Looking For Baja Yak Tips (Cerritos and Todos Santos) - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Fiskadoro · 02-15-2012, 02:21 PM

I didn't realize you were going so soon. Did some checking and Dorado are scarce and the Tuna are mostly well offshore. Inshore they have been getting Big Yellowtail and grouper on both bait and Iron deep on structure. There are also Some good sized Pargo and smaller roosters biting.

Lots of mackerel around take some sabiki's make some bait and flyline it close to the beach or drop it down deep out in front of the rocks.

Jim

dorado50 · 02-15-2012, 06:07 PM

The water temp around that area right now is around 65F and will probably get colder before warmer. Probably sierra along shoreline(wire your lures), and perhaps yt around rock piles. Remember the wind is your enemy! West wind good,eastward be careful....good

luck

Fiskadoro · 02-15-2012, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by dorado50

The water temp around that area right now is around 65F...

Temps actually still a little higher. 68-72 depending on location.

http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/baja-mexico-fishing-reports-discussion/396685-fishing-cabo.html

dorado50 · 02-15-2012, 07:23 PM

Didn't know he was mothershipping to the Golden Gate! Thought he was kayak fishing from beach launch! Whatever.......

RK · 02-15-2012, 07:29 PM

dave is spot on with the sierra, youll be able to get them pretty close to shore within easy kayak range for sure.
If your into surfing those points at cerritos and pedrino or whatever its called can get fun too that time of year.
we caught those sierra on fly rods and it was all day fun.

Fiskadoro · 02-15-2012, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dorado50

Didn't know he was mothershipping to the Golden Gate! Thought he was kayak fishing from beach launch! Whatever.......

Golden Gate is about half way between him and Cabo, maybe twenty miles south and five or six offshore but the temp break is still North of him, between 23.50 and 23.66

Currently Todos Santos is in the same water as the bank. You'd have to go up to Cunanao or Agua Fresca to get in the colder water. Don't listen to me check the SST. Today's is kind of a anomaly but if you look at the multi day composite you can see he's still in the warmer water.

It all depends on what the current does. It may well be colder by the time he get's there.

Jim

TCS · 02-15-2012, 08:57 PM

Last time I was at Cerritos there was DOH pounding surf that was humiliating on a surfboard, not to mention a kayak. Imagine launching at Blacks when the Aleutian Juice is in the water...

Also, the flies were thick!

corazondeloso · 02-16-2012, 04:45 AM

Thanks for taking the time to hit me up with some info...it has already been pretty helpful. I also have a copy of Baja Catch laying around that I will read before I leave. You're right re the fact that Cerritos can be a bit treacherous with the surf, so I am prepared to enjoy a thermos of coffee instead of launching if thats what conditions warrant. Dry bags and leashes will be my friend, thats for sure.

Thanks, and feel free to post anything else you feel helpful (wire leader for sierra is something I wouldn't have done, as I shore fished with a buddies rig one time (for about 15 minutes) down there and he had tied a Kroc onto his main line...so maybe he didn't know either. Good stuff.

02-16-2012, 04:45 AM	#8
corazondeloso Junior Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10	Grassy Ass Thanks for taking the time to hit me up with some info...it has already been pretty helpful. I also have a copy of Baja Catch laying around that I will read before I leave. You're right re the fact that Cerritos can be a bit treacherous with the surf, so I am prepared to enjoy a thermos of coffee instead of launching if thats what conditions warrant. Dry bags and leashes will be my friend, thats for sure. Thanks, and feel free to post anything else you feel helpful (wire leader for sierra is something I wouldn't have done, as I shore fished with a buddies rig one time (for about 15 minutes) down there and he had tied a Kroc onto his main line...so maybe he didn't know either. Good stuff.

02-15-2012, 02:21 PM	#1
Fiskadoro ....... Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,509	I didn't realize you were going so soon. Did some checking and Dorado are scarce and the Tuna are mostly well offshore. Inshore they have been getting Big Yellowtail and grouper on both bait and Iron deep on structure. There are also Some good sized Pargo and smaller roosters biting. Lots of mackerel around take some sabiki's make some bait and flyline it close to the beach or drop it down deep out in front of the rocks. Jim

02-15-2012, 06:07 PM	#2
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	The water temp around that area right now is around 65F and will probably get colder before warmer. Probably sierra along shoreline(wire your lures), and perhaps yt around rock piles. Remember the wind is your enemy! West wind good,eastward be careful....good luck

02-15-2012, 07:23 PM	#4
dorado50 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla Shores Posts: 1,626	Didn't know he was mothershipping to the Golden Gate! Thought he was kayak fishing from beach launch! Whatever.......

02-15-2012, 07:29 PM	#5
RK Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 736	dave is spot on with the sierra, youll be able to get them pretty close to shore within easy kayak range for sure. If your into surfing those points at cerritos and pedrino or whatever its called can get fun too that time of year. we caught those sierra on fly rods and it was all day fun.

02-15-2012, 08:57 PM	#7
TCS Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 478	Last time I was at Cerritos there was DOH pounding surf that was humiliating on a surfboard, not to mention a kayak. Imagine launching at Blacks when the Aleutian Juice is in the water... Also, the flies were thick!