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Welcome to all Fishermen and Fisherwomen
to the Marina Del Rey Anglers web site.

We are a saltwater fishing club based out of Marina Del Rey, California, USA.

Members Only Page

Upcoming MDRA Club activities

Are you Signed Up for the MDR Halibut Derby?

Read More about the Derby

Sign up at the Marina Fest Boat show
This weekend May 19th & 20th

More info on the boat show

Or to sign up online...  Click on fish =>


Marina Del Rey Anglers
Free Class
Thursday, May 31st 2012

Fishin' Skills class.  At the Playa Vista library.


Class by Marc Mills of Shimano

Class Flyer in PDF


Marina Del Rey Anglers
Meeting on
Thursday, June 14th 2012

Speaker is Brad Schnair of HighTide Lures, a local maker of articulated lures and irons. Will speak and share some fishing tips. We will continue distributing shirts, cards and the 2012 Year Books.

Starts at 7 pm sharp. Please be early or on time. MDRA members please arrive early to help set up.


MDRA Monthly Meeting
Second Thursday of the month
 at
Map Burton Chase Park

Key Upcoming Events:

  •  5 / 19 & 20  Boat show in MDR

  •  5 / 31 - Shimano Fishing Skills Class

  •  6 / 9-10 - MDR Halibut Derby

  •  6 / 29 - Odyssey Fishing Trip

  •  6 / 14 - YFP Mentors Training trip

  •  7 / 24 - Kids Day at the Docks
     A free fishing class for kids at Fisherman's Village in MDR.  9 am to 12 noon.

  •  8 / 15 MDR Kids and members trip


2012
Calendar of Upcoming
Events and Trips

Even more is happening on the
Facebook page for MDRA
Join the group discussions

Past Meetings in review

 

Link to CA DFG to buy a
2012 Fishing License

 

Benefits of MDRA Membership

See the list of Discounts!

The Halibut Derby is coming.
June 9th and 10th, 2012

MDR Halibut Derby

www.HalibutDerby.com

Halibut Fishing Seminar
Thursday, May 10th 2012

Many anglers attended this free fishing seminar!  Our guest speaker was Captain David Bacan of Wave Walker Charters who reviewed his best tactics to catch fish.  Especially helpful for the  Derby.

See the Photos and Read
Capt. David Bacon's tips.

 


MDRA
Committees:

  • Halibut Derby Committee
    Get involved or learn more at
    www.HalibutDerby.com
     

  • Youth Fishing Committee
    Read about our current Events

    We take a lot of kids fishing each summer. Do you want to mentor the kids?
     

  • Conservation Committee
    Pen Pals for White Seabass Grow out facility in MDR Contact Jack Drager for info.
     

  •  Halibut Rescue Team
    sub Committee on Conservation

    New group of MDRA members and others all working together to get Halibut Restocking program back on track for Santa Monica Bay.

  • White Seabass Head Collection Program
    We encourage all fisherman to save WSB heads.  The conservation efforts need validating data.  Your fish may be one of the released fish! Please turn in the head and let it be scanned for the tags.

You Can Win $500.

We even sponsor a Raffle to give away $500 to one lucky anglers who has turned in a WSB Head each year.

Head Collection Info

Read about this years White Seabass Bite

Become a MDRA Member

Keep a sharp eye out for a new club shirt that is in the works.

The 2011 shirt was great

 

The Full Scoop
Newsletters

April 2012
Full Scoop Newsletter

March 2012
Full Scoop Newsletter

February 2012
Full Scoop Newsletter

January 2012
Full Scoop Newsletter

December 2011
Full Scoop Newsletter

November 2011
Full Scoop Newsletter

September 2011
Full Scoop Newsletter

The June 2011 newsletter is loaded with photos so two sizes are available to download.
Small - 1.2 Mg
Large - 7.5 Mg

The May 2011
Full Scoop

The March 2011
Full Scoop


Harbor News

Stay informed as the County of LA may take parking or some access away from boaters at the MDR Launch Ramp.

