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kastmaster wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2026 8:01 am

Neuroshima wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:55 pm It's so weird how things can change within just a few days. I fished Friday (4/10), Tues, Thursday, and today (Fri), same location, same hole at Blacks, roughly the same tide, too. On 4/10, and 4/14, about 2 hours before the mid-low tide, spotfin we're going crazy in the hole. That's where and when I caught the SFC I posted. I also only saw solo or pairs of corbina.

However, on Thursday, and today, they were feeding in the flats next to the hole at high tide. When the tide went out, they disappeared. A few of them stayed in the hole, but nowhere near as many as I saw on earlier in the week. I'm talking 20 vs 2... Same structure, same tidal height.

What also interesting is that yesterday and today, the numbers of SFC were less, but the corbina are now showing up and I'm seeing groups of 4-6 roaming the flats. Weird.

Very cool, thanks for sharing! Maybe some of those SFC found an even better hole. I'm curious to try fishing some fly patterns with spinning gear. Can I use a Carolina rig with 24 inch leader to a fly to get the requisite distance(?), which isn't very far, based on the SFC I've seen at LJ Shores.

Midnightpass wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2026 8:03 am

Neuroshima wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:55 pm . Weird.

Yea... Those guys don't think like us guys.... If they did... Us guys would catch more of those guys... ...
Butch

Neuroshima wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:55 pm It's so weird how things can change within just a few days. I fished Friday (4/10), Tues, Thursday, and today (Fri), same location, same hole at Blacks, roughly the same tide, too. On 4/10, and 4/14, about 2 hours before the mid-low tide, spotfin we're going crazy in the hole. That's where and when I caught the SFC I posted. I also only saw solo or pairs of corbina.

However, on Thursday, and today, they were feeding in the flats next to the hole at high tide. When the tide went out, they disappeared. A few of them stayed in the hole, but nowhere near as many as I saw on earlier in the week. I'm talking 20 vs 2... Same structure, same tidal height.

What also interesting is that yesterday and today, the numbers of SFC were less, but the corbina are now showing up and I'm seeing groups of 4-6 roaming the flats. Weird.

Neuroshima wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2026 8:57 am

Midnightpass wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2026 8:03 am

Neuroshima wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:55 pm . Weird.

Yea... Those guys don't think like us guys.... If they did... Us guys would catch more of those guys... ...
Butch

The most frustrating part of this whole thing is that I was waiting at home for the tide to go out. Just goes to show you, you should spend as much time on the water as you can.

Neuroshima wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2026 8:56 am

kastmaster wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2026 8:01 am

Neuroshima wrote: Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:55 pm It's so weird how things can change within just a few days. I fished Friday (4/10), Tues, Thursday, and today (Fri), same location, same hole at Blacks, roughly the same tide, too. On 4/10, and 4/14, about 2 hours before the mid-low tide, spotfin we're going crazy in the hole. That's where and when I caught the SFC I posted. I also only saw solo or pairs of corbina.

However, on Thursday, and today, they were feeding in the flats next to the hole at high tide. When the tide went out, they disappeared. A few of them stayed in the hole, but nowhere near as many as I saw on earlier in the week. I'm talking 20 vs 2... Same structure, same tidal height.

What also interesting is that yesterday and today, the numbers of SFC were less, but the corbina are now showing up and I'm seeing groups of 4-6 roaming the flats. Weird.

Very cool, thanks for sharing! Maybe some of those SFC found an even better hole. I'm curious to try fishing some fly patterns with spinning gear. Can I use a Carolina rig with 24 inch leader to a fly to get the requisite distance(?), which isn't very far, based on the SFC I've seen at LJ Shores.

Absolutely! I'm using sandworm and sand crab patterns tied on hooks size 8 to 12. The size 12s are still much bigger than the micro crabs I'm seeing. You can Carolina rig it or split shot. You only have to cast 10 to 20 ft if you are properly tracking them coming in with the waves and feeding on the beds, so I wouldn't use anything more than 1/8 of an ounce. I was fishing with a friend yesterday and he was using spinning gear, casting way out into the trough and then he was seeing the SFC swim under his line, close enough for him to hit with his rod tip.

Are you using polarized sunglasses when you fish? It's my most important gear.

kastmaster wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 7:36 am @Neuroshima can you briefly describe how you fish the krabby patty fly in terms of moving it through the water? I am becoming more fly-curious each day.

kastmaster wrote: Fri Apr 24, 2026 7:36 am @Neuroshima can you briefly describe how you fish the krabby patty fly in terms of moving it through the water? I am becoming more fly-curious each day.