Hi ShortCircuit, congrats on getting (gotten) hitched! I live Micky Mouse but i am somewhat familiar with Central CA.
First off, the preservationists - I shall reserve my opinions on the ducking liberals to myself for now - have successfully closed all fishing, shore or boat, to most of CA.
As most have said the Aquarium is world class. So much wonder. The main tank have several schools yellowtail, yellowfin and bluefin, which makes offshore fisherman like me 'emotionally erect', as Steve Martin said in 'LA Stories'.
But i digress
http://www.seemonterey.com/things-to-do ... s/fishing/ has some general info.
http://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/thread ... gs.564175/ is an excellent start to your query.
it's all rockfish and lingcod this time of year. Rockfish are not much sporting fish, but sure are tasty. Lings are fun to catch. if you have the option, use light line, like 15lb with wire leader, or big white squiggly tail pinned on a 10- 12 oz lead head.
if you have more questions, email me at
oliverchang0410@gmail.comI just saw that you might be back from CA already....how was it?