10-14-2003, 01:45 PM
[cool] Hey guys, thanks for the heads up on the Sheeps heads. I don't want any protected or off limits species. I am going there with my son and we will probably just be fishing off of the pier there in Avalon.
As you have probably read some of my threads in the past, I do alot of C&R. My family wanted to go there on Sunday "just to get away from it all". I told my wife that would be a perfect place to go.
I used to go there quiet a bit with a friend of mine but haven't been there for several years now. We would exchange instructional lessons. Since he had a small airplane and I was doing alot of skin diving we would fly over to Catalina and go diving there.
We would marvel at the enormous kelp forrest that was there at Lovers Cove in Avalon. The water was generally warm and waveless in that area. The visibility was generally around 80 feet underwater. And there was nothing more beautiful than to see the Sheepshead, Calicos and the Girabaldis all comingling there. Lovers Cove just so happens to be a wildlife preserve. They don't allow anything to be taken from there except for pictures.
Several yards North of there is a fishing pier and thats where the action begins. I wish that I could go out there on a charter to one of the Lagoons on the back side of the Islands.
I used to fly around the whole islands in search for a spot that I would like to come back and fish later on. It is really kind of hard to fish out of a single engine Grumman Tiger. ha ha.
Anyway, thanks guys for your usefull information. I may keep one or two Calicos at the most if I keep any at all. I am just trying to get my son broken in slowly to some saltwater fishing. I figure it is best to start him off on a sturdy surface such as a pier before I help him develope his sea legs on a boat. Besides, we are going to Castaic on Saturday and trying for my little friends over there.
I will keep you posted as usual. Thanks again and Happy Fishing.
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As you have probably read some of my threads in the past, I do alot of C&R. My family wanted to go there on Sunday "just to get away from it all". I told my wife that would be a perfect place to go.
I used to go there quiet a bit with a friend of mine but haven't been there for several years now. We would exchange instructional lessons. Since he had a small airplane and I was doing alot of skin diving we would fly over to Catalina and go diving there.
We would marvel at the enormous kelp forrest that was there at Lovers Cove in Avalon. The water was generally warm and waveless in that area. The visibility was generally around 80 feet underwater. And there was nothing more beautiful than to see the Sheepshead, Calicos and the Girabaldis all comingling there. Lovers Cove just so happens to be a wildlife preserve. They don't allow anything to be taken from there except for pictures.
Several yards North of there is a fishing pier and thats where the action begins. I wish that I could go out there on a charter to one of the Lagoons on the back side of the Islands.
I used to fly around the whole islands in search for a spot that I would like to come back and fish later on. It is really kind of hard to fish out of a single engine Grumman Tiger. ha ha.
Anyway, thanks guys for your usefull information. I may keep one or two Calicos at the most if I keep any at all. I am just trying to get my son broken in slowly to some saltwater fishing. I figure it is best to start him off on a sturdy surface such as a pier before I help him develope his sea legs on a boat. Besides, we are going to Castaic on Saturday and trying for my little friends over there.
I will keep you posted as usual. Thanks again and Happy Fishing.
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