Los Alamitos or Cabrillo side?

[T-Rex]

There's plenty of flatties from 72nd place to Downtown Long Beach. Try launching at Cherry Beach and fishing south along the beach. No need to paddle all the way out to the wall.

A big advantage to Cabrillo is easy access to the bait barge. At Cherry you'd have to make/bring bait or fish plastics, etc.

[bus kid]

Originally Posted by T-Rex

There's plenty of flatties from 72nd place to Downtown Long Beach. Try launching at Cherry Beach and fishing south along the beach. No need to paddle all the way out to the wall.

A big advantage to Cabrillo is easy access to the bait barge. At Cherry you'd have to make/bring bait or fish plastics, etc.

Why not go see Nacho at LB bait, drop him a 12 pack get a kayak scoop.

[jorluivil]

If you've never been to Cabrillo and you're not used to paddling in high winds I would stay away or make sure you go out with a partner. Cabrillo sits just around the corner from Portugese Bend, when the afternoon winds pick up they whip around the bend and get can pretty nasty and challenging even in a Hobie. Every so often you will see the lifeguard boats out there when the winds pick up, they're not out there for an evening cruise.

[Badtaste2k]

Last couple times I have launched out of Cabrillo, the only place I have launched from, a lifeguard has paddled up to me and let me know about high wind conditions. It as been pretty rough out there at times.

Dan

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by T-Rex

There's plenty of flatties from 72nd place to Downtown Long Beach. Try launching at Cherry Beach and fishing south along the beach. No need to paddle all the way out to the wall.

A big advantage to Cabrillo is easy access to the bait barge. At Cherry you'd have to make/bring bait or fish plastics, etc.

If you launch from the catamaran launch (Claremount Ave) or the 72nd street jetty the paddle/peddle to the bait barge isn't to bad, its not as close when compared to Cabrillo but it's definately within reach. Once you get your bait you can fish east along the breakwall toward Pier J then go north toward the Queen Mary followed by another right back towards your launch site.

[GregAndrew]

Cabrillo is not world famous as a windsailing spot for nothing.

[T-Rex]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

If you launch from the catamaran launch (Claremount Ave) or the 72nd street jetty the paddle/peddle to the bait barge isn't to bad, its not as close when compared to Cabrillo but it's definately within reach. Once you get your bait you can fish east along the breakwall toward Pier J then go north toward the Queen Mary followed by another right back towards your launch site.

Claremont's a good idea, I like fishing that stretch better than North of the pier. I'd rather catch a bucketful of smelt in the bay instead of making the three mile round trip to the bait barge.

[fourtogo]

Afternoon wind picks right at 12ish and can blow hard . If you want a sample of the wind , go watch Para-Gliders surfing chop .