I was wondering if any of you guys know any good places to fish from in a tube in LB. It would be my first time out on saltwater so it seems like LB is a good place to start plus it's close by. Any info is appreciated.

Anthony

Are you willing to fish at night?

Amish Ed
You Can't Catch it again if
it's Dead!

You should hook up with this group which is in Long Beach (http://WWW.BAYTUBERS.COM/). Good luck. They frequently target halibut... I don't know them, nor have I fished with them, but they seem to know their stuff...

Hi Sharkbait,

Anywhere from 72nd.St.Jetty to Island Grissom is good for Halibuts. On Sat. the 29th. I caught a 28 3/4" Halibut between Cherry Beach and Island Grissom using Live Smelt.

On Sun. the 30th. I caught a 29" Halibut where we hold our weekly tournaments in Belmont Shore.

Today, Monday the 31st. I had no bites in the same location, I was surf fishing today and the last two times out I was floattubing.

There are a bunch of us that keep losing a 5 foot plus Halibut! We call her Mrs. Lucky and she will be caught one of these days.

Kiyo
www.baytubers.com

Since I'm new I probably won't try fishing at night. SJ, thanks for the site. I checked it out and it's excellent. I read about the tournements and everything. I went out yesterday 12/30, cherry beach was dirty and there was one other tuber who said he had caught a few crocker. He also said that last week he caught a legal off there. I had no live bait and the only fish I caught was a small halibut. I went to Alamitos bay and caught 4 halibut there, all short with the too biggest being 20 and 21 inches released of course. it was the last part of the outgoing tide. Only used a 4in rainbow trout Fishtrap. Over all it was a fun day tubing for the first time.

Anthony

Anthony, if you are willing to try it I should be hitting Grisolm next Fri. or Sat. night. Not much happens there in the daylight usually. But, the winter night fishing can be excellent. Last year a few of us braved super cold conditions, but caught many bass. Average night was probably 25 legal bass, with almost as many shorts. The first night I tried there I fished it first in the daylight. I had one 4# bass (taking the tourney we were having), that night I had 30+ legals. Same day, same baits. The boat traffic is not bad at night, it's an easy launch, and well worth the cold. Let me know if you'd like to try it out sometime. You should also consider a trip to down to San Diego Bay. Excellent fishing year round.

Amish Ed
You Can't Catch it again if
it's Dead!

ED,

If you haven't been to Island Grissom lately, you NOW have to PAY! You buy this ticket that is worth 2 hrs. Terry Kannedy went there one night and got 3 tickets for a total of 6hrs. time. When he got out of the water 4 hours later he had a ticket that cost him $37.00. He asked the cops about it and they said there is only a (2) hour max parking there.
In my book, it's not worth fishing there with all the parking problems.

Kiyo

Ed,

I forgot to mention that the meter parking is still on the upper hill that you can use for Island Grissom. $1.00 an hour, but I think it is closed at night?

Kiyo

MAN! I'm really glad I moved to northern California.
I'm sorry to hear about the new parking fees. 2 hours is nothing when you're out fishin'. Ya can hardly get in the water before having to get out again. The last time I was there, there were homeless psychos all over the place. One was yelling at a palm tree and trying to beat it up! It was kinda funny. Sad, but funny.
What a bummer.

Chris

Hey Kiyo,

Where in LB do you catch your live bait? I have a unbrella net and the only place in LB i've used it is on belmont pier.

Anthony

Hi Anthony,

I get my bait at Mother's Beach. Very nice sized 6-8 inch Smelt there. You can use your umbrella net there but you will mostly get the smaller pinheads. Use the sabiki jigs with balled up (MILTONS) Multi Grain Bread or Squid and you will have no problems getting them. If you show up on the weekends around 6am. one of us will be there. I also have a page on my website that has the directions and how to catch them. Another productive spot is the "HOLE" which has lots of Smelt and Anchovies.

We are having a tournament this Saturday the 5th. in Belmont Shores in front of the Flip Flop Shack. Almost everyone will be getting their bait at Mother's Beach.

Kiyo

Kiyo,

Where is mothers beach? I've never heard of it. I'll probably come by just to talk to you guys.

Anthony

Hi Anthony,

Check out my website, www.baytubers.com and click on the link "How and where to catch your live smelt" and the directions are there. You can also go to the tournament when it ends at 12:30 to see how many legals were caught and who won.

Kiyo