Pacific Beach Tuesday Sept 23
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:19 am
I fished the surf south of Crystal pier about 8:30-10:00 this morning. Sand crabs are plentiful under the pier, with roe and some soft shells. Grass was minimal. Water felt colder. Bite was very slow, only a few bite surgically stealing roe. So I switched to the smallest crabs with roe I could find and caught 2 hand sized perch.
Skunk avoided, I put on a last crab. Thought I felt a hit, tension but no movement, I set the hook anyway into what I figured was a clump of kelp (very little out there but I was seeing some as the tide came in). Reeled dead weight for a bit, then it moved, felt like a small ray. I was convinced it was a ray until the fish woke up and I saw a silver flash 10 feet in front of me. Dinner - a 19 inch or so SFC.
Skunk avoided, I put on a last crab. Thought I felt a hit, tension but no movement, I set the hook anyway into what I figured was a clump of kelp (very little out there but I was seeing some as the tide came in). Reeled dead weight for a bit, then it moved, felt like a small ray. I was convinced it was a ray until the fish woke up and I saw a silver flash 10 feet in front of me. Dinner - a 19 inch or so SFC.