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Just got done with my first session at Pepper park. 2 spotties and a small halibut on curlytail grubs. Missed 3 bites, but thanks for the tips everyone. It really helped out.

professionull wrote: Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:05 am If you buy squid bring a sabiki and tip the hooks with it, you may be able to catch smelt or the preferred mackerel to use as bait

Thanks for the tip. May daughter had so much fun catching jacksmelt that she didn’t want me to put a hook through them. Spotties saved the day on curlytail.

I had my third ever bay session Tuesday. Got there around 6:45am and fished until the windy stormy weather ran me off. Launched the canoe from J street marina and drifted toward the cays. Ended up with a mackerel, 5 spotties and a 21 or 22 inch corvina. I love the bay fishing, but it is a 6 hour ...

Thanks for the help guys! I had a great day! Got to Carlsbad around 2:00pm. Ended up with 11 surf perch, 3 YFC, and a baby sand bass. Couldn’t have even asked for that much luck

I was at south Carlsbad yesterday in the morning. Only small areas of sand among the rocks, but the perch were biting.

Second day was really good for me too. Got a corbina which was cool alomg with YFC and perch

Went to Carlsbad area 8/13 for my second try at the surf. It was slower this time with a ton of wave action. Got one decent perch. Wasn’t going great, so I hit the little Batiquitos lagoon jetty and caught several baby sand bass, a baby calico, and a rock wrasse. Went a little farther south for the ...

Everydog wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 10:32 pm Wow on driving From AZ and good job on the quick learning curve and catches .

I did drive from San Diego to Lake Pleasant to fish once .

I live pretty close to lake Pleasant. Tough to fish for me for some reason!

Thinking about heading that way again for a couple of days. I was wondering from the people with experience, how does the fall season effect the species of fish that you catch, sand crab availability, different baits etc. One of the most interesting things about the ocean to me is how different ...

Thanks, that is the kind of thing I was asking for. Always interesting to see the seasons change. I am torn between heading up to the mountains for some creek fishing, or heading back to the surf. I like fishing the bay too. Spotties are great fighters.

Thanks for the discussion guys. Trying to decide if I should head that way in the morning. Went and fished an AZ stream yesterday, fall is nice around here.

Near Sedona

Went out Sunday and Monday. About 15 surf perch and a corbina for about 8 hours of fishing. Got my first walleye surf perch, so that was cool