smokehound
09-04-2011, 06:56 PM
I'll add my part of this report, and let my "chauffeur" for the day add hers ;)
Got up early, and got a ride from a member who needed some help on fishing the surf. After spending a little while in a roundabout trying to find a parking spot, we were on the sand around 8 am, or something like that, cant remember exactly when. Wasn't expecting a corbina this time, after the last few trips X(
It took me a while to find some decent crabs, due to the previous high tide, which pushed alot of the crabs far up the beach, had to wait until the tide rose enough to free the stranded crabs to get consistent scoops. The waves were pretty tough early, despite the hectic surf, I only spotted weak, brief rips. So to compensate, a grabbed a few mussels.
Battling the swell and large waves was difficult in the morning. Decided to use mussels, and finally hooked up to a TINY surfperch! Smallest surfperch I ever caught. Funny, because it bit a HUGE mussel!
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/smokehound/0904095017.jpg
lol, look at that. That little tyke was HUNGRY.
I was having difficulty catching fish, Because I was using such a light weight in a strong AM surf, I had to keep my line slack at all times, or else it wouldnt stay in the strike zone.
I then farmed a decent surfperch 4 feet before me. (first time ever farming a surfperch for me!)
As the tide rolled back in, I was able to find much nicer sandcrabs, several "papershells" mixed in.
With better bait, I decided to see if any croakers/sharks wanted to tangle, so I wandered waist-deep and chucked some thumb-sized crabs...
...Which attracted the attention of a male 22-inch Shovelnose Guitarfish
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/smokehound/0904112921.jpg
Reloaded, and went back to the exact same spot, and..
..His smaller sister said hi.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/smokehound/0904114538.jpg
We went to the harbor, but didnt catch anything. Tide went slack, and I missed every hit I got. Both on sandcrabs and Big hammers... Tons of boat traffic, gondolas, paddleboarders, buttholes ignoring the 5 MPH rule. Etc. :LOL:
Still had a great day, though!
Got up early, and got a ride from a member who needed some help on fishing the surf. After spending a little while in a roundabout trying to find a parking spot, we were on the sand around 8 am, or something like that, cant remember exactly when. Wasn't expecting a corbina this time, after the last few trips X(
It took me a while to find some decent crabs, due to the previous high tide, which pushed alot of the crabs far up the beach, had to wait until the tide rose enough to free the stranded crabs to get consistent scoops. The waves were pretty tough early, despite the hectic surf, I only spotted weak, brief rips. So to compensate, a grabbed a few mussels.
Battling the swell and large waves was difficult in the morning. Decided to use mussels, and finally hooked up to a TINY surfperch! Smallest surfperch I ever caught. Funny, because it bit a HUGE mussel!
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/smokehound/0904095017.jpg
lol, look at that. That little tyke was HUNGRY.
I was having difficulty catching fish, Because I was using such a light weight in a strong AM surf, I had to keep my line slack at all times, or else it wouldnt stay in the strike zone.
I then farmed a decent surfperch 4 feet before me. (first time ever farming a surfperch for me!)
As the tide rolled back in, I was able to find much nicer sandcrabs, several "papershells" mixed in.
With better bait, I decided to see if any croakers/sharks wanted to tangle, so I wandered waist-deep and chucked some thumb-sized crabs...
...Which attracted the attention of a male 22-inch Shovelnose Guitarfish
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/smokehound/0904112921.jpg
Reloaded, and went back to the exact same spot, and..
..His smaller sister said hi.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c177/smokehound/0904114538.jpg
We went to the harbor, but didnt catch anything. Tide went slack, and I missed every hit I got. Both on sandcrabs and Big hammers... Tons of boat traffic, gondolas, paddleboarders, buttholes ignoring the 5 MPH rule. Etc. :LOL:
Still had a great day, though!