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I catch most of my big Halibut in the Surf before the Sun comes out. When that gloom clears up the Big Halis tend to move onto a little deeper water. I also fish the morning after the Gruinion Runs. On the beach at 5am and done by 9-10am. I almost exclusively use 5 inch Pearl ZMan Streakz on 1/8 ...

Good job on the halibut! Your time and effort paid off for you. I hope that you get your first legal real soon. Hey, I thought that reply by Bendo was great. Good read and nice pics! Regarding the months and season, I've always heard and read that spring through fall is best. Also, keep in mind that ...

Fishing makes no sense.

Went north of Mission Beach boardwalk this morning, just to switch things up a bit. Caught a couple perch early, and then a ray and a GNSF. I brought spare leader line that ran out on me, and at some point I was just fishing using main line that was all curled up for ...

Are you launching from the jetty to get past the break ? Only way from the sand is to be near waist/chest high out in the surf to toss a 3-4 oz setup out there & hope it holds. Dangerous IMO. Just wondering, have seen guys with the really long rods & heavy setups throw it along way but few get ...

After holiday crowds left, I went back to north end of Marine St. I put a grunion on the hook, tossed it into the surf, and VOILA, a hit! The fish was a strong fighter, and, as expected it was a good-sized calico. Released.

Next cast, same thing, but quite a bit smaller than the first. I took a ...

Nice weekend of fishing at Mission Beach.

Saturday was my first multiple "big fish" day! Started with my usual palm-sized perch within minutes of first cast, so I immediately avoided the skunk and was playing with the house's money at that point. From there, pulled in a corbina, a 19" spotfin ...

We call those itty bitty Corbina…Cigars.

Anyone looking for sand crabs, there are massive beds of them up in North Carlsbad as of Sunday evening. Mostly nickel sized, over 50% over that size or bigger had roe.

Fished from 5:30pm-7:30pm. Lots of perch in the shallows. Saw a couple guys fly fishing who caught a couple beans, no luck there ...

I'm a surf fisherman, Alot different then these guys though. My fish that i catch (Perch,Croaker,Corbina)are in Knee deep water. 1/2 Oz weight and a #2 hook. If i catch rays and sharks i'm too deep. Nothing better then hooked up to a spotfin with a Trifecta lite ML. 6# line.

Hey guys! I caught three ODDBALLs yesterday on the zman dropshot and that ONE looks like an albino sheephead! Or is it crossed with a Calico bass?! WTF

It's been a VERY slow year around here ... for me. Occasional standard issue short calicos, short seabass, and short cuda plus this misc oddball ...

Hit the beach at 6:30. Caught 1 YFC (12.75”), 1 halibut (19.5”) and 3 perch. Caught YFC in less than 10 minutes. Halibut was caught 15 minutes after that. Lost another YFC at my feet. From 7 am to 8 am caught nothing. All caught on LC.
Switched from LC to gulps. From 8 am to 8:30 caught 3 perch, all ...

only got to fish an hour this weekend after work in the rain. Went to cardiff and saw birds diving. Tried the jerk bait and spoon but no luck. Saw a few other dudes fishing and I think I saw one pull in a bass and the other a big croaker. Not sure what they used and how they were managing with all ...

Grass. Traffic.

That's my report for the weekend. Grass and traffic.

I'm sure this was partly my fault, as I was only able to get to the beach on Friday and Saturday late afternoon/early evening as the tides were receding and/or already out, but they were WAY out at MB when I arrived. I also ...

Started at CP at roughly 7am worked down to tower 15 by 11am.

Overcast, strong surf, Salad non existent at the pier but got progressively worse as I worked south.

Still crab beds under pier and between 20-21 at high to mid tide

Day started strong with a decent guitar and 4 back to back cast perch ...