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    Dec 4 2023 - Balboa Pier

    Got here about 11:30, beautiful day, minimal wind, calm seas, tons of various types of birds everywhere. Not many anglers Wide open sardines and wide open lizards on the floor. Got a dozen dines in a matter of minutes, super healthy lively fish, the birds were stealing them faster than i could...
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    Balboa Pier Sep 3

    Got out to the pier around 10am, the beach was packed to the gills! No parking anywhere as usual! After spending 40 mins finally found a parking spot on the street which cost me about $15 for 3 hours, much more than the Palm st lot! Anyhoo- it was windy, really windy! The water was nasty red...
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    Yellowtail!?? From shore? King Harbor Redondo Beach

    as reported on Friedman Adventures this morning. Intriguing! Exciting! I’ve gotta find a way to get to the area very soon!
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    Balboa Pier Sunday Oct 16 2022

    Wide open Bonito bite in the early AM until about noon, when the bite slowed down, but a few anglers were still managing to still catch. Lots of Bonito up to 2lbs. Still smallish, but that doesn’t stop anyone from taking as much as they can fill their sacks with. Bite picked up again around 4pm...
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    Balboa Pier Bonito action galore!

    Got down here at about 8am and setup to catch sardines. Bonito everywhere, easily spotted on the surface. Didn’t want to play with any of my lures, sniper, croc, kastmaster. Lively sardines were the hot ticket if you can get past the billions of smelt. I couldnt even catch bait fast enough! As...
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    Balboa Pier 07/09/22 sunset fishing + 07/10 evening

    Was in the area, so i stopped by for a bit. Got to the pier about 6pm, place was packed to the gills! Been a long time since seeing so many anglers here. Beautiful day! Anyway, on to the bite- tons of bait in the water, large 6” + sardines, lots of smelt, good amount of sporadic mack attacks...
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    Going to Catalina Saturday 04-09-22

    I will be trying my luck Saturday afternoon around 12-2pm at the pier. Probably won’t have a chance to stay fishing too long, regardless, I have to give it a shot! If anyone is planning on being there, let me know! I will be bringing 2 budget rods i will probably give away when im done, can’t...
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    Balboa pier - Sunday - July 18, 21 - no fish for me

    Reluctant to post my skunked report, but since it’s been so quiet around here lately, i figured bad news is better than no news! I arrived at Balboa around 7am, already seeing a lot of the regulars in the parking lot chatting and packing up, thats usually a bad sign. Paid my $14 to park (6...
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    Salmon in Avila Beach??

    So i’ve been hearing about the Salmon on the Avila beach area- anyone have any tips? Dont know if they are being caught in the surf, pier, or boat only? I have never Salmon fished before. Thinking about giving it a shot in a couple days if possible to catch one from land, any info is appreciated!
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    Belmont pier - Sunday 01-31-21

    Didnt plan on fishing initially, but I happened to be in the Long Beach area 2 miles from the pier, so i figured I’d stop by for a few mins. Mildly crowded. All i had was my baitcaster i leave in the car and a single Big Hammer. Made a few casts starting near the boat ramp, hoping for a bass of...
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    Silverwood Lake skunk 🦨- 01/16/21

    Beautiful day, so decided to do a little off roading and try my luck at Silverwood since there was a recent trout plant. There was a few small groups around the lake fishing, everyone properly distanced, everyone very friendly. First off, i am not very good at freshwater fishing and i have very...
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    Balboa Pier Sunday 10-25-20 One Bonito!

    Got to Balboa around 9am, tons of bait in the water, semi-strong current, wind picked up more and more as the day went on. After about 20 mins of bait fishing, finally able to locate some sardines, once i got past the smelt on the surface. Also had my splash feather ready and a jig ready on...
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    Redondo Pier report 10-17 Saturday Night

    Goal was to try and hoop some lobsters after the sun went down- arrived at the packed pier around 4:30pm to make some macks- easily made a few dozen in less than an hour along with some giant sardines. Size 1 hook, big sardines all day, jumped up to the 1/0 and they magically turned into decent...
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    Balboa Pier 06-14-20 report. Bad!

    I guess the fish are quarantining and self isolating too! Got there are 545am, tons of anglers already set up. Didnt see any fish in anyones buckets. Lots of wind coming from the SW, a lot of rip currents. A lot of bait in the water, mostly smelt, sporadic sardines. About 9am, another angler...
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    Afternoon rpt-Balboa Pier Sunday 10-13-19

    I finally managed to land a couple dinky bonito, they were boiling in the morning all the way until about noon, then it just stopped, might have been scared off by the 3 fat sea lions that were begging for handouts. I tried the slider with some sardines, they were all too huge but i tried...
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    Sunday 09-22-19 Balboa Pier afternoon report

    I went down to Balboa pier in hopes of some Bonito action. Got there around 2pm, left around 7:30pm. Heard there was some small Bonito biting in the early morning. Lots of bait crashing, huddled around the pilings, it would “rain” smelt every few mins. I tried live smelt, sardine krocodile...
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    Balboa Pier Sunday Sep 8

    Not much action at Balboa today. Got there about 7:30am til about 1pm. Smelt everywhere, i caught some and set one out on a slider, no takers. Friend of mine soaked a 3” baby mac on a fly line, no takers. Saw very few little macs caught here and there. Bad day fishing but beautiful day out...