San Diego Camping - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

steveooo · 04-01-2008, 01:34 PM

Thanks 4 the replies.
Ended up getting a reservation at Lake Morena last minute and driving down after work on Friday. Corey was right. Nice place, campsites are not very private, but the fishing is decent.

Drive took us 4+ hrs from Pomona, so we set up camp in the dark. Chilly night (29 degrees) and woke up to a beautiful morning. You cant tell from the pic, but the sites are packed in like sardines without shrubs or anything separating them.

We bought the $5 each county fishing permits and got ready to fish. As we we setting up the Yak, the weather turned Ugly. Wind was going over 20mph and freezing cold. I have a very competitive and understanding wife, so she donned the waders and we headed out into the whitecaps on the lake. Too windy for bait rods, so we trolled a pair of Buoyants. Within a minute her rod tip is dancing and she had a beautiful stocker on deck a minute later.

We only fished for less than 3 hours, but we hooked probably 10 fish, landed 3, and had a few followers.

The one thing i did enjoy was that the fish were feisty. Every fish we hooked, although stockers, jumped almost instantly and frequently (thus 10 hooked, 3 landed). Biggest fish was a tad over 2 lbs, but i did have a monster that spit the hook quickly after 1 jump.
The second night it hailed on us, but we were just grateful that it waited until after we were in the tent.
The wife was happy because she got first fish on me and big fish on me. I was happy to get out of dodge for a weekend and spend it camping and on the water with my wife.
Thanks to those that replied to help me out.
Steve

Sherm · 04-01-2008, 01:37 PM

Nice job up there. The campsites were better before the fires went through.

bearlythere · 04-01-2008, 02:12 PM

Yea they used to have the North side open years ago for primative camping....that was nice right on shore line...i dont know if they will ever re-open it though....good place to paddle over to and stretch the legs...Good job way to have fun and come away with a few fish.

04-01-2008, 01:34 PM	#1
steveooo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,922	Thanks 4 the replies. Ended up getting a reservation at Lake Morena last minute and driving down after work on Friday. Corey was right. Nice place, campsites are not very private, but the fishing is decent. Drive took us 4+ hrs from Pomona, so we set up camp in the dark. Chilly night (29 degrees) and woke up to a beautiful morning. You cant tell from the pic, but the sites are packed in like sardines without shrubs or anything separating them. We bought the $5 each county fishing permits and got ready to fish. As we we setting up the Yak, the weather turned Ugly. Wind was going over 20mph and freezing cold. I have a very competitive and understanding wife, so she donned the waders and we headed out into the whitecaps on the lake. Too windy for bait rods, so we trolled a pair of Buoyants. Within a minute her rod tip is dancing and she had a beautiful stocker on deck a minute later. We only fished for less than 3 hours, but we hooked probably 10 fish, landed 3, and had a few followers. The one thing i did enjoy was that the fish were feisty. Every fish we hooked, although stockers, jumped almost instantly and frequently (thus 10 hooked, 3 landed). Biggest fish was a tad over 2 lbs, but i did have a monster that spit the hook quickly after 1 jump. The second night it hailed on us, but we were just grateful that it waited until after we were in the tent. The wife was happy because she got first fish on me and big fish on me. I was happy to get out of dodge for a weekend and spend it camping and on the water with my wife. Thanks to those that replied to help me out. Steve

04-01-2008, 01:37 PM	#2
Sherm Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 490	Nice job up there. The campsites were better before the fires went through.

04-01-2008, 02:12 PM	#3
bearlythere Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 88	Yea they used to have the North side open years ago for primative camping....that was nice right on shore line...i dont know if they will ever re-open it though....good place to paddle over to and stretch the legs...Good job way to have fun and come away with a few fish.