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Mike M wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 1:01 pm I used a single hook gangion and small soft shells to catch these guys at RAT Beach this morning. IMG_5218.jpeg

Nice Mike... Thanks for the heads up on the forum coming back... I finally got a chance to sign up this am....
Butch

Mike,
I think that is a black croaker, also known as a china croaker...
Butch

https://www.pierfishing.com/black-croaker/

Nice size black croaker

Either way, cool catch. I've never caught one

We did our yearly trip to Tulum Mexico... We meet a bunch of friends down there every year and it's not a fishing trip... I fish an hour or less, some days, while my bride lounges under a palapa... This area is getting more devoid of sea life every year... They are constantly cleaning up the ...

I was up early because of the time change. I checked the cams on Surfline and Torrey Pines looked very inviting. I fished the south of the side lagoon entrance around Tower 4. I read the beach and found a channel that was leading out from the shore. Around the channel there was a nice drop off and ...

I'll 100% that ! Might be your lifetime best from the sand for a single sesh especially this time of year. Really nice & mucho congrats. Have to ask however about the surf conditions up your way & if as bad as SD today? The NW swell & wash machine surf conditions kept a lot of shore pounders off our ...

Right on Mike, a session to make anyone jealous. Much congrats

Pretty amazing session, thanks for posting!

Nice fish especially that jailbird in the surf

Way to go Mike!…. What a session!… Was everything on sand crabs?.. I went with out today, but did nowhere near what you did… You put the work in, and it shows…
Butch

Some very fine fish there. Fighting them must be really fun. Congrats!

That is a dream sesssion, especially for this time of year. Way to go Mike!!!
You definitely put in the time and effort and today you got a nice paycheck for all those casting deposits into the sea!!

Another nice winter corbina Mike… WTG…
Butch

Very MacGyver Sand Crab Trap. The water temperature seems to be hovering above 60, 62 in the afternoon on the beach today. Those Corbina are starting to fatten up, soon the Grunion runs. Then they get really fat. Should be a good year as the 5 year old class fish begin to show up shallow and hungry ...

Another nice winter corb Mike. Those homemade soft shells work pretty darn good..
Butch

Well had a good trip and saw some of natures spectacles . Surf was big on most beaches , cities had all access and parking roped off to keep us looky loos out . Locals reported some rescues and recoveries due to unwary people . One of the lots where my wife and I usually set up optics for watching ...

Thanks Mike... As I was leaving there was a guy prep'ing to launch his fishing kayak... The surf was fairly big and rough... I talked to him while he was getting ready.. Says he launches there quite a bit... He wasn't a young or particularly in shape guy either... Man, he has a lot more stones than ...

Got out to PB on Tuesday this week. Tide was about an hour coming in off the earlier -0.1 low; water temp was probably about 58. Found a decent hole straight out from PB Drive (about 1/4 mi south of pier). Started with a jerk bait for hali's but too much salad, mostly heavy grass. Before going to a ...

Arrived around 7:30a.m. Almost nobody out there, which maybe should’ve been a sign that the fish weren’t there, either! No takers for either the sand crabs or Gulp worms.

Got a few nibbles (I think), saw a few small rays, but left when the surf camps started arriving and the current was ...