Well Mates, if’in yer going fishing out of King’s Harbor anytime soon and expect fresh bait, forget it! You will have to make yer own bait and ya better be a good baiter.
Seems the Bush/Obama stimyunot package failed to reach the backwaters of Basin Three and Master Bait Man Captain Steve Volaski owner of Magic Bait.
His comment on the economy of fishing and baiting, “Jack, all the Magic and money has gone out of this business. I’m pulling out end of this month.”
But, he ain’t going far. He be moving back to Ventura where he done bought out Captain Hooks landing, boats and all. He say, “I need to fish where the fish live.”
Well, Merry “X” mas, the X marking the spot where the Magic Bait boat once was docked. To all of us baitless stranded fishermen the only one who “Got bait” is Big John over at Capt’n Kidds Fish Market just down from the boat hoist on Harbor Drive.
Big John Mills said, “I am willing to fill the hole wit plenty of fresh frozen candy bait, Squid, mackerel, smelt, left over salmon bits and other very fishey parts.”
Let’s hear it for Big John. Only a fellow fisherman would do such a thing for all his fishing buddies. Let me tell you this, John knows fish and he knows bait.
But do not fear. A new Master Bait Man out of Marina del Rey could be coming our way soon’er or later. It be Captain Larry of the bait boat In-seine who been baiting up and down the bay for many a year or two.
I spoke wit Capt’n Larry to find out if these rumors could be true. He say, “All I can tell ya is Ms. Leslie from RB Basin 3 Marina been twisting me nets and throwing some chum my direction. No X’es been marked on the side of my vessel.”
So’s I asked ole Captain Craig who knows all, seen all and don’t tell all, “Hey! What now? Where we all going to get some fresh bait.”
He say, “Jack the squid, candy bait is so thick out front, even you could scoop up whats ya needs.” And, he ain’t lying.
I never in all my days of fishing seen nite time squid and day time squid floating hour upon hour holding they little skirts and making tons of future baby squidlies.
The Rock Cod are a biting and lots of big Red Snappers are hanging off every canyon from Rocky Point to Point Dume. Fresh live squid or Big John’s fresh frozen is all ya needs to hang one of these big fat cod fish.
Make note, Rock Cod season will be over for the year December 31 and not reopen until March 1. That is unless them radical fish lovers get they way and close fishing in the bay forever, forcing us to eat tofu fish made in China. Aaaarrrrrggggg….
Story o’d week: Finally the surf is up again and will move them lobsters, cockroaches of the sea, out in deeper waters. This is a good thing, caus’in the kelp off Rocky Point is so thick ya can’t get a net to the bottom or get a boat in the shallows.
The price of lobsters, aka Bugs, has doubled and so will the goop in yer veins if ya eat too many of them. But, what the hey, we all going to die someday. I say do it wit a lobster.
Private Bug Fishermen can get up to seven per day, but ya has to eat all seven before ya can get seven more. I see more funerals in the future.
Aaaarrrrrgggg sez the Captain…..ER
