malibu 03.25.09

[davidth626]

been wanting to hit paradise cove for a while now to relax a bit. decided to bring friends but since they can't wake up early we ended up arriving at 9 am, half an hour passed high tide. surf was calm with the waves rarely reaching over a foot. barely any wind so it was a bit hot. absolutely no overcast and with a lost sunblock bottle, sunburn was inevitable. set my friends up with a Carolina rig on light tackle. 20-22 inch flouro leader, 8.25 lbs test, size 8 mosquito hook and a 1/4oz sliding sinker was preferred. bait for friends was shrimp mussels and frozen peas. i was casting the LC for halibut on 8lb test clear yo-zuri main and a 12 inch 20 lb test pink tinted yo-zuri flouro leader. the water has a high bacteria level so water contact was not an option so i opted. to cast from the pier for a short halibut. friends caught 2 small butter mouth and a huge butter mouth with babies in her belly(the fry was coming out as we were taking out the hook). all fish released and no pix of the butter mouths.
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the halibut
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my first odd looking custom wrapped rod with a pinnacle 10 baitcast reel which broke 20 something casts later
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the tempting water i was to scared to touch.

[TShaffer]

Wow looks like an awesome area to fish. Nice job gettin all those babies back in the water and nice halibut. Too bad about those high bacteria levels, sounds like a good day to swim.

[cappo]

nice outing. How much is parking there these days.

[Simplyeman]

I remember fishing with you a while back on PC pier.

[kgselect]

Nice hali on the LC. Bacteria is a part of life on the So. Cal. coast. Best to be careful.

[Skyler]

Nice butt. So that's where they all were. I was originally planning on heading out there yesterday, but ended up in ventura instead. Didn't score any butts at all.

[BIGRED KILLA]

nice outing. How much is parking there these days.



I was going to go there till they said they wanted 25 or 30 Bucks to park.





Bigred

[Simplyeman]

parking is 25 without validation all day if you eat there and validate you have 4 hrs and withing the four hours you pay 4 dollars otherwise you pay 25 (very retarded) but the reason i like that is reduces poaching.

[Ifishtoolittle]

Were you fishing off a high dock?

[davidth626]

not at all. the end of the pier is probably less than 15 feet above the water.

[fishshep]

Yeah ,I found out to, that parking down there is $ 25.00 :EyePop::mad::mad::mad:
Then when I was drilling the attendant,the TRUTH!!! finally
came out WHY!!!:Angry: It's the little" association" of houses
in the valley that take a cut of the proceeds from vehicles
parking there in the restaurant lot!!! The restaurant does not own
the lot!!!
MAN!!! I was :Angry::Angry::Explode:So I went on a access hunt!!! and found
out that there is access east of "Gefries" restaurant!!!(think I spelled
it wrong)
Go past Gefries ITs where those big yellow plastic cones are in the middle
of the street. Or if your going towards P.Cove west, towards Zuma,Do
a U-Turn at P.Cove and park a little past the Restaurant!!!
It is 1/2 mile walk to the P.Cove pier when you drop to the sand, and
turn to the right!!!
I HOPE!!! There is twenty five Dudes fish that Pier NOW!!!:ROFL:
Don't forget to leave your trash,and left-over bait!!!:ROFL:
"There is more than one way to skin a fat bunch of rich cats!!!
$25.00 TO-PARK!!! OH, YEAH!!!:Angry: