ful-rac
04-16-2012, 01:17 PM
Its been kinda slow out there lately so I thought I might switch it up. Made the 3 hour drive out to the ol' Salton Sea this past sunday, and didn't catch a damn thing! We arrived at the state recreation area at about 6:00 in the morning and...it was beautiful out there. Cool in the moring then warming up to a comfortable 75 by 10:00 am or so. Water temp was in the mid-high 50s in the morning, water color was stained, coffee colored. I didn't see a single fresh dead tilapia the whole time I was there, just the usual dried up ones on the shore. There was no horrific smell out there, mostly smelled like the desert....once in a while I would get a little rotten egg smell but not too bad. I tried to meter the giant hordes of tilapia they have out there....but could only meter a few scattered fish here and there. I guessing that the water was too cold for'em or the oxygen got depleted in that area possibly? One things for sure...they were not in this area....
So not terribly dissapointed.... I gave up on the fishing and did some exploring, you'll see some interesting things out there if you just look around.....I wish I had a real fish report to post up, but here are some pics of our trip....enjoy!
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/a67527c0.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/8ec249a8.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/ca0b515c.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/7a8050da.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/b997530b.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/058ae3ce.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/00752752.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/015e3dc6.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/c2926dc6.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/bfa59740.jpg
Hey that's not sand!!!!!!
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/fb222b9e.jpg
Finally a Tilapia!!!!
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/207b68fc.jpg
Here are some pictures of some sort of structures or possibly even houses that got flooded out years ago.
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/f1e348e8.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/4eaafa90.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/e7a80e9b.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/74f82597.jpg
These trees looked like they could have been in someones front yard at one point....maybe?
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/c7deb497.jpg
A power pole in the middle of nowhere...?
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/30b6bda3.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/e7de3a4e.jpg
Old bait & tackle shop...
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/4b429717.jpg
Dock that once was....
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/08ae2795.jpg
The newly rebuilt Salton Sea yacht club, now a museum....that's never open...a waste of money??? you be the judge...
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/795f5078.jpg
So not terribly dissapointed.... I gave up on the fishing and did some exploring, you'll see some interesting things out there if you just look around.....I wish I had a real fish report to post up, but here are some pics of our trip....enjoy!
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/a67527c0.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/8ec249a8.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/ca0b515c.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/7a8050da.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/b997530b.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/058ae3ce.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/00752752.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/015e3dc6.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/c2926dc6.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/bfa59740.jpg
Hey that's not sand!!!!!!
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/fb222b9e.jpg
Finally a Tilapia!!!!
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/207b68fc.jpg
Here are some pictures of some sort of structures or possibly even houses that got flooded out years ago.
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/f1e348e8.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/4eaafa90.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/e7a80e9b.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/74f82597.jpg
These trees looked like they could have been in someones front yard at one point....maybe?
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/c7deb497.jpg
A power pole in the middle of nowhere...?
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/30b6bda3.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/e7de3a4e.jpg
Old bait & tackle shop...
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/4b429717.jpg
Dock that once was....
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/08ae2795.jpg
The newly rebuilt Salton Sea yacht club, now a museum....that's never open...a waste of money??? you be the judge...
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u217/pksbshp/Fishing/Salton%20sea%202012/795f5078.jpg