Need San Diego Bay Lobster advice... - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Pinhead · 02-24-2015, 01:02 PM

I don't have any 1st hand lobster fishing experience with SD Bay, but I found a DFG Study online with some info that may help. Hope you get a few nice one's. Good luck.

Here's the link to the entire article, https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?documentversionid=79884Interesting reading.

And here's a snip of some of the findings..........

Researchers found 75 percent of the lobsters reside at the mouth of the Bay and alongside Zuniga Jetty. The rest of the population is spread inside the Bay. They also found researchers were able to catch lobsters in waters near the Coronado Bridge just a few feet from the busy streets of San Diego.

They found no evidence that lobsters traveled from the protected Bay to populate the fishing grounds off Point Loma. In fact, researchers documented the opposite trend. More than one lobster moved from the kelp forests of the fishing grounds into San Diego Bay. Curiously, researchers say they never saw one exiting the bay.

What the research team found was that lobsters are by no means sedentary. Following signals from tagged lobsters, researchers found they frequently crossed the mouth of the Bay and moved along Zuniga Jetty. Some lobsters took months to move several miles from the center of the Bay to the mouth. Researchers considered the journey a significant accomplishment for such a small spiny sea creature.

02-24-2015, 01:02 PM	#4
Pinhead We all Stink Sometimes! Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 174	I don't have any 1st hand lobster fishing experience with SD Bay, but I found a DFG Study online with some info that may help. Hope you get a few nice one's. Good luck. Here's the link to the entire article, https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?documentversionid=79884Interesting reading. And here's a snip of some of the findings.......... Researchers found 75 percent of the lobsters reside at the mouth of the Bay and alongside Zuniga Jetty. The rest of the population is spread inside the Bay. They also found researchers were able to catch lobsters in waters near the Coronado Bridge just a few feet from the busy streets of San Diego. They found no evidence that lobsters traveled from the protected Bay to populate the fishing grounds off Point Loma. In fact, researchers documented the opposite trend. More than one lobster moved from the kelp forests of the fishing grounds into San Diego Bay. Curiously, researchers say they never saw one exiting the bay. What the research team found was that lobsters are by no means sedentary. Following signals from tagged lobsters, researchers found they frequently crossed the mouth of the Bay and moved along Zuniga Jetty. Some lobsters took months to move several miles from the center of the Bay to the mouth. Researchers considered the journey a significant accomplishment for such a small spiny sea creature.