Posts Tagged Seacliff Pier

2004 PFIC/UPSAC Seacliff Pier Get Together

March 31, 2018 by kenjones
The 2004 Get Together at the Seacliff State Beach Pier was one of the first gatherings of the PFIC “Pier Rats” but as always was a day filled with good cheer, good food, and the opportunity to actually put a face to the names people saw on the PFIC Message Board. We’re still looking for [...]

Record (Unofficial) Pier Caught California Halibut

May 28, 2017 by kenjones
If anyone knows of fish that should be added to the list please contact me.  Some unofficial records —gathered from published reports 62 ¼ lbs. — Los Angeles Long Wharf, August 17, 1917 — Source: Port of Los Angeles, A Phenomenon of the Railroad Era, Ernest Marquez, 1975 58 Lbs. 11 Oz — Santa Monica [...]

King Salmon

September 20, 2016 by kenjones
Order Salmoniformes  Trouts and Salmon—Family Salmonidae Adult male — Picture courtesy of NOAA Species: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792); from the Greek roots onkos  (hook), rynchos (nose), and tshawytscha (the vernacular name for the species in Alaska and Kamchatka, USSR). Alternate Names: Chinook salmon, black mouth, spring salmon, tyee (large specimens over 30 pounds), quinnat, hookbill, [...]

A short visit to Montery Bay — and some piers

August 21, 2015 by kenjones
With the thermometer reaching 100 degrees for day after day, I decided it was time to leave Fresno and visit the coast. Given the recent reports of mackerel, I decided to head northwest to Monterey. The  area from Monterey to Santa Cruz is what I call the “north” Central Coast. In contrast, is the Pismo [...]

The Nitty Gritty California Pier Trivia Quizzes —

February 29, 2012 by kenjones
If you have read Pier Fishing in California you should be able to answer the following questions without breaking a sweat. If you can’t, I expect you to sleep the next seven nights with the book under your pillow. Just pretend it’s a love letter from your first boyfriend, girlfriend — or whatever.  By the [...]