12/24 Dana Point - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

DanaPT · 12-26-2010, 10:40 AM

Had a few hours fall on my lap on Friday, so I decided to make use of the time and pass it on the water.

Was thinking of a sunrise Doho beach launch, but the recent storms have pretty much F'd the beach up. The beach was awash in bamboo, trees & limbs, and all sorts of stuff carried by the storm run-off (san juan creek). Not to mention the impassable mini canyon of a river bed carved into the sand from the run-off.

So I started from baby beach towards the harbor mouth. I had to endure a foul stench and a miserable view of the all the crap in the water from baby beach to the mouth of the harbor. I saw it all, a floating dead frog, plastic bottles, wash debri, sometimes stacked high on the rock jetty. What a bummer.

Outside the harbor out towards the headland, still pretty stinky. The water was brown and red. Couldn't see maybe 6 inches below the surface.

Finally outside the headland, my fish finder was going nuts. All sorts of bait fish (I think), but I couldn't pull together any bait. So I fished the swim bait for one 12 inch calico (released).

On Chirstmas day, walked DoHo beach with plastic bag in hand picking up all sorts of plastic crap. In the 20 years I've lived in the area, never seen it like this. It will be interesting to see who, how and when the beach will cleaned.

I noticed the Red and orange signs warning people to avoid contact with the water on the beach. I guess Laguna Beach may have had a sewage spill. Nice. . . that may have explained the poo smell.

12-26-2010, 10:40 AM	#1
DanaPT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South OC Posts: 1,605	12/24 Dana Point Had a few hours fall on my lap on Friday, so I decided to make use of the time and pass it on the water. Was thinking of a sunrise Doho beach launch, but the recent storms have pretty much F'd the beach up. The beach was awash in bamboo, trees & limbs, and all sorts of stuff carried by the storm run-off (san juan creek). Not to mention the impassable mini canyon of a river bed carved into the sand from the run-off. So I started from baby beach towards the harbor mouth. I had to endure a foul stench and a miserable view of the all the crap in the water from baby beach to the mouth of the harbor. I saw it all, a floating dead frog, plastic bottles, wash debri, sometimes stacked high on the rock jetty. What a bummer. Outside the harbor out towards the headland, still pretty stinky. The water was brown and red. Couldn't see maybe 6 inches below the surface. Finally outside the headland, my fish finder was going nuts. All sorts of bait fish (I think), but I couldn't pull together any bait. So I fished the swim bait for one 12 inch calico (released). On Chirstmas day, walked DoHo beach with plastic bag in hand picking up all sorts of plastic crap. In the 20 years I've lived in the area, never seen it like this. It will be interesting to see who, how and when the beach will cleaned. I noticed the Red and orange signs warning people to avoid contact with the water on the beach. I guess Laguna Beach may have had a sewage spill. Nice. . . that may have explained the poo smell.