What gear is needed for catalina or channel Islands trips? Looking to equip future son in law out of my overflowing existing stock. Pinhead at best.

Sorry about a late reply, missed this one. The guys at our HB shop can certainly get things rigged up right for the destination. Probably a 20-30 lb outfit will prove sufficient for most of what's on tap. However, there are some larger grade fish moving thru - but that's not necessarily the game for the pinhead me thinks.

for the channel islands, a 40 rig might help in case of WSB and lings.

Hmm, a 40 rig would do fine.