Zuma / Point Dume 10/30/2011

Hit up the Zuma / Point Dume area for a short surf fishing session. Fished for about 2 1/2 hours with one rod set up heavy with small whole macs and squid and one rod light for perch. Never got anything on the heavy set up, got one hook up on the perch set up but lost it because I forgot to set my drag after setting up my line. Fun time anyways and I will definitely hit the spot up again before the BS MLPA's go into effect after the first of the year as this area will be a no fish zone.

Island Spirit 10-28-2011

Went out to the Channel Islands on the Island Spirit 3/4 boat today. Great trip! caught my limit of salmon grouper on the first drop (limit is two), limit of rockfish pretty early on and a few sand dabs. The whole boat limited and everyone left with a full sack or a big bag of fillets. Water was calmer than I have ever seen and the temperature was perfect (I could have worn shorts). To top it off one of my buddies Chris won the JP with a huge chuckle-head and my other buddy got the fish he wanted, a legal ling cod! Great crew as always, I love this boat!

Didn't take any fish pics, but took these on the way out.

Redondo Horseshoe Pier 10/22/2011

Met up John / Redkorn at Redondo for some Lobster hooping and fishing from about 4:30 P.M. till 1:00 A.M. No lobsters in the hoop, just one medium to large female spider crab, which I tossed back because I did not want to deal with cooking it and it is difficult to tell when female spider crabs have eggs. Fishing wise, got 30-40 small to large macs for winter bait using a sabiki tipped with mac and squid. Lost quite a few to the dang seals, but it was fun to watch them (light show because of the bio-luminescence). I did see quite a few poachers there with snag lines for lobsters, luckily I did not see them get anything except spider crabs...lucky for them because I would have confronted them and called Cal-Tip.

Malibu Pier 10/20/2011

Hit up Malibu pier today for a short session with my fishing buddy Brian (about 7:00 P.M. to 10:30 P.M.). Hooped for lobster and fished for bait with sabikis tipped with macs / squid. Nothing in the hoop, but caught probably 30 or so macs between the two of us for winter bait as well as a small bass and a few lizard fish. Brian also caught a small round stingray (could have been a thornback ray, didn't look that close). There was bait everywhere and the bioluminescence was crazy (it was like watching a fireworks show in the ocean). We thought for a while that we got locked in because they closed the gates, but luckily it was not locked.

10/12/2011 Redondo Finger Jetty

Fished the small jetty just North of the short pier (in the harbor) for a few hours with my fishing buddy Brian. Pretty slow night, I caught one small sculpin and Brian caught one small rockfish. Nothing in my crab / lobster net.

Ventura Pier 10/07/2011

Fished / crabbed from around 9PM to 12:30 PM with my wife's cousin from Israel (He wanted to fish here badly). Was pretty slow, but we did manage a zillion baby croakers, a few macs and one keeper sized rock crab. I tossed the crab back before leaving and kept the macs for bait.

Malibu Pier 10/06/2011

Fished for a few hours with Brian. Was pretty slow, but we did manage a few macs for bait.

Catalina 10/01/2011

Met Redkorn and Mahigeer for the lobster opener. Arrived 10/01/2011 and left 10/02/2011. Hoop netted with two flat Pormar nets. Pulled seven shorts, zero legals. Fishing wise, caught a ton of half moons, blacksmiths and black perch. Mahigeer has a great post on this trip here
My largest fish was a 15" Halfmoon, which is pictured below.