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The Newport Beach Dory Fleet — Looking Back #3 — 1969

March 14, 2018 by kenjones
 A Diminishing Breed: Dorymen of Newport  Newport Beach (AP).— Times are tough for the Newport doryman. But a dozen or so still put to sea before dawn each day in tiny one-man boats seeking crab, lobster or whatever good-eating fish can be found as far as 30 miles from shore. They are back at Newport [...]

The Newport Beach Dory Fleet — Looking Back #2 — 1950

March 14, 2018 by kenjones
Newport Beach Fishermen Ply Trade in Ancient Way “Fishing is like poetry; men must be born so.”—Isaak Walton. “If my sons thought of becoming fishermen, I’d break their heads. It’s a dog’s life.”—Jess Van Riper. Walton was an angler and Van is a fisherman and maybe the difference in their points of view is that [...]

The Newport Beach Dory Fleet — Looking Back #1 — 1934

March 14, 2018 by kenjones
Fishermen Go To Sea Daily In Dories From Newport — Only Place On Pacific Coast For nearly 20 years on he beach next to the Newport municipal pier there has existed a fishing community which has its counterpoint nowhere on this coast. Ten to 12 dories under bright beach umbrellas make up the permanent village, [...]

The Newport Beach Dory Fleet — Through The Years

March 11, 2018 by kenjones
Newport Pier was where I began my pier fishing life in 1962. I would ride my bicycle down the hill from Costa Mesa and try to get the best spot on the pier (the corner spot). To do that meant I would have to leave the house around 4 AM. Generally the only people I [...]

Giant Sea Bass aka Black Sea Bass

February 13, 2018 by kenjones
   Wreckfishes—Family Polyprionidae Illustrations 1-3 from Pacific Coast Fishes, Peterson Field Guides, Eschmeyer/Herald/Hammann Species: Stereolepis giga (Ayres, 1859); from the Greek words sterolepsis (firm scales) and gigas (giant). Alternate Names: Commonly called black sea bass in our fair state although I like the more impressive names given by the French—bar gigantesque and barréan géant. At [...]
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