jinbow
11-23-2012, 05:48 PM
Hi All,
Haven't written a report for months. I've been fishing but nothing really worthy or legal I could have wrote about. :Wink:
Went to Long Beach twice during the past two weeks because the surf was just too high at my favorite spots. It was actually my first time there in Long Beach, now the second. Always heard that Long Beach was a pretty good halibut area since there are minimal waves; thanks to the jetties. Fished with my normal equipment: 6' Convergence rod, Sahara spinning reel, 10 lb P-Line (smoke blue), LC FM 110 (MS American Shad). Both trips treated me pretty well from my opinion. :Big Grin: But ended up loosing an LC. :Crying: The bail flipped back on a cast, the LC flew like a rocket, Adios! Need to stock up, hope there are some discounts during the holiday sale. :Envious:
11/10 (Sat), Long Beach
First catch near some rocks early duirng the session. This guy hit only 6 feet away from me.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/Image00001.jpg
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMG-20121110-WA0001.jpg
Later on just randomly casting this one wanted some action too, put up a lot better fight than the first.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMG-20121110-WA0000.jpg
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMG-20121110-WA0003.jpg
Thanks for my friend Ryan (fishing time) for taking the nice pictures. He came with me that day, but unfortunately got skunked. :Skunk:
By the way, this is him with one of his halibut caught on 10/28/2012 at Malibu with the LC FM 110 (Barred Surfperch).
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMAG0142.jpg
Just about when it was time to head off from LBC, we saw this craziness.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/Image00002.jpg
:EyePop: We ran our *** there and tried casting as close as possible, but it was probably another 40 yards out. Casted another 10 minutes with nothing and called it a day.
Here's the worn lure of the day.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/Image00003.jpg
11/22 (Thu), Long Beach
Another high surf day, so came to Long Beach hoping to be as productive as last time. Not too long when I got to the sand, something flipped on top of the water that got my attention, first thought it was one of those birds, but never came back up. Good fishy sign. :Big Grin: Started attacking the place, suddenly another jump, but couldn't see what it was. I kept casting and it jumped the 3rd time. On the 4th jump it was clear, a slim body that was a little more than a foot long with a yellowish tail. Probably a Yellowfin Croaker. Ended up casting in the vicinity for an hour for NOTHING. :Sad: I guess that fish was teasing me the whole time "here i am, you can't catch me." :BabbleFish:
The tide got lower and some structure started to show up. Casted around and thought I got snagged on something. It was retrievable but dead. Kind of like big kelp, but there were no sign of kelp in that area. So I thought it must have been a log or some kind of trash. I just wanted my LC back, so I was just slowly retrieving it. Then, when it got visible, "What the heck, it's a flattie!" Really, this butt was so chill. :Beer Toast: He didn't fight at all until he probably saw me approaching.
So here's the butt that probably ate too much turkey, doesn't have a clue what's going on.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMAG0208.jpg
It was still early and wanted to get more familiar with the area at low tide so I continued to work the beach. The area holds more wholes than it actually looks.
Then I saw another fish jump out; it was clear, a short halibut. Hope this small butt isn't the same as the croaker that was teasing me. After a few casts, slowly retrieving, got a hit. Bingo!!!
This small one was a lot more fun than the legal, at least he tried fighting. :LOL:
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMAG0211.jpg
11/10 (Sat), Long Beach
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+2 Halibut (21" & 21")
11/22 (Thu), Long Beach
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+3 Lizardfish => varocious little things, they were the size of my lure
+2 Halibut (23" & 16")
-1 Flashminnow (MS American Shad)
All caught and released.
This is my first legal halibut since, I believe, April. It's kinda weird, I didn't have any luck during the summer months, all 4 of my legals were caught during the colder months. The prior three were caught this year during February to April. I thought halibut come closer to the shore and are more active when the water is warm, or was I just unlucky. :Cool:
Thanks for taking your time to see the report.
Hope you all have a wonderful TURKEY week.
