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I’ve never been to Fletcher Cove… Looks like you picked the right spot…
Butch


It's a really nice beach and has a "locals only" vibe to it. Its nestled in between two very touristy areas both north and south of it, typically fairly easy to park at, and plenty of beach space for everyone to ...

Early start at Mission Beach today, but the perch must all be at Comic-Con as I didn’t catch a single one. I wasn’t even getting many bites, the sand crabs stayed pretty much intact.

The morning was saved by a nice size croaker, which I actually caught fairly early on.

Other than that it was ...

I made it to blacks yesterday, thanks for this thread—first time. I took the glider port instructions. The scenic views and hang gliders were truly incredible. It was the first high tide of the day, and the current was ripping south with large and small vegetation roaming with it—no Bueno.
I ...

Of course, his Spiderman line got tangled with mine and get reeled into my spool.


I am always amazed at how chaotic a fishing session with our kiddos can be before anything is even caught!! But, I wouldn't trade it for the world (I just plan for some extra early weekend morning sessions by ...

SKUNKED!

I was due for a skunk session.

Lots of grass, weird tide. Nice weather, at least.

Guess I’ll just have to get back out there another day.

Back at it at Mission Beach this morning. Better conditions and was getting more bites, although only two small guys made their way to shore. A tiny perch and (I think?) a baby croaker. Must’ve felt bad for my day yesterday so it humored me

8/3 Continued…

Spent the middle of the day at the Padres game with my son, felt like throwing lines into the ocean as the sun set while wife and daughter were off doing their own thing. Nice size perch were biting fast and furious… for me at least. Son could only watch, ha. No clue why they were ...

Glad you were able to get back at it!

It happened to all of us at one time or another. Bad vibe, bad smell, wrong way of standing, who knows. Sometimes you just can’t buy a bite, and others , well it just gets embarrassing…can’t fight them off with a stick.


It makes no sense, lol. Just gotta learn to take the good days with bad ...

I had a small window to get some fishing in this morning so I headed to beach, even knowing the tide was going to be pretty far out early in the morning. Regardless, I outdid my tiny croaker from last weekend with the smallest perch I’ve caught to date, just minutes after my first cast :lol ...

The tide was out, the crabs were big and the perch were small. New personal best (worst?) for smallest perch

Caught one other little guy, though I was getting what felt like some decent bites. Just felt like getting out to the beach on a Thursday evening for some fresh ocean air.

Hit it today from 9:30 to 11. Only caught 3 perch, largest maybe 6”. Plenty of bait thief’s today. Swell was way down from Wednesday. Wind was from southernly direction at about 12 or so, kinda choppy. Saw 1 guy to the north of me, didn’t seem to be having luck.


Bait thiefs are everywhere right ...

Spent a few hours at Mission Beach again today, and showed up to calm waters and a late arriving “high” tide. Sand crabs were plentiful but the bite was pretty slow. Reeled in a few times to see my crabs picked over without even feeling bites some of the time!

Regardless, skunk avoided. Caught a ...

Good job, Perch Killer, it's funny because parking and general surface street traffic are why I wouldn't try PB! (I know it's closer for you too). I bet I am overestimating morning crowds.


I think everyone is scared of parking/traffic in PB, haha. Every now and then I get the thought of trying ...

Four hours at Mission Beach this morning starting around 6:09am… caught one perch in hour four, ha. Skunk avoided! Phew.

Pretty slow bite all morning as the tide came in (duh). Not much action save for a couple larger bites that I couldn’t land.

Still beats not fishing at all, and was a ...

Fishing makes no sense.

Went north of Mission Beach boardwalk this morning, just to switch things up a bit. Caught a couple perch early, and then a ray and a GNSF. I brought spare leader line that ran out on me, and at some point I was just fishing using main line that was all curled up for ...

Fishing makes no sense.

Went north of Mission Beach boardwalk this morning, just to switch things up a bit. Caught a couple perch early, and then a ray and a GNSF. I brought spare leader line that ran out on me, and at some point I was just fishing using main line that was all curled up for ...

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 ...

Started out with a Friday evening session with the fam, spent the majority of the time showing my son everything I’ve been learning so far and watched him pull in a perch even smaller than the ones I’ve been catching, a couple normal size perch, and a huge guitarfish. Fun watching him fight that one ...

I've been getting skunked at Torrey Pines. I've been going at night, I think the problem is the tide. The high tide is happening later and later, but I tried a few different nights. At high tide, an hour after high tide, 2 hours after high tide. Then an hour before high tide. No fish. Ok, I did ...