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Back at it at Mission Beach this morning. Better conditions and was getting more bites, although only two small guys made their way to shore. A tiny perch and (I think?) a baby croaker. Must’ve felt bad for my day yesterday so it humored me

After over a week on the sidelines with back spasms decided to give it a go this AM. Photo tells it all of conditions. The junk was washing back into the cast zone all up & down the beach, some spots would clear momentarily then fill in again. Lot of false kelp hits. That said managed a half dozen ...

Not all jetties are public, some can and are private structures. Just like you can't walk past a boat dock gate at low tide and climb up it to fish. Even public jetties can have restricted access for various reasons (like south jetty in MB). If there's a gate or signs for no fishing, just find ...

The surf definitely has gotten tough this past week. Tons of weeds at Blacks too. If I let my line sit for more than 10 seconds I was pulling in a weed ball. I nearly skunked too. But ended up with 2 in the final hour. Hope the weeds get pushed out soon and the bite turns back on.

The corbina and croaker were biting in close today. This 18” corbina ate a thumb sized soft shell and the not so common spotfin ate 2 small soft shells.

New beach for me; fished other N. County areas in the past but not this one. A very nice beach, easy close in parking, just a short walk down a ramp to the beach and great water conditions. Was hoping for some croaker & corbina action but turned out to be exclusively perch, 6 total over 2 hours ...

I got started at TP this morning from the PCH free parking area, a little after the sun came up. The first thing I saw was 3 or 4 guys standing waist deep, and I think they were fishing with lures in hopes of striper. The structure opportunities looked good. But I didn't find good crab beds! So I ...

I got on to mussel meat from one of Nick Heid's surf fishing tutorials. You can find them fresh or frozen (off the shell) at most Asian seafood markets. With fresh ones I'll salt them night before, toughens them up for better hold. Freezing any leftovers I find doesn't work well. My preference is to ...

A new beach can be a lot of fun and you caught fish.. Bill, I might try your mussel trick...You mentioned fresh or frozen, while Heid said cooked... Maybe one was a typo, or do you use cooked as well?... Have you tried clams?... I love blood worms, but can't find them local any more, since Big ...

You can blend the mussels with pulled apart cotton balls, then wrap the soaked cotton balls onto your hook, it works great. Outside of left field bait - Snails. Regular Garden Snails work great both in the Surf and Bay Fishing. Who would of thunk it? It was the Japanese Trout Fishermen at Anaheim ...

That's interesting about the cotton balls, worth a try, especially if easier to get off the hook than the thread after the perch ravage th emeat off your hook ! LOL Never heard about gardens snails, worth trying. Thanks for the info.

Midnightpass wrote: Fri Aug 08, 2025 10:27 am Nice spot fin... It's been a while since I've managed one...
Butch

You would get them if you were fishing where they are, Butch.

I am starting to feel too lucky....It's gonna end. However, if you were there, Butch, you would have caught this fish today, at Torrey Pines Lifeguard Station 4 in the middle of the day amidst a sea of swimmers. Nuts. I hooked another, but a family member lost it at the beach....I could have lost it ...

I had a small window to get some fishing in this morning so I headed to beach, even knowing the tide was going to be pretty far out early in the morning. Regardless, I outdid my tiny croaker from last weekend with the smallest perch I’ve caught to date, just minutes after my first cast :lol ...

Got back out this morning after grouting/caulking the shower last week.
Fished with LC from 6:30 to 7:15, got nothing
7:30 to 8:20 switched to crabs, only caught 4 small perch. Oh well, better than grouting a shower
Planning on another go at it on Friday

There is a big pop in the ratio of YFC to other species today between South Torrey Pines and mid Del Mar. Does someone know that this is typical for August? With a leopard and two guitars, a smattering of perch, a corbina, and lots of YFC, I had my best numbers day today with over 20 fish. No ...

The tide was out, the crabs were big and the perch were small. New personal best (worst?) for smallest perch

Caught one other little guy, though I was getting what felt like some decent bites. Just felt like getting out to the beach on a Thursday evening for some fresh ocean air.

Went to Carlsbad area 8/13 for my second try at the surf. It was slower this time with a ton of wave action. Got one decent perch. Wasn’t going great, so I hit the little Batiquitos lagoon jetty and caught several baby sand bass, a baby calico, and a rock wrasse. Went a little farther south for the ...

A short late AM session just south of pier. Clean water, better than expected conditions, tide incoming at about 4' at 10 am. Lug worms & mussel the bait of choice today. Good perch bite, best 2 hits turned out to be 2 guitar fish, both around 2'. 6 perch in the mix, all 6-8". Called it at 11:30 as ...

Hit it today from 9:30 to 11. Only caught 3 perch, largest maybe 6”. Plenty of bait thief’s today. Swell was way down from Wednesday. Wind was from southernly direction at about 12 or so, kinda choppy. Saw 1 guy to the north of me, didn’t seem to be having luck.