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A buddy called and said he wanted to fish, and who am I to say no. ;) ... When I got to the spot he already had a limit of humungous sand crabs... Probably too big, but full of eggs and some soft shells... We used those and I pealed some to make them more appetizing... Any way I picked up 6-7 BSP ...

My guess is mackerel.

Interesting, although I don’t think so. We heard a few splashes that were too big to be mackerel. Only way to know for sure is to go back and actually land one!


It's a guess based off of observing macks attacking the surface way back at the Liberty Station boat ramp at sunset. It doesn't take a ...

Probably Jack Mackerel. Nothing too exciting. Try tossing a top water plug around the big bay or mission bay for Corvina. Try walking and casting for hours on end and eventually maybe you will get a look. Likely not though so try to just enjoy being outside

I've caught 5-8lb bonito in there before on top water while they ran along the rocks next to the bank but that was during the day when they schooled up a bait ball

Could also be YFC. They're definitely in there.

Interesting, although I don’t think so. We heard a few splashes that were too big to be mackerel. Only way to know for sure is to go back and actually land one!


There are a lot of Mullet in there. They can get big, and they frequently jump out of the water. It's possible that is all you were ...

If they were mullet, that might explain why they weren’t hitting my jerkbait. I was working it right through them , maybe what I thought was a strike was just me running over one with my plug.


On the old SD forums I think I only ever saw one mullet that was caught (lipped) with bass baits. Most ...

Caught few mullet on a swimbait in the past

I haven't been out for a while and decided to take a 30 min hole shot at RAT today. I found 3 soft shells and converted all 3

Seeing 30 foot surf from the beach will just look like lots of whitewater almost everywhere, unless you have a pier, or surfers for perspective. Up there, go out to Mavericks(HalfMoonBay) or Santa Cruz (Steamers Lane) to see the surf display. Sunday(today), you can tune into the Eddie Aikau contest ...

Sight-fishing between Blacks and Del Mar has been "excellent" this season, except for the whole catching part. This year is the first time I've seen spotfin tailing in the surf, but almost like a first-cast-curse, I've only been able to catch the first one I spotted (pun intended) in late May, using ...

I finally decided to sign up after watching this new forum for awhile and taking a break from internet discussions.

User CraigSmith on the old SDFISH website.

Fishing for bigger bluegills has been decent at Murray lately. A few on topwater but mostly on weighted flies, generally cast into deeper water. For reference, distance between end cap on butt end of reel seat and the front edge of the grip is 11". Rod is a 3wt 7 footer fiberglass custom built for ...

Pescando el rio después de el huracán Hilary (Pesca con mosca)fly fishing (pesca de lobina)

If you like stripping streamers in shallow water, now's the time up here! I've picked up 42 fish in 2 days, ranging from 12" to 23". I'm fishing the flats in the back of Lake Mary, mostly stripping black leaches with a flashback hares ear trailer. 11 of the fish were between 20"-23" and caught in 2 ...

Went on a vacation to Belize. Wasn't a fishing trip but hired a guide for a half-day morning trip on of the days we were staying at one of the Cayes. I didn't plan on fly fishing but the guide had two rods rigged up and one of the spots we stopped at had Tarpon swimming around. They didn't like the ...

I got 10 on a 3.5" popper and 5 on a 3.5 minnow. Later got 12 more on bass gear.

Borderbasser got over 40 on topwater and swimbaits.

He got 2 back to back toads right in fftont of me when i was eating lunch.

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My right hand has carpal tunnel and it's been painful casting and stripping line for extended periods of time.

I borrowed a technique used by stillwater guys, using a floating line, long mono leader, and break-away strike indicator. The idea was to adjust the leader length below the indicator to ...

Recently moved to Flagstaff AZ from San Diego, and I figured y'all would find this interesting. I have been fishing Oak Creek Canyon heavily, catching wild browns, stocked rainbows, and native Gila trout. The Gilas seem to love dries, especially hopper reaction bites when the fly hits the water ...