THE `INSIDE' STORY OF HARBOR FISHING.

San Diego - a picturesque city of southern California on San Diego Bay near the Mexican border; site
of an important naval base
The region of land extending from the backshore to the beginning of the offshore zone.
``Bay and harbor fishing is underutilized and it's great for families because it's close and can be
inexpensive,'' said inshore fishing expert Dick Gaumer of La Crescenta. ``A $30 rod and reel and a
handful of plastic grubs and leadheads will get it done.''
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Partly tropical; subtropical.
``I may pick up 50 to 60 sand bass in one spot right where guys pass me on their way out to the
ocean,'' Dean said. ``I just let them motor on by; they are leaving a lot of the pressure off.''
Quit daydreaming. Better yet, wake up to the reality of ``inside'' fishing.
Bay, harbor and estuary anglers point to the ease and convenience of their recreation. You can walk
with reel and pole in hand along the shoreline of Balboa Island or the retaining walls of King Harbor
or the park in Marina del Rey.
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Boat owners can launch in Oxnard's Channel Islands Harbor, Port Hueneme, Los Angeles and Long
Beach harbors or Huntington Harbour. Canoeists and float tubers can join in, too.
adj.
The handsome, hard-fitting, semitropical semitropical
Ever wonder as your party boat putters out of the harbor for an hours-long run to the fishing
grounds what it would be like to toss a line right there in port?
A boat, especially a steamship, propelled through the water by paddle wheels on each side or by one
paddle wheel astern. Also called paddle wheeler. in Ventura Harbor.
sense of humour, humor, humour .''
Placentia guide Mike Gardner, considered by many the granddaddy of inshore anglers, regularly
gets comments from clients surprised by the treasures found finning around the riprap riprap
Whatever technique your choose, look for moving water in which harbor fish love to feed, reel in the
slack line and set the hook after sensing the slightest tap of the line and leave the Dramamine at
home.
Adj. 1. spotted bay bass, a favorite game of Gardner's, is found from Oxnard to the tip of Baja
California. It prefers the warmer waters of back bays, lagoons and other inshore shallows or, with
less frequency, quiet sections of open coast that are anchored by rocks and eel grass.
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An economic and social system based on the development of large-scale industries and marked by
the production of large quantities of inexpensive manufactured goods and the concentration of
employment in urban factories. and urban dwelling. Gardner has found two human bodies during
his harbor-fishing career, which has spanned the better part of three decades.
Just think, you wouldn't have to contend with the dozens of sweat-and-saltwater-soaked blokes on
board breaking off your jackpot fish or hooking your ear with a barracuda jig. No need to commit 12
hours to the ocean only to get skunked anyhow. That Dramamine you take to calm your queasy
tummy on choppy seas would be a distant memory inside the breakwater, where it's as flat as a lake.
A small fish, such as a minnow, used for fishing bait. and just about anything else that moves. ``If
they were as big as sharks, you wouldn't want to be in the water,'' said Gardner, whose book, ``Fish
Have No Hands: Catching Tons of Fish in Bays and Estuaries'' (Ragnar's Books; $19.95), was
published this year.
Photo: (color) Placentia inshore fishing guide Mike Gardner boats a sand bass as Long Beach's
Gerald Desmond Bridge looms in the background.
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semitropical
Dean enjoys fishing at night, when increased water movement and less angling pressure bring out a
larger class of calico bass. He uses 20-pound line on modified tuna sticks.
semitropics pl n
bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical
bonito
The fish feed on razor clams, mussels, bloodworms, minnows, smelt, anchovies anchovies
Pacific, Pacific Ocean - the largest ocean in the world or Mission Bay or Newport Bay. Or a kayak
in Alamitos Bay. Or even a paddleboat paddleboat
a cause of diarrhea, vomiting, salivation, lacrimation, depression, miosis, polypnea, tachycardia,
hypothermia in cats. , other baitfish baitfish
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Rent a boat in San Diego Bay Noun 1. San Diego Bay - a bay of the Pacific in southern California
Of course, inside fishing isn't all wine and roses. There is pollution, boating traffic and the ugliness
of industrialism industrialism
``I don't want my grandkids to have to get into mackerel-catching contests,'' Gardner said. ``And I
don't want anyone getting sick; there is no such thing as a nearshore nearshore
Blame it on the old sportswriter-on-board-shuts-off-the-bite curse or a change in barometric
pressure, but Monday's outing was terrible compared to most. Maybe 20 fish were boated; when
100-fish days are commonplace, 35 constitutes a bad day for Gardner, whose icy exterior belies his
fun-loving persona and self-described ``real warped sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the
trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor";
"you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor"
Sand bass, calico bass, spotted bay bass, white seabass, bonito bonito: see mackerel.
