San Diego & SoCal Fishing Forums

I cant wait to be the grandpa fishing guide...someday... good for you on that one!

I cant wait to be the grandpa fishing guide...someday... good for you on that one! Is the motor wasted?

Wish I had a better report but we still brought home ceviche and filet fixins. Hit the kelps just outside the Point and caught two quick checkerboards. Thursday dinner, check ✔️. The goal was at least 3 more for neighbors but things got pretty quiet at the top of the water column. Hit the Whistler ...

Started throwing at grey light. Literally in the middle of nowhere. Threw a bass jig a couple times to check depth, 12-15'. Nice depth for the chatterbait, so I changed rods. 1st cast on the chatter. Boom! Gaffed her, stepped on her, stabbed her in the brain,threw in the ice box to die. 20 minutes ...

Launched the float tube at 6:30am out of tidelands with the plan to fish the moored boats. This spot has always held some biters until today. Two hours went by and nothing, not a bite.

Moved out to deeper water closer to the channel which is a bit uneasy in a float tube. Right off the bat in 35ft ...

Hello all,

Although I seem to only fish one lake, maybe two, I recently expanded my horizons to the ocean. Well, why didn't anyone say anything about how fun it is? Tom Noel (1fishdude) took me out a couple times now and we have had a blast. The numbers are not there yet for me, but it sure is a ...

Trying to find the magic retrieve, twitch, or lure is impossible. Corvina are very random biters. No pattern, is the pattern.

Fishtricks wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 9:08 am Trying to find the magic retrieve, twitch, or lure is impossible. Corvina are very random biters. No pattern, is the pattern.

Amen

Just trying to figure out how to post an image.

Best perch from a session last week. 14 inches and lots of spirit!

There has been a strong bite in the surf with perch, croaker, and a few small corbina. Then, right at dark got a spot fin! was fun on the perch gear. btw, my feet are huge...

Conditions improving, except for the wind out of the North around noon… My buddy Norm came down and fished with me in the AM… He out fished me with 2-BSP and 2-small corbina… I ended up with 3-BSP, with 2 better grade, and 1- YFC.. I haven’t seen many yellow fin croaker in awhile, so that was a ...

Long time lurker, first time poster. Recently got into surf fishing as the tuna season is too far away and im antsy. First croaker ever, hit a strip of sand crab fishbites just after low tide. I'm hooked...

Cool.. Love them spot fins.. Welcome to the fun zone….
Butch

I had fun with this, It's ok to say it's stupid or I should just get a boat or whatever. Maybe it gives some ideas. LOL.
There is an alternate full-length outrigger setup I made and this is not the final adjustment on this one.
About 6 miles an hour is what it will do. I had it out on the bay in ...

I like the engineering on this setup with the full outrigger, thanks for sharing that. I have some thinking to do now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsmDx9C8-s4
Good morning all!
I have been wanting to do this video for a long time and have had lots of people ask me to do it. Last week I finally purchased my first new float tube in over 19 years. I had (and still have 2) Outcast Super Fat Cat tubes that I ...

The reactions are similar to the ones Facebook has. This extension is currently being tested so that we can make sure that it is stable and does not negatively interfere with the other forum features. If any compatibility problems arise the reactions will be disabled and all existing reactions may ...

Ain’t no bass man alive that will settle for just 3 baits… Or rods….Or reels… Or maybe even boats.. You guys are worse than fly guys.. No such thing as getting by with 3 of anything… 😉… Now us surf guys can do it with just 1 bait.. Sand crabs…. Well maybe bloodworms… And maybe ghost shrimp… and we ...

Happy that I helped you, there's a lot of people on this site that have helped me, and I'm sure can add to what I said.

I do think you can get there at 0700 and get a boat, I'd suggest to get there earlier though, since one of the best times to be there is early morning. It's not just the bite, it ...

Here's the update on 27 July. Got there at the usual time. Met a few of the usual suspects and we all headed out. Met one of the people on this site and had a nice chat. It was nice to meet you Steve. Warm at 0430 and the water was 79F. Very light and pleasant wind. Becky's cove has been busy lately ...