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I was out there this morning, too, but I must’ve been a bit north of you as I didn’t see anyone else fishing at all.

Agreed on conditions. Pretty calm as the morning high tide receded. Little bit of a northward current but it didn’t seem ...

Terramar 3-14. There was so much seaweed I had to quit. No bites.

Tamarack beach North jetty of the North Agua Hedionda outlet 3-15 morning. I had a few nibbles and one corbina on a 2" motor oil grub on c-rig.

I caught probably my smallest BSP ever on raw shrimp, somehow hooked him while i was untangling a knot! Saw someone pull up a pretty big perch next to me, good on him!

Jacksmelt was not among my initial guesses when it hit! Decent fight. Maybe they are more common than we think (?) but the strategies / baits / lures surf fishermen normally throw at them doesn't result in many catches? They do occur in the diets of CA sea lions at the Channel Islands, though in ...

Nice conditions this AM notwithstanding a fairly strong surge from the SW swell. I'd like to think it was responsible for the lethargic activity. Just a lot of taps & bait stealing from dinks in the nursery. Could not get a decent hit on mussel meat, dried lugs nor Gulp sand worm. Picked off a ...

I was down there this morning to. I got 3 small ones
Last one was on a power bait trout worm. Orange.

Got guitarfish, small ray, and legal hali on Torrey Pines today, everything on LC 110.
Guitarfish was pulling like a freight train, took good 5 minutes of fighting to land.

On the water before sunrise, there was already someone fishing in front of the lagoon. I worked my way north of the inlet, chucking the blue and chrome kastmaster into gentle rollers. Shivered my way through some missed bites, no waders today I decided. Doh! Missed a bite then lost a hooked fish ...

You ever have luck fishing the inlet? Ive seen rays and big corbina from the bridge swimming there but never get anything to bite. Usually have best luck fishing in front of the bathrooms by the parking lot.


I never really fish the inlet or outflow itself. The area north of the bathrooms is ...

You ever have luck fishing the inlet? Ive seen rays and big corbina from the bridge swimming there but never get anything to bite. Usually have best luck fishing in front of the bathrooms by the parking lot.


I never really fish the inlet or outflow itself. The area north of the bathrooms ...

Went out from 4pm to 5:30. 2 perch, combined length under 10”. A few more nibbles, probably the same size. Both on camo gulp. Switched to bloodworm gulp - no takers.

Today was raining jaksmelt day, a new species for me. Got like 5, all in 1ft range, decent fighters. Everything on LC110.

Went down to mission beach to fish the HBB8 (Honey Badger Baits) tournament this morning. Tons of holes from tower 11 through 13, but they didn’t fill in til a bit later since the low tide was around 5:45am. Fished the LC 110 for a few hours, switched to c rig after some nice angler gifted me a cup ...

$20 buy in open to anybody. Any legal means to fish. Bait is also legal. I have fun meeting people from all over the coast. Larry sets the tournament up and he runs a great show. My Partner caught the Halibut.

Tamarack 3-22-26. 1 8" BSP on the c-rig grub. I hooked something so large I could not pull it in and then it shook the hook.

Received a report yesterday that a lot of sand crabs of all sizes are being found along Tamarack to the north of Carlsbad State Beach... Shouldn't be long before they start carrying eggs and begin to lose their shells...game on!

On the sand at 6:30 this morning, just after the crest of the earlier high tide. Not my favorite to fish a falling tide right after a high, but I go when I can. Nursery time once again with the critters, 4 dinks, one 8 incher; actually call it 5 dinks with this little guy. Looked for crab Dink.jpg s ...

Thanks for the report! At least we know some hali are out there. I did a short MB session yesterday, was plagued by salad, had one tug and switched gears to the bay side where I caught a small kelp bass. Saw a guy near Vacation Isle pull in a nice sized halibut.

Not a particularly current report... But there was a nice window that had the San Diego stripers chewing on the beach a while back. Landed this one and lost a larger one a short time later. Took me back to the east coast, pulling stripers out of heavy surf on proper tackle. Next goals are land based ...