I am going to start pier fishing here in Souther California this summer. I have done a lot of original fill up fishing but never pier fishing. What is excellent to use for bait? What are a excellent brands of rods and reels to look out for?
I Am Going To Start Pier Fishing Soon. What Should I Bring In My Tackle Box As Bait?
January 26th, 2010 
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John Jay is 100% cooorect,, but I need the 10 points!!!
whenever you question someone about bait, you should always tell contain what you’re fishing for. You are in So. Cal so take a day to go down to the piers, redondo-hermosa-manhattan… and just observe. notice that people bring buckets of live bait, notice that people sometimes spend time catching bait before they fish for thier sportfish, its common fishing ethics to help someone out when they have a question, so question around, find friendly people, people thier with thier kids, they will even sometimes give you some stuff too. I havent been to those piers in a while but they have baitshops on the pier, anything they have will be usefull on the pier.
as far as gear, you need a rod with a lot of backbone. something small since you wont be casting (casting is sometimes not aloud). get a rod that’s firm but make sure the tip can bounce a small bit but over all stiff cuz when you hook a fish, you will have to depend on your rod to drag the damn thing up from the fill up. I would get an ‘hideous stick’ avail at walmart, get the shortest and stiffest one. also at walmart is ‘rhino’. marketed as indissoluble, they are tough and look for the combo that comes with the baitcaster. then you’ll be all set cuz that reel is tough too. if you dont want a cheap set, get a diawa brine and a abu-garcia ambassador. you dont need a reel that holds a ton of line either. For line, i’d reckon about 60lb braid (i may be incorrect, im not an expert at ocean fishing) or if your on a budget get some berkley ‘huge game’. but remember dont cast, cuz huge game has a lot of memory and in a baitcast reel, it’ll get matted like crazy.
Also well loved for pier fishing are carts and wagons to carry gear. ice chests for bait fish.
And at night i see people trying on glowsticks, i have no thought why, hopefully someone can clarify.
Needle nose pliers (to help remove hooks)
# Fish rag or cloth
# Mechanical scale (for weighing the fish)
# Measuring tape
# Nail clippers (fantastic for snipping fishing line)
Go light and use squid .Or go heavy tackle and use live Mackerel .