Kayak and float tube fishing in So Cal

[Deleted member 31469]

Are there any lakes or reservoirs down here that allow kayaks or float tubes>

 

[cadeerhunter]

Are there any lakes or reservoirs down here that allow kayaks or float tubes>

Lower otay allows floats and kayaks, San Vicente , El Capitan , Murray, Miramar, allows Kayaks.

 

[Snake Charmer]

You can also kayak fish off La Jolla for big game fish, Very popular the past thirty years. It takes a bank roll to get started but can give big rewards once you figure it out.

 

[ilovesprig]

Doc,

Lake Hodges is close to you and is a 'yakers dream...Tubing there is fun as well....

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[SurfNHuntSD]

Doc I used to float tube the bays a lot and want to get back into it. Let me know if you wanna go rip some lips on some spotties. I need to gear up with a new rod and some Hookup baits but I'm down.

 

[Deleted member 31469]

I used to kayak La Jolla back 20 years ago. Had a Fish n Dive with electric motor and bait tank. Caught quite a few yellowtail and some white seabass in the kelp using live mackerel. In HI, I did some kayak fishing but the big sharks are a huge hassle. After about the dozenth tiger came up to my kayak and the bronze whalers and oceanic whitetips stole about 1/2 of what I caught, I quit. Float tubing in HI? No way. You'd be missing your legs in short order. I never saw a single water skier in the Kona area. Thought it might be due to so many sharks. Was told that the really big marlin, looking from below, see the wake of a water skier and react the same way as they would to a big lure being skipped across the surface. Had two friends speared by big fish there. One got hit thru the upper chest by a marlin and survived. The other, in the Kona harbor, got speared by a dinky 60 pound spearfish and didn't survive.

 

[ilovesprig]

I used to kayak La Jolla back 20 years ago. Had a Fish n Dive with electric motor and bait tank. Caught quite a few yellowtail and some white seabass in the kelp using live mackerel. In HI, I did some kayak fishing but the big sharks are a huge hassle. After about the dozenth tiger came up to my kayak and the bronze whalers and oceanic whitetips stole about 1/2 of what I caught, I quit. Float tubing in HI? No way. You'd be missing your legs in short order. I never saw a single water skier in the Kona area. Thought it might be due to so many sharks. Was told that the really big marlin, looking from below, see the wake of a water skier and react the same way as they would to a big lure being skipped across the surface. Had two friends speared by big fish there. One got hit thru the upper chest by a marlin and survived. The other, in the Kona harbor, got speared by a dinky 60 pound spearfish and didn't survive.

WOW!......Trolling water skiers......

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

I used to kayak La Jolla back 20 years ago. Had a Fish n Dive with electric motor and bait tank. Caught quite a few yellowtail and some white seabass in the kelp using live mackerel. In HI, I did some kayak fishing but the big sharks are a huge hassle. After about the dozenth tiger came up to my kayak and the bronze whalers and oceanic whitetips stole about 1/2 of what I caught, I quit. Float tubing in HI? No way. You'd be missing your legs in short order. I never saw a single water skier in the Kona area. Thought it might be due to so many sharks. Was told that the really big marlin, looking from below, see the wake of a water skier and react the same way as they would to a big lure being skipped across the surface. Had two friends speared by big fish there. One got hit thru the upper chest by a marlin and survived. The other, in the Kona harbor, got speared by a dinky 60 pound spearfish and didn't survive.

Haha that's crazy. I used to dive a lot at Mahukona, Miloli'i and South Point and saw a few big tigers. Scary fish.

 

[MJB]

My only concern in fresh water is the rattlers in a float tube.
So cal is loaded with rattlers by the way.....

 

[Bowman]

funny I use to ocean skin dive a lot as a kid, growing up in san diego, and swimming in Baja, I was looking at getting into kayak fishing the local lakes, and may try a go at la jolla,
I was looking at a starter kayak, I may not be moving yet, and I need a new hobby. no hunting for me this year.
I am still looking at kayaks, and a fish life vest.