Peter holding a salmon

A 15 pound king salmon, taken off Malibu in 1991 while fishing for barracuda.

Salmon are rarely taken south of Ventura, but occasionally a stray is taken in Santa Monica Bay. I’ve only seen a handful taken, and this was my turn to get lucky.

 
Peter holding a salmon

A 16 pound king salmon, taken off Ventura in the spring of 1995.

1995 saw the best southern California salmon bite in at least 40 years, according to the old timers, and I caught quite a few. Most years, relatively few salmon are taken south of Santa Barbara.

 

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