On a day out from Dana Point, just south of Long Beach, LA, my son and I went out for a day’s sea fishing.
We joined 15 or 20 others on a boat that can take 50 fishermen easily.
The sea was calm, just a gentle swell, enough to let you know you were on a boat.
We went out a couple of miles to the edge of one of the big kelp beds, somewhere the fish feel safe, they can dart into the kelp if danger appears.
I think in the whole day a couple of yellow tails were caught, not by me I might add, I was quite happy, it was sunny and warm and I love boats.
Later in the day the skipper saw some action on the surface further out; I think he was a bit embarrassed at taking us to a “no fish” area so he announced we might be close to dolphins feeding, let’s go and look
After 10 minutes we were drifting quietly, engines off, with 20 or 30 dolphins all around the boat, they seemed quite oblivious to our existence, I believe they had found a large shoal of sardines or similar, the surface of the sea was boiling, dolphins breaking the surface, fish trying to escape, pelicans just as desperate as the dolphins and hundreds of gulls snatching anything silver.
The whole half hour spectacle more than made up for catching no fish.
All day I had kept an eye open for something a bit different, this part of the Pacific is home to grey whales, killer whales and great white sharks to mention just a few, unfortunately I did not see any of them, but we did enjoy our day out.
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