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tried to switch it up this week and do some swimbait fishing for bass. tide was high today and there wasn't much current. surprising amount of bait fish activity before the sun peaked out. bite was slow but managed a few. Triple species day. What do you all like throwing at bait boils in the bay ...

Got in a few hours early today on SD Bay. Steady spottie bite south of the bridge on plastics but a red glitter translucent curly tail was the star. Buddy Dan spotted it in my box and pinned one on a 1/8 ball jig and proceeded to catch 2 to my 1. I was throwing a perch colored minnow with some ...

mbmatty wrote: Thu Feb 26, 2026 9:17 am Great video. Were you fishing that Craw bait weedless or with hook exposed?

the beaver style bait was fished weedless with the zman finesse ned lock (believe thats the name)

Caught on a ned shrimp in 5ft of 70 degree water

On the kastmaster, what else? Mission Bay from shore.

Arrived just before sunrise. Low tide, gentle waves, throwing the gold kastmaster. Saw several others out to my south. Managed one dink in 90 minutes, eye-hooked. Sorry bud. Hope everyone caught something. Sharp hooks and tight lines.

Got three big perch this morning--two on sandworms and one on a kastmaster. One on the Kastmaster was big and fat and dripping baby perch that were bigger than my 1/2 oz kastmaster. I had read others talk about dripping babies but i had no idea the babies were so big. Fun day. My son and my buddy ...

Nicely done! Yeah, shallow. Have hooked fish behind me when the surge took the lure past my feet. Fun to get em on a kastmaster heh? I prefer the kastmaster to jerk baits for halibut and perch, I can cover more real estate.


Got three big perch this morning--two on sandworms and one on a ...

Got three big perch this morning--two on sandworms and one on a kastmaster. One on the Kastmaster was big and fat and dripping baby perch that were bigger than my 1/2 oz kastmaster. I had read others talk about dripping babies but i had no idea the babies were so big. Fun day. My son and my buddy ...

New to the modern surf fishing techniques of lighter gear, grew up doing the bait and wait with heavy sinkers on the Camp Pendleton breakers with my dad back in the 70's. Have never stopped fishing, just mostly by boat, until now.

Have been watching all the You Tube stuff and finally picked up new ...