He has fished in many lakes and streams around the country and his wisdom is almost unmatched. So take a look here about every two weeks and George will have a new tip for you. To the Southern California small boat angler live bait is an angling must. Fortunately for us there exists services that provide a variety of live baits. The most common baits available are the anchovies, brown bait and sardines.
Anchovies are the most popular of all the live baits available.
It s a small bait compared to others, reaching at the most to 6 inches. Clearly, they are most effective presented alive but they are also sold frozen and salted. They re captured daily year round, by commercial boats using round haul nets. Each morning the catch is deposited in bait receivers located in strategic locations for sale to boaters. Sportboats take on massive amounts of anchovies.