SoCal 10/28/11: PV and North County

Chris, Isaac, Nick and I dove SoCal for lobster this weekend.... nothing but shorts and monsters tucked way back into caves we couldn't reach  .

But plenty of fish 

We dove a spot during the day in PV that had tons of reef fish out. Sargo, opaleye, perch, sheephead, calicos, barracuda, garibaldi, a cab.

By night fall we found ourselves on a beach in North County, for one last attempt at lobster with Cap'n Leo (great guy for showing us the ropes)... nothing but heartbreaking shorts. On the brightside, I did catch a freeswimming octopus, a kelp crab, and a nice male sheephead who was tucked way back under a ledge. Took a bunch of dives to find a shooting angle to get him out.... in the dark. Local Leo faired better, with 4 legal bugs.

Thanks to Chris for allowing me and Nick to tag along. He did well with some fish including a nice 21" calico (and a mini treefish and a rubberlip perch he thought was a sargo  )

'Til next time!

Hey, you beat me to it! Posted your report right when I posted mine. Yours has better pics though

beautiful work guys!  living the dream.

Very nice buddy.  Dont ever get a girlfriend--unless she dives.

Very nice buddy.  Dont ever get a girlfriend--unless she dives.

Ha! That's what I've been telling him!

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nice double up on the posts. you know it was a good time when you are all posting about the trip.
WTG on the socal adventurin'.

That's some good fish porn. 

Rick, awesome job on your pb cab. That things is a fatty!! I'm so stoked that you guys dove in So Cal with the various species common there.

Speaking of PV, Chris wrote that ya had to hike down 100' trail to get into the water. Were there any areas ya can access a yak down to hit those waters? I might wanna take my yak down there on one of my business trips

Rick, awesome job on your pb cab. That things is a fatty!! I'm so stoked that you guys dove in So Cal with the various species common there.

Speaking of PV, Chris wrote that ya had to hike down 100' trail to get into the water. Were there any areas ya can access a yak down to hit those waters? I might wanna take my yak down there on one of my business trips

Thanks, Daniel!

To answer your question, fishing PV off a kayak is feasible, but you'll have to launch somewhere else and paddle in. I'm not exactly sure, but I've heard launching kayaks is prohibited off LA county beaches. If that is the case, you'll have to lauch at a specified boat launch.

If you want to fish the southern portion of PV, then launch at the Cabrillo Beach Launch and paddle north a few miles. For north PV, launch at Redondo Beach Harbor and paddle south a few miles.

I'd imagine the H&L fishing would be awesome at some of the spots. In fact, Chris's calico had a hook stuck in it's tongue.