Camp Pendleton Clam Beds - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

fsuindustries · 09-27-2012, 09:15 PM

Anybody ever ventured to the Camp Pendleton Clam Beds? If so roughly how far of a paddle is it and what have you caught out there?

Thanks

fsuindustries · 09-29-2012, 12:34 AM

No one has ever been to the Clam Beds?

Bueller?

jorluivil · 09-29-2012, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by fsuindustries

Anybody ever ventured to the Camp Pendleton Clam Beds? If so roughly how far of a paddle is it and what have you caught out there?

Thanks

I'll have to assume that if someone went to a clam bed they caught.......clams

danjor · 09-29-2012, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jorluivil

I'll have to assume that if someone went to a clam bed they caught.......clams

A matter of fact i love clams! Wheres the location to these mysterious clam beds that only you seem to know about? Oh and by the way i dont think many of our local fish population live underground with the clams

Kahouna · 09-29-2012, 05:57 AM

I think it is north by the big white radar balls (golf balls). Seems like a long paddle (4+ miles) when the reefs are a little over one.

For what it's worth, I talked to the Game Warden on Pendleton and he said someone caught a huge striper in the basin last weekend.

roadx · 09-29-2012, 06:03 AM

from BD

Clam Beds

Camp Pendelton

33Â° 14.30'N. x 117Â° 27.30'W

More gps #'s

http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/fis...s-numbers.html

No.	Name	Area	Coordinates
1	Point Loma Kelp	San Diego	32Â° 42.50'N. x 117Â° 16.30'W
2	Bird Rock*	La Jolla	32Â° 48.90'N. x 117Â° 16.57'W
3	La Jolla Kelp	La Jolla	32Â° 50.00'N. x 117Â° 17.50'W
4	Del Mar Kelp	No. County San Diego	32Â° 58.50'N. x 117Â° 17.00'W
5	Leucadia Kelp	No. County San Diego	33Â° 04.00'N. x 117Â° 18.65'W
6	Barn Kelp	Camp Pendelton	33Â° 18.50'N. x 117Â° 29.10'W
7	San Mateo Kelp	San Clemente	33Â° 22.50'N. x 117Â° 35.50'W
8	Dana Point Kelp	Dana Point	33Â° 28.45'N. x 117Â° 44.50'W
9	Horseshoe Kelp	L.A. Harbor	33Â° 40.07'N. x 118Â° 12.15'W
10	Pt. Fermin Kelp	L.A. Harbor	33Â° 42.11'N. x 118Â° 17.97'W
11	Portuguese Kelp*	Palos Verdes	33Â° 43.29'N. x 118Â° 21.47'W
12	Rocky Pt. Kelp	Palos Verdes	33Â° 46.23'N. x 118Â° 26.12'W
13	Big Kelp Reef	Malibu	34Â° 00.03'N. x 118Â° 45.27'W
14	Harrison Reef	Malibu	34Â° 02.05'N. x 118Â° 56.55'W
15	Bass Rock	Point Magu	34Â° 06.38'N. x 119Â° 11.59'W
16	Dulah Reef	Ventura	34Â° 18.15'N. x 119Â° 22.10'W
17	Camby's Reef	Santa Barbara	34Â° 23.20'N. x 119Â° 42.50'W
18	Anacapa East	Anacapa Island	34Â° 00.90'N. x 119Â° 21.50'W
19	Hidden Reef*	Santa Barbara Isl.	33Â° 29.50'N. x 119Â° 04.40'W
20	Sutil Kelp*	Santa Barbara Isl.	33Â° 28.32'N. x 119Â° 01.11'W
21	Eagle Rock*	Catalina Island	33Â° 28.70'N. x 118Â° 36.33'W
22	Ironbound Cove*	Catalina Island	33Â° 27.06'N. x 118Â° 34.65'W
23	China Point*	Catalina Island	33Â° 19.44'N. x 118Â° 28.01'W
24	Church Rock*	Catalina Island	33Â° 17.75'N. x 118Â° 19.67'W
25	Eagle Reef*	Catalina Island	33Â° 27.48'N. x 118Â° 30.62'W
26	Parson's Reef*	Catalina Island	33Â° 28.28'N. x 118Â° 32.95'W
27	Castle Rock Reef*	San Clemente Island	33Â° 02.10'N. x 118Â° 36.80'W
28	West Cove*	San Clemente Island	33Â° 00

