Recent content by Bendopolo

Talk about Pier Rats! Those Kids are a menace to society, but they are learning important lessons and may save a life or ten over the years.Glad to hear about your Halibut success. Never thought I’d say this but thank God for Lizardfish…

How about this shot “ Growing up a Surf Fishing Rat”.

Got out on an early morning Surf trip with a couple of young anglers from my area. I was on the water digging Sand Crabs at 5:30 am, started fishing at 6 am. I hooked up within 10 seconds of my first cast and proceeded to catch 5 straight medium sized Corbina, The boys, Jake and Landon caught...

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Grunion Run last night, I had a Bike Ride scheduled or I would have been out casting this morning, before sun up. Tomorrow is good too. 6 am low tide.

You can enjoy them just as much on Ten pound test. That being said, I grew up catching them on Two pound test. I still used 15 pound leader. On the beach, the sand is abrasive and will wear out light mono quickly. I mostly use ten pound running line and 15 fluorocarbon leader along the beach...

I checked on Snookie and Crew on Balboa Pier this morning. The water was beautiful, clear and 66 degrees. The Halibut are around and the Bait of Choice were the 5 inch Lizardfish, which were thick around the Pier. Second choice was harder to come by, Shiner Perch. Out on the end of the Pier...

Good to hear, Spring is on the air. Time to whack some fish.

You should hit Tuesday Morning Snookie and Crowd, Early Season Fish Report from Balboa Pier.

Groupon has round trips out of Newport for $46.20 right now for weekday travel.

When I caught my first one, it looked like a giant Sardine. The bigger they get the more they fill out.

Those Roe Sacks, cut in 1 inch chunks, were great Trout, Steelhead, Sirf Fishing Bait. Powdered in Borax and frozen, they lasted for a year in the freezer.

I fished Balboa Pier starting in the mid-60s. Even then the fishing was great when you got on the pattern. Somedays it was sight casting to Corbina with Sand Crabs, the next week we threw white Bonita Feather Jigs for Halibut. A lot of times you could drop that Jig next to any piling and slowly...

By the way, that Professional Fisherman is Bob Schelly. He provides Tackle and Bait, charges $50/hr per person and can be reached at (760) 799-3602. He is a long time resident of Avalon and is a Goldmine of information about the town, where to eat, what to do on the Island, and a Wizard at...

I’m surprised the stories haven’t shown up for us guys with 60+ years on the Pier. Huge schools of WSB, Yellowtail, Barracuda, Bonito. They would swim by for hours. Huge Halibut that would come up and hit out Bonito Flys behind homemade our Shovel Handle Splashers. Threshers spooling you in...