Channel Islands Harbor launching - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Roscoe · 04-04-2017, 06:27 AM

I will be fishing this harbor on Saturday. My question is beside the boat launch where I plan to launch from. Is there any other place to launch.
I read on the channel island website that kiddie beach doesn't allow launching of water craft. The last time I was in the area there wasn't any sand at hobie beach.

Thanks in advance.

GTboosted · 04-04-2017, 07:55 AM

How bad is it at Hobie beach? Sounds like if the sand is gone there it will also be gone is most of the surrounding area.

wwkf · 04-04-2017, 10:53 AM

I launched from an area next to the c,g, and fished the inside but that was
About ten years ago

vanduzerwilliam · 04-04-2017, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Roscoe

I will be fishing this harbor on Saturday. My question is beside the boat launch where I plan to launch from. Is there any other place to launch.
I read on the channel island website that kiddie beach doesn't allow launching of water craft. The last time I was in the area there wasn't any sand at hobie beach.

Thanks in advance.

There is a small dock to lunch from behind the shopping center on Wooley/Victoria. I saw a couple guys launching there the other week.i just picked up a kayak and wanted to try it out, Saturday is supposed to be 20-30mph winds tho. Might want to look into that, unless you plan on staying in the harbor

King Saba · 04-04-2017, 04:22 PM

I launched a float tube in CI harbor ONCE about 5 years ago. No problem there. There's a sand bar ramp just a few yards above kiddie beach just cart your kayak up there.

GTboosted · 04-04-2017, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by King Saba

I launched a float tube in CI harbor ONCE about 5 years ago. No problem there. There's a sand bar ramp just a few yards above kiddie beach just cart your kayak up there.

Yeah thats where I launched too. It seems the call that section Hobie beach?

King Saba · 04-04-2017, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by GTboosted

Yeah thats where I launched too. It seems the call that section Hobie beach?

No clue. I just know that I need to make another trip up to CI harbor one of these days. Gotta find some rockfish holes up there!

GTboosted · 04-04-2017, 08:31 PM

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No clue. I just know that I need to make another trip up to CI harbor one of these days. Gotta find some rockfish holes up there!

Or lingcod!

goldenglory18 · 04-05-2017, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by King Saba

...Gotta find some rockfish holes up there!

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Originally Posted by GTboosted

Or lingcod!

Wait, there are "rock" fish in the Harbors? I always thought of those as more open water species.

Roscoe · 04-05-2017, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by vanduzerwilliam

There is a small dock to lunch from behind the shopping center on Wooley/Victoria. I saw a couple guys launching there the other week.i just picked up a kayak and wanted to try it out, Saturday is supposed to be 20-30mph winds tho. Might want to look into that, unless you plan on staying in the harbor

My plan is to get to the boat ramp by 6:30 am.
Put kayak into water and then play it by ear. Too much wind that early I will stay in the Mandalay Bay area. If no wind then head out to break wall for as long as I can. Or just fish along the jetties and docks.
More the welcome come along.

GTboosted · 04-05-2017, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by goldenglory18

Wait, there are "rock" fish in the Harbors? I always thought of those as more open water species.

They are more of a "deep" water fish. There is a canyon just outside the harbor.

goldenglory18 · 04-05-2017, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by GTboosted

They are more of a "deep" water fish. There is a canyon just outside the harbor.

Ahhh......... see I knew there was a reason I needed a graph to fish in the bays. LOL

GTboosted · 04-05-2017, 09:09 AM

Yup, graphs are helpful. Specially since it is a lot more work to move across water than a boat. You might be wanting to target a certain depth and a graph lets you plan for it in advance. I like this link

http://www.charts.noaa.gov/Interacti...c.shtml?rnc=50

I check it out when I want to explore a new area. You can zoom in to an area and get a pdf file that you can look at or download.

King Saba · 04-05-2017, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by goldenglory18

Wait, there are "rock" fish in the Harbors? I always thought of those as more open water species.

Yeah. Solid population of grass bass up there along with other misc. rockfish such as Browns and even baby reds surprisingly. But, if and when I get up there I'll be hitting deeper spots.

vanduzerwilliam · 04-05-2017, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Roscoe

My plan is to get to the boat ramp by 6:30 am.
Put kayak into water and then play it by ear. Too much wind that early I will stay in the Mandalay Bay area. If no wind then head out to break wall for as long as I can. Or just fish along the jetties and docks.
More the welcome come along.

