5th Trip: Cabrillo Pier and Belmont Pier

By
Sean Glumace
 – February 18, 2008Posted in: Fishing Photos, Fishing Reports, Harbors & Bays, Piers, Saltwater

Decided to head back out to the piers again. This time I had my brother in law and my two nephews Joshua and Justin come with us. They live in San Pedro so we headed down to Cabrillo Pier first. They had never been fishing before so I was hoping to not get skunked.

From 5th Trip: Cabrillo and Belmont Pier

Rigged up with stripped squid and fished both sides of the pier. Not much happened for a few hours. I finally got a small halibut. No skunk at least.

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I did have a run in with a guy who caught a 12inch halibut. The moment he brought it over he stepped on it and threw it in the cooler. I saw the whole thing go down, went over and asked to see what he caught. He said he did not speak english and he caught nothing. Not wanting to push it with the kids there I called the DFG hotline and let it go.

So we packed it up and went down to Belmont Pier in Long Beach.

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More people here than at Cabrillo. Got a spot mid pier and set up. I put a sabiki rig on a cheap kids rod and reel and gave it to Justin to work. We’ll it paid off, he started hooking tommy cod. Ended up being his first fish ever.

From 5th Trip: Cabrillo and Belmont Pier
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He caught a total of 3 in about 2 hours. Missed a few as well. We ended up doing better than everyone else around us.

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Good trip overall even though the fish count was low. Look forward to next time.

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Sean loves to fish in Southern California and this site is his journal of his adventures in fishing. He started fishing when he was a little guy with his dad David, and has continued to this day with his family. In his day job, Sean has been a graphic designer for over 15 years, designing everything from in-store displays and signage for supermarkets to e-commerce auction sites for an online consumer electronics company. He was a web and graphic designer then later an art director for McMullen Argus Publishing (Primedia), building and working on sites for Lowrider Magazine and Super Chevy, plus 30 other automotive magazine sites. Sean seized the opportunity to teach other aspiring designers - a passion that took him first to Learning Tree University and then to Golden West College in Huntington Beach, CA, where he has been an integral part of the renowned digital arts department for more than ten years. Throughout his teaching career, Sean maintained a freelance business, designing for clients including the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards), Image Comics and many more. See his work at http://www.glumace.com.