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On Thursday I got a 30 inch halibut in the surf area on a sardine. What a nice fish. May friend got a 20 1/2 inch halibut and an 18 inch halibut on sardines. It was a much better day at last. Tuesday I got a 16 inch spotted sand bass and another friend got one as well the next day. Snookie

There was a "big" Humbolt Squid caught on Balboa Pier this morning. According to Dave, the Ruby's manager it was big. With the overcast we should be seeing some more. (I hope) Snookie

Yes, the bonito are still cooperating, but because of the sardines being there I got my tenth halibut for this year. It was 23 inches and in the very surf area. It was another fun day. Snookie

There were lots of bonitos today as long as we could get sardines. We didn't keep the bonitos today, but I did keep the 23 inch halibut I caught on a sardine. That is my eighth one since the last day in January this year. I lost one Thursday. They are fun. Even the little ones are fighters...

Yesterday the bonitos decided to be with us from early morning until 4p.m. It was just before noon when they broke everywhere on the pier. We had a tremendous amount of bait all around and they were after it. The bonitos were about 16 inches which is much better than they have been.They...

Yesterday I got another keeper halibut. This is the sixth one since end of January. This one was only 22 inches. She was caught on a Spanish Mackerel. We had lots of Spanish Mackerel yesterday plus our usual smelt. Lots of strikes and small halibut. One big one was caught out farther but...

Yes, today I got another one at 25 inches on a big smelt and my little rod. I now have 5 keepers since January of this year. Yes, I am having fresh halibut for supper tonight, The water was big today with that storm in the Pacific, but the fish didn't seem to mind it. My group got lots of...

Yesterday Lou got a 24 inch keeper halibut on a big smelt. I netted it and he was delighted with the catch. I lost my keeper, but next week we will see what happens. Snookie

Yesterday I didn't do so well, but my fishing partner, Lou, got a 25 inch keeper halibut on a 5 inch smelt. I netted it for him, cleaned it and took it home with me. He doesn't like to eat fish, but he likes to catch them. Good deal for me. No other keepers caught the rest of the day. Our...

Yesterday at Balboa Pier we got many strikes and a few nice fish, My fish was 23 1/2 inches on a 5 inch smelt. That is my third keeper in less than a week. I also lost a bigger one. We had lots of good bait as well. Things are really looking up now. Snookie

Yesterday, on Balboa Pier, we had lots of bait and lots of strikes. The best part was that I got two keeper halibut. One was 26 inches and that other one an hour later was 23 inches. Oh are we going to have a good meal Saturday. I did eat a half fillet last night, and it was delicious. My...

My buddy caught a 23 inch halibut ab out 10:30 Thursday on a nice sized smelt. I netted it and we have halibut now. We caught a few other halibut, but no more keepers. The bait situation was better than Tuesday, but needs to improve. Snookie

Today was a very good day for whale watching from the pier. We saw 9 whales go by. Those are the first ones this year. They were two at a time and three another time. Because of Covid we didn't see any last year. As far as fishing we did get lots of bait all smelt but no strikes. It turned...

Yesterday I immediately got a keeper halibut. I put on a 4 inch smelt in the surf area and trolled it back to straight down and there she was. She was 22 inches exactly and a female I noticed when I cleaned her. Throughout the day I had three other good strikes with a 20 inch one and one I lost...

Yesterday there were two turtles around the Balboa Pier. The smaller of the two got caught for a little bit before getting released. The second one was a big one. Snookie

Yesterday my daughter caught another keeper halibut. It was 22 inches exactly on a small smelt. I taught her well, now why can't I catch a keeper instead of all the small ones I am catching? We are getting a lot of calicos too, but not legal sizes. Snookie

We all got smaller halibut, calicos and one spotted sand bass, but my daughter visiting from Virginia caught a 23 inch halibut. It was on a small smelt. She had specifically come out to do just that. I trained her well. Snookie

A deer-sea anglerfish washed up on shore at Crystal Cove this weekend. They are found at depths of 2000 plus feet. It is supposedly called a female Pacific football fish. This weekend also brought anchovies to Balboa Pier. I hope they are still there on Tuesday. The ocean always has...

Yesterday was fun. We had sardines all day in the surf area . Saw that they dispersed at the end of the pier, but that is because they came down to us in the surd area. We had lots of good strikes from halibut, but it wasn't until 2 that I got a 30 inch, 12 pound halibut. She was a beauty...

My brother caught a 22 inch keeper halibut. Mine was just 20 1/2 inches, but it was the best day in a long time for me. I used sardines all day as they were plentiful and I had a halibut strike on every one of them. I just couldn't hook them. I won't use a two hook rig as I consider it...