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Nice! It's always fun when you land that cast directly into a fish's mouth, haha.

The tide is cool to see, for sure. When I first pulled up Monday I was surprised at how calm it was... until I realized it was because the tide was already up the slope of the beach into the soft sand part! It was ...

I'll be out tomorrow early probably staying into peak high. Plan to hit the pier pilings and then trying to hit that shelf that's normally out of water. Will report on it.

Thinking the sand crab nursery under the pier will actually be in a foot or 2 of water and accessible to some larger fish. And ...

That's exactly why I wear a vest, and clip my cheap flip-flops to the vest.... Nothing to set down... Just stroll the beach... My fishing buddy lost a pair of sandals... Leaving them under a life guard tower...
Butch

Took the day off to create a four-day weekend, so I headed to the shore for some fishing.

Mussels were the bait du jour.

I got there close to 6:30 and fished until about 9:00. Relatively calm morning while the tide was out, but as the clouds burned off and the tide started to come in, the wind ...

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served, and special recognition to the families of those who served as well.

Today was pretty much a copy & paste of yesterday at MB. Relatively calm morning, and between 6:00 - 9:00 I was catching a steady stream of perch. Smaller than yesterday, but more spread ...

Oooh a walleye at MB don't see much of that. Looks like a great day and it looks like the incoming front and flat tide has them fired up!

Quality perch... Love the wallies...
Butch

Quality perch... Love the wallies...
Butch


Thank you. Did not know what a Wallie was. Had to look it up.


They taste pretty good too!! I feel like they're a bit more oily/buttery tasting than the barred surf perch. My profile pic is one because I just loved how the first one I caught at MB ...

Great day of fishing, so glad to see the big ones coming in now. Thanks for the report!

Fished Mission Beach from 6:30-10:00. Beautiful morning out there, and I was almost disappointed because I’d wanted to try some new rain gear I’d gotten :lol:

Instead, it was all sunshine and literal rainbows.

The current was a little strong at times but certainly manageable/navigable. Once I ...

Finally headed north. I struggle reading the beach in PB wondering if I lost the ability or if it was just that smooth structure wise. Welp there was definitely a lot more to read in Solana. Caught 8 perch all in the average model one pushing 10 but no dinks or bait pickers.

And finally caught ...

Glad to see the quality is going up there. I think it's spawn time for them soon. Were you fishing closer to the jetty or pier?


I might have to try a Lucky Craft next time. Always wanted to catch one on a LC.


I picked up a few battlestars on Monday but was not brave enough to tie one on to ...

Beautiful fish! Great to hear the water is clearing. I wonder if it's because the swells are coming from the NW so it can brush the kelp away when the current is moving south?

Thanks for the report!

The mornings are starting to get a little chilly!! Hard to feel the bait as I set up the early casts 🥶

Shorter hours for me today since the bite died earlier than yesterday, and I used that experience to just shut things down instead of holding out hope for any last nibbles. First cast was in the ...

Pre-holiday report from Mission Beach. Calm and clean surf this morning, and fished the incoming low tide up to almost its peak. Hooray for holiday time off from work! It feels like it’s been a while since there has been “fishing hours” tides of less than 6’ down here so it was a nice change of pace ...

Man today was weird...
Hit incoming for the first time in a month. Low tide and day break coincided wave power at a complete zero rating. Man it felt all lined up.

On the water by 630 absolutely nothing til about 830 then 3 on back to back casts. Then nothing. Went for a late breakfast at Ki's ...

Beautiful morning out at Mission Beach today; fished the outgoing tide from 6:30 until about 8:30, very calm waters with very little north/south current, and very clean (bordering on clear by the end of my session!). Very light crowds… everyone must’ve been sleeping off the damage they did on ...

Hello all,

Had this entire week off, and decided to try "Jwacky's" suggestion for using mussel meat.

I bought a pack of frozen mussels from H-Mart.... What a WEEK!

I caught so many high quality fish! Slab perch, Giant smelt, and several BIG corbina.

I had 2 days with over 20 fish.

For the sake ...

Nice going, definitely a good outing. Perch that size are fun

Quality perch.. Glad the king tides worked for you.. They were predicting some surf along with the tides up here in OC/LA so I didn't go out... Maybe I should have...
Butch