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First of all nice job out there Moose. Catching bass in the winter is always rewarding.
And always fun to see your fish reports and pics.
Speaking of pics.......I fixed your original pics and if you go to these sites posted on SDFish, it might help you with future pics
that are sideways or upside ...

admin wrote: Wed Aug 06, 2025 8:07 am Have to take it down since people complain about illegal fishing at night.

I never posted a location who’s to say it wasn’t the sd river but ok I understand I just like fishing at night better

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Poway lake stocking schedule for the 2023-2024 Trout Season is finalized! Opening day will be December 1st, 2023, the lake will be stocked with 2,000 lbs. of Rainbow Trout. See stocking schedule for future dates. The lake will be closed to fishing November ...

Chatmar wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:42 am Happy I finally found sdfish.com and to see a post. I guess this new location has only 9 members. I hope all the past members return soon

It's too bad the other website had to close. We do need a fishing website with no politics here in SoCal.

any recommendations for fishing setups for trout? Might check it out soon

Mini jigs seem to work best overall for me. Get a light pole with 2-3lb test line and cast different colored mini jigs, 1/16 or 1/32 oz.
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For mini-jig, is 6lb mono line okay? And any tips on casting it ...

Hello Family,

Anyone heard anything about the Crappie bite in any of the San Diego lakes? I live I. LA and just about all of our nearby lakes are to stained or have limited fishing access. Any info is appreciated.

PS.

It pains me that Hodges is still closed.


I used to catch some decent sized ...

Hodges will not be open until May at the VERY EARLIEST, I would expect the closure to last into the summer. The city hasn't updated the website in a while

Thanks for posting this. The San Diego bay images look like they might be lost to the ether. His Mission Bay article was posted on a different site and is recoverable. It even includes a great pdf of the bay with all the points articulated.

https://surffishingsocalsd.com/bay-fishing-the-ins-and ...

I saved all the images in case the apocalypse came and I had to live off spotties without the internet.

I’ll put them in an album and pm the link to you tomorrow so you can add them into the article.

Headed out to the kelp around 1030am. Got there fairly quickly and hooked up on this rock fish. Moved around quite a bit with no more bites. Got my ass handed to me on the way in with the wind blowing directly against me and while still fighting the outgoing tide. It took me almost 4 brutal hours to ...

fishingisfun wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:22 am are the fish from shelter island safe to eat?

I hear there are some unhealthy levels of mercury in the bays so I personally would not. Nevertheless I see many people keeping the macks so I'm assuming they gonna eat it.

The biggest fish I caught from the surf was from North Torrey Pines right in front of the parking lot.

@admin any way to retrieve the sticky by @Tailingloop from the old SDFISH.com forum?


What was the topic title, do you remember?


"Surf Primer" something, I think?


I couldn't find it. Try to check this archive and see if it's there still:
http://web.archive.org/web/20230201194058 ...

The surfzone is an ever changing environment where the best locations on a beach can change from day to day, tide to tide, or even during a tide. Storm surges or heavy surf alter beaches quite rapidly. Some beaches, or even sections of beaches, will fish better on outgoing tides and others on ...

Assuming the deal is legal. Might be a bad idea otherwise.

Flurp wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 12:02 pm There was so much good info there

Some guys turned it into a political debate platform, attacking others and such. I guess that was the main reason why the whole board was deleted by the owner.

Awesome that somebody took the initiative to launch a new site. And a non-political lounge

Pretty sure this is not a re-launch of the old site. Why the comparison?

Pretty sure this is not a re-launch of the old site. Why the comparison?


Only the format was cloned. These are different people, or else why launch a new site, when the old one could have been tidied up and rearranged a bit. I am an administrator on a couple of sites, and administrators can do ...

Lol.. not too active here, though I try to keep up a little. Don't feel as welcome here. I carry much more presence elsewhere as I don't feel so welcome. All good though, it's what the current people in charge want, so no big deal. No idea what I can and can't post here, I am an admin over on ...