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Got three big perch this morning--two on sandworms and one on a kastmaster. One on the Kastmaster was big and fat and dripping baby perch that were bigger than my 1/2 oz kastmaster. I had read others talk about dripping babies but i had no idea the babies were so big. Fun day. My son and my buddy ...

I was fishing in the morning for 2 hours. Got five perch nothing big. Sand crabs were on the beach. But they were all very small like they just hatched. That's got to be a good sign . Only saw two big ones. But the waves got to them before I could get to them.

Nice glassy conditions from 0645 to 0820. Throwing the kastmaster, but no interest from the finned ones. Saw 4 others trying, including a fly fisherman. Hope someone caught something!

I was out there this morning, too, but I must’ve been a bit north of you as I didn’t see anyone else fishing at all.

Agreed on conditions. Pretty calm as the morning high tide receded. Little bit of a northward current but it didn’t seem persistent or even all that strong. I was trying to walk ...

Tamarack beach North jetty of the North Agua Hedionda outlet 3-15 morning. I had a few nibbles and one corbina on a 2" motor oil grub on c-rig.

I caught probably my smallest BSP ever on raw shrimp, somehow hooked him while i was untangling a knot! Saw someone pull up a pretty big perch next to me, good on him!

Personal best jacksmelt! Glassy gentle conditions from 0645 to 0820. Salad become moderate to heavy halfway into session. A few perch bites, one dink landed. All action on the chrome and orange kastmaster.

That's a pretty large jacksmelt! No skunk is a good thing; especially when salad is on the menu. Thanks for the photo!

Over the past 10+ years fishing Mission & PB beaches, never caught or seen one caught from the surf until the past 6 months or so. Perhaps the warmer than usual winter water temps ? Anyone care to opine ?? Thanks for sharing also !

Jacksmelt was not among my initial guesses when it hit! Decent fight. Maybe they are more common than we think (?) but the strategies / baits / lures surf fishermen normally throw at them doesn't result in many catches? They do occur in the diets of CA sea lions at the Channel Islands, though in ...

Perch killer wrote: Mon Mar 16, 2026 3:09 pm Over the past 10+ years fishing Mission & PB beaches, never caught or seen one caught from the surf until the past 6 months or so. Perhaps the warmer than usual winter water temps ? Anyone care to opine ?? Thanks for sharing also !

I caught one fishing with you Bill.

Nice conditions this AM notwithstanding a fairly strong surge from the SW swell. I'd like to think it was responsible for the lethargic activity. Just a lot of taps & bait stealing from dinks in the nursery. Could not get a decent hit on mussel meat, dried lugs nor Gulp sand worm. Picked off a ...

Good to you out there chasing the critters.. And enjoying all the reports from you guys fishing.. As soon as I kick this bug I’m fishing…
Butch

Got guitarfish, small ray, and legal hali on Torrey Pines today, everything on LC 110.
Guitarfish was pulling like a freight train, took good 5 minutes of fighting to land.

Congrats on the legal and other critters. I may try Black's tomorrow. Yesterday afternoon I saw many deep pockets along a wide stretch during low tide.

Got guitarfish, small ray, and legal hali on Torrey Pines today, everything on LC 110.
Guitarfish was pulling like a freight train, took good 5 ...

On the water before sunrise, there was already someone fishing in front of the lagoon. I worked my way north of the inlet, chucking the blue and chrome kastmaster into gentle rollers. Shivered my way through some missed bites, no waders today I decided. Doh! Missed a bite then lost a hooked fish ...

Went out from 4pm to 5:30. 2 perch, combined length under 10”. A few more nibbles, probably the same size. Both on camo gulp. Switched to bloodworm gulp - no takers.

Went down to mission beach to fish the HBB8 (Honey Badger Baits) tournament this morning. Tons of holes from tower 11 through 13, but they didn’t fill in til a bit later since the low tide was around 5:45am. Fished the LC 110 for a few hours, switched to c rig after some nice angler gifted me a cup ...