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  1. Bendopolo

    Balboa Harbor

    For comparison, on Sunday I caught 38 Spotties and 3 Halibut off my Kayak on 1/4 oz jighead and a ZMan Streakz in Mud Minnow. All the fish were on a single jig and it will still catch 30 more before it gets too messed up. These fish were off the Coast Guard in the main Shipping Channel. Just so...
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    Advice Needed on Catching Striped Bass in SF Area

    Throw White Jigs or White Underspins.
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    Keeper finally

    It’s the season, the Grunion start bringing in the Gamefish.
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    ID of Fish

    Back when Newport Bay was loaded with Striped Bass. Every Deepbody Anchovy we caught resulted in a Striper. They would pester a regular Anchovy and follow it around and occasionally eat one, but the Deepbodys were lethal !
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    What's the rationale

    Mostly straight cluelessness. If you are there there must be fish there. This happens to everybody, from Yachts to Bass Boats to Kayaks.
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    Catalina

    That gives you half a day to fish, all night, and most of the next day. I’ve never paid for parking in Newport. While you might have to hunt a little, there is always street parking.
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    Catalina

    $53 Round Trip to Avalon out of Newport Beach on Groupon right now. Monday-Thursday or maybe, Thursday-Monday if you have the time.
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    How many went to the Bart Hall Show in Long Beach?

    I’ll be damn if I’m gonna spend $20 so I can go shopping….should be free to consumers.
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    Help ID This Fish

    I’ve mentioned this before. In order to get a reliable ID we need be able to count the fin rays. I need a sharp picture from different angles of a freshly caught fish. This picture is too blurry to show them. You can probably find it in this chart but several are similar.
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    Striped Bass @ Richmond Rocks 01/14

    You can keep those Ghost Shrimp alive for 3-4 days in a bucket with salt water soaked burlap sack and a lid. Keep in the refrigerator or an ice chest with ice sealed in a ziplock. You have to keep them cool and moist.
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    Good tips on a fillet knife for halibut.

    I once filleted a 12 pound Halibut and a 15 pound White Seabass with a one inch long knife attached to my big pair of line Clippers. This was on a beach near San Quentin. While not perfect, it produced fine results. Lots of small cuts, then long sweeps to separate the fillets from the Carcass...
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    California Lizardfish

    Funny you mentioned Waikiki, I caught them daily on Poppers fishing for Ulua. The local Surfer guys wanted them all, and I was happy to oblige. They were very aggressive and it was hard not to hook them as they would blast the Topwater Lure, engulfing it.
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    El Nino Did That

    Next Trip: Leopard Shark Fishing!
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    There are NO sheepshead in Pacific Ocean.

    Names can be deceptive. I caught a fish in North Carolina that looked exactly like a California Corbina. The Locals called it a Whiting. Whiting are related to Atlantic Cod. Therefore I thought California Corbinas were related to the Cod Family. They both had a single Barbel under their mouths...
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    Ocean Whitefish

    You forgot the best and most descriptive Name we have for this Fish - “Razor Gilled Bottom Dorado” I first heard this on a Party Boat out of Ventura and it has spread.
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    Balboa Super-micro Bones in the Rain - good sign!

    No ethics involved. You can keep 5 under 24 inches. That is the law.
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    Women and Fishing

    I figured this to be picture heavy….
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    Where's the fish?

    There are large Bonito being caught around Catalina and the offshore Banks. Absolutely none in the nearshore waters even though it is a beautiful deep blue with tons of bait. Have the Seiners wrapped them all up? Our nearshore Bonito usually migrate up the coast this time of year and there were...
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    El Nino is Here

    72 degree water on the beach at Crystal Cove, just South of Newport Beach