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I’m like the above guys… A mono user..
Butch

1st morning at Crystal Pier… Every cast was a BSP… Except for a couple that I farmed and one cast that went unmolested…Ran out of SCs and was back at the room by 7:30 drinking coffee..Most were hand size, no dinks, except for a couple that were 12 to 14 inches… No corbs or croakers to be seen ...

12lb mono works great throwing lucky crafts. I throw them on conventional bass rod. No problem with distance on any jerk bait style with weight transfer system.

I generally do not have problems with wind knots on a spinning reel. I have been using Nanofil (discontinued), Gliss and J-braid. I do have problems with light braid (<12 lbs) digging in on a baitcaster, I tried https://www.amazon.com/FINS-Windtamer-Braided-Fishing-Line/dp/B0DD828CND?th=1 which some ...

12lb mono works great throwing lucky crafts. I throw them on conventional bass rod. No problem with distance on any jerk bait style with weight transfer system.


12-pound pulls in a legal halibut in surf pretty well?


From experience I can say that a quality 12 lb mono is pretty tough ...

The Luna 's are very nice and I do use one for steelhead and salmon . The linked reel above looks pretty nice as well and would certainly work for all Inshore stuff . Have a good one . WR

I won't go into all my braid strategies, but I don't usually try to minimize diameter because it's almost all thinner than the leader material.

Those are nice reels, William. I remember you mentioning the Luna, and for a while, I pursued used 252 and 253, but someone else got them!

This would ...

One of my buddies exclusively fishes big halibut on 6-12lb. He has countless fish over 40lbs. on 12lb. Obviously those big ones are not surf.

12lb is strong. I always fish new mono. Using braid or mono for backing ; 1/2 to just under 3/4 of spool so fresh line change doesn’t break the bank. Try ...

And I want to catch that fish in Butch's sdfish user photo!


I caught that fish almost exactly a year ago…. It was a little over 25” and the most solid built corb I have ever seen…I would like to re-catch it as well…As far as I know it is still swimming out there.. I wish us both luck… Maybe me ...

Bait caster all the way. To each their own. Never had any distance issues except one time at night fishing the run and the wind was ripping so hard, even a heavy crocodile was flying backwards…it was comical.

5th day… Plenty of decent grade BSP on B2B SCs. Eel grass and kelp a pain but started clearing at the end of the session… Tried for SFC by the pier.. Nada.. Then got into the perch at a hole farther south.. water warm enough, but the shore break a little sloppy, so I got wet again… I was kicking up ...

8-10# would be fine.. But the 6#, 4# leader is my everyday setup.. I’m pretty sure I would have caught that spot fin croaker, if it didn’t wrap around a barnacle incrusted piling.. I caught that 25”+ corbina in my avatar a year ago today on that same set up…. I’ve caught mid sized bat rays and ...

You were not kidding about the stingrays, Butch. I was at Del Mar again, and there were a lot of them, about the size of a dinner plate.
Not a ton of other fish. I farmed a keeper halibut, which just came unbuttoned in the last little wave, and got a 15-26 inch Calico. And just one perch and one ...

Last day… No fishing today… Back has been sore, and I have to pack up to go home…. Thanks for the use of your beaches and fish… All fish were only borrowed and returned unmolesed except for some lip piercings… Except that darn SFC has my hook in his lip.. If anyone catches a big spot with a #8 Owner ...

A steady, if unspectacular small to medium BSP bite.. Ended with 15-20 perch on B2B sand crabs… The perch were smaller than what I was getting in Pacific Beach a week or two ago… Water was cooler, with surf manageable.. Little to no salad to deal with… A buddy managed a 15" corb, but that was the ...

Everydog , Calcutta reels are very nice reels , I could make a list of all the attributes but they are in their own class. There are an amazing number of very high quality reels that can match the performance . Daiwa , Shimano , Okuma , and others all will fit the purpose . Guess the first question ...

@Everydog , Calcutta reels are very nice reels , I could make a list of all the attributes but they are in their own class. There are an amazing number of very high quality reels that can match the performance . Daiwa , Shimano , Okuma , and others all will fit the purpose . Guess the first ...

Take a look at tuning that 400 Cardiff there are some good videos on youtube that show the process . I take the surfaces that need work down to 3000 grit wet or dry before a work over with a metal polish , drag washers , bronze brake drum surface , interior of the pinion gear that rides over the ...

Midday trip to Solana Beach/Fletcher Cove for some fishing and family time. Sand crabs were a little tough to come by but caught 6 perch (personal record for a session!) on both blood and camo Gulp sand worms. Surf was on the heavier side, little bit of kelp, but all in all a fun day on the shore ...

Everydog wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:17 am Sent the lucky craft to San Vicente Island. Unfortunately, it was no longer attached to my rod and reel. I got bumped once before returning to bait fishing. Getting the bugs worked out. Croaker.jpg

I think you've got the bugs worked out...Nice SFC...
Butch