Mission Beach 1/2 (peak low tide)

[jwacky]

Not sure if “peak” is the right term, but my son and I hit up Mission Beach to try fishing the extreme low tide of this weekends King tides.

We tripped over some really large clams that were getting exposed in the water, but the fishing was about as I’d normally expect; handful of perch of various sizes on lugworms and Gulp camo worms. The only difference was the incredibly long walk back to our setup in the sand to re-bait, etc.

Not sure what I expected to happen, and of course one experience does not apply to all, but it was nice to see that those times are still fishable, with an added bonus of getting to see “underneath” all of the usual spots for holes, troughs, etc. It looked fairly level as far as I could see in either directions at middle/north Mission Beach so perhaps the storms flattened everything out, or maybe just the tiniest little hiding spots are all the fish need to stalk their prey. I’ll be curious to see how things look by next weekend when the tides return to their more normal levels.

[Jteo]

Based on my very limited surf reading I feel MB and pb are very uniform. At least in comparison to other beaches I go to so it doesn't surprise me to hear that it's flat when exposed

[Midnightpass]

Nice to get out with your son.. Also cool to “see” the structure… I only fish those beaches in the late spring (Memorial Day weekend), and usually find some decent structure… Maybe the spring storms sculpt the beach more than the early season storms..
Butch

[Perch killer]

Have walked PB down to the MB jetty many times during these king tide periods in past winters to find the same beach topography conditions . . . generally flat as a board. But, you can find some exposed inner & outer trough areas to target during normal high tide periods. Got to agree with Butch though, bigger & closer in holes seem to start appearing in early Spring to present better prospects for all species.

[Nelson 1]

When I finish Mission Beach I usually look for rip currents and white water. Seem to have better luck.