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Fished Balboa yesterday from 1-8pm. Beautiful day and busy but not overly crowded. Mackerel were in low numbers but you could get one every 10 minutes if you were persistent. Bait was scarce,99% being lizard fish. Managed 1 keeper halibut (24”), 1 short, and lost what felt like another very...

Made a recent trip down to Santa Cruz and decided to bring a rod with me and a Kastmaster 1OZ/bucktail combo. Ended up stopping at Davenport beach where I trekked down and decided to make some casts. Swell was big.. at least 7' and water was full of kelp. I decided to throw my Kastmaster anyway...

Made my way out to the mole on 9/22/24 for a couple days of fun on the island with my lovely girlfriend, most of which wasn't fishing. Smooth Ferry ride over from Newport with 3' swells at 16 seconds. After a day of exploring I was lucky enough to hit the mole, but no luck after maybe 100 casts...

Fished balboa harbor on Sunday for the incoming evening tide. Fished with mussel and live smelt. Was able to manage 6 spotted bass up to 13.5" and 2 calico bass up to 10", in just 2 hours. Live smelt was the ticket but was able to manage 2 fish on Mussel.

Arrived at Oceanside pier around noon with the sun shining and wind blowing 6-10 knots. A lot of people were leaving as I was arriving (not always the best sign). Headed to the back at a chance for a bonito or some mackeral. Tossed a 20gram slow fall- Jigpara for a couple hours. With no reward...

Got to the pier around 10:00AM for a quick session today, armed with 1 rod, a 15 Gram slow-fall Jigpara, and a 2” savage gear 3D manic shrimp (Carolina rig). I fished for 3 hours and managed 1 Mackeral off of the Jigpara. Saw people catching the occasional queen fish on jig, 3 or 4 mackerel, a...

Showed up for a late session at Oceanside pier yesterday. Started around 3:30 near the shore with with some nice quality muscle and sand crabs for no takers. It was an incoming tide and in hindsight I should have weathered it out, as I saw a few nice spotfin caught as I was leaving around 8pm...