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California Fishing
Jan 1, 2023 02:02:52 #
BIGSHAWN562
Loc: Norwalk ca 90650
Shawn, from Southern California. I’m fishing the Long Beach and Orange County areas. Mainly the harbors, marinas, and jetty’s. I’m new to this type of fishing. I grew up fishing the piers and off the boats. I don’t even know what type of fish is out there right now or what’s the best bait. I’m really getting into throwing lures and that type of a set up. Where’s the hot spots and what type of set up should I use? And when’s the best time to go at it? Thank you
Jan 1, 2023 05:31:31 #
BIGSHAWN562 wrote:
Shawn, from Southern California. I’m fishing the Long Beach and Orange County areas. Mainly the harbors, marinas, and jetty’s. I’m new to this type of fishing. I grew up fishing the piers and off the boats. I don’t even know what type of fish is out there right now or what’s the best bait. I’m really getting into throwing lures and that type of a set up. Where’s the hot spots and what type of set up should I use? And when’s the best time to go at it? Thank you
Good morning, Shawn, and welcome to the Forum. You do have a lot of questions, but we do have a lot of members from your area. As soon as they get up, they should be able to help you out.
Jan 2, 2023 21:08:44 #
Mick H
Loc: Central Coast - CA
Lived in Long Beach for many years, and fished from a kayak in the harbor, off Belmont Shore to Alamitos Bay, and out to the oil islands & breakwater.
Excellent fishing for halibut, spotted/calico/sand bass, and the occasional barracuda, mackerel, Bonito and even white seabass. There is an excellent book "Fish have no hands" by Mike Gardner, who used to guide there. Out of print & hard to find but worth tracking down if you can.
I used to troll a deep diving Rebel lure & sometimes caught & released 15+ halibut in a day, and the occasional bat ray. Lots of bass near the breakwaters & oil islands, tossing swimbaits near the rocks. Not a lot of size, but good quantity & lots of fun on light tackle.
Now the bad news: don't eat anything out of the harbor, It is extremely polluted, due your the 2 rivers that drain LA & flow into the ocean there. But, if you want to do c&r it is a great fishery, with a lot of variety.
Excellent fishing for halibut, spotted/calico/sand bass, and the occasional barracuda, mackerel, Bonito and even white seabass. There is an excellent book "Fish have no hands" by Mike Gardner, who used to guide there. Out of print & hard to find but worth tracking down if you can.
I used to troll a deep diving Rebel lure & sometimes caught & released 15+ halibut in a day, and the occasional bat ray. Lots of bass near the breakwaters & oil islands, tossing swimbaits near the rocks. Not a lot of size, but good quantity & lots of fun on light tackle.
Now the bad news: don't eat anything out of the harbor, It is extremely polluted, due your the 2 rivers that drain LA & flow into the ocean there. But, if you want to do c&r it is a great fishery, with a lot of variety.
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