Flats No.	Name	Area	Coordinates
1	Imperial Flats	Imperial Beach	32Â° 36.30'N. x 117Â° 14.15W
2	Mission Flats	Mission Beach	32Â° 46.00'N. x 117Â° 16.50'W
3	Powerplant	Carlsbad	33Â° 02.20'N. x 117Â° 18.40'W
4	Clam Beds	Camp Pendelton	33Â° 14.30'N. x 117Â° 27.30'W
5	Huntington Flats	Huntington Beach	32Â° 39.30'N. x 118Â° 03.40'W
6	LA Harbor Area	Long Beach	33Â° 38.80'N. x 118Â° 13.20'W
7	Scattergood Flats	El Segundo	33Â° 55.20'N. x 118Â° 26.50'W
8	Santa Monica Bay	Santa Monica	34Â° 01.00'N. x 118Â° 32.00'W
9	Hueneme Flats	Port Hueneme	34Â° 08.32'N. x 119Â° 12.95'W
10	Ventura Flats	Ventura	33Â° 40.07'N. x 118Â° 12.15'W
11	Santa Barbara Flats	Santa Barbara	34Â° 14.00'N. x 119Â° 19.00'W

TUNA No.	Name	Country	Coordinates
1	Thirty Mile Bank	Mexico	33Â° 23'N. x 117Â° 47'W
2	Forty Mile Bank	Mexico	33Â° 39'N. x 117Â° 58'W
3	Butterfly Bank	Mexico	32Â° 22'N. x 118Â° 17'W
4	Boomerang Bank	Mexico	32Â° 23'N. x 118Â° 28'W
5	Sixty Mile Bank	Mexico	32Â° 05'N. x 118Â° 15'W
6	Mushroom Bank	Mexico	32Â° 05'N. x 118Â° 29'W
7	Cortez Bank	USA	32Â° 27'N. x 119Â° 07'W
8	Tanner Bank	USA	32Â° 42'N. x 119Â° 07'W
9	Northeast Bank	Mexico	32Â° 20'N. x 119Â° 38'W
10	Garret Bank	USA	32Â° 40'N. x 119Â° 35'W
11	Cherry Bank	USA	32Â° 52'N. x 119Â° 24'W
12	107 Bank	USA	33Â° 03'N. x 119Â° 36'W
13	Potato Bank	USA	33Â° 15'N. x 119Â° 50'W
14	Osborn Bank	USA	33Â° 21'N. x 119Â° 02'W
15	Pilgrim Bank	USA	33Â° 44'N. x 119Â° 10'W
16	The 209	USA	33Â° 35'N. x 118Â° 36'W
17	14 Mile Bank (Lasuen Knoll)	USA	33Â° 24'N. x 118Â° 00'W

