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Paul,
Most of my scheduled trips as a guide do not include us picking and choosing tides. The customers have an itinerary once they are here, and flight schedules going home. Therefore, I have learned you can catch fish anytime. Tidal flow is always better, but when you are stuck in an ebb, I found ...

Started at sunrise. Hit the mooring field while waiting for friends. I was throwing a skunk buster 3/8 oz tube and had 5 by the time they got on the water. Great day of fishing out there with the wind and swell. Ended the day with 20 spotties, 1 ugly ass guitar fish, 3 halibut (1 being legal that ...

My son and I fished SD bay yesterday from about 7am to 1030am. Started at the Bali Hai by the docks and scratched out 1 micro spottie, then drove to the harbor area and picked up a couple small kelp bass by Island Prime and behind Coasterra. Water was pretty clear and no smell. Only those 3 small ...

Hit the water at 6:30am off by 11:45.
Grey skies, 5 Kt east/SE breeze , constant
Tide still, but going out soon.
I hadn't been out in many , many moons...
I recently tuned up the yamaha 25 - 4/S, added a saltwater rated troll Motor & replaced the batteries marked 5/16 ...😆
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I launched by the bridge on Saturday morning, water was usual clarity. Got 22 spotties long lining soft swimbaits on 5/16-3/8 ounce jig heads from my tube in 25-40' of water, mostly 11-15". Long lining in deep water is my desperation method when nothing else works.

Usually have 50+ days on the bay a year but today was only my second time out in 2024. Had a friend in town who's a beginner and always wants to get on the water when he's around, especially since I started taking him to the bay instead of lakes.

Rented a boat at Seaforth in Coronado and headed ...

I was out at Zuniga that day and there was an absolute zero bass bite there which was strange, especially with 4-6" anchovy in the bait tank. Looks like they moved further into the bay or more than likely your mom keeping you happy

Hadn't been out for 4 months and I finally made it out Saturday afternoon. Fished from 5PM to 7PM and my buddy and I caught about 45 spotties. Fished just south of the bridge in about 15 feet of water. All fish caught on 3/8 oz jigheads and 4 inch shad tails. We first tried off the cays, but didn't ...

Saw large schools of 2" slough anchovies in the harbor I was fishing in today. The clear curly tail grub worked better than anything else I tried (full disclosure: did not try a junebug craw though). I used the same lure as 2 weeks ago when I got the 26.8 lb halibut, lure shown below for reference ...

Was hoping for a day like others described yesterday but no dice. Plenty of water moving but couldn’t find them bunched up. No luck on the Buts but didn’t spend much time there. Maybe better in the afternoon? When they were biters, these did the trick.

Early morning is usually the best time. Find the eel grass and eventually you’ll hook up into some bass. Also when in doubt, go smaller and lighter on the jigs.

I had my third ever bay session Tuesday. Got there around 6:45am and fished until the windy stormy weather ran me off. Launched the canoe from J street marina and drifted toward the cays. Ended up with a mackerel, 5 spotties and a 21 or 22 inch corvina. I love the bay fishing, but it is a 6 hour ...

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Homemade chatterbait, 10lb mono.

I took me 10 tries to get her in the net. Evertime I got her head in, she would back out and shoot down. This fish knew exactly what a net was and exactly how to avoid it. I finally got her in because she was ...

I look forward to each set of photos you share, they’re always mind blowing!

Absolute tank. There’s no line class record for 10lb, it’s all yours! For all the stories I’ve heard of someone losing “ a 4ft long halibut at the net”, you got her in the bag! Time for a gaff.

I tend to agree on the perch this year. so many around that its almost just luck if a bean or croaker get to your sand crab before they do. A lot of surf guys, including myself, are having the same experience trying to get the corbinas working the shallows to hit their presentation. As one member of ...

Pistachio-sized sand crabs on a Carolina rig with size 4-6 circle hooks has been absolutely slaying. Barred surfperch are biting like they haven’t eaten in months. Corbina and yellowfin croaker are as plentiful as the sand crabs right now. I can’t remember a summer this good!

Stuck a solid YFC on a clouser this afternoon in MB. Next cast hooked a ripper that pulled 30ft of line out of my hands, put a tad too much pressure and snapped off 8# leader. Been a tough winter for me so happy for this fish. Also first fly outing in months. Cheers to the new site
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Nice. Looks like the season is finally starting to heat up.

Rattus wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2023 3:42 pm Solid fish! Green/White Clouser?

Yep. Floating line with a 12ish ft leader. I like using the floating line in shallow bay spots. I gotta hit strouds and refresh my clouser supply. Bought some from Amazon last year and they were poor quality.