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I went to Agua Hedionda Lagoon and maybe 20% of my casts did not come back with seaweed or seagrass covering the rig. Same thing last night. No bites. I saw a few opaleye and one 10-12" bass caught. All on bait. Some people casting lures left after a few casts when they realized it was useless ...

In a half hour at guard tower 36 in Carlsbad I caught a surf perch and my first corbina on a brown paddle tail grub. This was a receding low tide. I used a hybrid Carolina/Texas rig with the Carolina rig setup and the hook Texas style. It made it through the large quantity of vegetation.

I almost always use a Carolina rig with a curly tail grub and occasionally a paddle tail grub. Today in the surf I switched the rig to a Carolina sinker-bead-swivel setup with the hook Texas style. It rarely got fouled by any weeds so I think I will switch to that rig in the lagoon.