Mission bay shore fishing help - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Cadillyak · 01-15-2015, 04:56 PM

I hit the harbor island last weekend from shore.. Landed 3 good size spotties. I was fishing a dropshot 4" white ice zoom fluke. Cast as far out as I could and slowly jig back. Funny thing is each one of my fish came on the initial drop on the cast. Try to get out on either an incoming or outgoing tide. My buddy got a short halibut on the same setup but using a 5" fluke. I was fishing 20lb braid with a 15lb floro topshot. I would definitely choose the 6 over the 20/30.

YakDout · 01-15-2015, 05:18 PM

If you have experience fishing for ANY type of bass the techniques and baits would work through the spectrum. Do you have any largemouth experience? If so, you would be surprised how similar the appetite is between spotties and largemouth.

MissileTM · 01-15-2015, 05:44 PM

Check out SDFish.com bays and lagoons forum. Tons of info on there for shore fishing. DJThrillz is the go to guy there for shore fishing in mb. Good luck!

Tuff guy · 01-15-2015, 08:26 PM

No, my bass experience is low, just wanted an easy lazy day fishing. I Have a few setups that I think will work. Thanks for the heads up guys

alfsteur · 01-16-2015, 09:32 PM

Go with 6lb line if that's all you have, but with all the eel grass I'd recommend 10-20lb braid on a light tackle set up. MB has many spots with fish, I've caught them off Bahia point, Glorietta bay, or off the main channel by Dana point boat launch... btw, if you have shrimp pump then try to get some ghost shrimps first, those are irresistible to just about everything swimming in MB. btw, another alternative is to hit Mission Beach.... use sandcrab/bloodworm for bait, you'll catch endless perches and occasional croakers.... check out SCSurffishing.com, lots of good info on getting into surf fishing! Good luck!

01-15-2015, 04:56 PM	#1
Cadillyak Team Get $$ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 841	I hit the harbor island last weekend from shore.. Landed 3 good size spotties. I was fishing a dropshot 4" white ice zoom fluke. Cast as far out as I could and slowly jig back. Funny thing is each one of my fish came on the initial drop on the cast. Try to get out on either an incoming or outgoing tide. My buddy got a short halibut on the same setup but using a 5" fluke. I was fishing 20lb braid with a 15lb floro topshot. I would definitely choose the 6 over the 20/30. __________________ The "Y" is silent 2012 Olive PA 12 2011 Papaya Outback

01-15-2015, 05:18 PM	#2
YakDout Brandon Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,345	If you have experience fishing for ANY type of bass the techniques and baits would work through the spectrum. Do you have any largemouth experience? If so, you would be surprised how similar the appetite is between spotties and largemouth. Last edited by YakDout; 01-15-2015 at 05:20 PM. Reason: typo

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01-15-2015, 05:44 PM	#3
MissileTM Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 90	Check out SDFish.com bays and lagoons forum. Tons of info on there for shore fishing. DJThrillz is the go to guy there for shore fishing in mb. Good luck!

01-15-2015, 08:26 PM	#4
Tuff guy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 137	No, my bass experience is low, just wanted an easy lazy day fishing. I Have a few setups that I think will work. Thanks for the heads up guys

01-16-2015, 09:32 PM	#5
alfsteur Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: San Diego Posts: 129	Go with 6lb line if that's all you have, but with all the eel grass I'd recommend 10-20lb braid on a light tackle set up. MB has many spots with fish, I've caught them off Bahia point, Glorietta bay, or off the main channel by Dana point boat launch... btw, if you have shrimp pump then try to get some ghost shrimps first, those are irresistible to just about everything swimming in MB. btw, another alternative is to hit Mission Beach.... use sandcrab/bloodworm for bait, you'll catch endless perches and occasional croakers.... check out SCSurffishing.com, lots of good info on getting into surf fishing! Good luck!