Posts Tagged oceanside pier

Oceanside Pier — 2012 Kids Fishing Derby

Beautiful weather, a great crowd of kids, and an enthusiastic group of volunteers helped make the 3rd Annual Oceanside Pier Kids Tournament on August 4, 2012 a great success. Under the sponsorship of the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), United Pier and Shore Anglers of California (UPSAC), Oceanside Pier Bait and Tackle, and joined by [...]

Thornback Ray

Order Rhinobatiformes —  Thornbacks — Family Platyrhinidae Thornback rays taken at the Ventura Pier Species: Platyrhinoidis triseriata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880); from the Greek words platys (flat and broad), rhin (shark with a rough skin), oid (like) and is (similar), and the Latin words tri (three) and seriat (rows, in reference to the three rows [...]

Oceanside Pier — 2011 Young Anglers Tournament

What do you get when you mix in a beautiful southern California day, youngsters eager to catch a fish (any fish), and a hard-working group of local and more distant volunteers? The answer in this case was the 2011 UPSAC-IGFA Oceanside Pier Young Anglers Tournament held  August 6, 2011. Getting ready It starts Sign here! [...]

Oceanside Pier — 2010 Young Anglers Tournament

Having fun, spending time in the great outdoors, and perhaps catching a fish for the first time in their life, these were some of the goals of the youth at the First Annual Young Angler Tournament at the Oceanside Pier on August 7, 2010. Held on a beautiful day at one of California’s iconic piers, [...]

Oceanside Pier — UPSAC Derby 2010

In 2010 United Pier and Shore Anglers of California instituted a series of fund raising derbies of which the one at the Oceanside Pier was the first.   Eugene Kim (green shirt) was the main organizer, gift getter, judge, and all around force for the event. A variety of species were caught during the day [...]