Wrecks and Arificial Reefs

No.	Name	Approx Size	Coordinates
1	International Reef	75 Acres	32Â° 32.40'N. x 117Â° 14.70W
2	Mission Beach Reef	173 Acres	32Â° 46.23'N. x 117Â° 16.30'W
3	Pacific Beach Reef	109 Acres	32Â° 47.58'N. x 117Â° 16.57'W
4	Torrey Pines Reef #1	500 ft.	32Â° 53.20'N. x 117Â° 50.83'W
5	Torrey Pines Reef #2	1 Acre	32Â° 53.58'N. x 117Â° 15.58'W
6	Carlsbad Artificial Reef	6 Acres	33Â° 05.00'N. x 117Â° 19.15'W
7	Oceanside Artificial Reef #1	4 Acres	33Â° 10.95'N. x 117Â° 25.00'W
8	Oceanside Artificial Reef #2	256 Acres	33Â° 12.58'N. x 117Â° 25.80'W
9	Pendelton Artificial Reef	3.5 Acres	34Â° 19.50'N. x 117Â° 31.70'W
10	Newport Beach Artificial Reef	8 Acres	36Â° 16.22'N. x 117Â° 57.82'W
11	Huntington Beach Art. Reef #1	3 Acres	33Â° 37.45'N. x 118Â° 00.07'W
	Huntington Beach Art. Reef #2	3 Acres	33Â° 37.28'N. x 117Â° 59.85'W
	Huntington Beach Art. Reef #3	3 Acres	33Â° 37.15'N. x 117Â° 59.28'W
	Huntington Beach Art. Reef #4	3 Acres	33Â° 36.85'N. x 117Â° 58.82'W
12	Bolsa Chica Artificial Reef	220 Acres	33Â° 39.05'N. x 118Â° 00.06'W
13	Gambling Ship Shipwreck	300 ft	33Â° 41.49'N. x 118Â° 08.75'W
14	Georgia Straights Shipwreck	200 ft	33Â° 41.34'N. x 118Â° 12.49'W
15	Minesweeper Shipwreck	250 ft	33Â° 41.60'N. x 118Â° 19.45'W
16	Avalon Shipwreck	350 ft	33Â° 47.28'N. x 118Â° 25.62'W
17	Palawan Shipwreck	450 ft	33Â° 49.42'N. x 118Â° 24.88'W
18	Redondo Beach Artificial Reef	1.5 Acres	33Â° 50.23'N. x 118Â° 24.53'W
19	Hermosa Beach Artificial Reef	0.5 Acres	33Â° 51.22'N. x 118Â° 24.80'W
20	Marina Del Rey Art. Reef #1	3.5 Acres	33Â° 57.90'N. x 118Â° 29.17'W
	Marina Del Rey Art. Reef #2	7 Acres	33Â° 58.10'N. x 118Â° 29.18'W
21	Star of Scotland Shipwreck	180 ft	33Â° 59.52'N. x 118Â° 31.27'W
22	Santa Monica Artificial Reef	0.5 Acres	34Â° 00.57'N. x 118Â° 31.78'W
23	Santa Monica Bay Art. Reef	256 Acres	34Â° 00.78'N. x 118Â° 32.55'W
24	Topanga Artificial Reef	13 Acres	34Â° 01.63'N. x 118Â° 31.95'W
25	Malibu Artificial Reef	0.5 Acres	34Â° 01.49'N. x 118Â° 39.03'W
26	Pitas Point Artificial Reef	1 Acre	34Â° 18.13'N. x 118Â° 22.10'W
27	Winfield Scott Shipwreck*	500 ft.	34Â° 00.57'N x 119Â° 23.25'W
28	Diosa Del Mar Shipwreck*	90 ft.	33Â° 27.60'N x 118Â° 29.10'W
29	John Butler Shipwreck (In NW Harbor)	300 ft.	33Â° 02.17'N x 118Â° 34.92'W
30	Gegory (Indoctrinator) Shipwreck*	300 ft.

fsuindustries · 09-29-2012, 06:06 AM

Thanks for responding, I was reading that it was pretty good spot for fishing. I did not realize it was that far of a paddle. That the info I was looking for!

And excuse my ignorance, I was not aware that clam's lived underground.
I am learning new things everyday!

Thanks

roadx · 09-29-2012, 06:18 AM

the clam beds are a hugh sandbass spawning grounds. i bet in the near future camp pendelton an imperial beach clam beds will be closed to fishing during spawning season.

lowprofile · 09-29-2012, 01:25 PM

It was wide open on WSB during the sand bass spawn this year. Alot of people were catching them off the san o domes when they were stacked on the clam beds.

vincentek9 · 09-29-2012, 01:42 PM

can i just catch the clams instead? i prefer clams over fish.

