Hey Jim, Don't worry about the toothy creatures down below, they are not biting tubers, they are on a kayaker bite lately
Your comments about the tube being easy and light sure hit home as I am lugging my 150 pounds of kayak gear through the sand. In a tube I used to have one walmart rod and a plastic box of weights and hooks.
I fished the Seal Beach area a lot by Long Beach inside of the break wall. Lots of fish there, easy in and out, parking, etc.
I am mostly kayaking now, have some nice float tube fins that you can use for a while, save a buck. Matt