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Erik Landesfiend is a well versed fishermen in SoCal. He regularly shares his knowledge and opinions via his BD column, SoCal Scene. From how to tips, local weekly fishing reports and well thought out articles on many aspects of fishing southern California’s diverse fisheries. Erik gladly shares his thoughts and welcomes yours too.
Its been another rainy week in Southern California and that means fishing coverage has been spotty at best. It isn’t…
Rockfish season is rolling along nicely. The fish are biting and the wind hasn’t been a factor for boats making…
We got some good news for a change in that last week’s weather forecast was a little heavy handed and…
Rigging Tips For Swimbaits: I’ve long had a love/hate relationship with fishing big swimbaits for saltwater bass. I love that…
I’m going to warn you in advance, this week’s report is going to be mostly cloud and very little silver…
I’m about to share a secret that will forever change the way you fish for sand bass from your boat.…
It happens every year… The yellowtail, white seabass or tuna start to bite somewhere during the week and come Saturday…
Do you remember the definition of “fun winter fishing”? I know, after many winters spent catching tuna and yellowtail it’s…
As expected, last weekend’s calm weather resulted in good winter fishing up and down the coast. The most interesting news…
Last week’s lack of fishing coverage required me to make a few guesses as to what SoCal anglers might find…
Big voltage drops aren’t good for marine electronics and manufacturers protect their product by installing an automatic shut off once…
Though short lived, last weekend’s wind storm was strong enough to extinguish the bluefin bite south of the border. The…
The bluefin are still biting. So are the yellowtail at the Channel Islands. Oh, and the calicos at Clemente and…
This is one of those weeks where I have very little to actually report because the storm that rolled through…
The big bluefin that had gone MIA about a month ago where recently relocated by boats making the run south…
Cue my weekly broken-record report that the bluefin are still biting for boats fishing the offshore banks out of San…
While wide open 15 to 30-pound bluefin might not sound all that exciting after the last few seasons we’ve had,…
Well, it looks like the prediction I made last week was at least partially correct. The tuna did bite over…
While it’s not quite yet December, I’m actually writing this on the morning of November 30th, I’m confident that the…
If the last few years of incredible offshore fishing have taught us anything, it’s that having the right pair of…
The November new moon kicked off several days of what is undeniably the best big bluefin fishing any living person…
Well, the windy weather forecast for this week ended up shifting out to the west providing for comfortable seas on…
It was another week of good late season tuna action for the few boats that got off the dock. The…