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Interesting. I was there on the 17th out on the back side chasing the yellowtail that were supposedly in town. None to be seen but a lot of calicos about. Did stop by the Green Pier to pick up lunch on the way back, didn't see anybody fishing but it was overrun with tourists. Seabass sandwich on...

Arrived around 2PM, left at ~7PM. Nephew's first time fishing so went for simple approach and the nicest, safest, cleanest pier with the easiest parking and close restrooms. Gorgeous day out, ~80 degrees and breezy. Three people, one light spinning setup per person, hi-lo with squid from...

Sounds good. I'll be C&R anyway. As long as I can get a line in the water I don't really care if it's technically still not allowed. Good on whoever tossed the sign LOL

Any update? Might hit one of the OC piers this week.

Per the gentleman on the phone it's $10 for 3 hours, with live bait. Not going to be a high priority spot for me but if I'm in the area I might burn a few hours trying it out.

Makes sense to me! Best wishes on quick improvement!

What you call "excuses" are learning points for those of us less experienced. Rather than wimpy your post converted limited success on the water into value for more people. If you haven't already, try CBD out. My parents (a retired cop and a ohio girl, both FAR from potheads) gave it a shot and...

I was looking at party boat rates and noticed that Marina Del Rey Sportfishing allows fishing off their dock again. Ever since Davey's Locker shut down their dock for fishing I've been looking for another dock with live bait, so this might be useful to somebody else too. Not sure how much they...

3:30PM to 8:30PM. Last minute trip. State of the pier: Mackerel. Mackerel on sabiki rigs four and five at a time. Mackerel on Krocodiles. Mackerel on 1/0 and 2/0 circle hooks with ungodly large chunks of... mackerel, intended to keep the mackerel from getting hooked. Mackerel on cut frozen...

6/7. As contradictory as that might seem.

Some of the bnb's up the hill include the use of a golf cart. Might be a game changer if you're moving a lot of gear.

Great writeup and great pictures. The colors you pull out of those fish are beautiful. As for the get together, I still remember the first one. It was a great time. If there is a reunion of sorts, I'll be there. Maybe even slap together another T-shirt design like the old days. Edit: I have...

Awesome! It's going to be up to the girlfriend what dates we head out, but I will gently nudge us towards that timeframe if her schedule accommodates. Alternatively, she's gonna be in Kentucky sometime in the next few months so if she's out of town I may be able to make a solo trip then.

Absolutely. Shooting for late February, early March. Will update when I have better info.

Lovely pictures, great trip. Looking forward to visiting Avalon soon myself. Nice to see that things are open.

I have had two jobs that perfectly illustrated the pessimistic idea, "Don't ever do what you love for work, it will only sour you on the things you enjoy". It can be true, even if it's a bummer. However, the job I'm doing now I love, and it has nothing to do with my hobbies. I sell and design...

Running any retail brick & mortar is hard, especially in California, and especially these days. I agree that there is a vacuum of youtube content related to pier and shore fishing, especially in California as well. This is a great entry point. Use the store to fund high quality, consistent...

Belmont is a very interesting and underrated pier. It has produced some of the best surf species I've caught anywhere, especially croaker, but considering the location you would expect it to be more of a bay species kind of spot. I haven't fished it in a long, long time but it is another one of...

Nice work. Variety keeps it fun. A lot of pretty fish too.

My reasoning may not be entirely rational. Because of the freeway layout, Huntington and Balboa are less than a mile different in distance from my house. Newport is slightly more, but it's trivial. San Clemente is way farther, and Dana Point Harbor is about 50% of that difference. The...