[daperrin]

Thanks for all the replies. As for where I catch them...I have just started fishing deep water and since Newport Harbor has 200ft depths within just .5 miles of the harbor entrance I decided to start there. As for difficulty getting out, if you go early and during the week it is quite easy and relaxing. If you go later in the morning or afternoon on a weekend during the summer... be sure you have a good life insurance policy. As for release devices, I have decided to do the upside down hook method. I have an Outback and lack extra storage so I decided against the crate (though I believe that is probably the best method). While fishing last week I think I killed two of the fish I caught so I did not want to go out again without a plan for that situation. I looked up an old thread on this site about the subject that had these and other options. It was great reading.