Chula Vista Bayfront Park? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

iethinker · 08-31-2014, 02:42 PM

Has anyone ever launched their kayak here here?

Chula Vista Bayfront Park
Chula Vista, CA 91910

Click Here: GPS: 32.621237, -117.103366

What is the parking and boat launch like....are they free? What species of fish are in this area? Curfews?

iethinker

mclanea · 08-31-2014, 04:24 PM

I fished out of Bayside Park, which is about .25... maybe less... north of there, this morning.

I can't speak to Bayfront Park exactly, but I can't see it being any different than right across the way there.

Free parking. Sandy beach for launching. I caught a couple decent SBB.

The conditions were amazing. Glassy water, low wind in the AM, zero boats.

buddha · 08-31-2014, 05:24 PM

Excellent place for fishing. I may go there again tomorrow or maybe Tidelands. Everything is there: spotties, halibut, yellowfin croaker, shortfin corvina.

Very easy beach launch.

Free parking.

Fishing is usually good.

No crowds at all hardly any pressure at all from boats.

Ton of open water.

My favorite place to fish in the bay.

Actually Chula Vista bayfront park is where the boat launch is.

Bayside Park is north of there and a better launch for kayaks.

We launched out of bayside park today.

taggermike · 09-01-2014, 08:43 AM

Like Buddha said, great and easy place to launch, plenty of free parking, and usually good fishing. Lots of folks launch from the beach north of the marina. I just use the boat ramp and paddle a bit farther. South bay can be an amazing place. Its fairly quiet and has square miles of eel grass flats. The fishing can be excellent depending on tide flow. Spotted bay bass are the most common catch but you can find halibut, corvina, yellow fin croaker, black croaker, spot fin croaker, sand bass in the deeper channels, bone fish, plenty of sharks n rays, and though they've been rare the last few years you can get in to some bonito back there too. Lots of different local and migratory birds and there's a population of green sea turtles that you see occasionally. Mike

MissileTM · 09-01-2014, 05:12 PM

That's the best place to launch in the South Bay. I launch from the ramp and there is plenty of parking on most days but sometimes it will be full when the lowrider clubs have car shows.

08-31-2014, 02:42 PM	#1
iethinker Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Inland Empire Posts: 370	Chula Vista Bayfront Park? Has anyone ever launched their kayak here here? Chula Vista Bayfront Park Chula Vista, CA 91910 Click Here: GPS: 32.621237, -117.103366 What is the parking and boat launch like....are they free? What species of fish are in this area? Curfews? iethinker

08-31-2014, 04:24 PM	#2
mclanea Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Rolando Posts: 85	I fished out of Bayside Park, which is about .25... maybe less... north of there, this morning. I can't speak to Bayfront Park exactly, but I can't see it being any different than right across the way there. Free parking. Sandy beach for launching. I caught a couple decent SBB. The conditions were amazing. Glassy water, low wind in the AM, zero boats.

08-31-2014, 05:24 PM	#3
buddha Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: chula vista Posts: 907	Excellent place for fishing. I may go there again tomorrow or maybe Tidelands. Everything is there: spotties, halibut, yellowfin croaker, shortfin corvina. Very easy beach launch. Free parking. Fishing is usually good. No crowds at all hardly any pressure at all from boats. Ton of open water. My favorite place to fish in the bay. Actually Chula Vista bayfront park is where the boat launch is. Bayside Park is north of there and a better launch for kayaks. We launched out of bayside park today.

09-01-2014, 08:43 AM	#4
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Like Buddha said, great and easy place to launch, plenty of free parking, and usually good fishing. Lots of folks launch from the beach north of the marina. I just use the boat ramp and paddle a bit farther. South bay can be an amazing place. Its fairly quiet and has square miles of eel grass flats. The fishing can be excellent depending on tide flow. Spotted bay bass are the most common catch but you can find halibut, corvina, yellow fin croaker, black croaker, spot fin croaker, sand bass in the deeper channels, bone fish, plenty of sharks n rays, and though they've been rare the last few years you can get in to some bonito back there too. Lots of different local and migratory birds and there's a population of green sea turtles that you see occasionally. Mike

09-01-2014, 05:12 PM	#5
MissileTM Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 90	That's the best place to launch in the South Bay. I launch from the ramp and there is plenty of parking on most days but sometimes it will be full when the lowrider clubs have car shows.