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Saw this on channel 8....

Fished south of Crystal Pier Tuesday and Wednesday morning with sand crabs. Water temp around 67, light grass with the occasional big chunk of kelp. Water seemed a little sandy to me. Bite was slow but fish were bigger than what I normally catch here. Caught 3 BSP Tuesday. Caught 2 YFC and 4 BSP ...

Caught off the surf at Redondo, using the Chika Chika pattern Lucky Craft. 20lb braid on a Penn Fierce III, 9'0 Okuma Hawaiian Custom.
I cast into a noticeable rip current and was quickly bit by this 26"er. I kept casting into the school in hopes of landing another. Hooked up twice more, but both ...

Fished the surf south of Crystal pier this morning for maybe a couple hours. Water still cold, my app says 64 and that seems about right. Grass and various salad was thick and would tie my leader up within 5-10 minutes of casting. One bite, a 15 inch YFC.

Thank you…. We were using lug worms…. Still very slow fishing…
Butch

Congrats on your first catch of the year. I got no luck for the past couple of weeks, casting metal jigs and plastics. Did you guys catch those corbinas and jack smelts with bait or lures? I still don't see any sandcrabs at all here in San Diego..... It's been hard since like November last year ...

Congrats on your first catch of the year. I got no luck for the past couple of weeks, casting metal jigs and plastics. Did you guys catch those corbinas and jack smelts with bait or lures? I still don't see any sandcrabs at all here in San Diego..... It's been hard since like November last ...

I fished Huntington Beach with some freeze/dried blood worms, for one 2' leopard shark and one dink BSP.. Not much tide movement, and the surf was up a bit, but manageable with my little 3/8 oz C rig... I watched a 20" or so corb cruising back and forth just in front of my feet, but he didn't want ...

White capped and brisk this afternoon. I found a soft shell and converted it to this corbina.