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Rented a skiff to bond with my son. Didn’t have hi expectations especially since we are beginners. Was about to call it a day and he snagged a legal halibut on live sardine. He was so pumped and now is addicted.

Thought I’d share a few pics of this beautiful female leopard shark we caught yesterday. Some of the coolest patterns I’ve ever seen on one! The Leo’s are thick in San Diego Bay right now and we have been catching multiple each trip in the South Bay

Fished with Gotfish in the South Bay.

I got 17 spotties and one corvina.

Pic for attention:

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The small greenish ScorcherZ tube baits got most of the fish, a few bit a texas-rigged powerbait grub in a candy corn color. Nothing on the bucktails, underspins, tailspins ...

Got up to the bridge right before 11. Steady action on the trusty crankbait. Also got a nice corvina in front of Tidelands on the underspin. Definitely a good day by my standards. 19 spotties with only a few dinks, 1 short halibut on a lipless crankbait of all things, 1 corvina and even a needlefish ...

The format was changed this year from a weighing tournament to a measuring tournament. The Kayak Tournaments have been doing this successfully for years and we thought we would try it. The fish are measured on an approved measuring board, photos are snapped and then uploaded to a fishing ap that ...

I’m sorry but people need to be slammed for doing ignorant stuff like that. Legal limit or not, keeping 121 of a sensitive species in the middle of their spawn just so you can make a few extra filet $’s is exactly what’s wrong with our fishing industry. Not to mention they didn’t even know what ...

I went out on the Dolphin AM half day trip yesterday. The trip was planned and promoted as a bay trip targeting halibut. They have been running these trips on Wednesdays.

We fished the South Bay. The boat drifted the entire day, with no anchoring or chumming. The captain stated over the PA that our ...

Floated Tidelands Park this morning from 6:00-9:00 with a steady bite the whole time. Drop shot robo worms on a 6lb ultra light trout setup was all I ended up using. Handful of spotties, yellow fin croaker, a halibut and a chunky Sargo.

Hit the water at 6:30am off by 11:45.
Grey skies, 5 Kt east/SE breeze , constant
Tide still, but going out soon.
I hadn't been out in many , many moons...
I recently tuned up the yamaha 25 - 4/S, added a saltwater rated troll Motor & replaced the batteries marked 5/16 ...😆
So,
1st fish
13"spot ...

Pesca de cabrillas con Sombrilla (A RIG fishing for spotted bay bass )

My son and I got to the big bay around 615am. Started at the Bali Hai since I caught a nice Spottie there last time. Spent about 30 minutes and only managed to accidentally snag a baby grunt(?) at least I think it was, never caught one before and it was grunting like a pig. Moved over to the barge ...

San Diego Bay Fishing: Catch Fish All Day!!!
https://youtu.be/6P8iFkDb6G8

OK, so the doldrums of summer have begun at the lakes and bass fishing is hit and miss. After having an absolutely amazing spring time fishing the lakes and getting lots of nice bass I figured it was time to head back to the ...

Didn’t do zero dark thirty but probably should have. The spotty bite south of the bridge in Square Mile Flats was immediately on with slower retrieves coming through the grass. Quickly got off a fast retrieving blade bait and on to the drop shot with a Z man TRD. My bro was pounding me though on a 3 ...

I grabbed my boat and made it to HB for my grandsons birthday. Ryan just turned 5 and I promised to take him fishing with his much older brother Caleb who's now 8. We traveled over to Newport Bay to try our luck so we launched in the back bay by Newport Dunes . As we left the ramp and it hadnt been ...

Spent the weekend on my gayak. Covering serious miles ither n' yon. Trying for halis and veens mostly. Not too much success there. Lost a big one this morning in some rich person's backyard.

Spotties bit constantly on cranks, chatters, and worms.

Heard a noise hit my kayak and then splash while ...

My wife was fixing some old photo albums.

Hammer head shark from Sd bay. About 30 years ago. There was a school of them, up to 6' long but we only had 8 lb test and only a little bait.

Mission Bay Channel Fishing: Fishing New Baits!
https://youtu.be/lNyS76NrmF8

Hey all!
I got a brief window to head out to Misson Bay for a 3 hour session. The last time I was out there I lost a massive halibut in the channel and was looking for some redemption. I also had an idea that I wanted to ...

Started throwing at grey light. Literally in the middle of nowhere. Threw a bass jig a couple times to check depth, 12-15'. Nice depth for the chatterbait, so I changed rods. 1st cast on the chatter. Boom! Gaffed her, stepped on her, stabbed her in the brain,threw in the ice box to die. 20 minutes ...

I fished 6:30 am to 10:00 am. Caught 8 Bass on spinner Baits. Got a new swivel seat for my canoe. Very comfortable. Sits up higher.

Launched out of Pepper Park by 7 am on a nice day. No sooner did I make it out of the marina and i hit fog. The chop was nasty and I couldnt see 20 yards in front of my boat. I got across the bay with no incident but I was nervous since the Navy seemed to be sending everything they had out to sea ...