Hi everyone! :-)

My name is Rober, and I come from Spain. I recently moved to Westwood, to study in UCLA.

That new adventure is being so hard for me, because I'm out of the water for the last 2 months :-( So I hope to meet some people who share my passion. I'm not looking for spots, just people to go fishing with, who lives not far from my area :-)

I'm a crazy angler, I have been fishing since I was 5, and I love same SW and FW. I have been fishing in some amazing places around the world, and want to continue adding California in my list!

I also have some questions about regulations and law I would like to clarify.

We can be in contact by this forum or by my FB profile https://www.facebook.com/rmartinezmonton

I let you here some of my pictures of last year. Thanks for accept me in your community :-)

Bests,

Rober.

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Rober,

That's quite a resume you have there. Lots of exotic fish!

I currently work in Westwood, a few blocks away from the UCLA campus.

We should have a beer one day and talk fishing!

(You'll usually find me watching Champion's League matches at lunch for the next few weeks.)

not a hater but are those pix all real?????
every pic way too clear vibrant color cameras... professional shots maybe..? tuna on spincast reel and last pic the leadhead looks humongous and doesn't even look hooked .....maybe shud be fishing with Jeremy wade....

if they are congrats... and nope local los angeles has nothing to compare . unless u get a nice striper,fat catfish or tunas/exotics from san diego/Baja cali

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Originally Posted by BALLERONBUDGET

not a hater but are those pix all real?????
every pic way too clear vibrant color cameras... professional shots maybe..? tuna on spincast reel and last pic the leadhead looks humongous and doesn't even look hooked .....maybe shud be fishing with Jeremy wade....

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Sure the saturation of those pics might have been bumped up a notch or two, and they've all got that forced perspective thing going on, but nonetheless those are some gorgeous fish that I would be proud of catching.

And that "spincast" reel looks like a Penn Torque, which aren't exactly cheap.

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Originally Posted by DarkShadow

Rober,

That's quite a resume you have there. Lots of exotic fish!

I currently work in Westwood, a few blocks away from the UCLA campus.

We should have a beer one day and talk fishing!

(You'll usually find me watching Champion's League matches at lunch for the next few weeks.)

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That was just a brief resum, I have more more to show! Let's post a few more :-) I have spent a lot of time in the water during the last 8 years, so I have a lot of experiences to share!

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Definitely we shoudl met!! I'm almost done with my first quarter, so just let me know when can you meet and we will have some beers!!

I also want to go fishing, because as I already told I have been out of the water since I arrived to LA and that situation is killing me LOL SO let me know if you want to hit the water soon :-)

Thanks for the answer mate!

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Originally Posted by BALLERONBUDGET

not a hater but are those pix all real?????
every pic way too clear vibrant color cameras... professional shots maybe..? tuna on spincast reel and last pic the leadhead looks humongous and doesn't even look hooked .....maybe shud be fishing with Jeremy wade....

if they are congrats... and nope local los angeles has nothing to compare . unless u get a nice striper,fat catfish or tunas/exotics from san diego/Baja cali

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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They are as real as me!!! XD

I always take my pictures with a nice lens, and then I work them on Photoshop. But they are not fake man, they are 100% real! You can check my Fabebook if you need more referentes.... https://www.facebook.com/rmartinezmonton

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Originally Posted by BALLERONBUDGET

not a hater but are those pix all real?????
every pic way too clear vibrant color cameras... professional shots maybe..? tuna on spincast reel and last pic the leadhead looks humongous and doesn't even look hooked .....maybe shud be fishing with Jeremy wade....

if they are congrats... and nope local los angeles has nothing to compare . unless u get a nice striper,fat catfish or tunas/exotics from san diego/Baja cali

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Just let me know if you need more pictures buddy :-)

LA has something very special to offer me... A double digit bass. That's one of my dreams since I started fishing for LBM 18 years ago. Bass doesn't grow big in Spain (the national record is 8 pounds!) So I tell you I will work hard to get a true lunker!!! :-)

And I'm also very hooker with striper since I met them in Cape cod 5 years ago, so it will be nice to get some freshwater Striper as well!

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Just let me know if you need more pictures buddy :-)

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Lol. You'll fit in here nicely.

Apparently people think your techniques should follow ours.

PM me. Estaremos en contacto.

im near bruin territory aswell .....if u wanna play with local monsters that are not lmb... , balboa lake has a few for u....

cats and carp , can confirm theres few big ones in there..

see other thread to ur Castaic aswell..

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Originally Posted by rtmartinez

Definitely we I'm almost done with my first quarter, so just let me know when can you meet and we will have some beers!!

I also want to go fishing, because as I already told I have been out of the water since I arrived to LA and that situation is killing me LOL SO let me know if you want to hit the water soon :-)

Thanks for the answer mate!

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Cervezas. On me.

PM me the time you're available M-F from 11 to 2.

I love hanging out with anglers who have traveled further than their own block.

Hey Rober how about you,me and shadow set a trip up to fish castaic in my boat!!!!
What do you think mr. Shadow?

