Mission bay to point loma kelp beds

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Originally Posted by kirkdavis

Going solo is not a problem if you are prepared. I carry a radio, and of course all of the other safety stuff. I try to go with the flow on tides. It is a struggle to go against the tide. The mouth can get pretty hairy, especially in the dark, and with all of the boats racing out in the early morning. Once you get into open water, I just turn south and start exploring. there's kind of a ledge out at bout 100' where you can find rocky areas, and kelp between there and the shore. Kelp is kinda scarce on the surface right now but, you can find it.
Not a lot of big fish action but rockfish, bass... almost always catch dinner.
I did catch the biggest fish of my life out there last fall, about 80 pound black sea bass.

Thanks for the info! Will def be going out sometime in the next week. Hoping for some big calicos, etc.

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Back in the day, when the kelps were thick and leafy, I've seen more toad calicos in one day of diving Pt Loma than in a whole year of diving LJ.