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For comparison, on Sunday I caught 38 Spotties and 3 Halibut off my Kayak on 1/4 oz jighead and a ZMan Streakz in Mud Minnow. All the fish were on a single jig and it will still catch 30 more before it gets too messed up. These fish were off the Coast Guard in the main Shipping Channel. Just so...

Throw White Jigs or White Underspins.

It’s the season, the Grunion start bringing in the Gamefish.

Back when Newport Bay was loaded with Striped Bass. Every Deepbody Anchovy we caught resulted in a Striper. They would pester a regular Anchovy and follow it around and occasionally eat one, but the Deepbodys were lethal !

Mostly straight cluelessness. If you are there there must be fish there. This happens to everybody, from Yachts to Bass Boats to Kayaks.

That gives you half a day to fish, all night, and most of the next day. I’ve never paid for parking in Newport. While you might have to hunt a little, there is always street parking.

$53 Round Trip to Avalon out of Newport Beach on Groupon right now. Monday-Thursday or maybe, Thursday-Monday if you have the time.

I’ll be damn if I’m gonna spend $20 so I can go shopping….should be free to consumers.

I’ve mentioned this before. In order to get a reliable ID we need be able to count the fin rays. I need a sharp picture from different angles of a freshly caught fish. This picture is too blurry to show them. You can probably find it in this chart but several are similar.

You can keep those Ghost Shrimp alive for 3-4 days in a bucket with salt water soaked burlap sack and a lid. Keep in the refrigerator or an ice chest with ice sealed in a ziplock. You have to keep them cool and moist.

Confirmed….

I once filleted a 12 pound Halibut and a 15 pound White Seabass with a one inch long knife attached to my big pair of line Clippers. This was on a beach near San Quentin. While not perfect, it produced fine results. Lots of small cuts, then long sweeps to separate the fillets from the Carcass...

Funny you mentioned Waikiki, I caught them daily on Poppers fishing for Ulua. The local Surfer guys wanted them all, and I was happy to oblige. They were very aggressive and it was hard not to hook them as they would blast the Topwater Lure, engulfing it.

Next Trip: Leopard Shark Fishing!

Names can be deceptive. I caught a fish in North Carolina that looked exactly like a California Corbina. The Locals called it a Whiting. Whiting are related to Atlantic Cod. Therefore I thought California Corbinas were related to the Cod Family. They both had a single Barbel under their mouths...