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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...

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...

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...

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...

Last couple weeks have seen lots of bait and dolphin and a lot of migrating micro Bonito. They move in fast and don't stick around, so no big bites, but a steady pick if you put in the time. I have been limiting out in 3-5 hrs and in translation, 5 on deck & lost 5-10 and dozens of unhooked...

I popped in at Balboa on Monday evening about 6pm (27th) to escape the heat and check out water conditions and it was D E A D. A few sardines being caught on sabikis. No mackerel or anything really and pier was pretty busy. I got 0 bites on jigs, no visible bait in water, not even smelt. One...

Still picking away. Same conditions for weeks now. Warm clear water, lots of smelt and a lot of Bonito (various size fish) schools swimming around and NOT hitting jigs or live bait. Been getting consistent slow pick on splasher+feather, nothing else. Been targeting the AM high tide, 2-3 hrs...

Sooooo FRUSTRATING! Great water conditions, tons of smelt and fair numbers of Bonito breezing through the smelt, lots of feather strikes but no fish. They are so timid, all hookups were temporary. Lots of mini-macs but that's not my thing. The Bonito were boiling through the smelt packing into...