Fishing is like raising children: both require patience, superior breath-holding skills, and a pocket full of worms to entice cooperation. Catch your next meal with today's Groupon: for $41, you get a fishing trip that lasts about 10 hours (a $65 value), a pole rental (a $15 value), a burlap fish sack (a $2.25 value), and bait at Hook's Landing in Oxnard. This Groupon does not include a fishing license, but customers may bring their own or purchase one on-site. Trips typically depart at 6 a.m. Check the website’s Coroloma trip schedule for availability.

Trawling the Pacific for four generations, Hook's Landing entices fisherman of all aptitudes with expert-led sport-fishing trips aboard the deck of its robust Coroloma. Eager anglers depart from Channel Islands Harbor to try their hooks at catching lingcod and reeling red snapper. While out at sea, veteran crewmen will show you how to tie knots, bait hooks, and lure sea life with coquettish waves of their hankies. The ship’s captain keeps tabs of triumphant casts, posting final fish tallies to the Hook's Landing homepage for easy bragging rights. Participants may bring along a sack lunch for sustenance, just in case they fail to reel in a delicious fish burger.