The image of a cigar-smoking cop with a Jackie Gleeson–like waistline hiding in his cruiser behind a billboard alongside the road in speed-trap mode is much more Hollywood than fact these days. Truth is, first …
June 22, 2016
Cops on boards
These leopards don't bite
Someone hollering “Shark!” at the beach is akin to a person yelling “Fire!” in a theater. Folks react whether or not they see a fin rising out of the water or smoke filling the room. …
July 13, 2016
Beach life: 1973-1978
When men went under water “It started with the sharks who used to gather in the caves area in the southeast corner of what is now the underwater park in La Jolla. The war effort …
August 7, 2016
Zippy shredding units
Donald Takayama was probably the first professional surfer in the sport, according to Dale Velzy, notable longboard rider and board shaper. In the early 1950s, Velzy saw the young Takayama surfing at Makaha Beach on …
August 10, 2016
Dorado numbers surge; first spearfish caught
Inshore: Half-day boats are still concentrating on the great calico bass bite of the kelp in Point Loma and La Jolla. Yellowtail are just about everywhere from the kelp edges out and the short runs …
August 7, 2016
Sportfishing vessels v. pangas
Inshore: Half-day boats are still pounding away at the calico bass. Hard to imagine the kelps from La Jolla to the Coronado Islands producing over 5,000, 14” or greater of the slow-growing bass per week, …
August 14, 2016
Stingray incidents spike in San Diego waters
August 19 —HP contacted several subjects who were in Chula Vista Bayfront Park after hours. One of the subjects was taken to jail due to being in violation of a court order. —Unknown age female …
August 29, 2016
Something's fishy about dismal San Diego seafood sales
San Diegans could be eating more locally caught fresh fish, snails, squid, and lobsters, says a new study by academics from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and USD, but globalization and a lack of reliable …
September 1, 2016
Kayaker catches 68-pound white seabass off La Jolla
The big bluefin tuna to over 100 pounds within ¾ day range have a lot of boats out looking for them with mixed results, though the schools of yellowtail are still being found under kelp …
April 9, 2017
Clydesdale and Athena categories in Chula Vista Challenge
What is probably the most inclusive triathlon event on the West Coast will be held at South Bay’s Bayside Park this Sunday. The Chula Vista Challenge features race events for entrants in groups the ‘Itsy …
August 7, 2017
Dorado by kayak off La Jolla's Children's Pool
Dock Totals July 30 — August 5: 6,658 anglers aboard 244 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 520 bluefin tuna, 1,527 yellowfin tuna, 28 skipjack tuna, 3,826 dorado, 15,653 yellowtail, 3 …
August 7, 2017
South Pacific's mythic Marquesas
The South Pacific’s remote, pristine Marquesas Islands make Hawaii look like Harlem. I can honestly say these South Seas sojourns to French Polynesia’s untrammeled atolls and isles have been the greatest excursions of my life. …
August 6, 2017
Overturned kayakers, pier jumpers, and seal harassers
July 30 0757 - Medical: 28 year-old male with a stingray injury at Blacks Beach. Lifeguard unit responds. Unable to locate. 0940 - Boating: Overturned kayak with 3 people in the water at Dana Landing. …
August 12, 2017
New Years Day Brunch I went to the Ocean Beach Pier on New Year's Day to see how the surf and the surfers were doing. There was not much surfing action when I got there, I did get to see about 8 Pelicans continuously diving for food. That was very cool. Walking back to the car I saw an Osprey starting to hunt over the ocean. After much circling, he dove in a caught his New Years Day lunch. After the catch he headed back to the nest at Robb Field.
Fishing Report from Fisherman's Landing
Sunday, Aug. 24, from Fisherman's Landing: The Pacific Queen called in early with 135 yellowfin tuna already landed! Beautiful, calm weather on the fishing grounds The Condor returned this morning with 111 yellowfin tuna, and …
August 24, 2014
Black's Beach knife-wielder found on trail
August 6 01:37 Boating: Boat aground at Tourmaline. Reporting person states three occupants ran ashore and up Sea Ridge Drive. Lifeguard units respond. SDPD, Coast Guard, and Border Patrol are notified. Lifeguard confirms no occupants …
August 25, 2017
Good fishing means deckhand shortage
Dock Totals August 20 – August 26: 6,921 anglers aboard 255 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 1,749 bluefin tuna, 2,022 yellowfin tuna, 508 skipjack tuna, 1,032 dorado, 12,916 yellowtail, 1,045 …
August 28, 2017