Fishing for an escape off the Redondo Beach Pier
Redondo Beach bass and halibut hooked on a Redondo Sportfishing trip. Photo courtesy of Redondo Sportfishing A glassy sea shimmers with the heat of a summer sun. The air is still, the birds are chirping, and from my perch in the shade, life feels peaceful. I’m listening to Scott Bender of Redondo Sportfishing talk fishing – commercial pressures that threaten it, people who find escape in it, the thrill of hooking a halibut. He knows the birds alighting around us by name – “Over there’s Little Pete,” he says – and every fisherman on this pier. My vantage point is the Redondo Landing, the quaint wooden pier that’s home to a bevy of salty characters and true-blue fishermen who live for a bite. Cigarettes dangling from their lips, they’re baiting and casting, lost in their thoughts and in the beauty and stillness of this place, this respite from a big and busy suburban world. “People come down to this pier for so many reasons,” Scott tells me. “They’re communing with nature. Everyone’s handshaking – it’s just beautiful. It’s a beautiful place, and it’s our mandate and mission to bring a high level of service to people who want to come here.” Fishing opportunities abound in the South…
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