02-11-2015, 02:21 PM
[#0000FF]Ahhhh June! The best of times and the worst of times. Some of the best fishing for the most species but also the time when the beaches are packed with sun worshipers...and others. If you want to fish the piers you have to get there early, dump about a pound of quarters in the parking meters (no free parking any more) and be prepared for lots of company. Besides a lot of other "pier rats" there will be hordes of tourists and locals walking the piers and bugging the anglers. "Catchin' anything?" Make a fun game out of it. Keep a clicker on a cord around your neck and keep count. Then you can reply "Well, that's 110 counting you."
June is a great time for halibut. Fish live or dead anchovies out away from the pier. Make a long cast and then periodically lift and drop slowly back to the pier. If a fish picks it up, freespool for a ways and wait for the fish to stop. Then reel down until you feel weight and set the hook. Might even be a banjo shark, shovelnose shark or a bat ray.
Out on the end of the pier there are sometimes a few bonito, barracudas, sand bass or even a stray small yellowtail once in a while. But catching them requires specialized tackle and techniques.
Good luck. Hopefully the time passes quickly and you are able to find good weather and good fishing.
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June is a great time for halibut. Fish live or dead anchovies out away from the pier. Make a long cast and then periodically lift and drop slowly back to the pier. If a fish picks it up, freespool for a ways and wait for the fish to stop. Then reel down until you feel weight and set the hook. Might even be a banjo shark, shovelnose shark or a bat ray.
Out on the end of the pier there are sometimes a few bonito, barracudas, sand bass or even a stray small yellowtail once in a while. But catching them requires specialized tackle and techniques.
Good luck. Hopefully the time passes quickly and you are able to find good weather and good fishing.
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