Sex on the Beach! 3/22/08

[CoffeaRobusta]

Oh yeah! Hit up Seal Beach on Saturday night. Got there right at 10:30 and the grunion were running full swing. Our first view of them was easily 300 doing their thing on the sand.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/AtomicWildBill/Fishing%20pics/grunionupclose.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/AtomicWildBill/Fishing%20pics/grunionsealbeach.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/AtomicWildBill/Fishing%20pics/grunionclose.jpg

Snagged a few to toss out as live bait, hoping to hit a Halibut. The first one I hooked on got its revenge as it released milt on down my arm. Dang it! Wasn't sure if I was getting hits or not with the little silver fishy yanking and pulling. I think I need to use the smaller grunion next time. Moved down the beach a little and cast out again. By this time my first grunion wasn't live bait anymore but I got hit almost immediately after casting out. Nice fight but I could tell it wans't a monster Halibut. It was a decent sized YFC! Let him go to fight anther day.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/AtomicWildBill/Fishing%20pics/Yellowfin.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/AtomicWildBill/Fishing%20pics/kisstheyfc.jpg

Kept fishing between there and my orginal location, while the GF stayed in the thick of the grunion snapping photos. Manged two other fish a thornback and a round stingray. Man I never know if it's a plastic bag or a fish when I catch one of those rays.

The grunion kept running until 1:00 AM and were still doing their thig when we left. All in all a nice night.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/AtomicWildBill/Fishing%20pics/thornbacksb.jpg

[Cangler]

Thats a nice YFC :)

[ThemBastards]

My Milt Shake brings all the boys to the yard.... and there like

[mrjonez]

awesome report.. should of grabbed a bucket and had an old school grunion fryup.

[jbacsaf]

Nice report! I've gone to see the run several times but the grunions were no shows. Maybe I'll give it a shot again this year.

[WOKIEE]

nice man way to go!!!! excellent did you use some tongue lol.wokiee

[tacklejunkie]

Crazy! That's a Grunion run ey?
So that's why they told me to buy big hammers in that color at turners! :lol:

Good work on the fish man. Never quite seen anything like that before..

[calico killer kevin]

Do any of you know if those grunion could survive if you grabbed a couple and stuck 'em in a bucket with an aerator?
BTW did you catch that YFC on a grunion?


Calico Killer Kevin

[Santa Fe Eric]

My Milt Shake brings all the boys to the yard.... and there like


Probably one of the best responses to a post ever!

Nice Report also!

Eric

[Wingnut]

That is cool! The Flatties are lurking just beyond the shore... ;) :secret:

[KILLA]

NICE

killa :2guns:

[fish4keep]

Don't forget it's two months off limit for them.....

[INDOANGLER2]

Thanks for the post and the pics. I never witnessed the grunion run and now I know what they're talking about.

[one_leg]

As long as you didn't snag em with a hook you're ok.

Thanks for the pics.

O_L

[CoffeaRobusta]

Don't forget it's two months off limit for them.....

Yeah....the next two months are off limits for grunion. Doesn't mean we can't fish where they are though. ;)

Calico killer kev....
Grunion are in the same family as topsmelt, but they don't get as big, so i am sure you can keep them alive with an aerator. And yes that YFC sucked up a 5 in grunion. It wasn't real lively at that point though.

[sansou]

Great report & pics!

[WaterBound]

Do any of you know if those grunion could survive if you grabbed a couple and stuck 'em in a bucket with an aerator?
BTW did you catch that YFC on a grunion?


Calico Killer Kevin
I once tried to keep them for a later fishing trip and they did not survive overnight with an air pump. I probably needed a filter to keep those nitrate levels down.

[newbefisher]

Didn't know you could use them as bait. I'll have to try that this summer after the two month wait. Thanks!

[steve092]

Nice report!
Bet it was cool to see all the Grunion.