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Oceanside Pier Bait Shop

April 18, 2015 by kenjones
Ed Gonsalves and the Oceanside Pier Bait Shop After fishing California’s coastal waters for more than fifty years, one of the things I have learned to appreciate are good bait and tackle shops. Although at one time nearly every pier had a bait shop, and most of those had live bait, today the number of [...]

California Halibut

April 10, 2015 by kenjones
  Halibut from the Ventura Pier Order Pleuronectiformes — Lefteye Flounders — Family Bothidae Species: Paralichthys californicus (Ayres, 1859); from the Greek word paralichthys (parallel fish) and californicus (Californian)—a California fish that lies parallel to the bottom. Alternate Names: Halibut, flounder, hali, flattie (or flatty), chicken halibut, alabato, southern halibut, Monterey halibut, bastard halibut; fly [...]

Variety, the spice of life —

February 23, 2014 by kenjones
Although there are some who only seek out the big fish, I’m at a point in life where the goal has changed somewhat. I still LOVE to catch the big fish, but I also am thrilled with a variety of species. This is true, in part, because I have fished on 123 ocean piers in [...]

Leopard Shark

March 4, 2013 by kenjones
Cartilaginous Fishes ——— Class Chondrichthyes — (A skeleton of cartilage that is not true bone)  ——— Subclass Elasmobranchi — Sharks and Rays  ——— Order Carcharhiniformes  ———  Hound Sharks — Family Triakididae Aaron Coons and a leopard shark from the Morro Bay North T-Pier Species: Triakis semifasciata (Girard, 1855); from the Greek word tria  (number three, [...]

Oceanside Pier — Through the Years

February 28, 2013 by kenjones
Oceanside Pier — 2008 Oceanside was founded in 1883. Just five years later, in 1888, the construction of Oceanside’s first wharf began at the foot of Couts Street (now Wisconsin Street). It was largely paid for by subscription, by pledges, by people hoping to make a buck. Promoters of the wharf felt Oceanside could rival [...]
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