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There's always a few cuts right at the trail to the gliderport, but I tend to find most success near the north trail by the golf course.
Dumb question, but what is a cut? I checked out Blacks this evening near the North Trail, it was a low-ish incoming tide. It all looked like smooth beach to ...

Rattus wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:31 pm Neuroshima, thanks. I had known them as rips or channels, but see its the same concept. I can spot them from elevation but have a very difficult time seeing them on the beach.

I watch the top of the waves as they come in, and look for where the white foam disappears.

Rattus wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:31 pm Neuroshima, thanks. I had known them as rips or channels, but see its the same concept. I can spot them from elevation but have a very difficult time seeing them on the beach.

I also go to https://hdontap.com/#beach and watch the surf cams to "practice" reading the water.

Very nice! Love seeing some YFC on the fly.

Nothin’ better than catching on your own made gear… And nice fish too..
Butch

... improving shore based bluegill fishing

Water is warming. Fish should begin spawning over the next few months.

If you are limit to being on foot and unable to fish deeper from a boat/tube/yak then the fish will be more accessible in the shallows in the morning and evening.

A couple from a two ...

Hit up lake Henshaw this morning for some fly fishing for carp which is one of my favorite yearly trips. The last few years there hasn’t been very many cloopers on the surface so I have been mostly nymphing using the drag and drop or dabbing techniques. Today the carp were not making them self ...

I actually saw and popped my head in today with them! Was curious about what kind of flies you're using to target bass for Barrett as I have many trips planned this season there.


Flies For Barrett:

Sub Surface

Clouser minnows: All white, grey/white, olive/white, chartreuse/white, red/white ...

Took the kayak out this time and fished the flats of a local lake. I have my stripping basket on an h-bar so I was able to sight fish effectively… and was super fun until the wind picked up. Got a couple carp and a catfish. Was fishing the flies below which are a Montana hybrid and a loco moco fly.

The past two weekends I've been going out with Tubefly . I've been exclusively sight fishing for Carp, but Bill doesn't have the patience and vicinity-fishes with an indicator. I got four carp last week and six yesterday, and lost a whole bunch more. But more importantly, I had the most shots on ...

Fair to excellent Calico fishing the last 3-4 weeks. Even with the red tide at times, we could find fish in patches of clearer water, but the catching has been better since the water cleared.

Flies, jigs, spinnerbaits all about equally effective. I have only been using flies. Best catching occurs ...

Hit up blacks this morning throwing out the fly in the surf… not great conditions with very choppy surf at close tidal intervals so there was a lot of sand messing up the clarity of the water. It was also an outgoing tide which is not my favorite but it was the only time and date I could go this ...

I got 10 on a 3.5" popper and 5 on a 3.5 minnow. Later got 12 more on bass gear.

Borderbasser got over 40 on topwater and swimbaits.

He got 2 back to back toads right in fftont of me when i was eating lunch.

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Great work. We have been using indicators in the bay sometimes for over ten years and I wrote my first article about the technique back in 2017. As you have found, it works pretty well at times. Fun too.

Some local fly fishing guides have also used the technique. We all started playing with this ...

The indicator is an "Under-Cator" from Sierra Drifters Guide Service.

https://sierradrifters.com/product/under-cator-strike-indicator/

We have them at Stroud Tackle.

For the bay and local lakes they work pretty will with a fixed amount of leader below them. The leader can be wrapped around the ...

I'm not sure how I feel about a bobber for bay fishing. When I use one for trout I have to go to confession afterwards...

Lots of small bonito locally in the ocean.

Troll a small crocodile lure until hooking up, put engine in neutral, cast the fly. Catch one or two or a half dozen. After a few casts with no grabs rinse and repeat.

If you fish with a light drag this size will take you into your backing.

Haven't seen ...

What a blast! Would surface poppers bring them to the surface?


Yes, under the right conditions. Went out again yesterday and caught a bunch on a crease fly in addition to a clouser. A couple of dozen each.

Fish a crease fly, pencil popper, or small foam popper on a floating or intermediate ...

More trips since last week still see lots of bonito locally. Maybe even more than before.

Todays trip hooked up immediately on dropping back a couple of crocodiles to troll to search for fish. Hit within seconds. Caught a couple more casting the croc then switched to the fly rods and a size 4 ...

Crowley and Mary fishing great! Midges and Hornbergs killing it at Crowley..doesn't get any better! Most fish are up at the mouth of the Owens. A long kick from the Green banks. Mary was giving up nice 14"-19" fish on black leeches with a flashback hares ear trailer stripped in 4'-8' of water. I ...