murrieta angler
07-01-2008, 03:47 PM
Got some good news and some bad news and some more good news....
Good News, went to Laguna Beach 6-27 thru 6-29. Had reservations for my wife and I at the Montage Resort, 16th wedding anniversary. Place was fantastic! Better than Atlantis in the Bahamas.
Bad news, 1st time since I was 12 years old ( 30 years ) that I tried to surf fish. I remember why I do not do it more often. SKUNKED!!! All 3 days. Water was like a greens salad without the dressing. While I was fishing on Sunday morning there was a guy fishing also, totally rigged out from head to foot. He said that the conditions were just poor and even he was only pulling in some very small perch. He was using, and i quote; "a Carolina hook system?!?" Using sand crabs for bait.
I did not have much with me in terms of lures and such and I was using my sons fresh water rod and reel. I was primarily using LC Flash Minnow 110's in blue and white.
The other good news, while I was being skunked at the surf, decided to try hitting some of the man made rock formations directly in front of the hotel.
I shoulda started there first. I was pulling in sand bass after sand bass, a couple 16-18 inches. So all-in-all not a bad weekend in terms of "fishing".
Sorry, my wife forgot to charge the camera before we left, so no pictures.
OH YEAH, my wife does fish also. I am one of the lucky ones.
Good News, went to Laguna Beach 6-27 thru 6-29. Had reservations for my wife and I at the Montage Resort, 16th wedding anniversary. Place was fantastic! Better than Atlantis in the Bahamas.
Bad news, 1st time since I was 12 years old ( 30 years ) that I tried to surf fish. I remember why I do not do it more often. SKUNKED!!! All 3 days. Water was like a greens salad without the dressing. While I was fishing on Sunday morning there was a guy fishing also, totally rigged out from head to foot. He said that the conditions were just poor and even he was only pulling in some very small perch. He was using, and i quote; "a Carolina hook system?!?" Using sand crabs for bait.
I did not have much with me in terms of lures and such and I was using my sons fresh water rod and reel. I was primarily using LC Flash Minnow 110's in blue and white.
The other good news, while I was being skunked at the surf, decided to try hitting some of the man made rock formations directly in front of the hotel.
I shoulda started there first. I was pulling in sand bass after sand bass, a couple 16-18 inches. So all-in-all not a bad weekend in terms of "fishing".
Sorry, my wife forgot to charge the camera before we left, so no pictures.
OH YEAH, my wife does fish also. I am one of the lucky ones.