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Hi, This Saturday after refreshing on pier techniques from Ken's excellent book I tried fishing from Santa Cruz. I tried for flat fish with squid at the end of the pier. Nothing. I tried for jacksmelt at the end and middle of the pier, with anchovies, shrimp and squid. Nothing. I tried close...

Hi, I went fishing a couple of times during this weekend to Santa Cruz. It was quite dead. All I managed to hook after a total of around 7 hours combined was a striped surfperch and a small grass rockfish. I tried octopus, shrimp and squid without differences in action. Regards N.

Last Sunday there was a quite impressive red tide at Santa Cruz wharf. You can check the pictures below. Some questions: What is the effect of this on fishing? Can this produce toxicity on fish, in particular anchovies?

uglystick, his friends and myself rented a skiff in Capitola last Saturday, July 27th. What was biting: Anchovies, mackerel (both jack and chub), kingfish, jacksmelt, rockfish (olive, brown and grass) and a shark. What were they biting: Sabiki #8 and #6 with and without shrimp, and hi/lo with...

"Pescaito frito" style. This recipe is great for anchovies, and/or any small fish. Ingredients: * Pinch of salt * Very fresh anchovies * Canola oil or similar * A plate with flour 1.- Clean the anchovies. Just cut the head and remove the guts with your fingers under the water. Do not waste...

Hi, We went to the Santa Cruz wharf this weekend to get some anchovies. On Saturday morning, the school was thick and they were everywhere, biting anything On Sunday afternoon there was no anchovy on sight, and nothing was biting. Some ranger told me that the school was off-shore. Mysteries... :-)

Hello fisher(wo)man This Sunday I went fishing to SC wharf. There were few mackerels very, very, early in the morning, and none after 8AM. Some big schools of anchovies were around, but for some reason they do not take the sabiki. Didn't see anything else.

Hi, We went to Capitola and rented a skiff there past Saturday. We were relatively successful at getting mackerel, both the chub (most frequently) and the jack (less frequently, but bigger). They were almost all close to the wharf, so that casting from there should reward some mackerels. In...

I went to SC wharf yesterday around 6PM. Could see some bait swimming, but they didn't take the sabiki. I heard that mac's where biting at the end of the pier. Went there and saw many people fishing but absolutely no bites. I saw two buckets with fish. One had 1 chub mackerel, small. The other...

Not that pier and shore fishermen are very interested in abalone, but just in case. Some links: https://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2018/12/13/california-fish-and-game-commission-meets-in-oceanside/...