I'm game!! I need to learn before going out to county line I would like trying inside harbor it's a bit safer for sure I'll shoot you a Pm

TrevtheFox · 04-06-2017, 06:37 PM

I go there quite often and I always launch from Kiddie beach. There's a parking lot right next to it. I didn't know you couldn't launch there. oops . I'll probably keep launching there until someone says otherwise.

However just north of kiddie beach I see ppl launching there yaks from the dirt. (no sand along the waterway)

Roscoe · 04-07-2017, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by TrevtheFox

I go there quite often and I always launch from Kiddie beach. There's a parking lot right next to it. I didn't know you couldn't launch there. oops . I'll probably keep launching there until someone says otherwise.

However just north of kiddie beach I see ppl launching there yaks from the dirt. (no sand along the waterway)

I launched out of there about a year ago and didn't really think anything of it. I was looking for other places to launch from when I came across the discription of kiddie beach on the channel island harbor website saying nope can't launch from there.
Years ago hobie beach was covered in sand. Oddly enough people would launch the hobie cats off that beach. Not sure where the sand went and when it disappeared as I just moved back there area a few years ago.

vanduzerwilliam · 04-09-2017, 08:39 PM

How was it? I didnt end up going out this weekend wind was blowing, and small craft advisories out..

Roscoe · 04-10-2017, 06:33 AM

The boat ramp was nice.
Got there a little after 6:30 and the weather was ok. No wind a little cloudy. On the water by 7:00. Started making my way out to main and channel. I could see wind was picking up so I turned around and went back towards Mandalay Bay Area. Just paddled around for an hour.

04-04-2017, 06:27 AM	#1
Roscoe Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Camarillo Posts: 91	Channel Islands Harbor launching I will be fishing this harbor on Saturday. My question is beside the boat launch where I plan to launch from. Is there any other place to launch. I read on the channel island website that kiddie beach doesn't allow launching of water craft. The last time I was in the area there wasn't any sand at hobie beach. Thanks in advance.

04-04-2017, 07:55 AM	#2
GTboosted Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Lake Balboa, The Valley Posts: 425	How bad is it at Hobie beach? Sounds like if the sand is gone there it will also be gone is most of the surrounding area. __________________ -Beto

04-04-2017, 10:53 AM	#3
wwkf Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Low desert Posts: 54	Chi I launched from an area next to the c,g, and fished the inside but that was About ten years ago

04-04-2017, 04:22 PM	#5
King Saba Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: SGV Posts: 848	I launched a float tube in CI harbor ONCE about 5 years ago. No problem there. There's a sand bar ramp just a few yards above kiddie beach just cart your kayak up there. __________________ Baitfish catcher extraordinaire

04-05-2017, 09:09 AM	#13
GTboosted Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Lake Balboa, The Valley Posts: 425	Yup, graphs are helpful. Specially since it is a lot more work to move across water than a boat. You might be wanting to target a certain depth and a graph lets you plan for it in advance. I like this link http://www.charts.noaa.gov/Interacti...c.shtml?rnc=50 I check it out when I want to explore a new area. You can zoom in to an area and get a pdf file that you can look at or download. __________________ -Beto

04-06-2017, 06:37 PM	#16
TrevtheFox Junior Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 5	I go there quite often and I always launch from Kiddie beach. There's a parking lot right next to it. I didn't know you couldn't launch there. oops . I'll probably keep launching there until someone says otherwise. However just north of kiddie beach I see ppl launching there yaks from the dirt. (no sand along the waterway)

04-09-2017, 08:39 PM	#18
vanduzerwilliam Junior Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Ventura Posts: 12	How was it? I didnt end up going out this weekend wind was blowing, and small craft advisories out..

04-10-2017, 06:33 AM	#19
Roscoe Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Camarillo Posts: 91	The boat ramp was nice. Got there a little after 6:30 and the weather was ok. No wind a little cloudy. On the water by 7:00. Started making my way out to main and channel. I could see wind was picking up so I turned around and went back towards Mandalay Bay Area. Just paddled around for an hour.