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Showed up to tidelands at 5:30 am to find a flock of pelicans diving on bait fish just off the shore. Quickly launched the tube and was quickly rewarded. Bonito! Threw crankbaits and jerk baits for a total of 12 bass and 6 bonito. Great fight on a 6lb trout set up. All fish were caught in less than ...

Hadn’t gotten the kids out in a while. First time for my youngest casting and hooking her own fish, pretty awesome. Mommy got a surprise slimer, that was cool. Also brought the trout rod to target smelt for something different, got a handful on the Roostertail. Fun times.

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Hey all!
I have been fishing the lakes lately but with limited success. So Saturday I had a trip to the bay planned that had to be postponed due to the winds. I ended up going to Lake Miramar and got there at 7am after sleeping in just a bit. I did not realize that ...

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.

hey there sdfish, about time I start posting on the new site. wanted to share a pretty awesome catch I made on the paddleboard the other day - an angel shark!

I was fishing around some structure in the southern half of the bay, throwing a double rig with a couple 1/4oz pink tube baits. made a cast ...

Fishing San Diego Bay: Figure Out The Bite!
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Hey all I hope you’re getting out there and finding the fish wherever you are. I did get out Sunday to tidelands to launch the float tube. I had an idea in mind to fish Corvina and BFS bass. That being said, I threw out my BFF ...

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I’m looking for direction in regards to planning fishing trips for SD Bay and Mission Bay. From the material that I read both bays fish differently.

What are the best times and tides for these bays? What’s the best way to fish them ?

I have been recording what I have learned over the years about fishing for Spotties and thought I would post it here. I learn something new all the time so anything that can be added is appreciated. Comments?

Spotted Bay Bass Fishing Tips:

1. These tips are mainly for lure fishing spotted bay bass ...

Fished yesterday solo. Caught a handful of bass. At 11 I hooked a better fish, felt like a halibut. Turned out to be my first ever butterfly ray. The wind was really gusting after lunch. I got my butt handed to me on the way in, roughest trip back I can remember in the bay. I didn’t have any ...

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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 ...

Went cruising around Mission Bay in my canoe this morning. Gaught 8 bass. Nice day down there light wind. There were some big bass hitting today.. This was my biggest 17 inches

Makes me peel pine...

We have to get out again. Thank you for teaching us how to fish that day. Forever grateful

I went out with the Mrs. this morning. Her first fish was a nice little butterfly ray, her first. A few fish here and there. We headed back down toward J Street around 11:30 and drifted in front of the Cays. She figured out what they wanted (3” Big Hammer) and proceeded to catch 15 fish over the ...

No, damage was not from boats. Good ole mother nature.

Sand has built up in that corner of the basin, actually quite a bit. It has left a very uneven bottom right there. At really low tides, the docks come down on that uneven sand and get al twisted up and are starting to buckle and crumble at the ...

That has just about always been my go-to pier setup. The ferry landing is tight on shoulder room as well, so soaking will probably be a much more enjoyable time for the group.

Grandson called me Friday night and asked If I'd like to do a little surf fishing with him and his buddy... His buddy is a fisherman but hadn't surf fished since he was younger... My Grandson supplied all of the gear for him to use... We decided on fishing the inside and outside of Alamitos ...

If you really care about avoiding gut hooking, I suggest that you use inline (non-offset) circle hooks. 95% of time your catch will be lip-hooked, like in the picture below.
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Hook set would be different with circles and will take some time to get use to. I use them ...

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My PB halibut from the surf at just over 27"... I don't really fish these guys as I prefer corbina and SFC but have caught a ton of them as by-catch, but mostly non-legals... Only a couple of legals... You would be surprised how many you can catch with sand crabs ...

After a cancelled session Wednesday at Coronado due to impossible kelp/grass conditions followed by a skunk at Mission, decided to give it another go yesterday 20240829_063409 copy.jpg morning at PB. Got there at first light and couldn't miss for an hour & half. The perch were hitting as soon as the ...