San Diego & SoCal Fishing Forums

Recently moved to Flagstaff AZ from San Diego, and I figured y'all would find this interesting. I have been fishing Oak Creek Canyon heavily, catching wild browns, stocked rainbows, and native Gila trout. The Gilas seem to love dries, especially hopper reaction bites when the fly hits the water ...

Did my now yearly, go hike your legs off and find a creek with trout. Searched the google for a new creek and landed on 1 that looked like it should have water. With the recent rain, i deff had some water moving. First few pools didnt have anything swimming around that i could see and i wasnt ...

Went fly fishing on the Lower Owens river just outside Bishop California last weekend. The weather was awesome and the fishing was great… caught some wild brown and rainbow trout up to 15” long using a euro nymphing technique. The hot fly was a size 14 light brown thread frenchy with a pink 3.5 mm ...

I have an old Malibu X-Factor 14.5' I use in the bays. It's a very stable kayak, can hold a TON of gear (it has a max weight load of 625 lbs!), and can move out surprisingly well for its size. The downside is it's a beast to load/unload/transport. I'd love to eventually get a pedal kayak but they ...

Yes, it is expensive. Just remember there are used ones that you can haggle. My buddy got a 2019 PA 14 for $1700 with everything only 2 light scratches we found. People impulse buy and find out its not for them, and fire sale things off. Just have to be ready.

Zoom in and out of this image…most of bay is visible, with depths if you control/scroll wheel…

https://www.usharbors.com/harbor/california/san-diego-ca/map/

I use it to identify spots that are close to where I can launch a float tube, and figure out how to fish them. If this chart shows 10 feet ...

I have the same tube. Mine holds 5 rods plus depth finder and has 45 degree holder for holding rod while unhooking fish or paying out line. Velcro straps to attach to side and T at bottom goes to a bungee. It is a hodgepodge that I have modified over the years.

Yes and yes. Velcro is glued on one end and wraps around the skinny section. Bungee is 6’ long and hooks around T.

This is what it looks like mounted.

Some more pics. Was at the bay today. Slow, sometimes that way after a storm. 6 spotties, 1 smelt.

Black ABS pipe is lighter than comparably sized PVC...but costs more.
PVC pipe is what I chose. On my first build, I had a stabilizer arm going under the tube. Didn’t like it. It caught moss, eelgrass, and even dead kelp stringers. So this version has a short pipe that extends OVER the pontoon ...

Maybe if you drop it down just an inch or two, the rod tubes will be more vertical...

I have a Humminbird Fishin Buddy but it isn't made anymore. Haven't yet seen anything I think would be better either.

The fish finder is mostly used for finding drop offs, big rocks, underwater structure, points, creek channels, whether the bottom is smooth, rocky or weeds, etc. Not really used ...

Added a horizontal bar on the right side to attach to the D rings. Seems like this is going to work and isn’t going to lean to one side or the other. Think I’m gonna let all the Rod turrets swivel. Cup holder on the front is going to have a magnetic dish mounted inside of it, place to keep baits and ...

I'm pretty sure that most of you have seen this, but this is what I use for my Super Fat Cat. I'm happy to answer any questions on it.

Berkley plastic rod holders

Chose the afternoon sted morning.

Coronado side of bay.

Pros: calm weather, rode the tail end of the tide out and back, confirmed the effectiveness of a certain newish lure. Hung out for a few hours after dark with a couple of guys (Andy and Bryce) bait fishing; got to see 'em land a few bat rays ...

I’ve seen the rule posted at many water ways for a certain size of orange marking on a tube. Most used to come with orange on back rests. I Always camo’d my tubes, especially the orange and never once have been questioned. I believe that rule as well as distance from shore and life jacket applies to ...

Rattus wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2024 4:07 pm One advantage of NEOPRENE PANTS is when you gots to pee!

Fixed that for ya.

Never once been questioned about colors on a float tube. Or whistle, life preserver or distance to shore. I have been stopped for license check twice while on the tube.

If someone doesn't notice a float tube with five 7' rods sticking up in the air, they likely won't notice a small patch of orange ...