Over the weekend, my boat partner, Matt Kotch and I were returning to Newport Beach after an unsuccessful check for bluefin tuna around
the 43-fathom spot. During the run, we passed the time talking about just how much smaller the ocean had become over the last 15 years. When we bought our first boat, a used 17-foot Key West flats boat in 2007, a run from Long Beach to Rocky Point felt like a long and daring journey. A couple years later, we upgraded to a much more seaworthy 18-foot Blazer Bay, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula shrunk enough in size to give us the confidence to make our first crossing to Catalina Island. read the full article
