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    Manhattan Beach Pier 10/04 & Balboa 10/07

    Double report. Hit Manhattan Beach Pier with my coworkers after work. First time at that pier. Typically we hit Redondo but honestly enjoyed Manhattan Pier. Plus easier to get to the 405 to head home afterwards. Anyways, not much bait in the water. Fished from 3pm till 6:30pm. Caught a couple...
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    Dana Point Breakwater - September 6th

    Congrats on the leopard sure it was a fun fight on that light tackle.
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    Huntington Beach Pier 08/31

    Fished Huntington Pier 5pm-10:30pm Saturday. Relatively slow. Fished near the end till nightfall. No mackerels were around. Some sardines and smelt. Buddy caught a pacific butterfish which is a new species for us which is always exciting. I got one thornback. Moved to our normal shaking spot...
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    Redondo and Huntington

    Kind of a two week report. Fished Redondo pier August 9th. From 3 to 8pm. A few bonito were caught from the corner. My friend managed to get a small 8” fan tailed sole that we were pumped on for the new species. Yesterday fished the end of Huntington from 8am till 3pm. Landed quite a few...
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    Newport Pier 6/29

    Fished Newport pier with my son and friend last night from around 4pm till 9pm. Caught two short halibuts on the north side right before the wider end of the pier on white flukes on jig heads. Besides that the regular bait fish, sardines, lizardfish and the mackerel were plentiful. My friend...
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    Huntington Pier 04/19

    Fished Huntington pier with my fellow angler and buddy. He’s been after a leopard since I got one a few weeks back. He had hooked and lost one two weeks ago but this time was successful. We fished mid pier. From around 5pm till 1030pm. A small spotted sand bass was caught at 5:21pm on a...
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    Huntington Beach Pier 03/08

    Fished Huntington from 3pm till 1030pm. Started in the surf zone. Got one barred surf perch (6”) on a Carolina rig and mussels. Moved to the end at sunset hoping for mackerel. They never showed. Slow night there. One round ray (12” length) on a fish finder rig with whole squid. One snagged...
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    Balboa 03/18

    Was at Balboa with my son and friends enjoying the clear weather while we had it. (High tide: 7am, Low tide: 2pm). Caught a thornback in the morning around high tide in the shallows. Pulled a surprise cabezon caught on a full squid on a fish finder rig at 11am mid pier. Around 4pm the mackerel...