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I find that I get wind knots if my lure is too light for my braid so that when I reel it in, the line is loose on the spool. The brand of braid matters too. I would get wind knots with suffix 832 30 lb braid with the lucky craft 110, but not with 20 lb braid. I switched to power pro super slick v2 ...

I have been seeing pictures of guys catching big halibut but I'm not having any luck. I catch lots of short ones. Sometimes in the same spot, same tide, same gear, I'll get 6, and another day, zero bites.

Are the halibut generally in the bays right now, and not in the surf? I catch them in the surf ...

I have recently switched to size 2 circle hooks from size 2 baitholder or even smaller hooks because I hate guthooking the poor fellows. I have lost a few fish, but it is worth it because with the circle hook, it is a lip hook every time. You could probably use a smaller hook but I think using size ...

This is the bay fishing forum, so I hope I am not stepping out of line with my post, but I have found during summer months that surf fishing from the beach is quite productive. I get more action on the beach than I do in the bay, but I am mainly a surf fisher. From your post, it sounds like you have ...

Nice! I've never caught a corbina, usually I get a bunch of different croaker and perch. I also have never used bloodworms, nor fished at mission beach. I am usually torrey pines or further north. Major newb question, how do you hook bloodworms? Do you put it through the center of the body or ...

I've been getting skunked at Torrey Pines. I've been going at night, I think the problem is the tide. The high tide is happening later and later, but I tried a few different nights. At high tide, an hour after high tide, 2 hours after high tide. Then an hour before high tide. No fish. Ok, I did ...