Posts Tagged Pine Avenue Pier

The Spit ‘n’ Argue Club at the pier —

November 11, 2017 by kenjones
Spit ‘n’ Argue Good arguments can provide the healthiest form of entertainment; they stimulate adrenal glands, arouse governments and nurture change. The Spit ‘n’ Argue Club, later the University by the Sea, has done that through most of Long Beach’s history.  The professor’s white beard fluttered in the sea breeze. Alone, he faced the empty [...]

Pine Avenue Pier, Long Beach, 1905-1934

September 7, 2017 by kenjones
Some fish reports and pictures about the Pine Avenue Pier, Long Beach A big run of five and six-pound albacore at Long Beach wharf kept the hand-liners busy at that point, and turned the outer end of the wharf into shambles, literally slippery with fish gore. These small albacore frequently come close inshore, but are [...]

The Good Old Days On The Piers — # 2

May 22, 2015 by kenjones
Ocean Park Pier — 1911 Ken Jones — Fish Taco Chronicles —Summer 2015 As chronicled in the previous article there has been change to California’s piers and the fish from those piers during the past century. That article displayed the great changes that have taken place in the number and size of the larger species—yellowtail, [...]