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I follow Chasing Pelagics YouTube channel weekly reports of inshore/offshore outlook, not sure which map site he uses for water temp and chlorophyl

With the water looking great last week, made a quick late morning trip Tues 8/29 to Balboa after quick morning hike in Irvine. Pier was swamped with red tide bands, tide still receding. Micro-smelt in the water, nothing chasing it and nobody catching anything on the end. Ran quick over to...

Evening 4-7 ish

Tried again on Fri before storm, similar situation except: * Water was VERY clear * Not even smelt being caught * Only tiny lizard fish being caught near surface on sabikis with varying feature sizes (bait to mack/bonito sizes) Tried all corners of end: LC110, splasher, jig + feather sabiki...

Good! must have been more active in the AM, Dusk was dead, and now water will be colder and dirty for a bit

Balboa is still damaged from Winter storms, cross-beam still dragging into water under Ruby's trash bin corner, creaking as it moves with the swell, anyone hear anything about it's repair?

Fished then incoming tide starting 5p. Wind and swell were moderate, water was murky with clouds of murkyness in the current, sunny so could see the large numbers of micro-smelt hugging the pier like last week. Worked lures on all 4 sides of the end. Few anglers, but spread out in all...

They are definitely out there, but the only bait is micro-smelt

The Boils of 3-5lb class fish were a sight to behold!

Used to be more common than it is now, I caught a skipjack on 6lb test one time fishing boils at the bubble for Bonito

Maybe you should find a Vegan fishing Forum? Those fish have already been prepared 3 different ways for consumption. What does size matter? Really an ignorant unqualified question. That's my opinion. Maybe you should keep your unqualified opinions directed to people who take undersized fish, or...

Went on a tide-shift exploratory Wed evening arriving about 5p to sporadic rain and boils on micro smelt. Tossed a LC 110 and a die 3 kroc for not, finding some traction with splasher rig. But only interested during the boils. Super tiny but already 2 sizes and I saw a couple boiling fish that...

Artificials all-the-way! Especially visual interaction fishing like fast retrieve in clear water or surface feather or plugs, so entertaining. Sometimes bait is a necessity and just a more productive option for most species.

The regs are the regs, but actually they are really stupid for Bonito, pigeon hole policy making at its best. They are fast-growing migratory pelagics with massive breeding numbers. There is nothing sport fisherman in CA could do to harm their numbers, it all happens South of the border and we...

Yeah the bait bite was crazy Thu AM 10-12, but they were not picky, so mush sardine that they were biting and being snagged by jigs, you could throw the ignored jig back out with the sardine and get bit within 10 sec. They devoured even the fattest sardines! A slow pick on croc or jigpara and...

I only fish Bonito, I've personally specialized in small (die 3) crocs and cast-a-bubble splasher with homemade feathers since mid-80's. Crocs: My experience targeting Piers, (Rock jetties or shoreline is different) * Best Colors: Chrome base, good with color stripe (blue, green, plain or...

That makes sense, it stayed overcast But I could see the red tide plumes thick off the end, but the water was more clear on the inside, but all that smelt (grunion?) that filled the water for sq miles around the pier Tues was gone, a bit hugging the pier and the balls of dines, but I drew no...

It was exciting! wide spread boils 100-300 yds out. Tonnage of fish, while the Massive boils outside they were all over the sabikis by the pier on the end, not much else but 3-4 per sabiki hookup adds up. Finally started hitting stick baits aggressive! Today was much quieter but still plenty to...

Saw it starting 2 weeks ago between piers, bite was dead, last Tues 9/27 tried my luck, end of pier was solid red at hightide with some clarity mid-pier, bite was dead. Seemed to be a fair amount of bait but all spread out with nothing corralling it, saw ZERO Bonito activity on bait or...

Newport was my teething ground too but in the 80's before the rails came up. The Halibut ran HUGE mid-pier on live anchovies from the pier bait tank , the calicos plentiful from between the pilings from the under pier platform, the mackerel ran 1-2 lbs and the smallest Bonito were 3lbs ... I can...