First off, welcome to the site.
Lots of cool people here with lots of info.
I personally am a salt water guy.
Season is young, but if everything turns out the way we are hoping,
we might be getting marlin and wahoo here in local waters again this summer.
Right now, we have had some serious swells effecting the surf fishing action.
But, that doesn't mean it won't turn around some time soon.
There is a fishing convention the first weekend of March in Long Beach.
It's the Fred Hall Show. Free to get in if you sign up at the convention for one of the local environmentalist list.
That way you can see prices for local boats, long range, 2-3 day trips and also see what's new on the market.
I personally will be helping to run a surf fishing seminar, with two other guys on the Thursday before the event starts.

http://www.fredhall.com/

Hope to see some reports from you and good luck with your SoCal Fishing Adventures

Robert
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Hey Rober how about you,me and shadow set a trip up to fish castaic in my boat!!!!
What do you think mr. Shadow?

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Can I bring my net?

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Originally Posted by BALLERONBUDGET

im near bruin territory aswell .....if u wanna play with local monsters that are not lmb... , balboa lake has a few for u....

cats and carp , can confirm theres few big ones in there..

see other thread to ur Castaic aswell..

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Thank you so much for the info! Regarding FW, I'm mostly interested about LMB, striper and trout. Is there any good lake with big bown trout close to LA?

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Cervezas. On me.

PM me the time you're available M-F from 11 to 2.

I love hanging out with anglers who have traveled further than their own block.

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I'm avaliable for example next Wednesday, 11-2 for sure!!!

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Originally Posted by phantom 34

Hey Rober how about you,me and shadow set a trip up to fish castaic in my boat!!!!
What do you think mr. Shadow?

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It sounds great dude!!!! :-D

I'm avaliable for example sunday 28, sunday 6... and all week days. I just have class on saturdays until 12March. Then, totally free until 27 March :-)

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Originally Posted by murrieta angler

First off, welcome to the site.
Lots of cool people here with lots of info.
I personally am a salt water guy.
Season is young, but if everything turns out the way we are hoping,
we might be getting marlin and wahoo here in local waters again this summer.
Right now, we have had some serious swells effecting the surf fishing action.
But, that doesn't mean it won't turn around some time soon.
There is a fishing convention the first weekend of March in Long Beach.
It's the Fred Hall Show. Free to get in if you sign up at the convention for one of the local environmentalist list.
That way you can see prices for local boats, long range, 2-3 day trips and also see what's new on the market.
I personally will be helping to run a surf fishing seminar, with two other guys on the Thursday before the event starts.

http://www.fredhall.com/

Hope to see some reports from you and good luck with your SoCal Fishing Adventures

Robert
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Thanks for the Welcome Murrieta Angler!

I love salwater, I almost born in the sea LOL I never had experiences with marlin, wahoo and all those big game speccies. While you can cach them casting plugs I would love the, for sure! But I never do trolling or live bait fishing, because I don't enjoy so much. I'm very impatient so I need to be doing ssomething all the time XD

I have some friends from Florida that already told me about meeting in the show. Maybe if some of you go and come back same day, it would be nice to join you, of course!!! If someone is interested, we can set up a daily trip to Long Beach!

Thanks for the answer dude ;-)

LA isn't the best place for fishing in terms of the number of places you can fish. But on the other hand it does have a few really good spots. Castaic is a great choice to try and find a double digit bass, the state record of 21 lb 12 oz was caught out of there. You should also check out some of the inland empire lakes like DVL or Perris.

Wow,awesome pictures,with that said I don't think you could learn anything from me,I wish I had those fish under my belt,the only consolation is,ah I'm not even gonna say,I'll just say welcome and wait to see more posts from you!

Cya Tuna Vic

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Originally Posted by rtmartinez

My name is Rober, and I come from Spain. I recently moved to Westwood, to study in UCLA.

That new adventure is being so hard for me, because I'm out of the water for the last 2 months :-( So I hope to meet some people who share my passion. I'm not looking for spots, just people to go fishing with, who lives not far from my area :-)

I'm a crazy angler, I have been fishing since I was 5, and I love same SW and FW. I have been fishing in some amazing places around the world, and want to continue adding California in my list!

I also have some questions about regulations and law I would like to clarify.

We can be in contact by this forum or by my FB profile https://www.facebook.com/rmartinezmonton

I let you here some of my pictures of last year. Thanks for accept me in your community :-)

Bests,

Rober.

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Hi Robert, welcome to California!!! Those are some really amazing pictures.....

:UDaMan: Awesome pics and what a variety of catches. Thanks for sharing!!! :Fishing Hole:

Love Spain!! Welcome to California though

Thanks for your answers guys!! :-)

As I just told, I'm just a very passionated angler, I feel that I born just to practice this awesome sport.

I will post soon more pictures... As soon as I hit our waters!

Thanks for the welcome and keep in touch.

Wow, quite a fishing resume you have... :Envious:
Welcome to FNN. :Cool:

Uh............Oh my god!
Unbelievable photo resume my friend. Welcome to the site and I really look forward to more fish porn from you in the future.

Brent

It was good hanging out today, man!

It's always refreshing to talk fishing during work hours.

We'll set something up soon.