Half Moon Bay Sportfishing & Tackle

Sherry Ingles bought the Half Moon Bay landing in 2005 with her husband Capt. Bob Ingles. They met on a 1981 rockfishing trip — Bob was working the deck — married in 1986, bought the Queen of Hearts in 1990, and rebranded the landing to Half Moon Bay Sportfishing & Tackle when they took it over from the prior Capt. John's operation.

The shop's signature sits outside the front door at 27 Johnson Pier: a frozen-bait vending machine available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — "one of the first" of its kind at a California bait-and-tackle shop, per their own copy. Inside, the bait case is rotated constantly to keep it fresh.

The Queen of Hearts (50-foot sportfisher, captained by Wallace Klughers — who came aboard as a customer, worked the deck, and worked up to owner) runs rockfish (primary), salmon during PFMC ocean season, Dungeness crab combos, lingcod, and albacore when in range. See the California tackle directory. See also: Bayside Marine at Santa Cruz Harbor and Morro Bay Landing Tackle on the Central Coast.