. x 118° 12.15'W
10	Pt. Fermin Kelp	L.A. Harbor	33° 42.11'N. x 118° 17.97'W
11	Portuguese Kelp*	Palos Verdes	33° 43.29'N. x 118° 21.47'W
12	Rocky Pt. Kelp	Palos Verdes	33° 46.23'N. x 118° 26.12'W
13	Big Kelp Reef	Malibu	34° 00.03'N. x 118° 45.27'W
14	Harrison Reef	Malibu	34° 02.05'N. x 118° 56.55'W
15	Bass Rock	Point Magu	34° 06.38'N. x 119° 11.59'W
16	Dulah Reef	Ventura	34° 18.15'N. x 119° 22.10'W
17	Camby's Reef	Santa Barbara	34° 23.20'N. x 119° 42.50'W
18	Anacapa East	Anacapa Island	34° 00.90'N. x 119° 21.50'W
19	Hidden Reef*	Santa Barbara Isl.	33° 29.50'N. x 119° 04.40'W
20	Sutil Kelp*	Santa Barbara Isl.	33° 28.32'N. x 119° 01.11'W
21	Eagle Rock*	Catalina Island	33° 28.70'N. x 118° 36.33'W
22	Ironbound Cove*	Catalina Island	33° 27.06'N. x 118° 34.65'W
23	China Point*	Catalina Island	33° 19.44'N. x 118° 28.01'W
24	Church Rock*	Catalina Island	33° 17.75'N. x 118° 19.67'W
25	Eagle Reef*	Catalina Island	33° 27.48'N. x 118° 30.62'W
26	Parson's Reef*	Catalina Island	33° 28.28'N. x 118° 32.95'W
27	Castle Rock Reef*	San Clemente Island	33° 02.10'N. x 118° 36.80'W
28	West Cove*	San Clemente Island	33° 00

Flats No.	Name	Area	Coordinates
1	Imperial Flats	Imperial Beach	32° 36.30'N. x 117° 14.15W
2	Mission Flats	Mission Beach	32° 46.00'N. x 117° 16.50'W
3	Powerplant	Carlsbad	33° 02.20'N. x 117° 18.40'W
4	Clam Beds	Camp Pendelton	33° 14.30'N. x 117° 27.30'W
5	Huntington Flats	Huntington Beach	32° 39.30'N. x 118° 03.40'W
6	LA Harbor Area	Long Beach	33° 38.80'N. x 118° 13.20'W
7	Scattergood Flats	El Segundo	33° 55.20'N. x 118° 26.50'W
8	Santa Monica Bay	Santa Monica	34° 01.00'N. x 118° 32.00'W
9	Hueneme Flats	Port Hueneme	34° 08.32'N. x 119° 12.95'W
10	Ventura Flats	Ventura	33° 40.07'N. x 118° 12.15'W
11	Santa Barbara Flats	Santa Barbara	34° 14.00'N. x 119° 19.00'W

TUNA No.	Name	Country	Coordinates
1	Thirty Mile Bank	Mexico	33° 23'N. x 117° 47'W
2	Forty Mile Bank	Mexico	33° 39'N. x 117° 58'W
3	Butterfly Bank	Mexico	32° 22'N. x 118° 17'W
4	Boomerang Bank	Mexico	32° 23'N. x 118° 28'W
5	Sixty Mile Bank	Mexico	32° 05'N. x 118° 15'W
6	Mushroom Bank	Mexico	32° 05'N. x 118° 29'W
7	Cortez Bank	USA	32° 27'N. x 119° 07'W
8	Tanner Bank	USA	32° 42'N. x 119° 07'W
9	Northeast Bank	Mexico	32° 20'N. x 119° 38'W
10	Garret Bank	USA	32° 40'N. x 119° 35'W
11	Cherry Bank	USA	32° 52'N. x 119° 24'W
12	107 Bank	USA	33° 03'N. x 119° 36'W
13	Potato Bank	USA	33° 15'N. x 119° 50'W
14	Osborn Bank	USA	33° 21'N. x 119° 02'W
15	Pilgrim Bank	USA	33° 44'N. x 119° 10'W
16	The 209	USA	33° 35'N. x 118° 36'W
17	14 Mile Bank (Lasuen Knoll)	USA	33° 24'N. x 118° 00'W

