FREE BEACH FISHING!!!!

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I don’t know how useful of a date idea this is considering your lady-friend might be a bit squeamish. Even if she is, she’ll have plenty of opportunity to catch up on her tan as you grow a beard and do other awesome manly things that fishing involves. Shoot… you should make yourself a badge if you do end up CATCHING A CRITTER from the beach water.

The issue when fishing in California is that most sport fishing requires you to own a fishing license (good for an annual year for around $40) when fishing out of state, county, or shore water. If caught without a license in these situations, the rangers will take your critters, your gear, and your money. Don’t do this.

The only free spots to fish out of California are off of public piers.

Taken directly from the Department of Fish and Game:
Anyone 16 years and older must have a fishing license to take any kind of fish, mollusk, invertebrate, amphibian or crustacean in California, except for persons angling from a public pier in ocean or bay waters. A license is required to take reptiles, except for rattlesnakes.

According to this statement (on the DFG site as of 3/10/11, or this posting date), you must have a sport fishing license in order to fish in California unless on a PUBLIC PIER.

“What is considered a public pier,” you ask? The DFG defines a public pier as:
A public pier is defined in the sport fishing regulations as a publicly owned man-made structure that has the following characteristics: is connected, above the mean high tide, to the main coastline or to the land mass of a named and charted natural island; has unrestricted free access for the general public; and has been built or currently functions for the primary purpose of allowing angling access to ocean waters.

My personal general rule-of-thumb is that if you have 3 bodies of water surrounding you (left, right, front), you are probably on a place legal to fish.

Here is the list of our free California angling spots on BeachCalifornia.com
Free Fishing in Southern California

The common consensus is that every girl wants to be treated like a princess. Now, you can give her that fairy-tale date with the Cinderella Carriage Ride kit. AMAZING! WOW! BLAM-O!

San Diego locals are blessed with some of the most scenic views in Lower-California. If you have a bit of extra cash and don’t mind riding around in a horse-drawn attention-getter, a Cinderella carriage ride might be the ticket to a day of exploration and winning your lady’s heart. The crowds will stare as your horse stalls traffic.

I’d love to write more but I’m on vacation in Seattle, WA. It’s amazing here.

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