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Nice photos and moonshot. Good to see DFW out there.

I took my dog to fiesta Island for a couple of hours. Caught 5 croaker throwing small grubs.

Your videos are beneficial for getting over second-guessing bay fishing. A trip with FIshtricks also greatly demystified things. I have done about half a dozen visits from Zuniga jetty to Pepper Park, all in the Kayak, so it's time for the being fishy part to kick in, at least on some trips!
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Haven't posted on here in a long time. Finally, I have the chance to start fishing again more than a few times a year. Was out on Mission Bay from 6am to about noon. Bite died at about 10am. Got a total of 28 unless you count the 9 lizardfish. A mixed bag 2 yellowfin croaker, 1 sculpin, 15 (2 legal ...

Hi SDFish,

First post and so Hi to everyone. Good info here.

My wife and I picked up surf fishing this year and she in particular has had a nice year. Corbina (23.5in current PB), Croaker (20in), some surf perch... and too many stingrays and seaweed hookups... Have also caught a couple spotties ...

I catch 'em accidentally while fishing for other stuff. Whenever I try to target them specifically, I catch nothing.

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Everydog wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:38 pm So happy for you to have these kinds of adventures and thanks for posting about them!

Appreciate it man! Was an adventure for sure lol..

Any of the good spots can go from "dead" to "wide open" very quickly (or vice versa) as the current changes. I use circle hooks 5/0 and above to help avoid killing the babies. Descending device or similar setup to help rescue little ones.

One more tip - good map (zoom out):
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Late report from yesterday...

Me and the broski picked up 1/2 scoop of quality bait that was well worth the line, had two double hookups just south of 302. Then farmed a couple of open water dorado, and landed a yellowtail that made multiple runs into the paddy. They bit 15-25# flytline and the ...

Nice pictures!

So the last couple weeks have been rather eventful for me. Flew up to San Francisco for the Grateful Dead's 60th anniversary celebration August 1-3 anr the day after I got back I flew down to Costa Rica with my grandpa and our buddy Pete. Stayed down there for 6 days and fished 3. Was definitely a ...

Also here's some pretty cool marlin footage!!

It's great to hear you are out there rocking your life, George. It's always especially neat to hear that you and your grandpa are in on it together.

Yeah im trying to get in as much time with him as possible, although difficult. He still works 5 days a week doing auto upholstery and doesn't seem ...

We shoved off the dock on time with a load of bait and Brandon putting on a head of steam towards the west southwest. We did most of our drifts in 4-600 ft with a pound of lead due to lack of current. My largest was probably 3 pounds with a few coming up a bit bigger. I saw a few folks that came ...

Would be better off riding the San Diego out of New Seaforth if anything

Can’t beat that!

I’ll post a report when I come back. This is my first pelagic trip for my birthday so I’ll be renting gear!

Just got off the Mission Belle. Landed 4 between 25 and a touch over 30, all fly line baits. 3 on the 70 year old jigstick and one on the 60 year old trueline. Tight lines and following seas my friends...

Went out on the Old Glory and it was super fun...we went all the way to Tanner on an overnight boat (big thanks to the Captain). Got there about an hour after first light and there were 30+ boats there already on anchor. we did the same and in short order I hooked (and subsequently landed) a BFT ...