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New to the forum and happy to post about all the nothing I catch, mostly at Murray, haha.

Kinda sorta got into fishing with my son in 2020 when it was about the only thing going, desperate for any activity that took us out of the house. Have recently gotten back into it, maybe for the past 6-7 ...

Very new to surf fishing (and this forum, for that matter). Overcast skies but I’ve been looking forward to fishing all week. Headed out after work, was there 5:30-7:30.

Little bit of kelp but I’ve seen worse in my short surf fishing career. Caught one perch, better than catching no perch.

Went out first thing this morning with no luck whatsoever, but the water was clean, the sun was shining (in eastern San Diego, anyway), so I headed back out this evening.

Skunk avoided! One small perch, followed by a second, slightly larger perch. Had a third on the line but it broke free as it ...

Midday trip to Solana Beach/Fletcher Cove for some fishing and family time. Sand crabs were a little tough to come by but caught 6 perch (personal record for a session!) on both blood and camo Gulp sand worms. Surf was on the heavier side, little bit of kelp, but all in all a fun day on the shore ...

Arrived around 7:30a.m. Almost nobody out there, which maybe should’ve been a sign that the fish weren’t there, either! No takers for either the sand crabs or Gulp worms.

Got a few nibbles (I think), saw a few small rays, but left when the surf camps started arriving and the current was ...

Back at it this morning at Mission Beach, taking advantage of some paid time off stretching things into a four day weekend. Shook my morning skunk sessions so now I at least know it’s possible at the time of the day, haha.

Couple of small perch within about 5 minutes of each other. Beautiful ...

Today’s lesson learned is that I should probably keep at least a little bit of an eye on surf conditions before heading out. South Mission Bay at the peak of morning high tide was brutal. Heavy surf, lots of grass.

A small 3” bait fish of some sort washed up at my feet at some point so I’m not ...

:shock: ok good, at least I know it wasn’t “just me.” That was bananas out there.


The inshore buoys were showing 6 to 7 feet this morning. Probably the biggest surf we'll see until October. The beaches fish better when the buoys are reading below 3'.

Some conditions links here: https://larryl ...

:shock: ok good, at least I know it wasn’t “just me.” That was bananas out there.


The inshore buoys were showing 6 to 7 feet this morning. Probably the biggest surf we'll see until October. The beaches fish better when the buoys are reading below 3'.

Some conditions links here: https ...

Nice, calm evening on the water tonight! Bigger crowds as we get into the heart of summertime but still plenty of room to fish.

Reeled in four total perch between my daughter and I. One for me on with a sand crab on my new rod and reel (went with a Penn Squadron III and Spinfisher VI), three for ...

At least you were out there. Me? I was sitting in an office building all day.

Been itching to get out, arrived around 6:30 and fished until 9:30 or so. Took a while to get any bites although I was feeling lazy and didn’t move much from where I set up. Ended up with three small perch on Gulp sandworms (blood) all caught very close to shore.

Still looking for my first fish ...

… I rarely fish more than one beach per session…

It’ll be a long time before I have the time/energy to beach hop, especially in San Diego in the summer. I’ll commit to one in the morning but the last thing I feel like dealing with after a couple hours of standing in the ocean is finding parking ...

Arrived by 6:30, never seen the tide so far out there! Not that I’ve been going for any truly significant amount of time but it was way out. Couldn’t even really find many crabs for a bit.

Took about an hour to get my first hit, but as the tide came in I got 5-6 perch, all fairly small.

First ...

Another nice morning out at South Mission. I had bait in the water by 6:30, and again took about an hour for the first bite. I used sand crabs from start to finish, caught 5-6 perch and…

… my first corbina! The darn thing kept running as it hit the sand but I eventually got it in. Brought it home ...

Good to meet you as well Joe, enjoyed sharing some sand with you this morning. Glad for you to get that nice corbina. They're a nice mild tasting, firm but not fishy. Hope you and your family enjoy it. I'm sure we'll run into each other again.


Had a nice little lunch of fried corbina, very ...

Hello, I am going out to SD to try the surf for the first time this weekend. Most likely Friday and Saturday. I have kayak fished the bays a couple of times, but I want to try the surf just to experience it. I have been researching the best I can. Just wondering if there is a particular beach that ...

Felt like getting out after the work week. Still some summer crowds so took it easy and waited for the swimmers to tire out. Decent amount of folks fishing, some catching stuff some not.

As for myself, caught a few Walleyes and a nice sized BSP before packing it up. Nice evening overall, gorgeous ...

My son wanted to get in on the fishing action and asked to try some north county beaches. We attempted South Carlsbad State beach and Tamarack beach but shorelines were either too small or far too crowded to enjoy it.

Settled on Fletcher Cove (my personal favorite beach for relaxing), battled a ...

Wrapping up the morning at Mission Beach, arrived around 6:30 with pretty much the entire beach to myself. Caught a croaker early on (my first!), a walleye, and then around 8:30-8:45 pulled in 4-5 BSP in the span of 10–15 minutes.

Must’ve been getting bites after that rush because I was pulling in ...