andrew95
07-26-2012, 11:38 AM
Bit of a late report, sorry.
I went camping with family and read the guide here on how to fish the surf, mostly used the 2" camo sandworm and fished the morning for an hour or two and in the evening.
This was pretty much my first time fishng in the ocean so it was pretty new and fun for me. I've been fishing trout for quite a while though. I'm just outside of Santa Clarita so Ventura is about an hour and a half away. Not too bad for making a nice day trip more often. LA beaches are a little closer but I'm not sure how good they are.
July 15th, evening: Seaweed was real bad but I managed to catch a couple barred perch.
July 16th: Caught a dozen or so perch in the morning and evening.
July 17th, morning: First cast I hook into a BIG perch and then another about 5 minutes later. After that I get some small tugs on my line and reel in a funny small looking perch, "Wait, HALIBUTTT!!!". This thing was really small, like 4 inches but I was still pretty stoked lol. I ended up catching 2 more and released them all very carefully of course.
July 18th, morning: Completely dead on the water, except a bite or two. I don't know what was wrong because the tide and waves seemed fine. The sun was out for the first time in the early morning but I don't know if it matters.
July 19th, morning: Also very slow again but I managed to get two baby halibut that got off the hook when brought in.
Unfortunately I didn't have my camera except for the first day, so no pics of the baby halibut or the two bigger perch. The perch pictured was the average size caught.
http://oi46.tinypic.com/2a8nx93.jpg
I went camping with family and read the guide here on how to fish the surf, mostly used the 2" camo sandworm and fished the morning for an hour or two and in the evening.
This was pretty much my first time fishng in the ocean so it was pretty new and fun for me. I've been fishing trout for quite a while though. I'm just outside of Santa Clarita so Ventura is about an hour and a half away. Not too bad for making a nice day trip more often. LA beaches are a little closer but I'm not sure how good they are.
July 15th, evening: Seaweed was real bad but I managed to catch a couple barred perch.
July 16th: Caught a dozen or so perch in the morning and evening.
July 17th, morning: First cast I hook into a BIG perch and then another about 5 minutes later. After that I get some small tugs on my line and reel in a funny small looking perch, "Wait, HALIBUTTT!!!". This thing was really small, like 4 inches but I was still pretty stoked lol. I ended up catching 2 more and released them all very carefully of course.
July 18th, morning: Completely dead on the water, except a bite or two. I don't know what was wrong because the tide and waves seemed fine. The sun was out for the first time in the early morning but I don't know if it matters.
July 19th, morning: Also very slow again but I managed to get two baby halibut that got off the hook when brought in.
Unfortunately I didn't have my camera except for the first day, so no pics of the baby halibut or the two bigger perch. The perch pictured was the average size caught.
http://oi46.tinypic.com/2a8nx93.jpg