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Excellent family fish!... Love the family fishing... And handing off to your 6 yr old shows what a good dad you are... Now, you've created a fishing monster out of him. ... Look at his smile...
Butch

Of course, his Spiderman line got tangled with mine and get reeled into my spool.


I am always amazed at how chaotic a fishing session with our kiddos can be before anything is even caught!! But, I wouldn't trade it for the world (I just plan for some extra early weekend morning sessions by ...

Nice family report & really well done on those beautiful spot fins.

Way to go, must have been alittle wild for a bit.
Awesome fish

Yesterday afternoon, I took a 6-pound test C-rig to Del Mar to catch ANY fish I could on the lightest line I have ever used in the surf. But the current and the kelp were pretty bad where I landed in the reef/sand section, and I was too lazy to move. I went the longest so far this summer without ANY ...

I found a few croakers, rays and this above average Corbina yesterday in close with soft shell crabs. Then this special guest star bit surprisingly hard.

I fished the last 2/3 of the incoming tide this morning. I wanted to put in the work to find the elusive dime-sized soft shell, but it just wasn't happening, and the greylight was slipping away. So I fished the small crabs and had a good run of mixed sizes of perch and a baby leopard over about 300 ...

You can blend the mussels with pulled apart cotton balls, then wrap the soaked cotton balls onto your hook, it works great. Outside of left field bait - Snails. Regular Garden Snails work great both in the Surf and Bay Fishing. Who would of thunk it? It was the Japanese Trout Fishermen at Anaheim ...

Got out today about 7:30-10:30
Half hearted attempt for crabs under pier nothing larger than a rice krispy.Also was more interested in trying artificial so maybe 5 mins before giving up.

Incoming tide-middle
Surf very light
Salad was an issue but workable
Strong push to the south

If you needed ...

Sounds about right cast right briskly walk with line briskly retrieve.
Was a total of 2 mins tops before recast lol

Also keep in mind the current direction on hard south the pier creates a break so you get less current closer to it. If the current flips north same concept with Jetty. I have found ...

Son and I hit up Mission/Pacific Beach Saturday afternoon and things were far more “normal” than they’ve been over my past few weekends of fishing. The tide was in, but heading out.

We got to Mission Blvd and turned right, deciding we’d fish where we found a spot and were, I think, technically in ...

Got out about 645
Heavy surf heavy salad
Incoming tide

Couple light taps early, waves were reaching the built up sand piles by 730. Due to load out I had to call it there. Moved over to the bay. Lots of literal garbage in the water.

Still enjoyed not touching a spreadsheet but 7'6" is ...

Hi all!

2025 was the my first year of surf fishing after many, many years of fishing freshwater around San Diego. It all started on a camping trip at South Carlsbad State Beach before Memorial Day Weekend. I'd joked that I was just going to eat what I caught, and brought a couple small poles and ...

Looking forward to another year of fly fishing reports! Hopefully we can figure out the picture attachment deal - does not work like it used to. Been a slow start to the year with all the cold weather, but it is just starting to pick up here in the lakes and bays. SDFF is going to meet at Bay Park ...

Stuck a solid YFC on a clouser this afternoon in MB. Next cast hooked a ripper that pulled 30ft of line out of my hands, put a tad too much pressure and snapped off 8# leader. Been a tough winter for me so happy for this fish. Also first fly outing in months. Cheers to the new site
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I use the same reel on my 6 weight - Show up to Bay Park Fish on Saturday and I'll tie up some for you! We'll be there from 11am to 1 in the back.

Got my best fish of the year (so far) today. Nice 22" vina. Knew it was a vamp when it went nuts on the surface. Fly fell out of its mouth at shore. Also tagged my first midshipman and smallest halibut.
The fish gods like a fly rod in my hand

Well losing the last website was definitely a sad day for me. I had just started tying some new flies and they worked pretty well. However immediately after tying them went to post on the old site aaaaaaand it's gone.

So having it back up is nice. Tied up several fly fish food belly scratcher ...

Hit up a local carp lake and got some to bite my hybrid John Montana fly… dabbing and nymphing. Got another bass on the carp fly too!!!

Went to Moreno today - what a difference - saw almost no carp compared to Henshaw last week -