Recent content by blfishing

I made the mistake of going on opening day on the pier. Think of it like going to the DMV, 626 night market, and a block party in the hood all in one. A lady made and enforced an invisible barrier that no one can enter. Others had yellow caution taped on the rails. Another lady dropped her net...

Ninja, Your Cat posts got me wanting to try. I always pump my rod and get bit on the slow drop. These fish were definitely bigger than the ones I have gotten on the mainland piers. The guy next to me killing it explained to me they get even bigger in Dec and Jan.

Never been to catalina so off we go. Wasn't great fishing. In fact, it was very tough. Fished hard from 11 to 6 throwing the metal jig for bones and losing all 4 hookups. Never have I lost so many in a row. It was really frustrating. Wondering now, if it was the cheap 2 piece 8 foot rods i...

They were around here and there. Def not WO. You had to find them. Best spot seems to be always the left corner at the end. The viet guys with 12 foot rods with 10 green sabikis were getting some really big ones.

At first glance, the head did look like a lizard fish but didn't know the body was translucent. It was about 3 inches. Thanks for the ID. I hope this is not a sign of things to come. When they are around, it's the only thing I seem to catch.

With the nice weather and day off, needed some r&r. Fished from 2 to 5. Water is still very dirty. Also seem like a piling is missing/broken off from the storms? If you do surf fishing, there's a lot of structures now. I caught a handful of small Macks and this little guy. New for me. No idea...

Been trying to make bait for last couple weeks. Decided to give Belmont a try after blanking at Redondo on Sat, however blanked again. Is it me or the macks been hard to come by lately? Got to the pier 3PM and fished til 7. Landed 1 lonely mack, 2 short sandies, couple of smelts. Didn't see...

Wanted to see if Bonito was still around at balboa. Nothing, dead. No bait, no even mackeral from 3 to 6 the time I fished. Saw no one get anything but smelt. So adjusted setups from bonito to halibut. C rig with of course a lively smelt. About an hour got this big boy. 30 inch on the dot. Had...

I thought about doing the reverse pull with heavy line, but hook was buried deep and I had no heavy line. Also, kind of difficult to do it alone. So decided to simply pushed the barb thru and cut it with dykes. After cutting, the jig just fell off my hand. Let me tell you, the human skin is...

It wasn't wide open for me. As you said, live bait was key. They didn't hit the jigs or feathers much at all. Still got my limit with the jig powering thru the pain. Wasn't looking casting underhand, jig caught piling and slingshot into my hand. Good times still.

Thought me and the lady spent a nice relaxing evening on the pier. It was instant hookup on the first cast for her. Bonita chasing bait. She got 4 within 20 minutes. From 4:30 to 7, it was pretty good action. Boils here and there. Every one was catching if you worked the feathers or jigs. Got...

Needed bait. Decided to try Balboa. Took me 40 minutes to find parking. Yup, summer is here. Swell is ripping good.. no sardines anywhere. Did get non stop smelt, a few mini macks. Pin one of them on a c rig and 10 minutes later, got a 20 incher butt. Threw him back and went home to watch the...

I must say since post 2020, I have encountered much more "incidents" on my fishing sessions. Lake Silverwood, some guy in a rental purposely did a B line towards my set lines on shore. Newport pier, had a group trying to take over my spot like I wasn't even there. Huntington pier, had a shark...

Yes. Pier is open to fishing. Tried for lobsters tonight. Arrived at 4pm. Tide was really low and saw no signs of oil anywhere. Got to the shack to make fresh bait and got a bag of large macks. Ended with one legal and 8 shorts. One net pulled up 5. It was music to my ears hearing them flob. 3...

Thanks for the info. So is it open today and tomorrow for fishing as well?