Tag: Mackerel

• Drift Lining

  My time to get out to the pier, the wharf, the shore, and a planned boat excursion, is going to be limited for a while due to prior commitments so I thought I’d explain what I mean when I mentioned in many of my posts that I fish with a drift line.  The concept is […]

  John Darling – Author

  September 23, 2019

  Bait, Bat Rays, Calico Bass, Carp, Catfish, fishing, fishing pole, Grandpa Duffy, Mackerel, Pacific Ocean, Sharks, smelt, sportfishing, Stearns Wharf

  Calico Bass, Carp, Catfish, drift line, fishing pole, Grandpa, Mackerel, Perch, Rays, sportfishing, Stearns Wharf, wishing pole

• Later that day…

  After ending my latest quest to catch something while surf fishing, I needed to stay on the Emma Wood State Beach side of town for a few hours so I could run an errand in the afternoon.  Instead of just prowling around all the interesting shops in Downtown Ventura while I waited for the time […]

  John Darling – Author

  September 12, 2019

  Bat Rays, Dungeness Crab, Emma Wood State Beach, Mackerel, Pacific Ocean, Shakespeare ATS 350, Shakespeare Contender, Shimano Saguaro rod, smelt, Ventura Pier

  croaker, Dungeness Crab, Emma Wood State Beach, Mackerel, Shakespeare ATS30, Sharks, Shimano Saguaro rod, smelt, Ventura Pier

• Stearns Wharf III: Big Mac Attack!

  After my amazing day yesterday, I decided to visit Stearns Wharf again to see if the fishing is really is as good as it has been the last two times I was there.  I can now say that it is since this time I caught 33 Mackerel in 4 hours.  When I arrived at the […]

  John Darling – Author

  September 10, 2019

  Bait, fishing, fishing pole, fog, Mackerel, Pacific Ocean, Shakespeare Contender, sportfishing, Stearns Wharf, Ventura Pier, wishing pole

  fishing, fishing pole, Mackerel, Stearns Wharf, Ventura Pier

• Stearns Wharf II: Shark, bass, and mackerel, oh my!

  After my last fishing adventure at Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, CA where I caught 40 fish in 4 hours, I just had to go back to see if that was the norm or if I had just caught the area on a good day.  So, I went back today and though I only caught […]

  John Darling – Author

  September 9, 2019

  Bat Rays, Calico Bass, fishing pole, Grandpa Duffy, Mackerel, Pacific Ocean, Shakespeare Contender, Spider Wire, Uncategorized

  Calico Bass, Mackerel, Shakespeare Contender, Tiger Shark

• RESPECT your catches…

  This note, this moment, is an adjunct to my last post about my fantastic morning of fishing at Stearn’s Wharf in Santa Barbara, CA.  Even if you don’t fish, like the majority of the tourists who observed it, you may like it because it shows how I respect all living things, even those that I […]

  John Darling – Author

  September 3, 2019

  fishing, Mackerel, Pacific Ocean, Shovel Nose Shark, Stearns Wharf

  fishing, Mackerel, shovelnose shark, sportfishing, Stearns Wharf

• Advice from Grandpa: Patience is the best bait (this worked today)

  As a 5 to 7-year-old kid (which were the years I spent fishing with grandpa or just talking about fishing with him), I wanted to catch a fish every time my bait hit the water while not understanding how unrealistic that was.  Grandpa told me more than once that “patience is the best bait” meaning […]

  John Darling – Author

  August 31, 2019

  Grandpa Duffy, Mackerel, Ventura Pier, wishing pole

  fishing, Grandpa, Mackerel, sportfishing, Ventura, Ventura Pier, wishing pole