Albert (jinbow)
Haven't written a report for months. I've been fishing but nothing really worthy or legal I could have wrote about. :Wink:
Went to Long Beach twice during the past two weeks because the surf was just too high at my favorite spots. It was actually my first time there in Long Beach, now the second. Always heard that Long Beach was a pretty good halibut area since there are minimal waves; thanks to the jetties. Fished with my normal equipment: 6' Convergence rod, Sahara spinning reel, 10 lb P-Line (smoke blue), LC FM 110 (MS American Shad). Both trips treated me pretty well from my opinion. :Big Grin: But ended up loosing an LC. :Crying: The bail flipped back on a cast, the LC flew like a rocket, Adios! Need to stock up, hope there are some discounts during the holiday sale. :Envious:
11/10 (Sat), Long Beach
First catch near some rocks early duirng the session. This guy hit only 6 feet away from me.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/Image00001.jpg
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMG-20121110-WA0001.jpg
Later on just randomly casting this one wanted some action too, put up a lot better fight than the first.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMG-20121110-WA0000.jpg
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMG-20121110-WA0003.jpg
Thanks for my friend Ryan (fishing time) for taking the nice pictures. He came with me that day, but unfortunately got skunked. :Skunk:
By the way, this is him with one of his halibut caught on 10/28/2012 at Malibu with the LC FM 110 (Barred Surfperch).
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMAG0142.jpg
Just about when it was time to head off from LBC, we saw this craziness.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/Image00002.jpg
:EyePop: We ran our *** there and tried casting as close as possible, but it was probably another 40 yards out. Casted another 10 minutes with nothing and called it a day.
Here's the worn lure of the day.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/Image00003.jpg
11/22 (Thu), Long Beach
Another high surf day, so came to Long Beach hoping to be as productive as last time. Not too long when I got to the sand, something flipped on top of the water that got my attention, first thought it was one of those birds, but never came back up. Good fishy sign. :Big Grin: Started attacking the place, suddenly another jump, but couldn't see what it was. I kept casting and it jumped the 3rd time. On the 4th jump it was clear, a slim body that was a little more than a foot long with a yellowish tail. Probably a Yellowfin Croaker. Ended up casting in the vicinity for an hour for NOTHING. :Sad: I guess that fish was teasing me the whole time "here i am, you can't catch me." :BabbleFish:
The tide got lower and some structure started to show up. Casted around and thought I got snagged on something. It was retrievable but dead. Kind of like big kelp, but there were no sign of kelp in that area. So I thought it must have been a log or some kind of trash. I just wanted my LC back, so I was just slowly retrieving it. Then, when it got visible, "What the heck, it's a flattie!" Really, this butt was so chill. :Beer Toast: He didn't fight at all until he probably saw me approaching.
So here's the butt that probably ate too much turkey, doesn't have a clue what's going on.
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMAG0208.jpg
It was still early and wanted to get more familiar with the area at low tide so I continued to work the beach. The area holds more wholes than it actually looks.
Then I saw another fish jump out; it was clear, a short halibut. Hope this small butt isn't the same as the croaker that was teasing me. After a few casts, slowly retrieving, got a hit. Bingo!!!
This small one was a lot more fun than the legal, at least he tried fighting. :LOL:
http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/w480/jinbow1981/Fishing/IMAG0211.jpg
11/10 (Sat), Long Beach
==================
+2 Halibut (21" & 21")
11/22 (Thu), Long Beach
==================
+3 Lizardfish => varocious little things, they were the size of my lure
+2 Halibut (23" & 16")
-1 Flashminnow (MS American Shad)
All caught and released.
This is my first legal halibut since, I believe, April. It's kinda weird, I didn't have any luck during the summer months, all 4 of my legals were caught during the colder months. The prior three were caught this year during February to April. I thought halibut come closer to the shore and are more active when the water is warm, or was I just unlucky. :Cool:
Thanks for taking your time to see the report.
Hope you all have a wonderful TURKEY week.
Albert (jinbow)