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I manage to make only 4 good sized smelt and fished spanish landing for 3 hours.

Scratched a few bass on artificial and a couple smelt and caught a 20 inch hali

I dont think they work better at all, I just think they're cooler. Also tend to attract bigger fish

1. There are far more corvina in the bay than people think. 2. MLPAs are the reason a sportfishing boat has to stay in the bay. The "protection areas" were selected by a political process, not a scientific process. Calling for more MLPAs without fixing the corrupt process by which they are selected ...

Slow day for me with only landing one spotty at Spanish landing. Haven’t fished the bay since I was a kid and it feels like learning all over again. From the shore with a big hammer in my old favorite Redrum 3” which I guess they stopped making it seems.

One’s always better than none!

I really want to extend a huge Thank You to the SDFish community for bringing me on here.
Although I seem to be mostly a guitar builder these days, I haven't gone anywhere yet. I just renewed my Captain's License for another 5 years. Yes, I am still guiding. Expect pics and reports as the season ...

Thanks. It still is killer. That's the one currently at ElCajon Guitars. Ask Frank to show it to you. I build a lot of conversion necks. Baritones are the way.

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Thank you!

Halibut streak is over. Deep jiggin for 7 hours in a ripping tide today. Pretty tired. Just some bass, nothing photo worthy.

You can tell a big halibut bite, because your lure moves 10-15" instead of 1-3" on the bump. If you get the bite and miss, work that area for the next 2-3 hours with various lures. If you break off on the hook set, might as well go home. (or fish for SBB.)

Idk, I think it was a halibut. Believe me, I threw big lures in the area for about 4 hours after seeing that.

Thank you for that info, I will check it out

Who's up for some serious boating action this summer/fall? We're gearing up for an epic adventure out of San Juanico aka Scorpion Bay, and we want YOU to be a part of it!

Picture this: you, your boat, and the open waters teeming with wahoo, dorado, yellowtail and tuna, just waiting to be caught ...

Hit it again on the Tribute! Killed it again....8/15 through the 17th. Two days of calm seas and fast action! Night fishing Kite fishing jig strikes on the troll live bait and scored a tungsten jig in the mouth of a 50 pound BF off the kite, took the jig and caught three more fish with it! Squid ...

Super cute!

Those guys were using 3 OZ. I fish Max 3/4 oz. My 10' Trifecta Lite isnt designed to cast more then 3/4 oz. Feel free to PM if you want some more advice on how to be a slayer.

There's no size limits, but I usually follow the current US size limits anyways. They do have a limit of only 5 per species except for some offshore fish species where its less.
Good luck down there when you go.

I recommend getting there at sunrise. You’ll have a good couple of hours before crowds fill in. Weekdays would be even better.

I haven't, but read of others fishing topwater for corvina at night in the bays.

I'm in the mono camp as well.. I just came back from Cabo and used braid for the reasons mentioned above... I have never had so much line problems in my life... Fraying line, wind knots, and break-offs of expensive lures... If I go back, it will be with mono... And I almost always use mono here ...