SoCal - Cabrillo Beach 6-17-14

I finally managed to clear my schedule and do some fishing down here in L.A. this morning in LA Harbor at Cabrillo Beach.

Here's the short version:  Zero (that's no) halibut    , 5 sand bass (one over 14"), one sculpin (scorpion fish), one calico bass (about 12"), and two lizards, one which was oddly mangled.

All fish were released though I could have kept the larger sand bass and the sculpin. 

When I got to the ramp this morning at 6:30 I discovered that the terminal wiring connector for my groovy new FF battery had come off … OK -- no FF today.  Then I discovered my extra rod holders are all messed up -- ok this will be a one-rod day, so I decide I will throw plastic all day.  (And this surprises anyone?)      I had called the bait receiver the night before and all they had today was pinhead (small) anchovies.

There was a slight breeze from the south east -- I don't think I've ever dealt with that the entire time I've fished here. I started fishing at the boat ramp, worked my way to the channel at the mouth of the marina, then followed the channel out to the light house, then sailed/drifted back. 

First short sand bass 


Second short sand bass




I met Alan OTW today -- GREAT TO MEET you and nice job!
-- and I see you did better than I did.    WTG!!   



Then I hooked a larger sand bass -- tugged so hard I decided to use the net.



OK -- the one was legal -- but I released it after I measured and photographed it



Here's the sculpin -- I maybe should've kept this one.






Then I got a 12" calico bass



Then I got this really ODDLY injured lizard fish -- something took a chomp out of him!



Then another little sand bass



When I got to the lighthouse I decided to drift/sail back. 



I didn't catch any more fish -- but I had a few bites that seemed like halibut -- but who knows?

By the time I got back to the ramp the wind shifted more out of the south and by the time I got home at 1:45 pm it was doing it's normal afternoon gale from the west.  I caught all the fish along the kelp line between the pylons tracking the channel.

So I didn't use bait -- I did use plastic - and I think the outcome is fairly predictable here. 

Tomorrow I'm going to fix my FF battery connectors and try to come up with a functioning system to bring 3 rods. I think Im going to loose the milk crate because I have so little deck space in the little Hobie Mirage Sport.   Once I get the rod holders installed I will spend some time making bait -- that's really the ticket for the CA halibut here. 

Oh -- and I had a BLAST -- !!!  There was lots of action, even though the fish were mostly small.   

That's my report and I'm sticking to it.

Dave   

Solid ! Thanks for the report. ..

Sweet report, great photos.

Great report looks like you had a really good day, I kept and ate some variety of sculpin once, yuk.  Of course a cabbie is a sculpin too I think, .

Thanks for sharing

I didn't know lizard fish got that big.

The scorpion fish (sculpin) that we get down south is quite tasty. 

San Pedro Harbor has fish! 

Thanks for showing some of them to us!

The conditions looked superb!

Looked like a great day to be OTW! 

I Zod Out

urban fishing -

Love your reports, Dave.  Keep 'em coming!   

Thanks for the report and fish porns Dave.