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After work session from 4pm-7pm.The little bit of rain just before helped clear the beach of people quite nicely. Caught 5 yellowfin croaker and 2 surf perch. Almost all my bites were past the breakers barely anything in close. Tried for halibut on a double dropshot with no luck but doubled up on ...

Yep, fun morning. Trying to share a couple pics, maybe, I think.

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 ...

Nice weekend of fishing at Mission Beach.

Saturday was my first multiple "big fish" day! Started with my usual palm-sized perch within minutes of first cast, so I immediately avoided the skunk and was playing with the house's money at that point. From there, pulled in a corbina, a 19" spotfin ...

Hey guys! I caught three ODDBALLs yesterday on the zman dropshot and that ONE looks like an albino sheephead! Or is it crossed with a Calico bass?! WTF

It's been a VERY slow year around here ... for me. Occasional standard issue short calicos, short seabass, and short cuda plus this misc oddball ...

Started at CP at roughly 7am worked down to tower 15 by 11am.

Overcast, strong surf, Salad non existent at the pier but got progressively worse as I worked south.

Still crab beds under pier and between 20-21 at high to mid tide

Day started strong with a decent guitar and 4 back to back cast perch ...

Nelson 1 wrote: Fri Oct 17, 2025 4:13 pm First time Surf fishing. I was fishing in the morning for 7:00 am to 9:00 am. Caught 5 Perch. A lot of fish nibbling on my bait. Maybe I will try a small hook next time. No seaweed that was a good thing.

Love to hear no seaweed. Nice outing!

Welcome to surf fishing... My favorite type of fishing... 1st time, and no skunk.. That's great...
Butch

Yea, those perch do that a lot.. I pretty much stick with the C-rig.. I’ve experimented with the T-rig a few times but always came back to the C-rig…. What gear are you using?.. I’m not a SD guy but love coming down there and fishing when ever I can… That corbina that I’m holding in my avatar, is my ...

I fish PB and MB almost weekly. You can drop down to mosquito hook either #6 or#8. I will say that this will essentially just net you some smaller perch. Alot of the fish in the socal surf are very small mouthed so smallish hooks are better but judging by the pictured perch I'd say the size you are ...

What size and type of weight were you using. Also what swivel type? Other than that it's just keeping the slack out of your line and walking with your bait.

Ah yes! That's your issue. 1/2 oz isn't terrible but maybe a bit heavy. The lack of swivel is the culprit for your wrapping issue.

As far as my notes on weight. I try to stay between 1/4-1/2. I pay attention to current and grass with weight selection. More grass means less weight. If your bait is ...

I’ve really been blurring the line between Mission and Pacific Beach lately so I’ll call the weekend “both”. I think the LG towers are all pulled in for whatever reason so no marker to go off but I was approximately where T-21 would be and south. There was an early high tide both days so I tried ...

This late season corbina ate a crab right at the edge of the sandy brown water. Good news is they are still around.

That's a great session for your first time! Keep up the good work!

Hey fellow surf anglers,
I'm going to be giving a surf fishing seminar at Tackle Day, November 1 at Fisherman's landing. I'll be covering the equipment I use and will demonstrate how I hook and fish baits like lug/bloodworms, sand crabs, ghost shrimp, mussel... and whatever other baits I can find ...

I had a small window to get some fishing in this morning; nothing out of the ordinary for the past couple weeks but some experiences/notes/observations:

I was there from 6:30 - 9:00. A little over an hour passed before I got any action at all.

The tide was higher than I’d anticipated based on ...

Healthy 25" Bean today @ Mission Beach
Bit in tight, 10' out.