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Good conditions yesterday, water warming up, salad free. No sand crabs until an hour before the 8:45 high; most had no roe. Quite a few guys chucking flies, more than I usually see. Lot of mid size perch & missed on a medium size bean, unbuttoned right in front of me. Then, was not looking for this ...

Fished TP yesterday and it was weeds weeds weeds.
Every cast returned handfuls of weeds and sometimes big clumps.
Never seen it this bad, at least that I can remember. There have been days with kelp and weeds and was able to catch something, but not yesterday.

This is even better than Solunar Tables for explaining why the bite was slow. Water was too cold or too warm. Now if I could just find a way to predict when the bite was going to be good instead of an excuse for a slow bite.

Got 17 spotted bay bass at Tidelands this morning. Was doing well until ...

Biggest one for me.
4lbs 22".


Took my grandson one morning. Brought the ligth weight for him and a bigger one for me.
Plan was to set up a rod holder and soak some squid while I help him manage the smaller one.
After about 2 minutes he was not wanting to be the patient fisherman. So I decided to ...

Hit a beach yesterday am that hadn't been to since last year. Was targeting yellow fins at a reefy/rocky area of the beach. Usual perch suspects were around but being patient led to a good strike. Fish jumped to surface and got a good look, for sure a good size yfc but disappointedly a break off ...

Nothing better than getting out with family and a nice bean to boot, a bonus. Well done !

Fishing with kids is the best

A nice session I'd say. Beautiful photo of the bean.
I know the skin procedures well. Not fun but you do what you have to do.

Get on Butch, the old Blood Worms still working for you

Great pictures, thanks for sharing

Man, that corbina looks clean and healthy. Nice catching, Butch!

Good luck with the procedures.

Thanks for the report.
Good catches.

Redondo Beach Pier was full of bonito catchers this past Wednesday.

Went to one of my local little spots. Watched a guy pull up an 8” calico on shrimp, bash it over the head with a rock then filet it. Called fish and game took a few mins to get a live operator. As soon as he saw me on the phone he packed his stuff and took off before fish and game arrived. I’m going ...

I watched my friend catch this unlikely suspect last week. A quick photo, then released.

Very nice, from the surf, 22" or so ? Am I reading your scale correctly ?

Yes from the surf. About 25”. Ruler max is 24” and it was longer.

Whoa ! That's a beast, I know because I got a 22"+ model this summer & was all I could handle to get it in on light gear. Congrats on a great catch !

A spotfin is on my bucket list, that one is a monster!!