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Its always interesting to see these types of responses and learn that I'm doing things the opposite of the correct way almost every time, haha. No wonder I have such little luck. I've always cast with the wind, with the thought process being my bait would naturally move/float on its own and not ...

You can always bypass the middleman and hit up alpine fisheries. Their schedule makes it hard sometimes. If you wanna fish early, they aren’t open early so it’s either fish a late morning/evening or buy the night before

jwacky wrote: Mon Jan 05, 2026 12:40 pm My first corbina, in my first year of surf fishing.

That is really cool!
I have never caught a Corbina.
Thanks for sharing and tight lines

I went through and picked out some of my favorites from the year. This was my second year back in the game after years out, and at times it felt a little foolish trying to do a bit of everything. It felt a bit like whack-a-mole trying to keep up with the surf, the lagoons, and freshwater but the ...

Favorites from 2025

Was hoping for a 20 pound+ lake trout last year, but never got one that topped my present PB of 18.05 But I did end the year with a bang, catching this 34 inch, 14.40 pound laker on Dec. 31st.
https://hosting.photobucket.com/9f7514ee-5d51-4565-99af-ffc693d7802c/cd0c87bd-d7dc-4628-9928-e3dacf8ce1d3 ...

Nothing spectacular this year...
This one was notable because it was the first trip after a big medical issue....and was just happy to get back out there. A fat stocker from Tuff Campground, near Tom's Place, caught using a homemade spinner and some Oxford commas.

Trip to Alaska this summer

This miso marinade is easy and delicious. I bake whole fish (rock, sheep, perch) in the over for about 45 min then the family devours.

https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-nobu-miso-marinated-black-cod-117238#post-recipe-11824

Ingredients
1/4 cup sake
1/4 cup mirin
1/4 cup white miso paste
3 ...

Just got to love those Bay Groupers. If you absolutely, positively, have to get bent, they are the go-to fish. Most of the methods are similar to Largemouth, in fact last week I got 7 Spotties on a Jig after lunch at Newport Harbor and then stopped at my local Park Pond, threw the same Jig for three ...

Well. I’ve had my moments of luck so far, but nothing quite like this one yet. Fishing one of my go to spotty spots, and was working my last few casts before heading back to the car. It was after sunset, and I had seen a few small ripples on the water. I had a free rig tied in with a 3” fluke, so I ...

A steady, if unspectacular small to medium BSP bite.. Ended with 15-20 perch on B2B sand crabs… The perch were smaller than what I was getting in Pacific Beach a week or two ago… Water was cooler, with surf manageable.. Little to no salad to deal with… A buddy managed a 15" corb, but that was the ...

Way to beat the skunk… you’ll have better days… Glad you cold get out…
Butch

Got out for a late afternoon/sunset session last Thursday. Plenty of sand crabs but unless softshell or with roe, not getting hit. Half dozen or so of the usual hand size perchies, nothing bigger than 8". Had 2 good non perch hits and fish were on momentarily then unbuttoned. Suspect large corbina ...

Nice comeback… Your son will remember the one that got a way…
Butch

On the sand at 6am, an hour after the earlier minus low. Targeted hali's with swim baits for about 45 minutes but no takers, just one bump. Switched over to c - rig and got on to the perch right away. Pulled in 8 over next hour, usual 6-8" but one 10 that wrestled pretty good. All on soft shell ...

...and 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...


Sounds like a fun session :)

As for sand crabs, I use a homemade ...

Sometimes the current can be your friend . Even a small trough or hole can hold fish that are just waiting for the current to bring them the food . Lazy bastards . Even strong longshore current can make a difference . If you see the current sweeping into the darker areas indicating even minimally ...

At least you made the effort… Better than me..
Butch

Funky tides during times I like to fish so took this week off. Bonus points to you for giving it a go. You're putting in the time & over due to connect. Hang in there bud.