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Just have to remember all the Flotsam up at the high water mark will be in the water . Hit it at slack may not be to bad . Good Luck

My high tide limit is 5 - 5.5 ft. I'll fish an incoming up to say that range but not over, end of session. Never had anything good come out of fishing 6 - 7' tides.

Got out this morning for couple hours just before the high tide. Usual bait stealing critters hard at work, just nibblers for almost 2 hours without a single good hit. Finally one committed, an 8" bsp on mussel meat. Fish seemed to like the dried lugworms better but just tail biters, even tipped a ...

The secret to the big Tides is to fish the smaller of the two Tides that day. The fish are still all worked up from the big Tide but the smaller Tide with less current is more fishable.

A local beach friend of mine said he saw a corbina right in front of him. I pinned on a fresh crab and just a few minutes later I felt the familiar tap-tap, tap-tap-tap and then bam! Another late season corbina.

I fish when I can so I may end up in it. My plan is depending on current direction I'll probably end up on the pier just to check that off my curiosity list.

At least you got out & gave it a go . . . those bigger hi tides can be a challenge. Thanks for the report

No skunk and on the beach.... Plus, plus... Thanks for the report...
Butch

You could always fish in the afternoon when the tide is lower
https://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Mission-Beach/tides/latest


Yes, I think that’s what I’ve settled on doing. Not sure why this didn’t occur to me, haha. Day off, breakfast, and then hitting the beach for some later morning ...

Sounds like some good outdoor time .
The picture conveys the sense of a beautiful day .

Try adding some Cotton to your Mussels. You can really “ bag it” in the threads. Stays on plus grabs the Perches teeth upping your hook set ratio.

There is a product called spawn net . Small mesh fabric , mostly used for salmon eggs ,but should work for Mussel as well . One brand I remember ,Atlas Mikes .

Try finding some bigger mussel and use the lip. You can feed it up the hook, like a worm, and it will both stay on the hook well and look like a worm as you retreive it slowly toward shore. I've also found that if you crush mussel you can use the meat with a bit of shell attached...as this is how ...

6:00 am till 8:00 am. Caught 7 Perch. The bite was crazy right From the start. Two of the fish Were caught as soon as the bait hit the water ,on the drop. It did not get that bad. It was kind of cool watching the tide come out that. I would walk out and cast as the water is receding and then I will ...

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

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 ...

Got out about 645
Heavy surf heavy salad
Incoming tide

Couple light taps early, waves were reaching the built up sand piles by 730. Due to load out I had to call it there. Moved over to the bay. Lots of literal garbage in the water.

Still enjoyed not touching a spreadsheet but 7'6" is definitely ...

I fished Carlsbad near lifeguard tower 36 around high tide. There was one other angler there. He was using what looked like a camo sandworm. I didn't see him catch anything. I was using a 1" red with blue flake curly tail grub and caught one BSP. I had another pull the hook off because I neglected ...

Sounds like a good session to me Joe. Thanks for the report.