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old_rookie wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 9:09 pm I think a halibut out fishes the other catches.

To me a corbina always trumps a halibut... But that's me, I know others target 'butts, but I love fishing for corbina, with a side of spot fin croaker.
Butch

Shore fishing can be extremely dangerous in that area. Swell will be massive and brutal. Might try the bay

Just checked the Surfline Cams, and the birds are feeding heavy at Torrey Pines today. Swell is gonna be jumping all day today and maxxing out at 10-15 feet the next couple of days - beware of huge sets!


There are Free cameras with ads here:
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1st day out in awhile.. Beautiful day at Bolsa Chica .. Scrounged 3 sand crabs :roll: and figured I would use freeze/dried bloodworms, Since my local bait shop had no fresh bait… I got one dink perch on one of the sand crabs, and nothing else for awhile… Then the switch turned on about an hour ...

Before the next wave of rainstorms hit, spent a few hours late afternoon fishing from the shore. Plenty of bait stealers eating the shrimp. Eventually managed to catch 2 calicos and a perch.

Went for a short evening sesh and the bite was quite good. Seven fish in under an hour.
Gulp sandworms and long casts.

Got out yesterday AM to Huntington Beach for a little chasing of fish... Just an absolute gorgeous day... Conditions were excellent, with cool clear water and sky... Small surf with a little current and no wind... Tides were a bit wonky though, and the fish didn't want much to do with me... I got 2 ...

Butch, aka @Midnightpass is an expert at curing bloodworms.


Mike I’m not much of an expert on anything… But I do save and cure my blood worms.. I believe they usually work about as well as fresh.. I lay them on a piece of newspaper, salt them with non-iodized salt and let them dry overnight in ...

Pretty good condition this afternoon. Low wind, low swell, low tide.
Used hi-lo rig, one hook on squid and one hook on shrimp to figure out what fish want to bite today.
Waded in, casted out, walked back, felt the hit before getting to shore. Was quite a pull to land.
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I did not catch these often, and never caught this size. Not a giant but plenty decent.
A kid came by and wanted to watch it while I went for another cast. Sure. I came back 15 minute later and he was still watching it. Ok buddy, you can have it.
He was so happy.
I went to Costco and bought some ...

Good condition. Low swell. Low wind. Clear water. Some seaweed but not too bad.

Caught 3 leopard sharks. They put up good fight but not my target. Not sure if anyone would target them?

Then I landed this cabbie. I have never caught legal ones and this one is darn close. I felt that if I ...

I found 4 nice soft shells this morning and converted all 4 to corbina.

It is amazing how the corbina at my local beaches can tell the difference between hard and soft shell crabs. I use straight 8lb mono, so they don't seem to be line shy. My fishing buddies and I joke that they are "crab snobs ...

I appreciate the South Bay fishing reports Mike, thanks for posting about your sessions. Please keep them coming.
Yes, the corbina are definitely finicky and preferring the soft shells regardless of size but they are out there and they are hungry. Been catching some very thick corbina this spring on ...

A buddy called and said he wanted to fish, and who am I to say no. ;) ... When I got to the spot he already had a limit of humungous sand crabs... Probably too big, but full of eggs and some soft shells... We used those and I pealed some to make them more appetizing... Any way I picked up 6-7 BSP ...

The surf has been pretty rough the past few days and chock-full of salad. I've been trying different spots in north county, with mixed success, so I decided to circle back to this year's honey hole, and it produced from the first cast. I landed my first ever black surfperch. Both of them put up a ...

I’m staying at the cottages on Crystal Pier for a week.. It’s a family trip with the Son and Grandkids joining us for the 3 Memorial Day weekend.. My wife and I came down yesterday and will be leaving next Wednesday… I’ll be surf fishing AMs 5-7 or 8… And maybe other times if the kids want to ...

10 or 12 hand size BSP for each of my Grandson and I… Same small doubled up sand crabs… Kyle, my Grandson got a drag puller, that came unhooked… He got the hit on another almost golf ball size crab… He’s still thinking about that one… A little more salad and current today… We did manage to get one ...

I don't typically start surf fishing until the school year is over, but my dad has been doing pretty well the past few weeks on the halibut and he convinced me to join him on Sunday morning. We were on the sand right as the negative low bottomed out, and found a couple of good looking troughs that ...

Spent a few hours Saturday afternoon casting LC and swim baits. Salad was manageable. All I got was a short hali.

Nice fish, a spot is on my bucket list