South Bay Report - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

buddha · 09-08-2013, 03:33 PM

I fished today with TaggerMike and Battleborn in the South bay at Chula Vista.

Fishing was a little tough but ended up being a good day after about 3-4 hours.

Mike caught 3 corvina on the troll and Battleborn got a corvina also on the troll on the way in.

We fished the boatyard area and a lot of fish were in very shallow water as low as 3 feet.

The usual sledheads with Gulp jerkbaits in 5 inch was the ticket for me.

CV is always a nice place to get away from the crowds as there is never much boat traffic here at all.

Bonefish galore down here also but that is for another thread.

janines.fishtales@cox.net · 09-08-2013, 04:53 PM

Been about a month since I have been out fishing in my yak. Went a couple weeks ago with my dad in SD Bay for two legal halibut, one was about 15ish. I have had a good summer halibut fishing. I have never fished South Bay. I would love to give it a try. You guys going out at all next weekend? I am a hard core live bait fisherman. Any live bait for sale out there? The way you describe it, it sounds nice.

Janine

buddha · 09-08-2013, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by janines.fishtales@cox.net

Been about a month since I have been out fishing in my yak. Went a couple weeks ago with my dad in SD Bay for two legal halibut, one was about 15ish. I have had a good summer halibut fishing. I have never fished South Bay. I would love to give it a try. You guys going out at all next weekend? I am a hard core live bait fisherman. Any live bait for sale out there? The way you describe it, it sounds nice.

Janine

No live bait for sale down here but if you have a pump ghost shrimp is always a great bait especially for bonefish.

I will probably be out there next weekend on either or both days.

TJones · 09-08-2013, 07:27 PM

bonefish and corvina are needless to say prized fish , but are they good tasting ? i think i landed one surf fishing . probably the primary source of catching these species ?

buddha · 09-08-2013, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TJones

bonefish and corvina are needless to say prized fish , but are they good tasting ? i think i landed one surf fishing . probably the primary source of catching these species ?

AFAIK there are no short fin corvina in the surf I believe you are talking about corbina. Short fin corvina are great tasting fish but I practice catch and release since I enjoy catching them.

Bonefish are a world class sport fish with little to no table fare at all.
Pound for pound they are one of the hardest fighting fish.

taggermike · 09-09-2013, 12:06 PM

Good to see you out there Jeff. And my kayak didn't sink on the way back to the launch.

No live bait in the So Bay but you can, usually, snag, sibiki, or umbrella net smelt. Years ago I used to put the little double cone minnow traps in the tidal creeks in national city and caught plenty of killi fish/mosquito fish/mud minnows-what ever you want to can them. They worked pretty well.

Corvina are tasty fish, like weak fish on the east coast. Bone fish definitely are CnR. Mike

09-08-2013, 03:33 PM	#1
buddha Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: chula vista Posts: 907	South Bay Report I fished today with TaggerMike and Battleborn in the South bay at Chula Vista. Fishing was a little tough but ended up being a good day after about 3-4 hours. Mike caught 3 corvina on the troll and Battleborn got a corvina also on the troll on the way in. We fished the boatyard area and a lot of fish were in very shallow water as low as 3 feet. The usual sledheads with Gulp jerkbaits in 5 inch was the ticket for me. CV is always a nice place to get away from the crowds as there is never much boat traffic here at all. Bonefish galore down here also but that is for another thread.

09-08-2013, 04:53 PM	#2
janines.fishtales@cox.net Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 555	long hiatus Been about a month since I have been out fishing in my yak. Went a couple weeks ago with my dad in SD Bay for two legal halibut, one was about 15ish. I have had a good summer halibut fishing. I have never fished South Bay. I would love to give it a try. You guys going out at all next weekend? I am a hard core live bait fisherman. Any live bait for sale out there? The way you describe it, it sounds nice. Janine __________________ Fishtales

09-08-2013, 07:27 PM	#4
TJones Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,524	one question bonefish and corvina are needless to say prized fish , but are they good tasting ? i think i landed one surf fishing . probably the primary source of catching these species ?

09-09-2013, 12:06 PM	#6
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Good to see you out there Jeff. And my kayak didn't sink on the way back to the launch. No live bait in the So Bay but you can, usually, snag, sibiki, or umbrella net smelt. Years ago I used to put the little double cone minnow traps in the tidal creeks in national city and caught plenty of killi fish/mosquito fish/mud minnows-what ever you want to can them. They worked pretty well. Corvina are tasty fish, like weak fish on the east coast. Bone fish definitely are CnR. Mike