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Arrived just before sunrise. Low tide, gentle waves, throwing the gold kastmaster. Saw several others out to my south. Managed one dink in 90 minutes, eye-hooked. Sorry bud. Hope everyone caught something. Sharp hooks and tight lines.

I was out there too… unsure where you were, exactly, but I was set up a bit farther north today. I could see tower 20 to my south just a little ways down the beach and I saw one other person fishing, nobody to my north until I left around 9:00 when I saw a small group of 2-3 people fishing.

I was there from 6:00 - 9:00 and experienced the same low tides, small waves, and clean water. The current was oddly strong and was pulling hard to the south. Once the wind started picking up a bit I was done.

I managed two tiny perch on the morning, combined 6” in length if even that. Better than no perch

I was getting nibbles all morning on lugworms and mussel but only those two takers. I’m guessing it was all small guys and only the two of them bit a little too aggressively and ultimately wound up in the mouths of seagulls.

Southerly wash surge for sure! I think 2 perch with a combined 6 in length still beats my single 7 inch perch.

With that southerly surge, I feel like I could have been more strategic with my lure by making more casts to the north / northwest. Lessons. Surprised by the relative lack of hits (for me) that time of day.

kastmaster wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 12:12 pm With that southerly surge, I feel like I could have been more strategic with my lure by making more casts to the north / northwest. Lessons. Surprised by the relative lack of hits (for me) that time of day.

It was REALLY slow. By far the slowest session I’ve had in months at that time of day. Oh well. I knew it wasn’t ideal conditions for fishing this morning but thought there might be a bit more activity with the grunion runs these past few evenings. Beautiful morning nonetheless!

Thanks for the confirmation! I felt like the tide was too low and the beach had zero structure. Worth being out there!

jwacky wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 1:11 pm

kastmaster wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 12:12 pm With that southerly surge, I feel like I could have been more strategic with my lure by making more casts to the north / northwest. Lessons. Surprised by the relative lack of hits (for me) that time of day.

It was REALLY slow. By far the slowest session I’ve had in months at that time of day. Oh well. I knew it wasn’t ideal conditions for fishing this morning but thought there might be a bit more activity with the grunion runs these past few evenings. Beautiful morning nonetheless!

Sounds like both of you guys fought the fight, and beat the skunk… How was the wind down there?… Pretty breezy up here in LA/ OC…
Butch..

Midnightpass wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 2:14 pm Sounds like both of you guys fought the fight, and beat the skunk… How was the wind down there?… Pretty breezy up here in LA/ OC…
Butch..

My session was mellow, but I was done by 8 am. It was *cold* until the sun came up and hit me in the back!

kastmaster wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 3:38 pm

Midnightpass wrote: Sat Mar 07, 2026 2:14 pm Sounds like both of you guys fought the fight, and beat the skunk… How was the wind down there?… Pretty breezy up here in LA/ OC…
Butch..

My session was mellow, but I was done by 8 am. It was *cold* until the sun came up and hit me in the back!

Same experience, of course. I stayed about an hour longer than @kastmaster and it was starting to get just breezy enough to be annoying, but not terrible. I actually debated heading back out this evening for a bit but the day was windy enough that I didn’t feel like dealing with it. That and as with most things, a “great idea” early in the day isn’t as great after some time passes, haha.

Was very slow at Torrey (right until it wasn't). Arrived at 7:00 stayed till 9:30. Nibbles all morning . Took two hours to get 2 dinks, then at 9:00 I found the hole and caught 7 more. All decent size walleye, including a beast pregnant female (released). Then after 15 minutes..... nothing.

Lucky to find that hole. It definitely improved as the tide came in.

Doug

Got three big perch this morning--two on sandworms and one on a kastmaster. One on the Kastmaster was big and fat and dripping baby perch that were bigger than my 1/2 oz kastmaster. I had read others talk about dripping babies but i had no idea the babies were so big. Fun day. My son and my buddy also got several each but the ones they caught were much smaller models. I'm new to surf fishing and it blows my mind how close in/shallow these guys will take a sandworm.

mbmatty wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2026 12:25 pm Got three big perch this morning--two on sandworms and one on a kastmaster. One on the Kastmaster was big and fat and dripping baby perch that were bigger than my 1/2 oz kastmaster. I had read others talk about dripping babies but i had no idea the babies were so big. Fun day. My son and my buddy also got several each but the ones they caught were much smaller models. I'm new to surf fishing and it blows my mind how close in/shallow these guys will take a sandworm.

Don't have to cast that far and they will follow that sand worm all the way up to your feet.

hrierdan wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2026 11:54 am Was very slow at Torrey (right until it wasn't). Arrived at 7:00 stayed till 9:30. Nibbles all morning . Took two hours to get 2 dinks, then at 9:00 I found the hole and caught 7 more. All decent size walleye, including a beast pregnant female (released). Then after 15 minutes..... nothing.

Lucky to find that hole. It definitely improved as the tide came in.

Doug

Nice work finding the structure.

Nicely done! Yeah, shallow. Have hooked fish behind me when the surge took the lure past my feet. Fun to get em on a kastmaster heh? I prefer the kastmaster to jerk baits for halibut and perch, I can cover more real estate.

mbmatty wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2026 12:25 pm Got three big perch this morning--two on sandworms and one on a kastmaster. One on the Kastmaster was big and fat and dripping baby perch that were bigger than my 1/2 oz kastmaster. I had read others talk about dripping babies but i had no idea the babies were so big. Fun day. My son and my buddy also got several each but the ones they caught were much smaller models. I'm new to surf fishing and it blows my mind how close in/shallow these guys will take a sandworm.

mbmatty wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2026 12:25 pm Got three big perch this morning--two on sandworms and one on a kastmaster. One on the Kastmaster was big and fat and dripping baby perch that were bigger than my 1/2 oz kastmaster. I had read others talk about dripping babies but i had no idea the babies were so big. Fun day. My son and my buddy also got several each but the ones they caught were much smaller models. I'm new to surf fishing and it blows my mind how close in/shallow these guys will take a sandworm.

Welcome to the crazines… Fun house, for sure… Even more fun with the kids and buddies…
Butch