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Glad to see something posted from Black's . . . a great beach to fish, but IMO for the younger anglers who have the stamina to get there & back. My knees would not hold up for the long walk or up & down the cliff trail. Hat's off to you for doing it and getting into some nice fish.

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?


I have pulled a couple of barely legal halibut out of the surf on 6 lb ...

Lots of good stuff here. For Surf fishing I fill 1/2 my spool on a 2500 size spinning reel with 20 lb braid and tie on with your knot of choice, some quality 10 pound Mono.(I use a glued Albright) I fill the reel as much as I can without it spilling off. Then go launch some casts with a 4 ounce ...

The casting of a bare heavy weight to “wet pack” the line is a great idea… my wife used to fish spinning a lot in the past and when we would leave the dock, I would let all her line out behind the boat (nothing attached) and pack it back on, pretty much solved any spinning reel issues throughout the ...

yea, love how quiet it is out there. It's perfect because the surfers stay south in the MPA and everything north is open fishing grounds. I definitely feel the lack of foot traffic encourages the fish to come in closer to feed. Have had some good session out there.

The cliffside trail/stairs would be the way I would go. It's still a huff & puff going back up but beats the long mile + walk from TP. The walk from TP state beach to flat rock is 1.1 miles. Know guy who lives in LJ shores area and walks in regularly from that end. Does real well there, lot of ...

The less line in the water, the less weeds you get hanging on the line during the fight.

Ho Chi Minh’s trail is the way we used to go down to surf. Cuts a lot off of south or north entrances

Thank you all for your new and continued contributions to these topics. Some I use, or have dabbled in, have set a few things on more solid footing. Like Bendo's, walking a fish to the beach with a few rod lengths of line out... the half spool of braid and fishing the mono half is something I have ...

Squidco had Ghost Shrimp, I stopped there on my Bonefish quest, got some good info and 8 dozen Ghost Shrimp. Spendy but I wasn’t going home until I caught one and saved money by sleeping in my Truck. I got several on my 2nd dozen then opened up the Ice Chest to all that wanted to try them. We landed ...

Excellent family fish!... Love the family fishing... And handing off to your 6 yr old shows what a good dad you are... Now, you've created a fishing monster out of him. ... Look at his smile...
Butch

I made it to blacks yesterday, thanks for this thread—first time. I took the glider port instructions. The scenic views and hang gliders were truly incredible. It was the first high tide of the day, and the current was ripping south with large and small vegetation roaming with it—no Bueno.
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Yea blacks is pretty much all sand structure. It's not until you walk pretty far north (just before flat rock) that you start seeing hard structure and a mix of sand/rock. All the extra sand just means more sand crabs for the fish to eat.

Hit it today from 8:30 to 10:30. Only 2 perch. Crabs were pretty scarce. Found a few to fish with that were thumb nail size though. No crab = no fish today. Oh well

Heard from a few other folks also having difficulty finding crabs at other beaches the past few days. That's a bumm. Water temps drop or what ? I wouldn't know as been out of commission with a bad back since last weekend. Hoping I can get back at it soon. Bill Varney always says to take a backup ...

Everydog sounds like it ended up a pretty outing.
Wondering about the 6 lb rig. What size rod do you use 6.5’ ?

There is no rule. The fish move in and move out, kind of like the weeds. One thing for sure, if the bite stops completely, you have two choices. Stay and wait for the next group of fish to move in. Leave that spot and try and find a new group of fish. This time of year, the fish seem to hang on the ...

After over a week on the sidelines with back spasms decided to give it a go this AM. Photo tells it all of conditions. The junk was washing back into the cast zone all up & down the beach, some spots would clear momentarily then fill in again. Lot of false kelp hits. That said managed a half dozen ...

Not all jetties are public, some can and are private structures. Just like you can't walk past a boat dock gate at low tide and climb up it to fish. Even public jetties can have restricted access for various reasons (like south jetty in MB). If there's a gate or signs for no fishing, just find ...

New beach for me; fished other N. County areas in the past but not this one. A very nice beach, easy close in parking, just a short walk down a ramp to the beach and great water conditions. Was hoping for some croaker & corbina action but turned out to be exclusively perch, 6 total over 2 hours ...