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Blacks has been AMAZING this year. Some of the best soft structure I've seen in the past few years. The spotfin were schooling and tailing like crazy in April/May, and now the corbina are charging in the waves.

Sight-fishing between Blacks and Del Mar has been "excellent" this season, except for the whole catching part. This year is the first time I've seen spotfin tailing in the surf, but almost like a first-cast-curse, I've only been able to catch the first one I spotted (pun intended) in late May, using ...

This miso marinade is easy and delicious. I bake whole fish (rock, sheep, perch) in the over for about 45 min then the family devours.

https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-nobu-miso-marinated-black-cod-117238#post-recipe-11824

Ingredients
1/4 cup sake
1/4 cup mirin
1/4 cup white miso paste
3 ...

I actually didn't catch as much this past year, but I observed corbina and spotfin like never before and got a real grasp of reading and predicting structure with the rising tide.