California Sheephead Archives - Pier Fishing in California

Isthmus Pier — Two Harbors, Catalina Island — Gone But Not Forgotten

After writing and posting this article I received a note (below) informing me that they have put “no fishing” signs up on the pier. So, another pier bites the dust. The article thus is a recap of how things were… Always carry a net with…

Cabrillo Mole — Avalon, Catalina Island

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required “But now farewell. I am going a long way With these thou seëst—if indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt)— To the island-valley of Avilion; Where falls not hail, or rain, or any…

Shelter Island Pier — San Diego

Public Pier — No Fishing License Required In the summer of 1963 I moved from Costa Mesa to San Diego. The first place I fished was the Shelter Island Pier and I thought I had entered Nirvana, Utopia, or perhaps Canaan, but instead of milk…

California Sheephead

Adult male Sheephead caught at the Redondo Sportfishing Pier Wrasses: Family Labridae Species: Bodianus pulcher (Ayres, 1854); from the Latin pulcher (for beautiful). Sheephead were formerly known by the scientific name (1) Pimelometopon pulchrum; pimelometopon meaning fat forehead and (2) Semicossphus pulcher. Why the new…