Cortez Bank Hoop Netting for Lobster - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

bosco · 09-29-2016, 09:50 AM

Has anyone set hoop nets at the Cortez Bank for lobster. Heading out Saturday night on a 4 day dive trip on the Vision out of Santa Barbara. Taking my kayak and hoop nets to set at night. bosco

Mahigeer · 09-29-2016, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by bosco

Has anyone set hoop nets at the Cortez Bank for lobster. Heading out Saturday night on a 4 day dive trip on the Vision out of Santa Barbara. Taking my kayak and hoop nets to set at night. bosco

Wow; diving, kayaking, hoop netting. What no fishing?

Best of luck. If there are rock formations, especially next to sandy areas, your chances should be good. Though I am not sure if bugs go up that far north.

Jim may know better.

You may want to have long (100') ropes.

Hope you will post a report.

dos ballenas · 09-29-2016, 10:56 AM

is north the new west?

MITCHELL · 09-29-2016, 02:25 PM

Scuba diving 80ft of water.The cook got one 12lbs under the boat.I wish I would have bought hoop nets....no night diving allowed too sharky and strong current. Good luck if its calm enough to anchor up for the night a 100 miles off shore with no island.You might be spending the night at San Clemente island if its to rough to anchor on cortez

toby · 09-29-2016, 03:31 PM

Make sure of your dive partner. His goals should be the same as yours. I went diving out there, got stuck with a guy that just wanted to shoot sheeps head. Dive up current. the current can be very strong out there.

Have a good time, vis will probably be super if its calm.

Tim

Baja_Traveler · 09-29-2016, 08:03 PM

Back when I used to divemaster on the Horizon I would always bring a couple of hoop nets with me to Cortez. My favorite place in the world to dive. Average lobster size there is 4-5 pounds because the commercial guys don't hit it - being 100 miles due West, too far for them.
Nearly always got limits, but I never was able to get one in the hoop nets at night. Not sure if it was because right under the boat got picked over on the last dive of the day, or they just stayed in the crevices that crisscross the bank and my hoops were on top of the bull kelp...

9 and 12 pounder @ Cortez - taken on the same dive as part of a full limit.

MITCHELL · 09-30-2016, 06:08 AM

As soon as I get them back from hydro I'm putting them up for sale.

09-29-2016, 09:50 AM	#1
bosco Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Santa Barbara Posts: 59	Cortez Bank Hoop Netting for Lobster Has anyone set hoop nets at the Cortez Bank for lobster. Heading out Saturday night on a 4 day dive trip on the Vision out of Santa Barbara. Taking my kayak and hoop nets to set at night. bosco

09-29-2016, 10:56 AM	#3
dos ballenas Vampyroteuthis infernalis Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 585	is north the new west? __________________ ____________________________________________

09-29-2016, 02:25 PM	#4
MITCHELL Sea Hunter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Where ever I may roam where I lay my head I call home. Posts: 2,277	I pulled a 5lb bug....there Scuba diving 80ft of water.The cook got one 12lbs under the boat.I wish I would have bought hoop nets....no night diving allowed too sharky and strong current. Good luck if its calm enough to anchor up for the night a 100 miles off shore with no island.You might be spending the night at San Clemente island if its to rough to anchor on cortez __________________ Duke Mitchell Last edited by MITCHELL; 09-29-2016 at 08:31 PM.

09-30-2016, 06:08 AM	#7
MITCHELL Sea Hunter Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Where ever I may roam where I lay my head I call home. Posts: 2,277	I have 2 steel HP.....120s for sale... As soon as I get them back from hydro I'm putting them up for sale. __________________ Duke Mitchell

09-29-2016, 03:31 PM	#5
toby Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Escondido Posts: 154	Make sure of your dive partner. His goals should be the same as yours. I went diving out there, got stuck with a guy that just wanted to shoot sheeps head. Dive up current. the current can be very strong out there. Have a good time, vis will probably be super if its calm. Tim

09-29-2016, 08:03 PM	#6
Baja_Traveler Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co. Posts: 943	Back when I used to divemaster on the Horizon I would always bring a couple of hoop nets with me to Cortez. My favorite place in the world to dive. Average lobster size there is 4-5 pounds because the commercial guys don't hit it - being 100 miles due West, too far for them. Nearly always got limits, but I never was able to get one in the hoop nets at night. Not sure if it was because right under the boat got picked over on the last dive of the day, or they just stayed in the crevices that crisscross the bank and my hoops were on top of the bull kelp... 9 and 12 pounder @ Cortez - taken on the same dive as part of a full limit.