501(c)(3) since 1982, the San Diego Rod and Reel Club in Point Loma is Southern California's longest-running nonprofit saltwater fishing club, headquartered on Shelter Island at the Bali Hai Restaurant overlooking San Diego Bay. The club's nine-plus annual tournament calendar covers bay bass, yellowtail, dorado, tuna, rock cod, and winter lobster, with weigh-ins staged at Dana Landing, the Marlin Club, and the sportfishing docks at H&M Landing. A youth-angling program branded "We Take Kids Fishing" funds saltwater charter trips for children and co-sponsors pier derbies at Shelter Island in partnership with the International Game Fish Association. Monthly meetings on the first Thursday draw guest speakers from the sportfishing industry who cover rigging techniques, seasonal migration patterns, and offshore reading conditions. Big Fish Tournament proceeds split between cash prizes and direct grants to children's fishing charities, with offshore categories judged at Point Loma Sportfishing's docks alongside inshore divisions for bass, halibut, and barracuda. The tournament itself is the club's most complex annual event, coordinating pre-dawn departures across multiple landings, simultaneous weigh-in stations in two counties, optional side-pot scoring for three species groups, and a banquet ceremony at Portuguese Hall.