Cabrillo is great, even from the shore and from our inflateable we have caught and released 21" halibuts (fun, never had luck with plastics b 4). Seems like almost every fish is a halibut or a bass. Plastics and live bait are all I have tried, but I have only been out 2 times. Oddly, live bait produced not a one nibble the 1 time I used it. It was late, windy and kelpy though. Try and get out by 12 or so on the weekends, it turns into a madhouse.
I was wondering if I could give the tourneys a shot with the baytubes, even if all i have is a 12' "Fish Hunter" inflateable? Might be a silly question, because I don't have a "tube" to join a "Baytubers" tourney, but it never hurts to ask, (I think)
Cya
from a girl trying a bit more than just freshwater. You learn something every day.