Wrecks and Arificial Reefs

No.	Name	Approx Size	Coordinates
1	International Reef	75 Acres	32° 32.40'N. x 117° 14.70W
2	Mission Beach Reef	173 Acres	32° 46.23'N. x 117° 16.30'W
3	Pacific Beach Reef	109 Acres	32° 47.58'N. x 117° 16.57'W
4	Torrey Pines Reef #1	500 ft.	32° 53.20'N. x 117° 50.83'W
5	Torrey Pines Reef #2	1 Acre	32° 53.58'N. x 117° 15.58'W
6	Carlsbad Artificial Reef	6 Acres	33° 05.00'N. x 117° 19.15'W
7	Oceanside Artificial Reef #1	4 Acres	33° 10.95'N. x 117° 25.00'W
8	Oceanside Artificial Reef #2	256 Acres	33° 12.58'N. x 117° 25.80'W
9	Pendelton Artificial Reef	3.5 Acres	34° 19.50'N. x 117° 31.70'W
10	Newport Beach Artificial Reef	8 Acres	36° 16.22'N. x 117° 57.82'W
11	Huntington Beach Art. Reef #1	3 Acres	33° 37.45'N. x 118° 00.07'W
	Huntington Beach Art. Reef #2	3 Acres	33° 37.28'N. x 117° 59.85'W
	Huntington Beach Art. Reef #3	3 Acres	33° 37.15'N. x 117° 59.28'W
	Huntington Beach Art. Reef #4	3 Acres	33° 36.85'N. x 117° 58.82'W
12	Bolsa Chica Artificial Reef	220 Acres	33° 39.05'N. x 118° 00.06'W
13	Gambling Ship Shipwreck	300 ft	33° 41.49'N. x 118° 08.75'W
14	Georgia Straights Shipwreck	200 ft	33° 41.34'N. x 118° 12.49'W
15	Minesweeper Shipwreck	250 ft	33° 41.60'N. x 118° 19.45'W
16	Avalon Shipwreck	350 ft	33° 47.28'N. x 118° 25.62'W
17	Palawan Shipwreck	450 ft	33° 49.42'N. x 118° 24.88'W
18	Redondo Beach Artificial Reef	1.5 Acres	33° 50.23'N. x 118° 24.53'W
19	Hermosa Beach Artificial Reef	0.5 Acres	33° 51.22'N. x 118° 24.80'W
20	Marina Del Rey Art. Reef #1	3.5 Acres	33° 57.90'N. x 118° 29.17'W
	Marina Del Rey Art. Reef #2	7 Acres	33° 58.10'N. x 118° 29.18'W
21	Star of Scotland Shipwreck	180 ft	33° 59.52'N. x 118° 31.27'W
22	Santa Monica Artificial Reef	0.5 Acres	34° 00.57'N. x 118° 31.78'W
23	Santa Monica Bay Art. Reef	256 Acres	34° 00.78'N. x 118° 32.55'W
24	Topanga Artificial Reef	13 Acres	34° 01.63'N. x 118° 31.95'W
25	Malibu Artificial Reef	0.5 Acres	34° 01.49'N. x 118° 39.03'W
26	Pitas Point Artificial Reef	1 Acre	34° 18.13'N. x 118° 22.10'W
27	Winfield Scott Shipwreck*	500 ft.	34° 00.57'N x 119° 23.25'W
28	Diosa Del Mar Shipwreck*	90 ft.	33° 27.60'N x 118° 29.10'W
29	John Butler Shipwreck (In NW Harbor)	300 ft.	33° 02.17'N x 118° 34.92'W
30	Gegory (Indoctrinator) Shipwreck*	300 ft.

[fsuindustries]

Thanks for responding, I was reading that it was pretty good spot for fishing. I did not realize it was that far of a paddle. That the info I was looking for!

And excuse my ignorance, I was not aware that clam's lived underground.
I am learning new things everyday!

Thanks

[roadx]

the clam beds are a hugh sandbass spawning grounds. i bet in the near future camp pendelton an imperial beach clam beds will be closed to fishing during spawning season.

[lowprofile]

It was wide open on WSB during the sand bass spawn this year. Alot of people were catching them off the san o domes when they were stacked on the clam beds.

[vincentek9]

can i just catch the clams instead? i prefer clams over fish.

[GregAndrew]

Originally Posted by lowprofile

It was wide open on WSB during the sand bass spawn this year. Alot of people were catching them off the san o domes when they were stacked on the clam beds.

Those are 2 different Clambeds. The Box Canyon Clambeds (South of San Onofre) are at 33 deg 18.66' N - 117 deg 32.81' W. The other one from BD is the South End Clambeds (outside the Hovercraft station). The Box Canyon Clambeds are 4.7 miles from San Onofre State Beach, and have been visited by kayaks at least twice in the last year that I know of. Unless the Squid are there it is probably not worth the trip.