My old man was a doc here in the Tri City area of Carlsbad, Oceanside, and Vista, California. North San Diego county. We used to go on trips to Mammoth during the summer where he got good at untangling my line!

He was never really into ocean fishing, but one of his patients took us out on a small craft and we caught big bonito. I was around 12 or so and I was hooked. It wasn't until I was 19 though that I met some friends who also loved fishing offshore.

I even worked on a boat called the Electra out of Oceanside for a season and a half. Just shouldn't have waited to do it til I was 43. 😁 Ocean fishing is something else but it's expensive.