In this week’s issue of WON I write about the book that I wrote on Southern California Sportfishing. It is called The Southern California Angler, and, as the name suggests, it is all about fishing in SoCal. Essentially it is a modern day guide to our unique style of fishing, from surface irons to live squid, local to long range. Future issues of WON will be have excerpts from the book in them leading up to the Fred Hall Show. The show itself is where the book will be unveiled and sold for the first time. In the meantime, here is the index of the book. If there is section that you’d like to see published (either on this site or in WON) let me know by leaving a comment on this blog or by emailing me at Brandon@wonews.com
The Southern California Angler’s Table of Contents
Introduction: The Theory of Fishing
Chapter One: The big two: Tuna and ‘tails
Yellowtail: One fish, many personalities
The facts
It’s all about conditions
At the islands
Coastal
Offshore
Baja
Non-biters
Yellowtail Tackle
Dropper loops
Jig and squid
Flyline and light sliders
On the iron
Conclusion
The offshore game: A look at tunas
Albacore: Bread and butter tuna
Bluefin: Nomads with attitude
Yellowfin: Here one year, gone the next
Bigeye: A rare guest
Fishing tuna: Be Ready for anything
Fishing tuna offshore
The long soak
Short Stops
Meter marks and sonar schools
Fishing kelps
It’s F-in wide-open
Final thoughts on offshore fishing
Tuna on the anchor
Fishing bluefin on the anchor
Yellowfin on the anchor
Chapter Two: Essential skills
10/90: Pete Haynes’ live bait tips from beginning to advanced
Tinted fishing lines
10/90 knots
Bait selection, hooking, etc.
Sinker rigs
Don’t over cast
Stay in contact
Change your bait
Getting bit—the 10/90 hook set
The fight
Conclusion
Casting skills: Learning to fly
Overhead casting
Underhand casting
Overhand vs. Underhand
Casting conclusions
Bait Basics
Fin bait
How to hook ‘em
Shoulder hook
Butt hook
Throat hook
Nose hooking
Mix up your game
Anchovy fishing: A lost art
A few ‘chovy tips
Other small bait
The bobber trick
Squid Success
The squid box
Chapter Three: Gearing up—a look at terminal tackle, rigs and knots
Of Spectra and stealth rigs
Applications
Stealth rigs
The kelp cutter rig
Fishing tuna and company
Fluoro facts
Is it invisible?
The big three
Hooked up
Circle hooks vs. J Hooks
The ‘ultimate’ tackle box
Knot that hard
Pete Haynes on five ‘must know’ knots
San Diego jam knot
Uni knot
Palomar knot
Perfection loop
Snelling
Chapter Four: SoCal style—a look at rods and reels
Long vs. short
Glass vs. graphite
The ‘Ultimate’ quiver
The 12- to 20-pound outfit
The 25- to 30-pound outfit
The 40- to 50-pound outfit
Fun stuff
Final thoughts
Chapter Five: Those in the know
Introduction
Danny Wade’s tips for getting on the iron
Live by the iron
Live by the iron, revisited
Picking jigs
Salas 7x, Baby 5X
Tady 45
Little lures
Wired Up
How to wind ‘em
Jig outfits
The jig box
David Choate on flylining sardines for cows
Early beginnings—from local to long range
Stealth rigs for cows
The basics
Fishing a bait with Choate
The Spectra factor
Final thoughts
Ben Secrest on catching the calico bass of a lifetime
Big baits, big bass
Time of day
Artificials
Shallow water bassin’
Slow to grow, so …
Tino Valantine on successful seabass fishing
Moon phases and conditions
Shallow water seabass
On the grounds
The biggest tip
Chapter Six: Random topics—12 tackle Rooms
Half dayin’ it
Oldies, but goodies
Kids’ combos
Wrap it up
Geared down
Adding distance to your cast …
Tall and narrow
Oklahoma Jig Sticks?
A pack of etiquette
What about glass?
Glass options
Don’t forget the basics
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