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So Cal Fishing Barge, 1958

When my brother and I were kids my grandfather would take us fishing on one of the many fishing barges off the coast of Southern California. Some of barges were anchored in the ocean and some were tethered at the end of a pier. This is obviously one of the tethered versions, but exactly which one I'm not sure. As far as I know, the last of these barges, possibly the one off Redondo Beach, was sunk in the 1980s as an artificial reef. Judging from the number of fishermen lined up at the pier, the fish must have really been biting! 
I have a distinct memory of us trying to reel in the mackerel & bonito, and having big sharks swim up and steal our fish right at the edge of the hull. I also have a distinct memory of the barge captain shooting the thieving sharks with a .30-06 Springfield rifle. I rather doubt that this would be legal today! View full size.

When my brother and I were kids my grandfather would take us fishing on one of the many fishing barges off the coast of Southern California. Some of barges were anchored in the ocean and some were tethered at the end of a pier. This is obviously one of the tethered versions, but exactly which one I'm not sure. As far as I know, the last of these barges, possibly the one off Redondo Beach, was sunk in the 1980s as an artificial reef. Judging from the number of fishermen lined up at the pier, the fish must have really been biting!

I have a distinct memory of us trying to reel in the mackerel & bonito, and having big sharks swim up and steal our fish right at the edge of the hull. I also have a distinct memory of the barge captain shooting the thieving sharks with a .30-06 Springfield rifle. I rather doubt that this would be legal today! View full size.

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