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Yellowtail, bass, rockfish for Long Beach based sportfishers

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Some of the best local and Island fishing for Long Beach based boats is taking place right now. The combination of calm seas, plenty of market squid for bait, and warm water, is producing some fine fall fishing as my good friend Captain Buzz Brizendine like to call it.

Out of Pierpoint Landing in Long Beach, the Dreamer with skipper Allyn Watson had brisk action at Catalina Island on Sunday. Six anglers captured 8 yellowtail and limits of calico bass (10 bass per angler). The Toronado was also at Catalina Island with only 12 anglers on board catching 90 calico bass, 1 yellowtail, 10 barracuda along with a mess of perch and rockfish.

"This is the best time of the year to go fishing," said Toronado skipper Ray Lagmay. "The weather is great, the fish are biting and there are very few people on the boat right now." The Toronado has trips this week. More information at 562 983 9300. 

On the local scene, fishing for rockfish has been spectacular. The Enterprise out of Marina Sportfishing in Long Beach had limits of rockfish on Sunday with lots of big, beautiful, fine eating rockfish on board. In addition, they also had 11 nice lingcod. "It is as good as it gets," reported skipper Andy Siratt. ""We are catching fish locally that anglers normally have to travel overnight to catch." 

Hector Garibaldo was on board the City of Long Beach out of Marina Sportfishing to take his father out for some 1/2 day fishing. His father had just flown in from Guadalajara, Mexico and Garibaldo wanted to take him fishing. The group of six were novice anglers but it wasn't long until the crew had them catching two fish at a time. "What a great experience," said Garibaldo. "This is a trip that we will always remember." 562 598 6649 for boats out of Marina Sportfishing.

Twilight fishing on board the Native Sun out of Long Beach Sportfishing was also excellent on Saturday as several big sand bass were landed. Captain Gabriel Ceballos anchored the Native Sun on one of the local wrecks where anglers caught numerous fat sand bass along with a good amount of sculpin.

A 2-ounce leadhead with live or fresh dead squid seemed to work best for both species. The weather was beautiful and water temperatures continued warm at 63 degrees. The Native Sun, Fishing with Phil has it's last twilight trip for 2012 this Saturday night. Reservations at 562 432 8993.

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Lobster season opens Friday, great twilight fishing, tuna wide open

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Lobster anglers can start hooping it up after midnight Friday as the 2012 Southern California Lobster Season officially opens.

With a basic net and rigging costing just over $20—and lobster selling for $28 per pound—anglers have a chance to dine on expensive lobster at a fraction of the price it would at your favorite seafood eatery.

Jason Morton from Promar Nets offered some great advice for would-be lobster anglers.

"Lobster are nocturnal creatures, so you'll want to drop your baited net down about an hour before sunset,” he said. After the sun sets, lobsters come out of the rocks and crevices they live in and crawl around in search of food.

Morton said the tuna bite this year has been incredible, and tuna remains make for excellent lobster bait.

"Bait your nets with a fresh, oily fish such as mackerel, tuna or salmon,” he said. “Leave the net in the water about half-hour before pulling it so you can fill up with the tasty crustaceans.”

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Giant barracuda, twilight fun & an enormous basking shark

A giant basking shark—one of the world's biggest fish—was spotted cruising off the bow of the San Pedro-based sportboat Sea Anglers around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.

“It was big,” said Capt. Mike Blue of the three-quarter-day boat Victory out of Long Beach’s Pierpoint Landing. "I am guessing somewhere between 18-25 feet."

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The Manzanar Fishing Club opens tonight, free kids events and the latest fishing

The Manzanar Fishing Club is screening Friday in Santa Monica at the Laemmle Monica 4. The film chronicles the World War II internment of Japanese Americans from a new and unique perspective.

The Manzanar Fishing Club is about how some of those unjustly imprisoned Japanese risked their lives to fish for trout in the surrounding waters in the Eastern Sierra. They risked their lives, sneaking past armed guards and through barbed wire, to taste sweet freedom and regain lost dignity, if even for a brief moment. The film speaks to the human spirit and carries with it valuable life lessons for everyone.

On Saturday, the “voices” of the Manzanar Fishing Club will be available to meet with the public after the 7:30 p.m. showing. I was proud to have been chosen to narrate Act III of this very enlightening film and will be among the attendees.

Photo:  Producer/Director Cory Shiozaki with "The Voice" of Act III, Philip Friedman

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Entangled whale Bob saved off Palos Verdes (Phil Friedman for Patch)

Rescuers freed an entangled gray whale off the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Redondo Beach on Thursday afternoon.

The whale, which was "making slow circles and really struggling," was cut free at about 1:30 p.m., said Brad Sawyer, the captain of the whale-watching boat Voyager out of King Harbor.

"When freed, it took off at high speed, swimming fast!" wrote an administrator of the American Cetacean Society - Los Angeles Chapter page on Facebook. "Its entanglement wound (was) not severe."

The administrator noted that the whale has "an outstanding chance of surviving."

"We feel pretty confident that the rest of the netting will fall off," said Kelli Lewis of the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach.

Sawyer said they nicknamed the whale "Bob," after Sawyer's brother who died two days ago.

"We have decided to call this whale Bob as a way to honor my brother," Sawyer said.

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