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Lots of at Torrey pines too. Vellela Vellela is what they are called. Related to man o war. I don’t think sting is as bad. I avoided them anyway.

Hali has been biting indeed. I was fishing LJ the other day and saw a guy landing 4 halis using swimbait. I was using shrimps so no hali for me. Caught 2 calicos though.


Yes. I've been fishing for a couple of months. In the last few days (im on staycation) I've caught 4 hali, all small. Cant ...

Been fishing since May. First two weeks I went every day to Torrey. Skunked. Since then,I have caught close to 100 fish at my favorite beach. Occasionally would come back to TP to try again... skunk. The other day finally caught my first fish... three small corbina which were released. Lots of kids ...

I'm three months new so I'll share. Like the previous poster said, Carolina rig. It's been the most productive for me. I've caught my 100th fish last weekend. I'm addicted.

Learn to cast a carolina rig. It's more of a lob instead of a whipping action to help avoid tangles. When it hits the water ...

Im fairly new to serious fishing (about a year and a half now) and caught my first freshwater bass on the 20th. So stoked. Also cool it’s minutes from my home.

Gotta pay for all the new bike lanes that nobody uses!!!

so its been a week. curious, have things gotten better for you?


I managed to get 1 small halibut to bite. I think I found out a possible reason why I've been missing out on bites. Whenever I cast out my lure, I noticed I had a hard time keeping tension. I had a big backlash on braid and ended ...

Also, try gulp sand worms on a drop shot. That’s like the spotty “in an emergency break glass bait” for harbor island

Went out for a very rare night session. Treated with a spacex launch last week.