[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