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I don't know if they still do but Santee Lakes would give a free pass for every 5 carp turned in.

Although it is illegal, chumming with corn works and the odds of being ticketed are close to 0. I certainly won't turn you in.

At Henshaw, you might get to see a bald eagle dropping down and pulling ...

First time posting here. Fished Spanish Landing Monday and Wednesday nights. Big school of corvina on Monday, a lot of spotties and one barred sand bass on Wednesday. Fast action from about 8 to 10:15 pm. Success came on kalins solid black 5 inch lunker grubs on 3/8th oz Walmart lead heads for both ...

Cancelled my freshwater plans after the rain. Slept in all morning. Jumped in the water at 9:45(slack tide) calm and empty. Got bit right off.

I had a 1/4oz jig on 6lb and 1/2oz jig on 8lb. Crawling them deep in the middle of the bay. I got out at 12:30 cause it got crowded and windy.

Ended with ...

Really solid Halibut fishing in the bay the last couple of weeks from skiffs, kayak, and shore. Using sardines, smelt, and double rig with underspin and white gulp swimbaits.

Been a while since I checked the new site. Here's a couple small ones from this past weekend.

I was fishing South shores. In the morning between 6:30 and 11:30, caught a lot of bass. Over 15 at least lost count. I used z man TRD bugz Texas rigged. And a trolled chartreuse, white spinnerbait.

I manage to make only 4 good sized smelt and fished spanish landing for 3 hours.

Scratched a few bass on artificial and a couple smelt and caught a 20 inch hali

Difficult to get bait, but my dad and I did manage to catch some in the morning and afternoon. The bite was really good yesterday with plenty of bites throughout the day. I broke off on a few fish, one of which felt like a decent ray or guitarfish. I also missed a few bites and pulled the hook on a ...

bassman wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 7:22 pm

Nick Arevalo wrote: Mon May 29, 2023 3:20 pm Not sure why all of my pictures post sideways on here.

Nice catch @Nick Arevalo! What type of bait were you guys using?

Sometimes pictures post sideways, especially when uploaded from an iPhone.
Here is how to quickly rotate them:
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Live smelt

A 0530 launch turned into a 0730 launch because I was dreaming about fishing instead of actually fishing; the bite was better in my sleep.

It was an overcast morning with the fiesta island beach filling up fast. The sun looked like it wanted to come through, but just an hour later we got some ...

The original post was written by DJ Thrillz . Unfortunately it was lost along with the old SDFish forums.
This is an amazing article that will help you catch fish in SD bay, so I figured it has to be re-posted here.

The fishing in SD Bay is simply amazing. You basically have a buffet of fish to ...

Thanks for posting this. The San Diego bay images look like they might be lost to the ether. His Mission Bay article was posted on a different site and is recoverable. It even includes a great pdf of the bay with all the points articulated.

https://surffishingsocalsd.com/bay-fishing-the-ins-and ...

I fished the low tide. 6:00am to 9:00am. Caught 13 fish. Biggest was 14 inches.

I decided I wanted to get into fishing to have something to do with my kids. Went out alone for the first time just to test the waters. Thanks to the tips on the site, I got 3 spotties in 3 hours and quit when something strong snapped my leader.

Hello SDFISH,
Caught this bad boy in the south bay. I was lucky ran into them that day. First hooked up bend my hook, second one landed it. Measured at 25" and 4.36 Lbs. I have see them in the past but they are not interested in my lures.

Got out 1/2/24 after work for 1.5 hours. Fished the ned rig just outside the cays for 6-7 spotted bay bass. Slow outgoing tide, didnt see much bait and the bites were very soft. Biggest fish was ~12.5", nothing special of a day but good to get out.

https://youtu.be/XVzV7a76CUM?si=XGlIU3_5M3EBbYTS

Rented a skiff to bond with my son. Didn’t have hi expectations especially since we are beginners. Was about to call it a day and he snagged a legal halibut on live sardine. He was so pumped and now is addicted.

Most of its the nuisance size trash but I did see boards and such that would do damage to your hill and motor. That trash could stop water intake too. I had to lift up my motor to free a stick and other things several times. I heard MB was bad too.

The usual suspects at TL this morning (buts and spotties) when this was caught. I wish I could say it was on a fly, but it was on a dead drifted anchovy. Small soupfin? Sorry for the poor quality photo, the sun was behind me.

Fished with Gotfish in the South Bay.

I got 17 spotties and one corvina.

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The small greenish ScorcherZ tube baits got most of the fish, a few bit a texas-rigged powerbait grub in a candy corn color. Nothing on the bucktails, underspins, tailspins ...