Up until recently the small boat access at Mothers Beach was imperiled.  Public input and pressure helped save the parking and access for all.

Keep up on the News.

We do not have boats for hire.  If you are looking for commercial charter boats Click Here

 

 Weight Slip updated for 2012.

The fishing is going to heat up soon in Santa Monica Bay and elsewhere. We hope you have great luck in 2012.  Hook a barracuda or white seabass or a big calico bass! Be sure to submit your weight slips.  How else can you get points and trophies!

Download your Official 2012 MDRA Weight Slip

 

 

 Halibut Fishing with new friends

3 nice Whiteseabass caught in Santa Monica Bay

Save Your White Sea Bass Heads!

Our Mission

To promote the sport of fishing and to be champions of conservation and good sportsmanship.  Examples of how we do this would be our Youth Fishing Program and our Ocean Resources Enhancement Program (aka the Fish Grow Out Pen full of white sea bass).

Along the way we have a lot of fun and go fishing often.  Mostly Salt Water species in Southern California.  But we also recognize and reward member anglers who fish any where in the world.

MDR Anglers members were early supporters of Tag and Release of marlin and efforts to ban gillnets in the near-shore waters of Southern California.

Join Us!

Make New Friends!

Go fishing more!

Become a Member

The MDRA monthly meetings are typically held in Marina Del Rey's Burton Chase Park in the community room.  Most have interesting speakers.  Some meetings have meals.  All meeting include lots of fishermen and fisherwomen sharing info about the sport we love.

Marina Del Rey, in Los Angeles California, is home to the largest man made marina for pleasure boats and fishing boats.  The boat launch-ramp is large and has excellent docking facilities.  This web site is for the fishing community of Marina Del Rey in general and the sport fishing club Marina Del Rey Anglers, Inc. specifically.

We love Fishing for all types of saltwater fish.  Marlin, Halibut, Tuna, Yellowtail,  Dorado, Wahoo, White Sea Bass, Calico Bass, Sand Bass and many other ocean game fish.  If you are a saltwater sport fisherman drop us a line.

Examples of MDRA's Volunteer efforts

Discover Marina Del Rey day on Oct 10th 2010- Volunteers manned the docks at the fish pens and the information booth.  Teaching about aquaculture at the fish rearing pens.  Or members also mentored kids at the fishing dock.  Helping to teach new fishermen how to cast, bait a hook and generally having fun at the docks.  What else would a fisherman/sportsman want to do on a Sunday?

See the 2004 Discover Marina Del Rey Day photos On that day we released 2300+ fish AND taught a few kids how to fish. We did it again and in each year since.

The White Seabass grow out pans have released over 1 million fish up and down the coast.  Our two MDR pens have the lowest mortality rate of all the grow out pens. You can volunteer to be a Pen Pal and help raise baby fish too.  Contact Darrell if interested.  Our latest release was 2,850 fish and brings our total to date to 78,400+ juvenile white seabass released.


Juvenile White Seabass - No Take
These must grow to adulthood!

Message Board and Calendar:

Groups.Yahoo.com/group/mdranglers/

Join and post your fish report!  Ask a question.  See the online Calendar. Or upload your photos of fish you caught!

Go to "Photos" section and put up your Halibut Derby photos up in the photo album labeled "20XX Halibut Derby" and share your good times!

Marina Del Rey Anglers can be found on the web at many locations...
Facebook Group - Yahoo Group - and in sections of the most popular
 message boards like AllCoast and Bloody Decks.  Look for us in the "clubs" sections.

Please visit the message board to tell us what you are catching (or not catching) and to stay up to date.

 

Contact Information

Marina Del Rey Anglers, Inc.
4230 Del Rey Ave. #530
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
 
A 501c3 non-profit
You may send email to
info @ M D R Anglers.c o m
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