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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.

The tide conditions weren’t ideal but I wanted to take advantage of the earlier sunrise this morning at Mission Beach. The current was manageable, although I’m not sure the same can be said for the grass everywhere. It came in spurts and could generally be seen in the water, but man, when it grabbed ...

Problems from my limited understanding of local:
Strong currents
Lots of debris and salad
Wading out to get in casting distance of natural food source areas gets dangerous with high current.

Today & tomorrow likely your best windows for half way decent conditions. So Cal Forecast, mainly directed to surfers, has put out a Hazardous Conditions Warning for Thursday & Friday, surf 2-4' OH by afternoon & 2-3' OH Friday, tapering off over weekend. Good luck, stay safe.

So nobody going to fish high tide this week.Can't you just stand back a little more a cast. I am going out Thursday. At least I will get some exercise. I am going to but a chunk of bait on and see of something bites.


I fished this morning and will post an update in a separate post.

The flaw ...

I couldn’t stay away. I got breakfast at Mission while the highest morning tired receded a bit (pic below of the high mark, halfway up the beach to the bike path!!) and made my way to the water.

All things considered, the water was relatively calm. The current was a little strong but not as strong ...

Looks like fun out there. On a good bite you can throw Trout Spoons and Spinners at them. With that treble hook back there you hook mostly every bite. This can really add to your numbers plus the Hardware Perch seem to average a little bigger. Good choices are Roostertails, Small Kastmasters and ...

Nice session…
Butch