fishing for noobs

[bronfufu]

well my plans this wknd for july 4th fell thru so im left wiht some free days :tdown: not how iw ant to spend my holiday!!!

anyways, i think maybe some early morning fishing would be nice.. kick back on the ocean and enjoy the weather.. i usually never go fiishing, i've only gone twice or 3 times... and my friends took me so i dont know anything about what company it was that chartered the boat out, etc.

but anyways, my question is: does anyone know what company/service i can go to to charter a boat out and go fishing? Its one of those boats that takes about 40 people out and then it stops for bait and u can rent all the poles and then they drive a few miles out of the south bay (from san pedro/long beach docks) adn then you can gut the fish you catch (or dont catch in my case).




BASICALLY WHERE THE HELL DO I GO FISHING. damn im rambling this morning

[mario]

dana wharf sport fishing
davey's locker

[SYNYSTAGLI]

Message OnTheGreen...He can lead ya to the paddies ;)

[bronfufu]

i don't even know what paddies are... haahha

[SYNYSTAGLI]

i don't even know what paddies are... haahha

Drifting kelp or 'kelp paddies' are formed when the holdfast (anchoring organ) of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is ripped away by storms or severed by grazing animals such as sea urchins. The plants, which can grow to more than 30m in length, can then break away and snare other plants, forming a large tangled mass. Buoyed to the surface by the kelp plants' bladders, these floating kelp islands are often swept by wind and currents into the open sea. I have seen drifting masses of kelp which have ranged from football-sized paddies to large masses that are more than 30m across.

Drifting many miles from their origin, kelp paddies provide a kind of oasis in the open sea, a place where one can see animals that are found only with drifting kelp. Some species of deep-water rockfish (Sebastes sp) have only ever been seen in their juvenile form under drifting kelp. When they reach the size of between 70 and 100mm, they make the descent to the bottom where they spend their adult lives.

Kelp paddies function as a fish attraction device - predatory fish such as the blue shark (Prionace glauca) above are drawn to the kelp paddies in search of smaller schooling fish.

Kelp paddies are also a good place to find the ocean sunfish or mola mola (see previous page), which is often attracted to the drifting kelp to find cleaning stations. The mola mola carries many external and internal parasites, and are often seen under kelp paddies being cleaned by halfmoon fish.

[bronfufu]

nice.

thx.. anyopne else?

[OnTheGreen]

If you really want to get into some good fishing right now try one of the three quarter day boats out of San Diego. The yellowtail are biting at the Coronado islands. PM me if you have anymore questions. Call or try Seaforth Sport Fishing in San Diego and book a trip on the Mission Belle or the San Diego. Both are excellent boats.

[bronfufu]

pm;'d