Waterfront Archives - Mike Madriaga

IB Pier fishermen fight off surfers and restaurant

By Mike Madriaga If you want to fish, you have to be west of the checkered flag,” blared a voice from the PA speaker above us, “there’s also no fishing on the south side of the [Imperial Beach] Pier at this time.” “There’s nobody even surfing down there,” yelled fisherman Nick Cline, “not even swimmers, […]

5 years ago

Waterliners

There is a section of Carlsbad Boulevard which crosses over the Batiquitos Lagoon, north of Ponte State Beach. Here, people “waterline”, walking suspended lengths of flat webbing above water. “We’ve had incidences when lifeguards come up on jet skis or from the beach and say, ‘Hey, you aren’t allowed to be here, this is not […]

6 years ago