The Log Newspaper

Provided by Dana Wharf Sportfishing Southern California anglers saw changing conditions and a wide variety of opportunities over the past two weeks, with everything from local bass and rockfish to yellowtail, bonito and offshore dorado keeping anglers busy. During the first week, great water helped the local bass action continue for half-day anglers. Water temperatures of 66 to 67 degrees locally had both calico bass and sand bass biting well.

Sept. 6 — Grooves in the Garden at Wrigley Memorial & Botanic Garden: The Catalina Island Conservancy will host Grooves in the Garden from 3 to 7 p.m. at Wrigley Memorial & Botanic Garden on Catalina Island. The free, family-friendly event will combine live music with opportunities to explore the garden’s native and exotic plants, Little Fox Hollow and the Journaling Bench. Activities will include crafts, native plant giveaways and more, with barbecue available for purchase from Avalon Smokehouse.

After The Log reported on the limited availability of live bait around Catalina Island, Bountiful Bait Co. is advertising live sardines and anchovies outside Avalon. AVALON — Remember our Catalina Island issue and the story, “Heading to Catalina? Plan Ahead for Live Bait”? In that story, The Log warned anglers that finding live bait around Catalina isn’t always as simple as pulling up to a bait receiver.

Finding fish is only one responsibility aboard a Southern California sportfishing boat. Dana Wharf’s captains and crews also must navigate changing regulations, seasonal fisheries and the responsibility that comes with making a living from the ocean. At the end of a successful Southern California sportfishing trip, attention naturally turns toward the fish count. How many yellowtail? How many tuna? Did the bass bite? What did the jackpot fish weigh?

From routine haul-outs and bottom coatings to major repowers, fiberglass repairs and custom installations, the family-owned Dana Point Shipyard has served recreational and commercial boaters since 1967.

Construction may be reshaping Dana Point Harbor, but locals aren’t letting go of the traditions that built it. From boating and fishing to waterfront dining and ocean adventures, the harbor’s maritime spirit remains very much alive as it enters its next chapter. For the past several years, visitors arriving at Dana Point Harbor have been greeted by construction fences, heavy equipment and the unmistakable sounds of progress.

Westwind Sailing gives newcomers a place to start, helping sailors build the skills and confidence that can eventually lead to independent sailing, Catalina crossings and chartering larger boats. Every confident skipper started somewhere.

Marine Group Boat Works provides professional insight into when a refit or repower can give an aging vessel new life, and what boat owners should consider when weighing upgrades to reliability, efficiency, performance and onboard systems. For boat owners, getting something new does not necessarily mean getting a new boat. A well-built hull can remain serviceable for decades, even as the engines, electronics and onboard systems surrounding it begin to show their age.

Yes, tuna are mackerel. No, yellowtail are not tuna. Dorado are dolphinfish — but if you mention it to your neighbors, don’t tell them you caught a “dolphin”; they’ll think you hooked Flipper! So, as a service to Southern California anglers who’ve been using fish names erroneously with confidence — and asking questions never, here’s a brief intervention to edify.

Marine navigation platform is being built around vessel-specific routing, community reports and trip planning, with Co-Captain and HelmLink concepts intended to connect the boat, boater and conditions in one ecosystem.