Adjective
2. The broken stones used for such a foundation.
near species of fish that hasn't got some level of pollution in it.''
n.
With its telltale vertical bars and prolific dots, there's no mistaking a spotted bay bass. And it doesn't
give up fighting, ever, even when you're removing the hook.
Gardner uses mostly 6-pound spinning and bait-casting rigs. Gaumer said that's fine for water 20
feet or shallower. Deeper applications require heavier line - 10, 12, 15 pounds. Also consider using
jerkbaits and crankbaits - trolled or cast - especially when there is little current.
Artificial baits are the way to go here. A 3- to 5-inch single- and curly-tail grub in chartreuse
chartreuse (shrtr z`), liqueur made exclusively by Carthusians at their monastery, La Grande
Chartreuse, France, until their expulsion in 1903. with a gold back is Gardner's piece de
resistance. Gaumer prefers a clear grub with red flake. Bait it on a -1/4- to -1/2-ounce leadhead jig
and away you go. Another winner is a knob-tail swim bait in a rainbow trout pattern. Stock up on a
variety colors, sizes and weights.
The imagination fairly reels with inshore fly- and bait-fishing possibilities.
Swift, predaceous schooling fishes (genus Sarda) of the mackerel family (Scombridae). Bonitos,
found worldwide, have a striped back and silvery belly and grow to about 30 in. (75 cm) long. ,
barracuda, halibut, sculpin sculpin, common name for a member of the large family Cottidae,
bizarre fishes with large, spiny or armored heads and short, tapering bodies, found in both marine
and freshwater habitats. The family includes the muddlers and some species called bullheads. ,
croaker croaker, member of the abundant and varied family Sciaenidae, carnivorous, spiny-finned
fishes including the weakfishes, the drums, and the whitings. The croaker has a compressed,
elongated body similar to that of the bass. , corbina corbina (krb?`n?): see croaker. , cabezon
Cab`e`zon
tr.v. , channel-marker pilings, loading docks, oil islands, sunken ships, piers, docks, slips and kelp
beds that define inshore development.
n. 1. (Zool.) A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin. - they're all found
between the breakwater and the landing, and in large quantities. And if you do get skunked - a rarity
- at least you won't have made your own chum (read: get seasick).
n. Chiefly Chesapeake Bay & North Atlantic Coast
He has caught spotted bay bass to 5-3/4 pounds, calico bass to 8 pounds and sand bass to 10 pounds.
Dean routinely catches halibut from 8 to 22 pounds around the 10-mile stretch of the Long Beach
breakwater.
He advocates catch and release for the health of the fishery and the health of the angler.
n.
1. A loose assemblage of broken stones erected in water or on soft ground as a foundation.
He drove home his point on a recent trip by hefting into his converted bass boat a 3-pound spotted
bay bass under the Gerald Desmond Bridge The Gerald Desmond Bridge is an arch bridge that
carries 4 lanes of Interstate 710 across the Cerritos Channel between Terminal Island and Long
Beach, California. The bridge is named after Gerald Desmond, a prominent civic leader and a former
city attorney for the City of Long in Long Beach's back channel. It was an odd sight: a fisherman
fighting his quarry while being dwarfed by loading cranes and freighters filled with cargo and oil.
n.
Don't expect to hook into any of the yellowtail, dorado or tuna, but if you don't have the time or
know-how for long-distance offshore trips, reach for lighter tackle and head to the nearest bay for
spotted bay bass.
``When you lip a largemouth, it paralyzes it,'' Gardner explained. ``When you lip a spotted bay bass,
it just gets mad and works its way up your thumb.''
n.
``An awful lot of people really miss the boat when they go outside the harbor,'' said Russ Dean, a
Long Beach angling guide whose specialty is opening the eyes of clients to the bountiful fisheries of
Long Beach Harbor and Newport Bay. ``There are most of the fish inside the harbor that there are
on the outside trips.''