Not sure where the Hyatt is, but San Diego Sailing Center rents yaks (also a great place to buy one). But, Mission Bay is a tough place to fish. Clear, shallow water and lots of boat traffic. It does have it's days though. There's probably someone on SD Bay that rents them. Much better fishing, both for size and numbers.

Trod, a sledhead is simply a jig head w/ an offset worm hook instead of a regular one. Perfect for thinner baits worked in kelp or other heavy cover. I Texskin the bait so snagging isn't too much of an issue. I lost 2 heads in 4 hrs fishing. And that's throwing into kelp so thick that we'd often have to just wait to drift up to the smallest of holes. Just enough to get the bait through. Sometimes even having to jiggle the tip to get the bait to roll off of some strand under the canopy. In fact, I should've had my Diawa w/ the flipping switch, would've saved some wear on the gears.

Calicos seem the hardest to crossover. They are are much pickier on any given day than say spotties, which think themselves LMs. My favorite freshwater baits for calicos are Zoom Superflukes, 4" Berkely Powerpulse worms (smoke/sparkle or watermelon/red flake) and the nearly impossible to find 4" Jerkit. Spooks can be fun too. For spotties; Powerpulse worms, Roboworm Zippers, Zoom Baby Brushhogs, American Angler Brushbugs, and Senkos. The Senkos are reserved for tough bites and tournaments duy to their fragile nature.

My adventures in crossover baits started when Whams became unavailable. Ironically, this happened just as they became popular. So I started hitting bass shops for things that looked different. You think PBers can be brutal. Try being a deckhand and throwing a frickin' zipper. It was my day off, fishing was slow so I started pulling out the 'new' baits. The whole crew started laughing, and kept it up for a long time. When I was pulling fish every other cast, they shut up. Then they used up the whole pack.
I still get laughed at when I return (now i'm stuck in a corporate job), but it's a different type of laugh now. I also know that Helgren's has or had a regular who used spinnerbaits in the kelp with great success. Just start playing around. The right baits will fall into place as you keep trying.

Amish Ed
You Can't Catch it again if
it's Dead!

Amish Ed
You can't catch it again if it's dead!