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Congrats on the SFC… Very nice…
Butch

A short late AM session just south of pier. Clean water, better than expected conditions, tide incoming at about 4' at 10 am. Lug worms & mussel the bait of choice today. Good perch bite, best 2 hits turned out to be 2 guitar fish, both around 2'. 6 perch in the mix, all 6-8". Called it at 11:30 as ...

Everydog wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 10:32 pm Wow on driving From AZ and good job on the quick learning curve and catches .

I did drive from San Diego to Lake Pleasant to fish once .

I live pretty close to lake Pleasant. Tough to fish for me for some reason!

Hit it today from 9:30 to 11. Only caught 3 perch, largest maybe 6”. Plenty of bait thief’s today. Swell was way down from Wednesday. Wind was from southernly direction at about 12 or so, kinda choppy. Saw 1 guy to the north of me, didn’t seem to be having luck.


Bait thiefs are everywhere right ...

New to surf fishing. I've been out a few times now and have managed to avoid the skunk. Went out to Torrey Pines for the first time this morning targeting corbina and spotfin. Fished from 5:30-9:30 and managed two. My first ever corbina and a new pb halibut. Still hunting for that legal. Both we ...

Also on Sand Crabs - Sand Bass, Calico Bass, Spotted Bay Bass, Striped Bass, Whitefish, Sheepshead, Striped Sea Perch, Walleyed Surf Perch, Opaleye, Sculpin, Lizardfish, Tomcod, White Croaker and Cabezon. Plus all the regulars.
Any more oddballs you have caught?

I'm surprised that you haven't gotten a reply to your question, yet. Anyway, maybe I can help steer you in the right direction. I'm no grizzled veteran, but I've put some time in on the sand (and the rocks). The drop-shot fluke set-up that you're using has been working up and down the coast...you ...

I catch most of my big Halibut in the Surf before the Sun comes out. When that gloom clears up the Big Halis tend to move onto a little deeper water. I also fish the morning after the Gruinion Runs. On the beach at 5am and done by 9-10am. I almost exclusively use 5 inch Pearl ZMan Streakz on 1/8 ...

You're killing it on those croakers ! Nice going to rack up that many. TP seems to be the honey hole for them this year. You must have a parking pass otherwise I don't know how you would find any parking there mid day ??

Really good perch bite yesterday for about an hour, 7 - 8 am on the incoming tide. All on small sand crabs that had roe on a #6. Could not find any softies. Got 10 in all, more than half were 10-11" plus. Was alternating baits with another rod setup with a larger #2 hook using lugworms and ghost ...

Good job, Perch Killer, it's funny because parking and general surface street traffic are why I wouldn't try PB! (I know it's closer for you too). I bet I am overestimating morning crowds.


I think everyone is scared of parking/traffic in PB, haha. Every now and then I get the thought of trying ...

Good job, Perch Killer, it's funny because parking and general surface street traffic are why I wouldn't try PB! (I know it's closer for you too). I bet I am overestimating morning crowds.


I got there at 6:20 and there were a good half dozen parking spots open in the small public lot at PB ...

Da** you!…. . You’re catching SFC and corbina, and I’m sitting home.. That's a nice day of fishing… Way to go…
Butch

Fishing makes no sense.

Went north of Mission Beach boardwalk this morning, just to switch things up a bit. Caught a couple perch early, and then a ray and a GNSF. I brought spare leader line that ran out on me, and at some point I was just fishing using main line that was all curled up for ...

Took my friend to Hospitality Point. We used mussel, anchovies, squid. He caught a baby calico but I got nothing. (Well, it WAS in the middle of the day, so I wasn’t expecting much.)

After dark and just before high tide, I went to north end of Marine St & cast out near the reef using grunion on 2/0 ...

While walking the dog I watched a guy south of Crystal pier catch a corbina in the surf, so I figured I’d go fish some. I fished the surf south of Crystal pier, mostly in front of the lifeguard station, from maybe 8:30-11:00 this morning. I went under the pier for sand crabs and got 20+ with roe ...

After holiday crowds left, I went back to north end of Marine St. I put a grunion on the hook, tossed it into the surf, and VOILA, a hit! The fish was a strong fighter, and, as expected it was a good-sized calico. Released.

Next cast, same thing, but quite a bit smaller than the first. I took a ...

I've been getting skunked at Torrey Pines. I've been going at night, I think the problem is the tide. The high tide is happening later and later, but I tried a few different nights. At high tide, an hour after high tide, 2 hours after high tide. Then an hour before high tide. No fish. Ok, I did ...

So, I had three trips to Del Mar and no other fishing since the last report. I enjoyed the fishing, but the story was just the same old thing. I haven't caught a spotfin in three consecutive trips, but it's been a long time since my last trip without at least one chunky corbina in the mix. It was ...

... I fish and chat with people I have met and am on a first-name basis with, as well as strangers. I like that aspect of surf fishing.




This has far and away been my favorite part of surf fishing this year - the conversations with people taking pictures, walking dogs, surfers, others fishing ...