NOT FISHING RELATED>>LJ Shores Caves - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

MissileTM · 06-18-2014, 12:57 PM

You can also visit them without getting in the water from above. There are stairs that go down there. I think the entrance is from the Cave Store.

EDC · 06-18-2014, 08:23 PM

Thanks for all the advice! I will have my mother in an Ocean Kayak Trident 11 which I have always found tracks straight while riding surf. My Hobie Revo always seems to want to turn to the left while riding the surf. I might just have us both get out when we get close to the beach and hold the kayaks in if she gets worried.

EDC · 06-19-2014, 05:24 PM

Just wanted to give an update and my appreciation to this forum. I took my mom out and got on the water right at low tide (9:14). I didn't want to go that late, but because of addicted2sp33d's comment I decided to give it a try. Best time to go bar none. ctfphoto said to go to the right of the tourists, so we did, and it was awesome. My GoPro abilities suck and I need to work on that, but the trip was amazing. Tons of leopard sharks and great clarity of water today. I got one weird looking creature on the bottom that I really can't identify but it was grey, wide like a ray, but had long tentacle looking things coming off of it's front almost like gigantic catfish whiskers. Wish my GoPro shots were better in times like these. Also, I decided to try sticking my feet in the water when riding the surf in at the end of the trip and I was completely stabilized. No turning to either side like usual and it couldn't have been a better trip for both myself and my mother. Thanks everyone!

ctfphoto · 06-20-2014, 05:37 AM

Sound like a great trip, glad she had fun, it is a very special place.

I was on the water 10 hours yesterday in La Jolla and saw 100 dolphins, 1 whale, some rockfish but no YT.

06-18-2014, 12:57 PM	#1
MissileTM Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 90	You can also visit them without getting in the water from above. There are stairs that go down there. I think the entrance is from the Cave Store.

06-18-2014, 08:23 PM	#2
EDC Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Oceanside Posts: 44	Thanks for all the advice! I will have my mother in an Ocean Kayak Trident 11 which I have always found tracks straight while riding surf. My Hobie Revo always seems to want to turn to the left while riding the surf. I might just have us both get out when we get close to the beach and hold the kayaks in if she gets worried.

06-19-2014, 05:24 PM	#3
EDC Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Oceanside Posts: 44	Just wanted to give an update and my appreciation to this forum. I took my mom out and got on the water right at low tide (9:14). I didn't want to go that late, but because of addicted2sp33d's comment I decided to give it a try. Best time to go bar none. ctfphoto said to go to the right of the tourists, so we did, and it was awesome. My GoPro abilities suck and I need to work on that, but the trip was amazing. Tons of leopard sharks and great clarity of water today. I got one weird looking creature on the bottom that I really can't identify but it was grey, wide like a ray, but had long tentacle looking things coming off of it's front almost like gigantic catfish whiskers. Wish my GoPro shots were better in times like these. Also, I decided to try sticking my feet in the water when riding the surf in at the end of the trip and I was completely stabilized. No turning to either side like usual and it couldn't have been a better trip for both myself and my mother. Thanks everyone!

06-20-2014, 05:37 AM	#4
ctfphoto Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 901	Sound like a great trip, glad she had fun, it is a very special place. I was on the water 10 hours yesterday in La Jolla and saw 100 dolphins, 1 whale, some rockfish but no YT.