![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- angler wrestles with a thresher shark](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/01_fishing_img_0610-1024x695.jpg)
CEDROS ISLAND
Cedros Island, roughly midway down the Baja pensinsula on the wild Pacific coast, has gained a reputation among Southern California calico (kelp) bass anglers as something of a holy grail. When a group of adventurous fishermen flew down to join Hobie Kayaks and explore Cedros Island fishing from kayaks, they found plenty of calicos — and some other species they hadn’t expected.
Catch the action in these 15 images and then see 15 more in a second gallery.
After you’ve seen these galleries, check out the images from another Sport Fishing Mexico kayak-fishing adventure, this one to Loreto on the Sea of Cortez, last year.
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- locator map](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/cedros_island_locator_map-1024x702.jpg)
Standard Mexican Airstrip
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- air strip](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/02_airplane_img_9677-1024x683.jpg)
A Fleet of Hobie Fishing Kayaks
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- cleaning up](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/03_kayaks_img_8887-1024x683.jpg)
Dodging a Thresher Shark
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- attacking thresher shark](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/04_g0091992_c-1024x709.jpg)
Holding a Thresher’s Amazing Tail
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- amazing tail of the thresher shark](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/05_g0132089_p-894x1024.jpg)
Man Vs. Shark
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- man wrestles shark](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/06_g0142142_cp-1024x776.jpg)
Working the Boiler Rocks for Bass
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- fishing boiler rocks for bass](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/07_fishing_img_0669-1024x683.jpg)
Space Alien Lurks Beneath an Angler’s Kayak!
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- space alien threatens kayak anglers](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/08_fishing_img_9427_p-729x1024.jpg)
Big Sheephead Makes for a Great Kayak Catch
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- big sheephead caught by kayak angler](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/09_g0051939_p-769x1024.jpg)
Shore Lunch, Mexican Style
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- shore lunch](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/10_food_img_7907-730x1024.jpg)
Miles of Unspoiled Cedros Island Coastline to Explore
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- kayak anglers explore the coast](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/11_g0022302-1024x436.jpg)
Hooked Calico Bass Runs for Bottom
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- calico bass darts for the bottom](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/12_fishing_img_9098-683x1024.jpg)
Fat Bass on a Beautiful Morning
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- angler lands a fat calico bass](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/13_g0182235_c-1024x943.jpg)
Adrift off a Desert Island in the Late-Afternoon Sun
![Kayak fishing Cedros Island, Baja -- drift fishing off a desert island](https://www.sportfishingmag.com/uploads/2021/09/14_landscape_img_0304-1024x683.jpg)