The Discovery

There is a beach between Huntington Beach and Bolsa Chica in Southern California called "Dog Beach", or as some might often refer to it, Huntington Cliffs. The name "Dog Beach" comes from the fact that dogs are allowed to be walked on the beach! So one summer day when my dad and I were walking my dog at Dog Beach I decided to bring a fishing pole. To my surprise, that day, I caught 5 medium sized surf perch in only one hour!

I was extremely excited by this because every other time I had gone fishing at our local beaches I would catch little to none! So what was different this time?

The topography of this beach was very important to my success. This beach is along cliffs and the sand is often very steep. This steep sand bank causes a trench to form about 5-20 feet from the berm line. In addition, few people swim in the water at this beach for lack of parking and the fact that it is a "dog's beach" (which isn't really topography but I feel it was important).

The biology of this beach is also significant. Far out in the ocean there are oil rigs and an area between them called "Huntington Flats", which is a common place for charter boats to go fishing. Beyond the break out in the ocean you can observe pelicans, dolphins, and sea lions hunting. In addition to this, millions (seriously... MILLIONS), of sand crabs take residence at this beach.

Between the biology and the geography of this beach, it was no wonder that the fishing was fantastic. It is no surprise to you that I went back once a week every week that summer for more fantastic surf fishing.

Dog Beach at low tide (notice few people are swimming)

Next post will be about surf fishing gear which proved extremely important to success as well.

-Brandon Lynch-
enormedjules@gmail.com

Hello and welcome to Fishing Socal

Hello and welcome to my blog! I am Brandon and I have never blogged before... My english teacher, Mr. Ziebarth, made this an assignment so I decided if I have to blog on something I may as well blog on something I love! And I love to fish. Ever since I was a child I have loved to throw my line in the water and wait (rather impatiently) for a bite. I would always ask other people that were fishing (even if I didn't have a fishing pole with me) "how is the fishing today?"

My dad always used to take me fishing in the Eastern Sierras where we would go trout fishing. The Eastern Sierras are where I began to fall in love with fishing. Anyone else who knows the area up there will tell you... The fishing can be fantastic. So I grew up loving trout fishing and as I got older I began to get creative with my fishing techniques and strategies.

My feelings for fishing grew from a love into an obsession when I discovered surf fishing. I live in Huntington Beach, CA, and the beach is a good 6 hours away from the Eastern Sierras. I always thought that the only fishing in the world was in the Eastern Sierras. Fortunately, I was wrong. About two years ago, I discovered surf fishing in Huntington Beach can be just as fun or even more fun than trout fishing! Who knew that I was driving 6 hours to find fishing just as good as the fishing was 6 minutes from my house.

Basically, this blog is meant to teach people what I know about Southern California Surf fishing and Eastern Sierra Trout fishing. I will go into great depth with these two locations in my next few blogs.

-Brandon Lynch-
enormedjules@gmail.com