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No perch biters this morning at SMB, just nibblers. Very slow for first hour then got 2 solid hits. Lost one but got this one up on the sand . . 18".
Bite want dead after 7:30, swell & wind came up from SW.

Butch, the mussel I use is mussel meat. It's de-shelled & cooked. Sounds odd, I know but it works. You can get it fresh at some of the Asian seafood markets or frozen. I get mine in a 2 lb box frozen & break off a bunch into 10-12 or so, into small freezer bags. The fresh works well if you salt them ...

After a cancelled session Wednesday at Coronado due to impossible kelp/grass conditions followed by a skunk at Mission, decided to give it another go yesterday 20240829_063409 copy.jpg morning at PB. Got there at first light and couldn't miss for an hour & half. The perch were hitting as soon as the ...

Assume you knew not a hali peeling your line ! Great catch & congrats !

Nice 2 hours worth. Well done.

That's going to be tough falling tide conditions with the very low water late afternoon. If possible to move up your time on the beach to say 12 noon to 3 pm, I think you would have better chances. Tide will be around 3' at noon going down to near 0 by 3 pm. The incoming tide late afternoon into ...

The first photo looks like what I got from Amazon a few years back and worked well for me. Still in good shape, no leakage. Nick Heid did a review on waders awhile back & believe he just reposted a few weeks ago. Go to his site: https://surffishingsocalsd.com/

Agree with all the earlier comments & just to add my 2 cents. I try to always fish 2 hours on both sides of a high or low. My experience has been the bite slows /shuts off during the middle 2 hours of the tide swing. I usually don't fish if the swell/wave interval is forecasted to be less than 10 ...

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 ...

Just a heads up for those who fish Mission & Pacific beaches. Was out late yesterday to SMB for an evening sunset session. Water was warm, would say about 60, but kaka . . . chocolate milk & puke green foam. Red tide conditions looked like to me. It was everywhere from jetty to half way up to ...

Got out to PB on Tuesday this week. Tide was about an hour coming in off the earlier -0.1 low; water temp was probably about 58. Found a decent hole straight out from PB Drive (about 1/4 mi south of pier). Started with a jerk bait for hali's but too much salad, mostly heavy grass. Before going to a ...

I cleared it all out for you this morning Butch, real good conditions, low surf, temp about 60 on an ebbing tide. Unfortunately, still no action, just a few soft bites around mid tide. Still micro crabs under the pier. I'm sure they'll show up and the bite turn on when you get here ! So can you do ...

Just an update, got out to Mission 2 days ago. Water conditions real good, sand crabs showed up finally. Lot of small perch, a few larger 8-10 models. Only slabs caught that I was aware of were by-catches from guys tossing LC's for hali's. Water 60+ and with crabs now showing, won't be long for ...

Got out for an early AM sesh Friday. Good size swell & outer breaks but very fishable inside. Water clean & felt about 61. SC beds not visible but scraped up half doz small ones. Got hit first 3 out of 4 casts, perch were biting non stop from 5:45 - 7. About half way into it crab beds appeared. got ...

Straight mono, no leader works for me for LC's & the like.

Usual bait stealing critters this morning. Lots of sc's again, but mostly small, none with roe but quite a few soft shells. Water temp felt around 64-65, no grass problems, just a few kelp floaters. Got a half dozen hand size perchies & one small ray. Nice to see a different species showing up ...

Got out yesterday (5/29) at 05:30 AM for the -1.5 low tide to do a little hali hunting. Nice conditions, minimal grass/kelp if any at all. Worked a really good hole & surrounding area, tossing LC's and swimbaits for a good hour for nada, not even a bump. All the hand size perch you could want on ...

Got out for a late afternoon/sunset session last Thursday. Plenty of sand crabs but unless softshell or with roe, not getting hit. Half dozen or so of the usual hand size perchies, nothing bigger than 8". Had 2 good non perch hits and fish were on momentarily then unbuttoned. Suspect large corbina ...

Midnightpass wrote: Sun Jun 08, 2025 11:41 am Glad you finally got him or her. Nice fish.. I’ve yet to get one this year… Looking forward to many more for the both of us…
Butch

Thanks Butch. You're due, hang in there bud.
Bill

On the sand at 6am, an hour after the earlier minus low. Targeted hali's with swim baits for about 45 minutes but no takers, just one bump. Switched over to c - rig and got on to the perch right away. Pulled in 8 over next hour, usual 6-8" but one 10 that wrestled pretty good. All on soft shell ...