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So, Fall is when the sand crabs start to hibernate. There are great alternatives, though. Berkley Gulp! sandworms are very good. You can, either, drag them in using a Carolina rig, or still-fish them with a hi-low rig like I do. Maybe add a little scent to them for added attraction. Guys in the ...

Hey fellow surf anglers,
I'm going to be giving a surf fishing seminar at Tackle Day, November 1 at Fisherman's landing. I'll be covering the equipment I use and will demonstrate how I hook and fish baits like lug/bloodworms, sand crabs, ghost shrimp, mussel... and whatever other baits I can find ...

Pretty much a copy & paste from yesterday at Mission/Pacific Beach.

I moved a bit more than usual today, no particular reason other than feeling like doing so. Caught a tiny perch early close to the pier and worked my way south. Brought in 7-8 perch on the day, including one keeper than I just ...

Congrats on the legal and other critters. I may try Black's tomorrow. Yesterday afternoon I saw many deep pockets along a wide stretch during low tide.

Got guitarfish, small ray, and legal hali on Torrey Pines today, everything on LC 110.
Guitarfish was pulling like a freight train, took good 5 ...

On the water before sunrise, there was already someone fishing in front of the lagoon. I worked my way north of the inlet, chucking the blue and chrome kastmaster into gentle rollers. Shivered my way through some missed bites, no waders today I decided. Doh! Missed a bite then lost a hooked fish ...

Andrew_WOT wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2026 12:21 pm Today was raining jaksmelt day, a new species for me. Got like 5, all in 1ft range, decent fighters. Everything on LC110.

Jacksmelt tug hard for their size! I saw many schools of jacksmelt in deep holes at Black's a few days ago.

Went down to mission beach to fish the HBB8 (Honey Badger Baits) tournament this morning. Tons of holes from tower 11 through 13, but they didn’t fill in til a bit later since the low tide was around 5:45am. Fished the LC 110 for a few hours, switched to c rig after some nice angler gifted me a cup ...

Tamarack 3-22-26. 1 8" BSP on the c-rig grub. I hooked something so large I could not pull it in and then it shook the hook.

Fished north Mission Beach this morning. Got my line in the water by 6:30 and just wrapping up now at 9:30. Winds picked up as the tide started to recede, which makes it feel like a grind, which tells me it’s time to go home.

Pretty decent conditions today. Choppy water but smaller waves and swell ...

The water temps are up, the fish are out, and the spring swells are creating incredible structure. I saw schools of spotfin and a few lone corbina sliding in and out of the surf, some going tails up. Sand crabs are the size of roly-polies. Get out while you can!

Caught off the surf using a Yo-Zuri Hydro Minnow LC 150, sardine pattern.
Gray light, 6:35 am, two hours before peak high tide.
Water temp 64 degrees.

Battlestar Tape only measures up to 28", this fish came out to 31".
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And I was able to watch the entire retrieve on the ...

Fished the skinny water during dropping tide this afternoon at Silver Strand. Very mellow conditions, light salad, clear water. I was spooked by a huge stingray 10 min before this 23.5 inch guy inhaled my chrome and orange kastmaster. Felt like a sudden dead weight at first, then the drag peeling ...

I was entertaining myself on the I.B. pier when I saw 'Francisco' reel in the biggest BSP I have personally seen. He had 2 others in this size range in his bucket. I made such a big deal out of it that he insisted I pose with *his* fish for a photo! Since I didn't ask permission to use his face on ...

Yahoo!!!!! I spent an hour casting at a school of about 6 until I finally tricked one to eat my fly. It's such a great feeling, especially when you lose track of the fly, when you feel the tug and see those big white lips open up.

Afterwards, some corbina showed up, and I had the first-world ...

If you're new to surf fishing, the best scenario is an incoming negative tide. This will not only allow you to see the exposed structure, but the fish will have been pushed off the beach for a few hours, and once the tide starts to fill in, they aggressively charge the feeding beds once the water is ...

The fishing sucked. It was windy and the water felt cold. I only saw one spotfin and he was in the air.

Fished north Mission Beach from 6:00-8:30, slightly after the peak high tide as it receded. It was fairly windy when I stepped out of my car but there was no turning back!

It wasn’t too bad by the ocean so must’ve been more of a tunneling effect between buildings that made it feel worse. Certainly ...

The fishing sucked. It was windy and the water felt cold. I only saw one spotfin and he was in the air.

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Nice picture. You are good Photographer .


Thanks but I've just been getting lucky with my camera phone, Andrew_WOT . I was taking video of this guy lifting ...

It was a random Saturday in April where my tournament partner and I actually had the day off. Normally Saturdays start with alarms going off at ungodly hours and us finishing our sleep in the launch ramp line somewhere two hours away.

Not today.

Instead of a road trip, we made the grueling five ...