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Blood worms great bait but expensive & not cost effective for catching just perch IMHO. Corbina & croaker love them as well if only they could get to the bait before the perch do !

To Mike M: I had 2 comments to your post that for whatever reason did not post yesterday . . . kept getting messages that the site was experiencing issues. Anyway, (1) I said you're fortunate not having to deal with the bait stealing perch at your beaches, lucky you ! and (2) about the red/orange ...

Yes Butch. For me, hook crab from top down to digger & egg on hook tip where roe would be. Looks like Mike hooks from bottom up so egg at end of hook near digger. Either way works.

Funky tides during times I like to fish so took this week off. Bonus points to you for giving it a go. You're putting in the time & over due to connect. Hang in there bud.

Everydog wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:17 am Sent the lucky craft to San Vicente Island. Unfortunately, it was no longer attached to my rod and reel. I got bumped once before returning to bait fishing. Getting the bugs worked out. Croaker.jpg

Just got around to catching up on the LC posts & saw your fish. Nice spot fin, well done !

Ah yes, the reefs. Good for sargo, bass & other species. From or near jettys & rocky structure as well I'm told. You must be fishing TP and/or north. I'm mostly at SD & south, open beaches for the most part. I know I should venture north once in awhile but can't seem to get motivated to do the drive ...

Hadn't been out to PB in almost a month so gave it a look this AM. South of pier half way to LG station; what a mess of junk on the beach and in the water. If didn't get bit in 3-4 minutes, line loaded up with grass/lettuce. Lots of sand crabs though everywhere. One perchie and after half hour ...

Good size spot fin. Seem to be a lot more of them this year in the surf. They love those bigger crabs with roe, corbina too, if the perch don't get the roe first, LOL ! Bummer about the break off, always disheartening. Have you tried ghost shrimp ? Croakers & beans love 'em.

A bummer Butch to lose one like that. You'll get one I'm sure.
P.S. I'm still looking to even see my first corbina this year let alone get one !

On the sand at 6 am armed with blood worms & ghost shrimp. Was hoping the change in location and menu would get some better action than just hand size perch. Didn't disappoint. Very 1st cast with BW got an 18" corbina. Quite a few perch hits followed and nailed a few but bait stealers were winning ...

Nice! I too was at South Mission around this time. I tried to power through the high tide at 8:30 but got little to no action, so at that point I was mostly just enjoying the sun which had come out.

I did get a late, huge hit and saw the same silver you mentioned but I too lost it. Definitely ...

Everydog wrote: Tue Jul 08, 2025 10:54 am Speaking of North County. There is a nice trough at Jake's in Del Mar right now.
Courtesy of Surfline.

Ooh that looks tempting enough to check out.

Had a few leftover bloodworms getting ripe in the frig so headed out to MB this AM. Conditions not ideal, strong surge, somewhat dirty water & lot of salad. If not bit within 3-4 minutes, line loaded up with grass. Not that I was getting any bites, nary a nibble. After an hour decided to head up to ...

@Everydog, nice going on getting that tank for your 1st bean, especially with the difficult salad conditions. Well done !

Good to meet you as well Joe, enjoyed sharing some sand with you this morning. Glad for you to get that nice corbina. They're a nice mild tasting, firm but not fishy. Hope you and your family enjoy it. I'm sure we'll run into each other again.

Little late this AM getting to the party but the fishies waited. As JWacky noted, started off slow, and real slow for me at least, not a bite for almost an hour. Perch bite kicked in around 8:15 and then this guy hit 2 soft shells piggy backed around 9 am. Nice to see JWacky get his first bean and a ...

Decent size YFC. I love to do sunset sessions but last I did about a month ago was a bust due to heavy salad conditions. Almost impossible now at the SD beaches I fish because of the lack of parking after 4 pm. Can always find in the early mornings but not after 4 pm in the summertime.

Nice going. did the pile of kelp/grass come in with the bean ? LOL

A variety this morning; started off at 05:30 with a dinner plate size ray followed by a small leo. Perch bite was slow at first but turned on around 6. Got 10 overall plus a mid size corbina, about 14", over next 1.5 hours, mostly on sand crabs but a few on some left over ghost shrimp. Perch mostly ...

Congrats Joe on getting that spot fin. They're fun to catch and a good tussle just like corbina. Well done.