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Nice variety at one of my favorite piers. That little moray is adorable… they get a lot bigger there, and more persnickety as they grow. “Creep’s Corner” (the section of rail closest to the women’s restroom door that is, ironically, poorly lit at night) is a fun little spot to sing 🎵 That’s a...

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It has been said of many places, “You can usually return, but you can never go back.” Somewhere in the midst of syntax and sentiment, those words always seem to ring true for this angler, 45 years on this journey and most of them plying the nearshore with a rod in my hands. Goleta pier is...

One of my favorite places in the world, right there. I wrote this a few years back.... Years ago, long before Mrs. DOMPFA and I tied the knot, we took the long drive north to Jedediah Smith Redwoods outside of Crescent City, CA to camp and hike and cook over fire and do boyfriend & girlfriend...

I was notified yesterday by email that my camping reservations for Lime Kiln Creek for the last week of June (yes, it's May 23, friends) were canceled. Suffice to say, my family is very upset that we will not enjoy our camping and fishing trip we booked 6 months ago. For now, I will avoid a...

Hi there neighbor, I’m happy to drop off a copy at the Arcadia library... I see their staff quarterly in our Council PTA meetings, so I will give them one on behalf of the author and PFIC! :)

Hi Ken, I just put in a $112 order for two cases to Arcadia, CA. I will donate the books to each school library in Arcadia Unified, and send the rest to some other administrator buddies of mine for their respective school libraries. I checked with my school district, and just like virtually...

Yep, happened quite a bit around lobster openers down south. The department would send a few extra wardens out to the coast from inland areas. One evening, a rather fetching she-warden and I were making small talk , and she shared that she was from inland areas and spent a goodly portion of...

Ken, it was a complete cluster. The call was quickly filled, and three of the commissioners could not even get in to get a quorum. It quickly devolved to some real idiots refusing to mute their microphones for snotty one-liners, that then further unraveled into racial epithets and spouting...

California has done a great job flattening the curve, but this move is redundant to the 6 foot social distancing and unwarranted. Whether you are a recreational, commercial, or subsistence angler , you have a voice in this. Standing shoulder to shoulder at a pier or on a cattle boat is one...

http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/HOO_BeachesandTrails_3.27.20_FINAL.pdf

Well, that's it. Everyone enjoying themselves outside and sitting too close together have finally triggered our Masters to close the trails and beaches. Bummer for those of us who were able to figure out how to surf fish more than 6 feet away from others... potentially damaging to subsistence...

A few years ago, Oceanside pier had several folks sleeping out towards the end of the pier. Not sure if that is still the case.

Had a good time camping with some families at Viera’s Resort just down the river from Isleton. Despite the opening of salmon season, we fished from the dock, kayaks, paddle boards, and boats for all the shaker-strippers you could ever hope for. Cut anchovy and bloodworms did the trick, but...

I would love to read and search old posts, and spend a little time with old friends, living, and in the light.

Goleta pier, in particular, is rather sheltered most of the time from strong currents, longshore drift, and pounding surf; therefore, you can get away with lighter weight than at other "exposed" piers along the coast. When we were kids fishing the rocks around the old Marineland in Palos...

I have many fond memories of fishing for "Mud Marlin" on the Opal St. dock in Newport Harbor, often in steady rain. Those big females really seemed to wake up and eat the squidcicles a little better with a little fresh rainwater. Of course, the first catch of the night would kick off enough...

That give me an idea for a future research study: Curing the cell phone dopamine addiction with replacement behavior... like fishing. Research shows that we are addicted to our phones buzzing with texts, likes, messages, friend-adds, etc. because it elicits a release of dopamine in our brains...

Fished the tide swing on Wednesday and Thursday during my lunch break (I don’t get to do that very often), walking the rocks from Woolley Park south past Kincaid’s. I threw a 3” BH and worked the bottom where the mud hits the rock wall for a few taps (maybe smelt?) and finally hooked...