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Originally Posted by JJ

I've fished Ventura and Oxnard areas many times, as they're only 30-45 minutes from home.
However, it's always hit or mis.
Those areas are subject to heavy boat traffic and don't fish as well as Malibu, and certainly not as well as Dana or LJ.
Rincon/ARCO area fish a lot better.
Time it right, and you'll get into some great WSB and Barracuda action.

There are several spot on Santa Cruz where you can camp.
In fact, I think Yanni, Iceman and a few others had a camping trip there a year ago.
Perhaps someone can dig up the writeup from that trip.
Doing a weekend trip to Santa Cruz and fish the coastline is a great way to go.
There are also spots on Santa Rosa and San Miguel.
However, those spots are tougher to get to and subject to weather.

Personally, making the 2.5-3 hr trek to LJ is well worth it for me.
Unfortunately, those trips are too few and too far in between.
And, I never seem to be there when the bite is hot.
It's so frustrating for me to see the SD/LJ locals bag quality YT and other fish, then I get skunked and can't seem to even buy a bite when, by some miracle, I'm able to make it down there a week or less later.
What's more frustrating is that factoring in prep time and clean up, it's a day and a half commitment. Still, well worth it!
I wish I could hit up LJ for half a day and still be at the office like many here do.

Anyhow, rant over. Back to work.

Cheers!

-JJ-

I feel your pain. Did 2, 4 day trips this year to LJ to get 0 pelagics.