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galen wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 7:20 pm . Wife outfished me again,

Don't cha just hate when that happens? ... Just kidding, it's fantastic to fish with the family.. You guys done good...
Butch

Only took 5 years but i finally landed a bonefish- kinda
Day1- Fished with Chris, the current was flowing and the spotties were biting for me , everything biting for him
Me: Loads of spotties, 1 missed bonefish at the board
Chris: Spotties, corvina, halbut, bones
Decided i needed to get back out ...

Thanks for the post! I was going to write my own but I will just add to this one. That was an epic day on the water and not even half of the fish we caught made my video. I can't wait to get out there again soon. Cheers!

Decided on a rare trip to the salt. Not my usual because I have so much tied up in my fresh water gear and the salt doesn't exactly play well with them. Still i figured a sh!t ton of thorough rinsing should take care of it for one trip.

I put in at J street marina and fished the grass and dropoff ...

After watching the Beefshamen and McQuade tearing up the back bay on a recent high tide, we plotted out this weekend’s king tides to take our shot. As the week progressed we wondered if the weather would cooperate and juggled days last minute to today. Got the reward with my first bonefish and a ...

Headed out to Shelter Island around 630 for what turned into a gorgeous morning on the water. The tide was super high and not even at it's projected highest at 9ish, you can see from the point by the Bali Hai. I wasn't having much luck at my usual spots, some hits but no pins. I decided to try ...

Pretty pics and nice calico….
Butch

After hearing and seeing plenty of South SD bay stories from you all, I finally found a day to get my float tube down there. Went ahead and launched from J Street marina, and it wasn’t long before the action was on. Drifted all around, and worked my way north through the 2 main channels and found ...

Nice Cali, what type raft do you use?

That’s really nice, looks like an easy launch.
Thanks for sharing

With Summer like weather for most of the month the Bay has been fishing more like March then January. Water temps are 3-4 degrees above where they would normally be and the fishing has been excellent on days with good tide movement. Had a fishing for Bonefish last week with close to 40 Bonefish over ...

This brings up a question I’ve had. Unfortunately I can’t pick good or bad tide times, Saturday mornings is when I can fish. Does anyone have preferred areas/techniques for low swing days? Thanks.


When the tide swings are small I look for hard structure (docks and rocks) or areas where the ...

galen wrote: Thu Feb 05, 2026 6:32 pm Just watched the video, what a morning. What lb leader do you use?

10lb Flouro leader

Hit San Diego Bay this past weekend and Tides4Fishing showed it to be the worst day of the month (based on solar activity and yada yada) I'm a pretty firm believer in, fish when you can, but theres always that little voice that say "yesterday was better" or "the tide chart told you it would be bad ...

Bonefish are less effected by the tides then Spotted Bay Bass. Spotties are ambush predators and often rely on the tides to bring them food, while Bonefish are constantly moving around looking for their next meal. What the tides do help with is schooling the bonefish up in certain areas of the back ...

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

Good that you managed to catch there for the evening bite. It has been getting hit up pretty hard lately even by free divers with spear guns. I know I didn't hook as many halibut there as I normally do and the bass bite was non-existent which was entirely strange since I can normally catch at least ...

Got out for a slow but consistent day in the back bay. Thought with the really low tide the fish would be pushed towards the deeper water. Not sure if they were but there was a decent bite on small to average sides spotties, 1 bone fish, 1 halibut and 1 Midshipman. Not sure why but that fish looks ...

Cap and the fresh water’s been fun, but I decided to close to home today. I honestly had a bit of a rough session to start. Forgot my trolling motor battery at home, so had to put in the workout on my tube today. Then got on the water and realized I forgot my sunglasses in the car. To top it off, I ...

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