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CrabMan

07-17-2008, 08:50 PM

Greeted the sun this morning under a plume of fog and a soft cool breeze...
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii148/bvloans/CONDITIONS071708.jpg

The surf is still a bit small--but bigger than last week. It's good on the one hand by keeping some of the surfers out of our best spots. But it's no so good for corbina as they are more wary of waders and crabs with a hook.

But today didn't matter!

It was almost a fish every cast today with the bulk of fish being small palm sized perch. They reminded me of mackeral and made it harder for corbina to find my bait.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii148/bvloans/PALMSIZEPERCH0708.jpg

I was thinking of TJ, Wing, Blackwater and Klocked when I saw the bait boat catching sardine and chovey just outside the surf line. There's no doubt that bait ball was holding the mother load of halibut!:LOL:

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii148/bvloans/BAITBOAT0708.jpg

Once you could wade through the perch, the corbina were hungry and biting. Three fish landed and three lost--not very good:Embarrassed:--but heart pumping all the same. All the fish were in the 14-17" range with no toads to be seen.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii148/bvloans/CORBINA071708.jpg

A mild west wind began to pick up around 10am so it was off to the office. It's been a great week down on the beach. You've seen the reports with all the fish you would expect during the summer.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii148/bvloans/CORBINA2071708.jpg

There's no question, if you're a surf fisherman now's the time to head to the beach:Smile:!

Wingnut

07-17-2008, 08:58 PM

Thanks for the nice report Bill. :Thumbs Up:
How do I get one of those Grey Ghosts to take a LC? :LOL:
I think I could wade out far enough to get a few casts near that bait boat. ;) :Envious:

CrabMan

07-17-2008, 09:11 PM

Thanks for the nice report Bill. :Thumbs Up:
How do I get one of those Grey Ghosts to take a LC? :LOL:
I think I could wade out far enough to get a few casts near that bait boat. ;) :Envious:

Wing,
It's easy to use the LC for corbina--just put a sand crab on each hook and cover them in Taco Bell hot sauce!:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:

chris

07-17-2008, 09:15 PM

Wing,
It's easy to use the LC for corbina--just put a sand crab on each hook and cover them in Taco Bell hot sauce!:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:

:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:
thanks for the heads up i will try to make it out to the surf next week

Wingnut

07-17-2008, 09:38 PM

Wing,
It's easy to use the LC for corbina--just put a sand crab on each hook and cover them in Taco Bell hot sauce!:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:

I just might try it! :ROFL:

I'm requesting your presence WAY in advance for my "Legends of the Surf" event next summer! ;) :D

tacklejunkie

07-17-2008, 09:55 PM

CrabMan

07-17-2008, 10:48 PM

I just might try it! :ROFL:

I'm requesting your presence WAY in advance for my "Legends of the Surf" event next summer! ;) :D

I'm there dude!:LOL:

CrabMan

07-17-2008, 10:51 PM

Those Corbina are sweet. My buddy hooked one once in the surf on a tuna jig and it took him for a solid ride in the surf for a good few minutes on 10lb test! I see dudes down there fighting the 'beans for a good 10 minutes before they get 'em landed on the light line :LOL:

Great pics and report as always. Can't decide if I want to go for Largemouth or Hali's tomorrow :Shocked:

I know that's a hard call because the lake is probably closer to home than the halibut hole--and considering the price of gas!:p

But on the other hand the grunion begin to move in tonight and will bring the flatties in even closer--so maybe it's a great time for both!:confused:

boxl0bster

07-18-2008, 07:03 AM

great report! glad to see you posting on the forum bill. :cool:

Cangler

07-18-2008, 07:15 AM

Nice bean ...

supasportkid

07-18-2008, 01:50 PM

good job out there, nice fish