Mike McCorkle High-line Fisherman Memorial

Mike was the Santa Barbara area’s representative to the California Gillnet Association, a voting director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, a member of Fishermen’s Associations, and a member of the Fishermen’s Protection Association. This group endeavors to develop good working relations with the offshore oil industry.
The Pieface was a 36’ plank-and-frame knuckle-stern troller he bought in 1964.
He fished professionally for decades and possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of boats, skippers, fisheries, vessel designs, gear types and was a Board Member at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
2004 - 2021.

[@dave9351]

Long time resident of Carpinteria, Ventura and these videos from "Tales of the Channel Islands" are brilliant !
As a long time boater, diver, surfer and certainly loved fishing the Channel Islands for many, many years. I've been fortunate to have spoken to many old timers to hear "their stories and memories of days past" and also the Sea Urchin industry created when abalone was banned from harvesting.
Albacore Tuna caught every season up into the 60's off the Ventura pier and enormous Steelhead (Photos of buddies father & grandfather standing on the tiny bridge over that river with stringers of huge Steelhead)
Times change and Mother Earth will be here long after we are gone...
I feel so fortunate to have experienced and lived in such a beautiful area of America and the world.
Thank you TFCCI !
I apologize... Big thanks to TFCCI, but my deepest thoughts to Mr McCorkle... RIP !
I'll see you on the other side.

[@cweefy]

Grew up in Goleta and Used to go out deep sea fishing from Santa Barbara a lot with my dad in the 60's and 70s. We caught TONS of fish back then. Great memories.

[@talesfromchannelislands]

Thanks for sharing

[@mraeromech]

This is a great channel. Keep up the good work

[@talesfromchannelislands]

Thank you…That is the plan!

[@joshtalbott9528]

I think Pieface is in the boatyard at Port San Luis now.

[@talesfromchannelislands]

I’ll look for it when I’m up in that area. Interesting.

[@goldahashemzukhn-viren8523]

Sorry he passed. Capt Mike gave me the privilege 2 fish with him for a year n a half. Sorry.❤😢

[@talesfromchannelislands]

Thanks for Sharing...