Saturday, March 2, 2019

The Secret Lives of Fish #3: The Halibut Bushwhackers

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Pacific halibut are a highly prized gamefish due to their fantastic taste. They can be caught from the beach and have been known to lie on the sandy bottom less that 30' from shore. A legal size halibut in California is 22", which is about four pounds. After being filleted, the resulting three pounds of meat goes for about $30 per pound, or $90. Not bad. 

     In Los Angeles the homeless population is growing at an alarming rate, with many finding their way to the beaches. While most are down on their luck, harmless individuals, others are less so. A halibut is a tasty meal that can be easily monetized, so some felonious characters have taken to lying in wait for lone fisherman with a stringer of thick halibut. After a flurry of blows, the fisherman yields his catch and the rogues slip away into the night. 

     The battle mat at right can be downloaded and printed out on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper. It is combat ready with stats on the bottom. Place your lone surf fisherman on the mat near the water's edge, with the pacific pummelers behind the wall and jetty.

     The combat need not be fatal. No one needs to die over a fish. Some rogues might be aware that fisherman must carry their license along with ID. An ID is carried in a wallet and a wallet means money. So perhaps the pummelers will try to snag a wallet in addition to a meal.

In this photo, the jetty and wall can be seen in the lower right. 

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  2. This is great! Make sure to watch out for pummelers while you're LARPing.

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    1. The other day I saw a lady passed out on the beach like she was dead. She started moving slowly, though. She dug a hole with one hand and leaned her head into it. I turned away before I saw what she put into it. Ewwww....

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  3. Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day.

    Teach a man to beat the hell out of other men and he'll have fish for a lifetime.

    Or maybe 25 to life.

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    1. Someone should put that on a poster and sell it at Pier One Imports! :)

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  4. My son caught a nice sized halibut when we went to San Diego years ago, we were out in a boat so no homeless muggers got us.

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