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I spent the day here and wound up using the metal detector all day instead of wetting a line, but I spoke to a couple fishers. One was baitfishing casting out just past the breakers with shrimp and mackerel... No bites, no catches, no takers. Other was surf fishing with artificials for perch...

So I was on Doheny with my metal detector on Sunday and it was littered with lobster parts... Carapaces, antennae, leg portions... Not just here and there but lousy with lobster portions (and not just molted shells... had bits inside quite a few of them). Not sure if it's poaching, sea life, or...

What is everyone going to be doing? I'm looking forward to trying for some lobster. I have a lobster style net now, and a lobster card. Anyone have plans for the opener?

Hit the afternoon tide catching the end of the outgoing and a few hours of the incoming from noon to about 6pm. The word of the day was smelt. Jacksmelt everywhere, but only way to catch them seemed to be with super tiny hooks baited with breadballs or by snagging them. I caught one with an 18'...

Fished the harbor pier for most of the afternoon. Not much action, but TONS of little smelt. Throw a piece of slow-sinking bait into the water and they would swarm it like piranha in a frenzy. One young fisherman snagged and lost his rig so I set him up with a simple Carolina rig so he could...

Seems like domoic acid is becoming more and more of an issue as waters get incessantly warmer... Be careful of the fish you keep and be aware of the current warnings about algal bloom where you are fishing! https://www.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-dead-sick-dolphins-sea-122000951.html Not sure...

I'm wondering if it will have any impact on recreational or non-commercial angling... https://www.yahoo.com/news/wildlife-sanctuary-unlike-other-part-190000025.html

May be hitting San Clemente pier tomorrow morning. Anyone else likely to be in the area? Plans not set in stone so may wind up elsewhere...

Ken, Wasn't sure where to post this, so here it is... I know that the ads are necessary for the site generate revenue and, hopefully, cover operating costs at the least, but they seem to be getting a bit out of hand, at least on my screen. I have an ad bar at the top of the page, the bottom...

18-Foot Sea Monster Emerges from the Depths of Sunny Southern California's Coast (msn.com)

7 miles of California beaches closed after 250,000 gallons of sewage spill into the LA River (msn.com)

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/santa-cruz-cement-ship-breaks-17697089.php Looks like the cement ship may be getting destroyed too from the pictures I've seen... or could just be super rough seas. Half the pier is missing though.

Was looking for a thread on gear and technique for lobster fishing... Since all I have is the crab-net that I used for rock and Dungeness crab up in the SF Bay area I was thinking of getting a net for lobster to use down here... Anyway, I didn't see a thread handy so I thought I'd start one...

Warm ocean waters attracting unique marine life off San Diego coast (msn.com) Seems like more than just Dorado in the area...

Hey all. I thought it would be fun to start a thread about all of ya'lls earliest fishing memories. If this has already been done I apologize but what the heck... sometimes it's fun to freshly rehash old memories (new thread for old memories?) My first fishing memory is at Jenks Lake up on the...

Beautiful day, crystal clear water. I spent about 3 hours on from the surf-break to about 2/3 down the pier. I finally realized that I was wasting my time because with the exception of the mild surf-break you could see all the way to the bottom... and there weren't any fish present. The entire...

July 5, up and down the beach perching with various grubs and Gulp sandworms. Fairly consistent bites but didn't land anything. July 7, hiked the cove north of the creek mouth to get to some rocky terrain for Rockfish. Used a high-low with mussel on high, anchovy on low. Pulled in one pretty...

Will be in San Simeon from Sunday through Friday. Driving in on Sunday, leaving some time on Friday. Anyone who is in the area or will be in the area feel like meeting up to fish or anything? It's vacation and I'm bringing most of my gear and maybe some freediving gear too although it will be...

Walked about 1/2 to 3/4 mile down the beach from the steep trail down from the parking lot. Cast over and over, with pretty much each retrieve pulling in anywhere from 1 to 3 lbs of various sea foliage... kelp, eel grass, bull kelp, you name it. In the end went back to the camp site, opened a...

Was wondering if anyone had opinions about Carolina rig, Carolina rig but with the weight attached at the top of the leader (not sliding), or dropshot for surf-perch... was wondering if, when using grubs vs gulp sandworms whether the different rigs would make a difference... Going to be testing...