GregAndrew · 09-29-2012, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lowprofile

It was wide open on WSB during the sand bass spawn this year. Alot of people were catching them off the san o domes when they were stacked on the clam beds.

Those are 2 different Clambeds. The Box Canyon Clambeds (South of San Onofre) are at 33 deg 18.66' N - 117 deg 32.81' W. The other one from BD is the South End Clambeds (outside the Hovercraft station). The Box Canyon Clambeds are 4.7 miles from San Onofre State Beach, and have been visited by kayaks at least twice in the last year that I know of. Unless the Squid are there it is probably not worth the trip.

lowprofile · 11-14-2012, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by GregAndrew

Those are 2 different Clambeds. The Box Canyon Clambeds (South of San Onofre) are at 33 deg 18.66' N - 117 deg 32.81' W. The other one from BD is the South End Clambeds (outside the Hovercraft station). The Box Canyon Clambeds are 4.7 miles from San Onofre State Beach, and have been visited by kayaks at least twice in the last year that I know of. Unless the Squid are there it is probably not worth the trip.

I know this. i was speaking of them on the south beds when people were also getting them up north.

anyways. anyone venture to the south ones? i attempted it. got in front of the golf balls and forgot the numbers and also couldn't locate anything on the FF. 50 min peddle from pendleton side.

Divad · 11-15-2012, 12:24 PM

There were about 12 squid boats out there Wednesday morning and still there at the end of the day.

lowprofile · 11-15-2012, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Divad

There were about 12 squid boats out there Wednesday morning and still there at the end of the day.

ill go take a look tonight. maybe ill be staying closer to home this weekend.

bus kid · 11-16-2012, 06:14 AM

spam to the bottom bump

09-29-2012, 06:18 AM	#8
roadx . Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,155	the clam beds are a hugh sandbass spawning grounds. i bet in the near future camp pendelton an imperial beach clam beds will be closed to fishing during spawning season. __________________

09-29-2012, 01:25 PM	#9
lowprofile #1 on fishstick's hitlist Join Date: May 2011 Location: Sea level Posts: 1,477	It was wide open on WSB during the sand bass spawn this year. Alot of people were catching them off the san o domes when they were stacked on the clam beds. __________________ MLPA- My Largest Poaching Area Last edited by lowprofile; 09-29-2012 at 01:59 PM.

09-29-2012, 01:42 PM	#10
vincentek9 MAYNEE-YAK Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: So Cal Posts: 531	can i just catch the clams instead? i prefer clams over fish. __________________

11-16-2012, 06:14 AM	#15
bus kid Team Keine Zugehörigkeit Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Way out there Posts: 2,854	spam to the bottom bump __________________ Não alimente os trolls------------Don't feed the trolls---------------インタネット荒らしを無視しろ

09-27-2012, 09:15 PM	#1
fsuindustries Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Oceanside Posts: 69	Camp Pendleton Clam Beds Anybody ever ventured to the Camp Pendleton Clam Beds? If so roughly how far of a paddle is it and what have you caught out there? Thanks

09-29-2012, 12:34 AM	#2
fsuindustries Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Oceanside Posts: 69	No one has ever been to the Clam Beds? Bueller?

09-29-2012, 05:57 AM	#5
Kahouna Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 108	I think it is north by the big white radar balls (golf balls). Seems like a long paddle (4+ miles) when the reefs are a little over one. For what it's worth, I talked to the Game Warden on Pendleton and he said someone caught a huge striper in the basin last weekend.

09-29-2012, 06:06 AM	#7
fsuindustries Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Oceanside Posts: 69	Thanks for responding, I was reading that it was pretty good spot for fishing. I did not realize it was that far of a paddle. That the info I was looking for! And excuse my ignorance, I was not aware that clam's lived underground. I am learning new things everyday! Thanks

11-15-2012, 12:24 PM	#13
Divad Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Oceanside Posts: 112	There were about 12 squid boats out there Wednesday morning and still there at the end of the day.