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

King Saba · 01-15-2017, 07:31 PM

Fished with Orca for some spotties yesterday.

Location: Super secret NPH.

Spots: Some guy's dock piling

Lures: Zman's slim swimz

Fishing: Mediocre to say in the least. The 3 dredging boats killed the bite off so badly.

I'm hoping that some regulars can chime in here, but it seems like the average grade of spotties has declined quite a bit. I've fished the harbor since 2012, which isn't long, but since then I've noticed that legal fish are becoming more and more scarce. 20 fish days? Never heard of it, but it's probably because I don't know spotties as well as I do other fish.

Amish Ed · 01-15-2017, 08:05 PM

NPH has definitely dropped off for me. When I started fishing there from my tube around 2000 or 2001, 30 fish days were common. I wouldn't come in until I had 10 legals, granted that was 12" legals. I wouldn't dream of trying that now. This year seemed particularly slow too.

King Saba · 01-16-2017, 05:34 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, 02:48 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, 05:55 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, 12:26 PM

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, 05:20 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, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by King Saba

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

Gopro told me.

01-15-2017, 07:31 PM	#1
King Saba Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: SGV Posts: 848	Dredged water spots 1/14/17 Fished with Orca for some spotties yesterday. Location: Super secret NPH. Spots: Some guy's dock piling Lures: Zman's slim swimz Fishing: Mediocre to say in the least. The 3 dredging boats killed the bite off so badly. I'm hoping that some regulars can chime in here, but it seems like the average grade of spotties has declined quite a bit. I've fished the harbor since 2012, which isn't long, but since then I've noticed that legal fish are becoming more and more scarce. 20 fish days? Never heard of it, but it's probably because I don't know spotties as well as I do other fish. __________________ Baitfish catcher extraordinaire

01-15-2017, 08:05 PM	#2
Amish Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,906	NPH has definitely dropped off for me. When I started fishing there from my tube around 2000 or 2001, 30 fish days were common. I wouldn't come in until I had 10 legals, granted that was 12" legals. I wouldn't dream of trying that now. This year seemed particularly slow too. __________________ Amish Ed You can't catch it again if it's dead!

01-16-2017, 05:34 PM	#3
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, 02:48 PM	#4
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, 12:26 PM	#6
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.