The history of Southern California fishing
How this fishery got the way it is: the warm years, the lean years, and the grounds that have held fish for a century.
Giant sea bass: how the kelp forest's biggest fish came back
Commercial landings peaked in 1932 and the sport catch in 1963. What the 1981 ban did, what has come back since, and what to do when one eats your squid.
Bonito in Southern California: the boom years, the bust and the breakwater bite
From more than a million fish in a good 1960s year to a record low in 1999: what the records show about bonito, what moves them, and how to fish them now.
Albacore in Southern California: the fish that built the fleet, and where it went
Canned in San Pedro in 1903, chased by a hundred party boats by the 1950s, all but gone from the San Diego counts by the 2000s. The longfin's century off this coast.
Catalina, the Tuna Club and the birth of rod-and-reel marlin fishing
The Tuna Club of Avalon set the rules of big-game sport fishing in 1898. How Catalina's marlin went from harpoons and weigh slips to tags and releases.
Why the Coronados hold the longest season in Southern California
Warm water from the south, a short run from Point Loma, and a set of islands just over the line: why San Diego boats are still bent in the fall.