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Fantastic Pelagics: Pier Fishing for Thresher Sharks
Posted by Spencer Wonder on
Springtime in California means different things for different people. For a certain community of anglers in California, spring means one thing: Thresher Sharks. While many anglers take to the high-seas in California's massive fleet of sport boats, a select few remain shore-bound chasing these long-tailed leviathans from land. This very special fishery dominates the minds of most land-based anglers in California and the zeal with which those involved pursue their catch is unmatched. Each year, starting in the last weeks of March, the first bait balls arrive from offshore. These groups of baitfish move coastward to shores of the Southern...