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Day 1- Hiked into Ramona at sunrise. After about 45 minutes my dog got a foxtail burr in her ear, so we hiked back out and went to the animal hospital. No fish for you.
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Day 2- South bay shallows mud flats hoping for exotics.Very windy, very poor fishing ...

Got a hall pass to go fishing and decided I needed to hit the big bay. Launched from shelter at 930 am and went straight across to north island. Fished several depths and found a few fish in about 15-20 feet. I threw mostly swim baits with the occasional drop shot. I made a move to tidelands and ...

There are very few options for using an SUP on lakes in San Diego. SUPs are allowed at Lake Hodges and San Vicente. San V has haul-ass SKI BOATS everywhere, wake-boat big wakes, not to mention the bass boaters on our lakes that like to drive 70 mph everywhere. It can be very scary even in a kayak ...

I took my dog to fiesta Island for a couple of hours. Caught 5 croaker throwing small grubs.

Fished H.I. this morning, mostly in the deeper channels. Spotties were a no-show, but between my friend and I we caught 3 sculpin, 1 hali, 1 sand bass (small), 5 mackerel. This was our first outing where not a single spottie was in the mix.

Had a great morning in Mission Bay today. Caught and released 11 nice spotties.

Three inch paddletails on keel-weighted hooks slowly pulled through the grass on the bottom was the ticket today. I was fishing an ultralight rig with 4 pound test, and had to make sure my drag was set well because all ...

Hello SDFISH,
Caught this bad boy in the south bay. I was lucky ran into them that day. First hooked up bend my hook, second one landed it. Measured at 25" and 4.36 Lbs. I have see them in the past but they are not interested in my lures.

Neuroshima wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:39 am Do you have a breakdown of your SUP somewhere?

Basic overview/review. I havent changed them much over the years.

Same situation off Shelter Island and ACH this weekend.

per usual i was in the back bay dredging the bottom looking for bonefish. Its mostly turned into a joke at this point since i haven't even stumbled on 1. Decided to up the chances and got the gulp ghost shrimp and fished the main back flat on the super high tide.
Im guessing its a mating thing, but ...

Try the bottom half of an outgoing tide on the flats just south of the Emory Channel. 6-9ft of water depending on the tide. Had a few there today and usually good for 1 or 2 a trip this time of year. Outgoing tide pulls the warm water out of the back bay and gets the bonefish fired up. Unfortunately ...

On Wednesday the Dolphin Half Day Boat kept 121 Corvina from San Diego Bay. They have routinely been fishing the bay this spring and have been pushing farther and farther into the back bay. While totally legal it’s a pretty embarrassing look for the Dolphin considering rockfish season is open and ...

Tidal current makes the biggest difference. Although you can catch them during all phases of the tide, the conventional wisdom is that the best bite is in the 1st hour or two after the water starts flowing after slack tide. Slack tide (whether high or low) tends to be slowest although sometimes the ...

I went out on the Dolphin AM half day trip yesterday. The trip was planned and promoted as a bay trip targeting halibut. They have been running these trips on Wednesdays.

We fished the South Bay. The boat drifted the entire day, with no anchoring or chumming. The captain stated over the PA that our ...

Floated Tidelands Park this morning from 6:00-9:00 with a steady bite the whole time. Drop shot robo worms on a 6lb ultra light trout setup was all I ended up using. Handful of spotties, yellow fin croaker, a halibut and a chunky Sargo.

My daughter came back from Santa Barbara for the summer. We have been fishing together since before she could walk. She missed Father’s Day and asked if we could hit the bay as a late celebration.Duh!! We grabbed a skiff from
Seaforth and headed out. Started north of the bridge for a steady pick for ...

Took a trip down Memory Lane with shrimp pump in hand. Historically, good bite on incoming tide and today followed the pattern. '

23 or so fish, seven species. Sand and Spotted Bass, round ray, dink halibut, a buttload of chunky yellowfin croaker, diamond turbot and a rock wrasse.

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Caught 2 this size fom shore on the spinnerbait with a slow retrieve. Thinking of crushing the hook barbs, some of these guys are hard to unhook.

Call 19 bass today. These are some of the bigger hogs.
Two were 16 inches. 3 were 15 inches. The rest were 12 to 14 inches. Found a old Warbaitsin my tackle box. Had to
Put a new skirt on it. They could not leave it alone.

went local fishing off o'side yesterday...paid my $60 for bait( threw up in my mouthLOL) for a mix of sardines and macs
hit the barn kelp first not much happening there so we headed off to the yellowtail kelp where we hada a nice pic on calicos for several hours until we used most of the bait...(fly ...