2/15 J st report - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

dniss · 02-16-2011, 06:14 PM

That's my backyard and I fish it a lot. I remember getting a small spotfin when I first started tubing J street, but none since I took to the yak. I've hooked leos, smoothhounds, guitars and bat rays down here, but never a hammerhead. That's freaky to know they get in there. Seems I always manage to scratch out something at J street, but it's been slow for me there (and everywhere else I fish, also) for several weeks now. Guess I'm just sucking at fishing. I'm stoked that the power plant is shut down and they've pretty much finished dredging to open a salt pond (meaning more fishable habitat). I hopethat the drop in water temperature due to the power plant closing will be more than offset by the fact that it won't be killing millions of eggs, fry, and fish by taking in water to cool the plant. I once heard on a radio news report that when it was running, the power plant circulated 15% of the total volume of water south of the bridge every day it ran. That's a whole lotta water, and it amazes me what a rich fishery it's been since I started fishing it a few years ago, despite the duress the habitat was under. I notice I haven't caught bonefish in probably six weeks and I'm wondering if they'll leave the bay and head up or down the coast in search of warmer water now that the "thermostat" has been turned off. There've been periods of weeks where I've caught more bonefish than bass at J street. Thanks again for posting.

02-16-2011, 06:14 PM	#9
dniss Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 77	Thanks for posting That's my backyard and I fish it a lot. I remember getting a small spotfin when I first started tubing J street, but none since I took to the yak. I've hooked leos, smoothhounds, guitars and bat rays down here, but never a hammerhead. That's freaky to know they get in there. Seems I always manage to scratch out something at J street, but it's been slow for me there (and everywhere else I fish, also) for several weeks now. Guess I'm just sucking at fishing. I'm stoked that the power plant is shut down and they've pretty much finished dredging to open a salt pond (meaning more fishable habitat). I hopethat the drop in water temperature due to the power plant closing will be more than offset by the fact that it won't be killing millions of eggs, fry, and fish by taking in water to cool the plant. I once heard on a radio news report that when it was running, the power plant circulated 15% of the total volume of water south of the bridge every day it ran. That's a whole lotta water, and it amazes me what a rich fishery it's been since I started fishing it a few years ago, despite the duress the habitat was under. I notice I haven't caught bonefish in probably six weeks and I'm wondering if they'll leave the bay and head up or down the coast in search of warmer water now that the "thermostat" has been turned off. There've been periods of weeks where I've caught more bonefish than bass at J street. Thanks again for posting.