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6:30 to 9:30. Caught 11 perch. All good size. They were hitting the bait hard today. All around 11 to 13 inches. I cast out my bait and noticed I had a wind knot. So as I was untangling it all I could think about was my leader getting tangled. Then a Perch took my bait. So I was on tangling my line ...

Spent 2 hours at Dana Point Jetty, tried lures, squid, shrimp and lugeworms and didn't get a bite. The last half hour pulled out the old trusty night crawlers and was instantly bit. Ended up catching 10 white perch the last 30 minutes

I walked south Mission Beach just before sunset with the family. Really wanted to check out peak low tide, and it was pretty crazy to see!! We were able to walk out what felt like forever. Those large birds we typically see nose diving into the water way off in the distance were easily within ...

Finally got back out to Mission Beach after last week’s king tides. Fished the outgoing tide from about 6:30 - 9:00. The water wasn’t super clean, with seaweed scattered on the shore and in the water. Thankfully, it wasn’t floating in huge clumps so I was able to avoid it pretty easily.

As for the ...

Fished the outgoing tide at Mission Beach from 6:30 until about 9:00am. Really calm surf, but also a little breezy. Overcast, cool weather. The water was very clean, though, which is always nice!

The bite was slower than Saturday. I caught a couple on my first two casts within 15 minutes of ...

From Friday. This one came about 3 feet from the sand, right at the drop-off, probably no more than 2-3 feet deep. This trough ran about 40 yards parallel to the beach adjacent to a small reef. I believe baitfish use these depressions to move up and down the shoreline and just beneath the white ...

7 till 9 in the morning. Caught 5 Perch. Nothing over 8 inches. Alot of grass. It was warmer than I expected.

First time out in the surf in about four years and it was productive one. Fished from 7 to 9am, conditions were calm. Some salad in the water but stuck it out with the Carolina rig. Was able to get four good ones all about 9 inches and a baby halibut. A ton of bites and all in all,

Headed out today 730-10 fished the incoming to peak. Current was ripping south salad not so bad but lots kelp floaters to dodge.
3 caught small medium and large. This one is are is real close to my so cal PB. 12.75 on a rough measure.

Looks like I was just a bit south of @Jteo this morning at Mission Beach and my experience was similar. Incoming tide, sporadic kelp floaters, and a current that was indeed ripping to the south. I was generally able to avoid the mess in the water other than one minor surgery that needed to be ...

Absolutely beautiful morning at Mission Beach 8-)

It actually started a bit messy and a bit slow; current was swirling and the waves were crashing a little hard. Took almost 45 minutes to get any action and when I did, it was a perch about the size of my pointer finger!

Glad I stuck it out ...

Went out this morning from 6:45 to 9:30. Caught 2 perch each about 6”. Caught 1 on LC, the other on camo gulp. Tried shrimp for awhile, no luck. Caught 1st fish just past 7 am. Seaweed was brutal until about 8:30 or so. Saw 1 other guy to the north of me, he lasted about 1/2 hr. Gave up because of ...

Went out to get some more rain time in 6:30-9. Grass and kelp was non existent til the very end current definitely weaker. Caught 10-15 perch mainly in the small to medium range. Using predominately the honey badger paddle tail and a few on gulp.

I got out one last time before this storm rolls through but was already seeing some of the effects at Mission Beach this morning between 6:30-9:00.

Wind and strong currents to the north made fishing feel like a bit more of a chore than I’d like for it to be, but I did still manage to reel in four ...

Over the last few weeks I have been skunked several times at Tamarack. I always use a Carolina rig with some kind of grub. Not even any bites.

Not the greatest report for Mission Beach this morning from 6:30 until about 9:00. Very cold air temperature, so much that I eagerly anticipated getting my feet in the water after re-baiting to warm back up. Never thought I’d say that with regards to the Pacific Ocean!

Calm surf, mild currents, but ...

I was at Tamarack and Agua Hedionda this afternoon. Each cast brought in massive amounts of seaweed. I quit because it was too much.

After taking a month off from the sand, met up with @Jusbigguns this AM for a year ender. Never seen the surf so low & mellow as this morning, no swell whatsoever. Decent enough perch bite right off but shut down all together after 8 am. Outgoing tide was receding very fast. Couple of 8 inchers & a ...

I was fishing in the morning 6:30 to 8:30. Caught 5 Perch. All around 11 inches. Water was very calm. Like fishing the bay. Some seaweed floating around. Got a few sprinkles no heavy rain.

Nice fish, thought I’d ment a bait I used last year, I couldn’t find and crabs but I had purchased a bag of Z-Mann’s CrusteaZ and nailed them, nine Pearch in about an hour, if you haven’t tried them they’re worth it and because they’re Z-Mann’s they last a long time and they float.
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