Water too cold for calicos - NPH? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Goose1993 · 11-18-2015, 07:28 AM

I just took the boat out to Point Loma kelp on Saturday for calicos. It was a bit slow, but still had some luck.

I worked a 5.5 inch weed guard swim bait all through the water column. I got a few bites, but only 1 keeper calico. My bites were about 10 feet down, maybe shallower, which was weird because I was expecting to only get hit on the bottom.

But calicos definitely bite year round. I caught tons of them last winter.

There's tons of lobster traps out right now. It was like a mine field dodging those things... Just fish the bottom near those if you want to fish near ground structure.

11-18-2015, 07:28 AM	#4
Goose1993 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 115	I just took the boat out to Point Loma kelp on Saturday for calicos. It was a bit slow, but still had some luck. I worked a 5.5 inch weed guard swim bait all through the water column. I got a few bites, but only 1 keeper calico. My bites were about 10 feet down, maybe shallower, which was weird because I was expecting to only get hit on the bottom. But calicos definitely bite year round. I caught tons of them last winter. There's tons of lobster traps out right now. It was like a mine field dodging those things... Just fish the bottom near those if you want to fish near ground structure.