Since I have surgery coming up and that entails a long recovery of low physical effort I have taken up fishing. Since you don't need a license if you are fishing from the pier, that is what I am doing.

Rod, reel, lures, bait, tackles box, bucket and so on. Just a little over $130 into a new hobby. Which is much better than the $700 I spent on a guitar I ended up abandoning. The fishing pole will pay for itself if I catch about 14 fish.

Here are some pics of a few days at the OB and Crystal pier in PB.

So far I haven't caught anything. Killer brought up a few crabs though, so I might end up getting a crab net. As long as they aren't Dungeness and over 4" in width you can keep 'em! And it's much less technique dependent than fishing.

Enough exposition, here are the pics!! (and yes, I have short hair now)