One of the main reasons (established by numerous studies) for the poor conditions of salton sea is the fertelizer and pestecide runoff from the surrunding farming activity.
Ask yourself where your cheap ass vegetables come from? They got no business farming in the middle of the desert. Yes, they do get three crop rotations a year but its at the cost of very expensive water and high runoff.
That place used to rock, even had some guide services that would slam some huge corvina.
Have fun out there. Stay cool.