Exploratory L.A Harbor federal breakwall trip

[Fishbones]

I was sitting at home on the computer continuously hitting refresh and new post on FNN of coarse and my phone rang it was "Fisherman from Long Beach" he said he had the monarch up and running and he wanted to meet up and do a trip out to the breakwall. So we planned to meet up at 6:30 and was joined by his cousin dan (a real cool cat) and loaded up the gear and head out from there to cabrillo to launch the boat. The weather was beautiful and a great day for some fishing.
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We launched the boat and the motor started acting up..."Fisherman from long beach" says he just worked on it and had it running great yesterday..so after a few minutes inspecting and after removing the cover of the motor we notice a spark plug wire had been hit and knocked off the night before when working on it.....Nice joke "dan"....LOL....VVVRRROOOOOOMMM motor ran like a champ.
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We started off on the outside breakwall with nice weather and small swells, fishing with a leadhead and hole squid and ghostshrimp.
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The bite was fair with some nice fish caught untill the the wind and swells picked up and made us move so we fished the inside breakwall for a while with the bite slowing down throughout the rest of the day.
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After a while we decided to head in and on our way in decided to fish the bait receiver on a last minute chance of hook ups...and hook up we did...
all the yellowfincroaker you can eat "NOT RECOMMENDED" after about the 30th YFC and 1 lizard fish it was time to go .
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With great weather & good friends we burnt all of lifes stress away fishing and decided to call it a day.
We all caught fish and had a great time out on the water enjoying the sunshine and blue skys.
Total fish count was 3 calicos, 5 sandbass, 2 sculpin, 2 cabazon, 1 sargo, 4 torpedo jack smelt, 5 mackrel, 1 baby lizard fish & WFO yellowfincroaker
Thank you "Fisherman from long beach for the invite out, it was good fishing with you again and meeting your cousin dan. looking foward to the next trip out.............Tight lines.....Fishbones

[JapanRon]

Hi fishbones,

Way to go on the plastics !! Great variety too !! Lizardfish !! I'm jealous as I tried to catch one all last year and couldn't do it !!

Super effort on the report (great pics too) .... appreciated.

JapanRon

[cjmedina]

great job on the mixed bag of fishes. thats a big *** croaker. man i gotta find a fishing buddy with a boat

[fisherman from long beach]

a fishbones i had a blast,minor engine probs(plug wire not hooked up)but still some minor tweekin here and there then it should be no worries.fishing was great i know we can do better,more breakwater to cover ,but next time i want to hit up some buggin,or lets hit up redondo.great times for sure.fisherman from long beach.

[murrieta angler]

Awesome report Fishbones!!
That was way cool of FFLB to give you a buzz and head out on the ocean.
Thoze Cabbies were nice looking as well as that sargo.
I look forward to hooking up with you guys this year...:Big Grin:
Great report and pics,
Robert

[BIGRED KILLA]

Nice job out on the water very nice sculpin and cabazon thanks for the pics and report keep it up.



Bigred

[Newfishsmell]

Good report & pictures , nice mix of fish, "thats whats great about the ocean".

[sansou]

Nice sculpin and cab! Looks like a fun little trip!

[Fishbones]

Hi fishbones,
Lizardfish !! I'm jealous as I tried to catch one all last year and couldn't do it !
JapanRon

Thanks JapanRon...i like fishing plastics too!!
as for the lizard fish....ive caught 3 in the last 2 months...all about the same size micro...mabye there making a comeback!!



I look forward to hooking up with you guys this year..
Robert

Anytime...were always making trips to different places and would be glad to meet & fish with you,
most of the trips are posted here on FNN and are welcome to all to come make some new fishin friends.

Thanks everyone for your comments and esp. fisherman from long beach for making this trip happen.....fishbones

[fisherman from long beach]

now thats what fishing is all about,meeting new friends,trying diffrent places and learning new techniques,thats what fnn is all about!

[blackberg]

nice going guys,
i need to find me a friend with a boat too lol
-bb

[victor101]

Looks like a good day on the water...Ive caught some good size lizard fish in that harbor...I got one that looked like a baby lingcod LOL