| 1. When purchasing various fishing gear, including hooks and lures, buy Japanese or Norwegian brands. More stores carry Japanese fishing gear. American fishing gear is not bad, but many of the American hooks are not as sharp as other foreign brands. If you get a chance to visit Japan, buy a US$200 carbon fishing pole. It is strong, lightweight, and works well when catching just about any type of saltwater fish. |
| 2. Los Angeles and Orange County attracts abundant numbers of mackerel. Mackerel is relatively easy to catch. Just about any type of bait works, including cheese, bread, or its own meat. After dusk, attach lite-stics to your lure, and get ready to haul in the mackerel! |
| 3. Deep sea dwellers take a longer time to bite. Go out at the very end of the pier (where the water is the deepest). Be patient, and try to test out different types of weights for different types of fish. Deep sea fish that are caught the most often include sand bass and California halibut. |
| 4. One of the best live bait
I've found is mackerel. Catch a mackerel when you first arrive at the pier.
Then use this mackerel as live bait to catch just about anything, including
sharks, bass, and kingfish. If you can't get a mackerel, use squid as bait.
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| 5. When going surf fishing,
lots of opal eye can be caught. But there is some strategy to it. Get a
float and some peas for bait. When you hold the pole, you are NOT going
to feel the opal eye bite since opal eyes suck and nibble the peas instead
of biting on it. Watch the float. When the float sinks, pull up the pole
and reel in the fish.
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| 6. A fishing license is not required for pier fishing, but a license is definetly required for surf fishing. |
| 7. When going surf fishing, opal eye may be a pain to catch. When an opal eye bites, let the fish drag the line as far as the line can go (release the line from the reel). When the fish stops pulling, it si an indication that the fish is tired. Then haul in the fish. |