silver strand state beach Coronado

[simijab]

had a conference to go to in San Diego so decided to make a weekend out of it. Only got to fish a little but a little is better than none. Fished saturday mid morning landed a 5 or 6 perch on the crack.
Got bored so threw on a LC for the hell of it. No wadders on so wasnt counting on getting anything. couple cast later I hook up couple head shakes and I knew what it was. Halibut a little over 20 inches
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Well that was a surprise so decided to get geared up and really hit it in the morning. The wife and I got up the next morning. I geared up my wife opted to just fish with out wadding. Started landing perch on the LC nothing big then I look over and Nicol is pulling in a short butt. dont have a picture but it was 17-18 inches. I ended the day with 7 perch and no halibut. guess I geared up for nothing lol. Later that afternoon Nicol went down to the beach and called me and said there are people clamming out here. decided to walk down and see what she was talking about. I saw this lady walking back with a whole bag of the biggest pismo clams Ive ever seen. We were camping at the beach so ran up to the trailer and grabbed our marshmellow roasting sticks and started poking around. Ended up finding 3 in about 15 minutes all about this size.
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Threw them on the grill for dinner with a little soy and hot sauce
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Nice weekend all and all and we will definitly be going back if nothing else but for the clams.
bonus scenery shot
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[bones]

Sounds like a perfect conference bro.... good job and thanks for the report.
Those pismos look yummy!

[simijab]

Sounds like a perfect conference bro.... good job and thanks for the report.
Those pismos look yummy!

they were!! and look I finally figured out how to post big pictures on my post lol. Wingnut will be so proud

[bachiboy]

Nicely done Jeff! Sounds like you two had a great time out there. Glad you were able to get in a couple sessions and find some fish. Awesome that you guys got those clams too!

Don

[SP Dan]

Hey Jeff and Nicol,

It sounds like the two of you had your selves another memorable session together! :Wink::Thumbs Up: Outstanding!
Halibut, BSP and Pismo clams ....oh my!

Now I'm hungry for some clams! :Cool: Hmmmmmm!

Thanks for another great report and please .... keep them coming!

SP Dan <"))><

[Mike_Aye]

Looks like an awesome weekend!

[anchor3n1]

Wow way to go at beach you've never been to before:Razz: You two have learned well how to get flat guys to take the LC - good job.

I like your pics, too.

Nick

[simijab]

Every day I wish I had more time to hit the surf. Glad I can get out every once and a while. And if any of you are down on Coronado at low tide I suggest you bring a pitch fork and get some of those clams. They are delicious

[jplee3]

Whoa! WTG! I was fishing over in front of Hotel Coronado on Sunday mid-morning through noon. No such luck - got a couple bigger bites but couldn't get it on the hook. Otherwise, a few dinks. I was fishing right by the jetty and was on the crack. I tried throwing my LC for a bit but never ventured too far from that area. Caught a 27" Hali on crack in that spot a few years ago. Also saw a bunch of people clamming the day I caught that hali and was given tips by a dude with a sack full, to use my heels and dig in - I found one using that technique in about 5-10 minutes! Wish I had gone further down the beach... it's good to know there's still some good action along there along with the clams :)

BTW: it wasn't the NIDA conference that you were down there for, was it? Saw a ton of people around the convention center and all over Gaslamp (we stayed overnight Sat-Sun).

[Wingnut]

Sounds like a pretty successful "business" trip there Jeff. :Wink:
Those Clams looks tasty... :Envious:
Hope you and Nicole have a Happy Thanksgiving. :Cool:

[simijab]

Whoa! WTG! I was fishing over in front of Hotel Coronado on Sunday mid-morning through noon. No such luck - got a couple bigger bites but couldn't get it on the hook. Otherwise, a few dinks. I was fishing right by the jetty and was on the crack. I tried throwing my LC for a bit but never ventured too far from that area. Caught a 27" Hali on crack in that spot a few years ago. Also saw a bunch of people clamming the day I caught that hali and was given tips by a dude with a sack full, to use my heels and dig in - I found one using that technique in about 5-10 minutes! Wish I had gone further down the beach... it's good to know there's still some good action along there along with the clams :)

BTW: it wasn't the NIDA conference that you were down there for, was it? Saw a ton of people around the convention center and all over Gaslamp (we stayed overnight Sat-Sun).
It was a conference for Harris utilities. It was at the Marriott. Guess you should have headed down to silver strand to do some fishing. I really wanted to try fishing the harbor but didn't have time

[simijab]

Sounds like a pretty successful "business" trip there Jeff. :Wink:
Those Clams looks tasty... :Envious:
Hope you and Nicole have a Happy Thanksgiving. :Cool:
Thanks man I felt it was pretty successful lol. Hope you and your family have a good thanksgiving to

[flyngby]

Looks like fun Jeff!

Business and Pleasure wrap into a day is always great!

Nice Checker in your profile pic.

Steve