Hank,
What Perry said and a few other things.
La Jolla can be on fire or it can be a tough bite from day to day. You just never know. I say go for it.
Fishing at La Jolla is an 0 dark thirty (5:00 A.M.) kind of a deal. Parking is a bear unless you get there early!
The driveway onto the beach is a bottleneck that can turn chaotic when everyone tries to drive in and out of it. Especially in the late morning/afternoon!
I completely avoid this situation by bringing my launch wheels and parking in the neighborhood, rigging up my kayak at the truck and rolling down to the beach. Then I bungee my launch wheels on my kayak and launch. When you come in you put your launch wheels on and roll right past the chaos laughing all the way to your truck. It is good being part of the solution rather than being part of the problem.
I like to take 3 rigs with me to fish La Jolla. The 2 that Perry mentioned and I also take a 15 lb stick. I use this to make bait with and to use it for fishing plastics for calicos and other lures for cuda and bonito. The 3/4 oz blue and chrome Rattletrap is deadly on the bonito and cuda! Cast it out, let it sink and burn it back to the yak. It also works good on the troll.
You will probably see some sportboats there. Stay at least the distance away from them that a guy might be able to cast a jig. At the same time when they are in and they start to chum the fish go on a frenzy! Throwing
iron, krocks, Rattletraps, and other lures into the mix at this time can be a ton of fun!
Be aware that other people have trolling lines out too. Don't get too close to other people that you get your lines tangled with theirs.
Stow your gear below deck when launching and landing. Tons of gear has been lost by careless people that didn't stow their stuff below deck.
I rig all of my rods at home before I go. You don't want to do this on the water at 5:00 A.M. This is especially true with sabiki rigs. I take mine out of the package at home. Sometimes they come from the factory tied in knots!
I start by cutting off a few of the hooks to make them more user friendly. Then I get a piece of pool noodle and wrap the sabiki around it embedding the hooks as I go. I clip a 2 oz torpedo sinker on it and slide the sinker down the hole in the middle of the noodle. It is way easier to handle like this. I bring a couple of them as they can be destroyed by a 7 lb bonito quite easily. You can use a snap on the end of your 15lb rig to make it easier to change from your sabiki to a lure quickly.
Know where the boundrys of the reserve are. Here is a picture of the sign at the launch. Do not fish inside the reserve.
I hope this helps.
Robert