CA report
The weather was nice so Michelle & I bought fishing licenses and made the 30 minute drive to Half Moon Bay to find out what the Pacific Ocean has to offer. The guy at the bait shop recommended that we try pile worms so for the first time in 20 years I fished with worms. These are not your ordinary worms however. They look like centipedes and they have pincers which they use to defend themselves against sharp hooks. I also bought some small, snelled hooks and some premade leaders. 
When we got to our fishing spot I improvised a California version of the gulf coast DDNR (without the spark plug weights). We started off fishing in a sheltered lagoon but after a several casts with no bites we decided to move closer to the open water. In the first picture, please notice that my fishing license is displayed in plain view per California state law. I was hoping that wearing my license around my neck would have the same effect on the wannabe game warden as garlic has on a vampire but no luck. This guy STILL came and asked to see my license. He also wanted to know what I was fishing for and if I knew all the regulations so I asked him how much trouble I can get in while fishing with worms. He left after a few more smart-ass answers to his stupid questions.
It was low tide so we worked our way around the tide pools until we found a small channel into the breaking waves. On the first cast we caught this colorful surf perch. On the second cast we caught a greenling. Repeated casts into the same channel didn’t yield any more bites so we moved to another spot where I caught a different species of surf perch. At this point we decided to call it a day because I was running low on tackle and we had two fish for dinner.
It was a really good fishing trip. We saw lots of new wildlife, caught a few fish, and stayed on the right side of the law.
posted by brian | 6:41 AM
4 Comments:
You move to the land of the fruit and nut and become a freakin worm wiggler. I figure those surf perch would work like a Texas croaker in that you put a bigger hook in it and cast it farther out. By the way, how much trouble can you get into worm fishing?
Brian's a worm dangler, nice
Go put a big hook into a seal and yak it out about 800 yrds and set your rod in your truck.
He knew you were a foreigner cause you weren't smoking a joint and displaying a peace symbol.
Next time hang your license at crotch level and invite him to take a closer look.
I plan on fishing for halibut, striped bass, salmon, and sturgeon later this year. Eventually I'm going to club one of those seals and make cut bait for a GW shark. But I fish with worms one time and now I'm a worm wrangler! bastards
Ed, California state law requires that your license be worn above your waist. I guess someone already did that.
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