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Author: Erik Landesfeind
Erik Landesfeind
Erik Landesfeind is BD's Southern California Editor and has over 30 years of experience saltwater fishing for a range of species in both California and Mexican waters. Erik is also an active freelance writer and the author of the weekly column So Cal Scene, which BD publishes every Friday. In So Cal Scene, Erik keeps all of the BD readers up to date on what's biting in Southern California. Erik divides his fishing time on local boats, long-range trips and Mexico excursions. For the past eight years, Erik has been competing in the SWBA (Saltwater Bass Anglers) tournament series and has multiple tournament victories to his credit. His sponsors include Batson Enterprises / Rainshadow Rods, Robalo Boats, Tilly's Marine, Abu/Garcia, Penn Reels, Navionics, Raymarine, MC Swimbaits, Uni-Butter Fishing Scent and Bladerunner Tackle.
It’s been yet another good week of offshore fishing for SoCal anglers. Bluefin and yellowfin tuna are both still biting in US waters and there has been some signs of better things to come down south. Erik’s report has lots more!
Erik Landesfeind rounds up the SoCal action in his latest Socal Scene fishing report. Bluefin, yellowtail, dorado, and swords: it’s all in play right now so get out there!
Captain Jimmy Decker shares his method for rigging a trolling lure to fish for striped marlin. This simple set up is quick and easy to rig and requires a minimum amount of terminal tackle.
Erik Landesfeind gives us the rundown on how to choose what size braided line to pair up with which fluorocarbon leaders for many types of SoCal inshore fishing.
Erik Landesfeind has great news for the upcoming holiday weekend. There are lots of fish being caught and a variety of species and sizes are on hand.
Captain Jimmy Decker shares the rod and reel setups he uses when targeting striped marlin in Southern California and explains how to rig them for IGFA legal fishing.
Erik Landesfeind’s SoCal Scene is optimistic about your chances for big bluefin and assorted sizes of blue and yellows. Even some paddy yellowtail and dorado.
It’s been another good, if sporadic, week of fishing in SoCal waters. As expected, the northern gang bang broke up over the weekend as the bluefin off the west end of Catalina disappeared.
Erik Landesfeind rounds up the SoCal Scene in this week’s fishing reports and predictions. Tuna, yellowtail, and saltwater bass are all in the picture. Now you have to pick.
Erik Landesfeind is back and his SoCal Scene is chocked full of great fishing actions and local reports. Pick your favorite target species and get out on the water.
Building Custom Fishing Rods As someone who only uses custom built fishing rods, I get a lot of questions from readers about them. The most common of those is usually somewhere along the lines of, “Why should I spend the extra money to build a custom rod when I’m perfectly happy fishing rods off the rack?” Well, the obvious answer to that is if you’ve done your homework and find factory rods a perfect match to your fishing needs, there’s no reason whatsoever to consider going custom and you might as well stop reading here. But if you’re one of…
When it comes to fishing artificial lures for bluefin and yellowfin tuna, matching your rod and reel to the lure you’re going to be fishing is imperative.
In this video, Decker gives a hands-on, how-to explanation of everything you’ll need to know to get the best product in the shortest amount of time.
Erik Landesfeind describes the relationship between the type of crankbaits you want to throw and the rod and reel combo you should use to do it well.
Captain Jimmy Decker shows the easiest way to tie the FG Knot when connecting spectra to a fluorocarbon leader and Erik Landesfeind documents a great way to tie it.
You may remember my friend John Curry from his contribution to the article Hoopnetting for Dummies. Yeah, he’s the guy who bought his first saltwater boat this summer and within a month was scoring limits of big lobsters every time he hoopnetted. When I wrote the article, I couldn’t be sure if I hadn’t caught him in the middle of a huge streak of beginners luck, so I followed up with him to see how he’d fared over the last couple months. He reported back; 248 legal lobsters in 17 trips. Like I said before, he’s just a fishy guy.…
Despite the wet weather, the fishing has actually been pretty good for the guys that are getting off the dock and Erik Landesfeind takes a look at what’s happening.
Erik Landesfeind offers some great inside information on where to chase rockfish for the season’s opener and beyond. Check out his personal rating system and fishing charts.
On the tough days, anyone who’s spent time targeting bluefin knows that having a variety of lures in your tackle box can spell the difference between success and failure. Erik Landesfeind talks tuna and hardbaits.
This is going to be one of those “good news and bad news” reports, so which do you want first?, says Erik Landesfeind in his latest SoCal Scene fishing report.
Erik Landesfeind is happy to report that some bluefin have shown back up in the fishing reports for SoCal anglers in the latest SoCal Scene report.
Erik Landesfeind is showcasing some great products and methods for changing your own fishing line and saving money along the way.
It’s been another good week of fishing in Southern California. The bass are biting for private boaters and the sport boats that have been running continue to load up on sculpin and bass.