Comments on: The Point Mugu Pier — Gone But Not Forgotten

By: Andrew Ferguson

Andrew Ferguson — Sat, 06 May 2023 01:43:10 +0000

Thanks for the great history! I really enjoyed it!

By: Gerry Robertson

Gerry Robertson — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 23:09:09 +0000

Ken,

I’m glad you enjoyed my dad’s memoirs. Since my last message, my wife and I have enjoyed several stays at the Navy cabins out by the mouth of the lagoon (courtesy of my sister in law, who is a veteran). It is a great spot from which to contemplate all these old stories and the wonderful history of that area. On one of those visits we visited the old dolphin pens, from the training program that’s the navy used to run out there.
Thanks also for compiling this history as you have done. There otherwise seems to be little written about this special spot.

By: kenjones

kenjones — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:15:47 +0000

Thank you for the note and I enjoyed reading the memoirs.

By: Gerry Robertson

Gerry Robertson — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 23:58:04 +0000

Back in the 1930′s my great-grandfather, Lajos (Louis) Proschowsky Robertson, had a cabin there by the fish camps, close by the bridge. There he built boats, and probably took fishermen out as well. He originally built the cabin on the family’s Sinaloa Ranch, in Simi Valley, then dismantled it, hauled the pieces down to the lagoon, and rebuilt it there. My father, aunts, and uncles all remembered going out there as kids, to visit their grandfather. Louis and his cabin were ‘immortalized’ in an etching done by Lionel Barrymore, incorrectly titled “Point Magu”. We recently made a ‘pilgrimage’ there with my last surviving aunt. She was able to locate the spot, and of course had lots of tales to tell. More of this story can be found in my Dad’s memoirs here: http://leighrobertson.net/mugu.html

By: Doug Moran

Doug Moran — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 05:27:03 +0000

I lived in Pt Mugu on Sparrow Drive, and as a kid, fished the pier for two summers. We caught Bonito, Halibut, Calico Sea bass, Mackerel and perch. the water off the pier would occassionally boil as the schools of bonito would hit the bait fish. We used chrome covered sinkers with a treble hook.

We also hunted the settling ponds for ducks and rabbits. We used slingshots to hunt cotton tails and jack rabbits. You could always count 30 to 40 jack rabbits in the fields.
Many fond memories.

By: Baker boy

Baker boy — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 06:28:09 +0000

My dad was stationed at Point Mugu in the late 80s. We lived in the temporary housing right before the pier. My step brother and I caught everything from skates and rays to sand shark. Not to mention plenty of spider crab in our ring. Sad to see the pier is gone.

By: hudley flipside

hudley flipside — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 19:32:03 +0000

Glad I found this. My dad was a WWII veteran. I went fishing with my parents there. We even stayed on the beach a couple of times, in the little cabins there. Some great times. My parents went fishing there all the time until it was blown down. Some great memories…

By: Tom Land

Tom Land — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 19:28:03 +0000

My dad, brother and I used to fish this pier between 1969 and 1972, when I was just a kid (8-11 years old). It was a great time to grow up and a great pier to fish. Reading this article brought back a lot of good memories. Most of the time, we’d just fish from the elevated section of the pier. But, there was a small deck at water’s edge at the end of the pier. You had to pass though a locked gate to get the the stairs that led down to it. The gate was always locked. But, when it was just a few friends and me on the pier, we’d climb out and around the gate and fish from the platform at the water’s level down below. Back then, the fish that you mostly caught were perch, mackerel, (what we called) sugar bass, halibut, croaker, sharks, and, of course, bullheads. I have many fond memories of good times spent fishing there.

By: mike voyles

mike voyles — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 03:33:46 +0000

I friend of mines dad worked on the base there. My buddies mom was Japanese and a big fisherman. We visited that pier (during the 80s) about once a week for several years. I was looking on Google Maps to see if it were still there and found here that it is no longer there. We always caught fish, mostly just maquerel, but there was bonito and some other exotics from time to time. I vividly remember the perch fishing at the base of the pier from the rocks being exceptionally good. What a great memory, thanks for sharing yours. Even though I’m not military, it this pier was a great child hood memory.
-Mike Voyles

By: Will Cline

Will Cline — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 04:57:43 +0000

That is a really cool story!! My son is being transferred there in the next few months. I will visit him around the end of the year. I want to take my grandson fishing close by can you recommend places to go or boats that are good for fishing? My son also enjoys fishing so he may join us. He is an E2 pilot in the Navy. My grandson will be close to three years old when I visit so it would be good for a fishing experience that is OK for a youngster.

Will