I went to Hueneme Pier yesterday afternoon. Fishing mid-pier, my only catch was a small cabezon, caught on mussels, near a piling. This was my first cabezon ( a fish on my list), but I was really hoping for a larger one.
This follows another cabezon, caught by Andree, a month ago. I thought her catch was a freak occurrence. Hueneme is in the middle of the Ventura sand flats, not typical cabezon habitat. My catch suggests I might have been wrong, but this brings up a concern: Other than me, no one who saw either fish knew what they were, so they would not know these fish have a size limit, and there is a tendency for many fishermen at Hueneme to take home everything.
Several people were fishing the surf area. On the way back, I saw one catch a nice barred surfperch. I complemented the fish, and he showed me his bucket, which had another nice perch and a yellowfin croaker. All were caught on mussel.
Steve
This follows another cabezon, caught by Andree, a month ago. I thought her catch was a freak occurrence. Hueneme is in the middle of the Ventura sand flats, not typical cabezon habitat. My catch suggests I might have been wrong, but this brings up a concern: Other than me, no one who saw either fish knew what they were, so they would not know these fish have a size limit, and there is a tendency for many fishermen at Hueneme to take home everything.
Several people were fishing the surf area. On the way back, I saw one catch a nice barred surfperch. I complemented the fish, and he showed me his bucket, which had another nice perch and a yellowfin croaker. All were caught on mussel.
Steve
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