Where is la jolla canyon?
 

Where does the canyon start to drop if I were paddling from the shores to the pier? To clarify, Im gonna try my new bait tank out and I was gonna paddle to the pier to make bait and then try to find the canyons edge and troll around. Ive never scouted around for it, Ive tried to look for charts that show the different depths and drop offs but couldnt find anything unless I want to buy one of those fish charts that show gps numbers. Any help would great.

A depth sounder gps combo would help you find your way also a small investment in gps coordinates would help greatly.

If you paddle ABOUT a mile strait out to sea from the pier you will be over the canyon. It will take a fish finder to find exactly where the edge of it starts.
You'll know you're there when your iron takes an hour to reach bottom.

The Scripps canyon is the one that goes from about the northwest corner of the reserve (not to be confused with THE northwest corner) to that weird round building on the beach north of the pier.

Go to this link, click "My Topo" and wait for it to load the depth info.
Topographical Map

Note that it gives you the GPS coordinates just below the map as you move the mouse around.

This is a decent map of both canyons.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b9...D720/ry%3D480/

This 1952 photo shows Scripps canyon north of the pier, the other canyon (La Jolla) starts just south of the kayak launch, if you paddle due west from the launch you will cross it. They both connect out past the reserve line.

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...Blacks1952.jpg

wow would been nice to snatch up a few acres back in 1952:eek:

The link below has fly-by videos of the La Jolla Canyon. These are large mpg files.

http://videos.windizzi.com/info?src=...60&duration=27

I like this one as it shows the boundaries as well as the canyons.
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http://www.lajollaguide.com/ljsa/ima...ed1080x589.jpg

beware of the HUGE leopard shark though....

Wow thanks guys. I got a pretty good idea of where Im gonna start trollin. Great maps and graphs.

HEY COULD SOMEONE TELL ME IF ITS WORTH GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE PIER to get bait AND HOW MUCH TIME DOES IT TAKE TO GET THEIR FROM THE LAUNCH AND HOW LONG TO GET TO THE KELP?

It's not worth it in my opinion. Go straight out with the mindset of using artificials with a bait stick ready and it'll happen. You waste the best part of graylight. Now, if you launch at 4am it's a different story.