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Whale freed from lobster pot

San Diego Lifeguards are a 24 hour rescue agency whose responsibilities include water rescue, boat rescue, marine fire suppression, coastal cliff rescue, underwater search and recovery, swift water and flood search, rescue and emergency medical …

Surfers will roar at PB Point

Paddle around the peak or get out of the lineup!

Cruise ship hijinks, another whale rescued

San Diego Lifeguards are a 24 hour rescue agency whose responsibilities include water rescue, boat rescue, marine fire suppression, coastal cliff rescue, underwater search and recovery, swift water and flood search, rescue and emergency medical …

Outrageous fish tale (with photo)

It was a beautiful fall day in late November. In between weather fronts, warm with little or no breeze and a small swell. The ocean water temperature was unseasonably warm at 64-66 in the kelp …

Boat thief/vandal attacks owner and gets all tied up

1/13 911 call reporting two deaf teenagers in distress off York Ct. SPB had already spotted the rescues and U-21 is in route code three, one swimmer self rescues and the other one is rescued …

Suspicious abandoned Jet Ski found drifting near border

1/28 — Vessel broke it’s rudder in the turning basin and called in on VHF 16. Rescue 3 on scene and towed to its slip at Marina Village. 1/27 — Vessel dragging anchor in Mariner’s …

Kelp standing up? Freefall a weedless swimbait

Inshore: Rockfish, sculpin and yellowtail are the main local catches off the kelp edge and on the high spots. A few grumpy-sized sand bass are showing up prespawn, and some decent calicos have hit the …

January 31, 2016
It's lunker season

Inshore: Sculpin, yellowtail and calico bass continue to lead the inshore counts for the sportboats. Kayakers are reporting a decent bite on white seabass, mostly off the northern edge of the La Jolla kelp beds …

February 21, 2016
Athletes join the hardy tilapia

From its beginnings in the central Rocky Mountains and over millions of years, the Colorado River has flowed into the Gulf of California. Tributaries build volume as the river cuts southwest through the Colorado Plateau, …

Home of the fairy shrimp

I remember seeing tiny fish in a shallow pool of water no more than a couple inches deep. My dad said that they must’ve been left there a by a wading bird that transported the …

Sold-out show? Grab a seat in a kayak

Located on Shelter Island Drive and tucked into the northeast corner of La Playa Cove, Humphreys by the Bay puts on summer concerts from April through October. The shows sell out often — like the …

San Diego's Missile

The road that led to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station from Cocoa Beach, hard by the Banana River, where alligators sunned on muddy shores and water moccasins slithered through nearby mangrove swamps, was straight and …

June 28, 2007
Suspicious seagulls in Ocean Beach

Anyone recognize this innocent looking guy? He’s wanted in connection to a series of attempted break-ins (or should I say beak-ins?) around Ocean Beach. Gulls are well known as clever birds: they learn, remember, and …

Bluefin from the bass boat

Inshore: The half-day boats are getting a good mix of calico bass, sheephead, rockfish, and sculpin with occasional top-water activity on barracuda, bonito and yellowtail. Bluefin tuna are back in ¾-day range and the boats …

Swordfish dig California

Little do most anglers know there are scientists in Oceanside who provide fish resource information to agencies such as National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the state’s Department of Fish …

Encinitas surf writer covers (getting covered on) the waterfront

In February of 1997, the Reader did a cover story featuring surf writer Chris Ahrens as one of San Diego’s leading “micro-publishers” in the then-growing field of authors self-publishing their books. Now, six books later, …

Sharks rampage in La Jolla

May the Fourth. International Star Wars day to some, but to La Jolla kayak fishermen, it will forever be the beginning of the Wide Open Thresher Bite of 2016. The gray, windless day — with …

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