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zeno has covered many of the highlghts on fishing jetties and like he says, each is unique. in south county, there are 4 jetties, each is unique and each side has difference characteristics. your best best is to go down there during the daylight on a day w/ a moderate surf to see how the waves break on the jetty and find the places (you'll want to know more than one) to land a fish. at night, the waves always appear larger than during the day. if you are not into fish consistently, pay attention to the waves and the patterns. if you know every 10 waves or so a set of 3 large ones come, time your landing of the fish around then. don't kill yourself over a fish, no matter what the size as jetties are no place for mistakes. fishing a s/c jetty w/o korkers is asking for serious personal injury. as for a gaff, it depends. some you can use a larger one, but you should have a partner (one gaffs one holds the rod). others, a short hand gaff works well as you can gaff it under the bottom lip and climb quickly back up the rocks. use your judgement, but at night respect other jetty fishermen by shielding/cupping your light from the water or else you will hear it. lastly, a 9' rod can help you on the rocks as you can be more nimble w/ it.
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