[Oldsarge]

I can't get my fishing partner to go angling in the salt water and so I haven't gone for years. And that's a sad commentary on someone who is living within 7 miles of the ocean, I can tell you! But when I did . . . "Beware the bait fisherman, my son, for he worships at the alter of a deadly goddess!" My son even did his 7th grade science project testing which baits were most effective off our local fishing piers. Shrimp won, hand's down.

However, for those of a more refined nature, fly fishing the surf has been a serious past time in SoCal for a couple of decades. The basic idea is to use any kind of fly so long as it's orange because baby corbina are orange and they're the preferred fry by all the surf dwelling predators. The local experts seem to prefer about a 6-7 weight rod and sinking line. I understand that they do quite well. Never tried it, myself, being quite hopeless with a flyrod.

Once I get my kayak, next year or the year after, I'll be out around the kelp and the local reefs with jigs and spoons . . . and bait!