Dredged water spots 1/14/17 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

King Saba · 01-16-2017, 04:34 PM

Sad. 14" legals is what I had in mind. There was a time when I did consistently catch a limit of those.

30 fish days is great! I'm going to blame the dredging for yesterday's crappy fishing. I might try NPH again if the weather is too rough to go outside of the harbor.

Btmfeder · 01-17-2017, 01:48 PM

Nice report. I fish the bays a fair bit, too, and I've noticed it's gotten tougher and tougher to scratch out much in the way of quality OR quantity. Aside from the dredging activity, do you think more people are fishing the bays and keeping what they catch? That's a quick way to ruin a fishery on species that aren't migrating. Not what it used to be even a few years ago.

King Saba · 01-17-2017, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Btmfeder

Nice report. I fish the bays a fair bit, too, and I've noticed it's gotten tougher and tougher to scratch out much in the way of quality OR quantity. Aside from the dredging activity, do you think more people are fishing the bays and keeping what they catch? That's a quick way to ruin a fishery on species that aren't migrating. Not what it used to be even a few years ago.

Thanks. I'm sure spotties are being kept. When I used to tube the place "some" tubers told me that they keep the fish and that they taste good. I think it's that and a combination of both poor fish handling and increase in pressure that may be affecting the population.

Orca Winfrey · 01-18-2017, 11:26 AM

You kicked my butt that day. I only got a small spotty and a small sandy. Way to go on a really tough day. Maybe you'll catch something cool on your next trip like a BSB lol.

King Saba · 01-18-2017, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Orca Winfrey

You kicked my butt that day. I only got a small spotty and a small sandy. Way to go on a really tough day. Maybe you'll catch something cool on your next trip like a BSB lol.

Maybe I did do that today. Who told you?!

Orca Winfrey · 01-18-2017, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by King Saba

Maybe I did do that today. Who told you?!

Gopro told me.

01-16-2017, 04:34 PM	#1
King Saba Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: SGV Posts: 848	Sad. 14" legals is what I had in mind. There was a time when I did consistently catch a limit of those. 30 fish days is great! I'm going to blame the dredging for yesterday's crappy fishing. I might try NPH again if the weather is too rough to go outside of the harbor. __________________ Baitfish catcher extraordinaire

01-17-2017, 01:48 PM	#2
Btmfeder Junior Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Long Beach Posts: 14	Nice report. I fish the bays a fair bit, too, and I've noticed it's gotten tougher and tougher to scratch out much in the way of quality OR quantity. Aside from the dredging activity, do you think more people are fishing the bays and keeping what they catch? That's a quick way to ruin a fishery on species that aren't migrating. Not what it used to be even a few years ago.

01-18-2017, 11:26 AM	#4
Orca Winfrey Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: The I. E. Posts: 353	You kicked my butt that day. I only got a small spotty and a small sandy. Way to go on a really tough day. Maybe you'll catch something cool on your next trip like a BSB lol.