shelter cove

[pinfish]

way up north, east of Garberville is the tiny village of Shelter Cove in Mendocino county, in between Ft Bragg and Eureka. My folks used to own land up there. I was looking at google maps and there is a jetty on the launch beach south of the airport. That means fishing!?

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0233696,-124.0657624,755m/data=!3m1!1e3

 

[Ken Jones]

I love that jetty! Lots of big striped seaperch (especially in the spring), calico surfperch (inshore by the beach), cabezon, kelp greenling and rock greenling. Do make sure to turn your car lights off. I had them on one trip coming over the mountain due to all the fog, left them on while I went fishing, and when I got back to the car the battery was dead. Luckily I was able to get a jump and didn't dare turn the car off before I got back to Redway.

 

[gerbil]

I used to spend every 4th of July there but not for the last 5 years. Lots of Redtail Surf Perch at the launch ramp and off the jetty!

 

[Sin Coast]

Shelter Cove is like our own version of Alaska, right here in CA. I help organize a kayak fishing tournament up there in mid-May (which has evolved into the largest kayak fishing event on the west coast over the last 13yrs). It’s so remote and wild and there isn’t a true launch ramp so the fishing is great. The shore fishing is incredible too. Rockies, cabs, lings off the rocks or perch, flounder, halibut, dungies off the sand. The jetty is ok during high tide for the latter.

 

[Sin Coast]

Here’s a couple pics from earlier this year. I’m going back up next wknd. Salmon, halibut, and thresher bite is hot!