An actual salton sea report 4/3/12

[taggermike]

I took my girls to visit my mom in AZ and on the way back, kind for for old times sake, I stopped by the salton sea. I haven't been out there in like 10 years, basicly since the orange mouth corvina died out. Every one says that place is dead and a cess pool, yadda yadda. We went to the state park head quarters near North Shore and fished off the jetty. It wasn't wide open but the tilapia were on. I just kept baiting hooks and casting out and letting my 10 and 12 year olds do the landing. The fish were maybe 1/2 to a bit over 1 lb and just fish tank pretty. Every thing that can make the sea nasty was absent. 85 degrees, light wind, no smell, no flys, nice fishing biting, and maybe 10 species of fish eating birds all getting thier share. 5$ bucks for day use and $20 to camp. I spoke with a regular that had read the recent fish and game report on the sea. Sadly there are only tilapia left but the estimate is there are 33 million of them in there. No pics-girls ran my camera battery dead before we got there. I know its a long report but I do love that wierd ass place. Mike

[Yakin]

Still sounds like it was a blast for them
Sad how that lake has gone down though

[xpresso2am]

I took my son out there as is first fishing experience. I did not want him to get skunked the first time out.

it is a sad sight out there, it was weird walking the beach stepping on dried out fish bodies everywhere..

He still have a good time though.

[TJones]

thanks for report

[oneyedeer]

wow the good old days.....hot dry winds, sewer smell, torns, fishbones, and scotching heat, but paradise when you land 20lb+ corvina still remember the time I gave my 7year old nephew an ultra light setup so he can fish them tilipia. Uncle Uncle I caught a rock can you unstuck it for me. Sure....as soon as he handed it to me sucker spooled me. That thing took off like a yellowfin.

[blitzburgh]

That's cool! Shoot, a stringer full of 1/2 - 1lb'ers would make a good BBQ!

[slayersmith]

Love that place, Still has some real good duck and goose hunting on the south end.

[ful-rac]

I went there last year about this time with the kayaks and caught a bunch of those tilapia...and whudya know they're really not that bad...they actually tasted good! It's not halibut or tuna but it they were surprisingly not disgusting!

As far as fishing went, I found that the further you got away from shore the less fish there seem to be. Seemed like all the fish were in really shallow, up real tight to the beach. I was thinking we would probably kill'em if we paddled out a little but we just ended up catching nothing until we got close to shore.

Hotter than hell out there!!!! But beautiful....in a post apocalyptic way!

[lowprofile]

theres some monster flatheads in there too. not the main lake but the south end where the river comes in.