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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Mother's Day Miracle (5/14)

« on: May 14, 2023, 02:40:02 PM »

Wow! Huge butterfly ray. Looked well over 3ft across. Nice catch. At least you got to pull on something. And on 10 lb test no less.

-Keith

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General Board / Re: Birthday in Bishop

« on: May 13, 2023, 12:26:18 PM »

I'll be up in June Lake Loop over Memorial Day weekend. I keep wondering how much snow will be left.
I'll be taking my kayak out on Silver Lake and going for trout and setting crayfish traps.
Looking forward to it.

- Keith

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Fishing Talk / Trying Something New

« on: May 13, 2023, 08:49:32 AM »

I was up at Big Bear Lake on a warm weekend mid April and saw lots of carp swimming along the shores spawning. I've seen people bowfishing before there and thought I'd like to give it a try.
I've only shot a bow and arrow on occasion in the past. I looked online and found a nice compound bow kit with all the bells and whistles. These new bows have sights and string releases with triggers so it takes away a lot of the finesse you needed to shoot an arrow. I took a few shots in my backyard to get it adjusted and sighted and took it up the following weekend.
Unfortunately  it was 10 degrees cooler and the carp weren't as active but I did manage to find a few.

I got about 20 shots and got two. As expected, my side to side aim was right on but up and down was bad due to the refraction. The two I did get were 15 feet from shore and in about a foot of water. You have to shoot 4 inches lower for every 10 ft of distance and 3 inches for every foot depth. I shot 9 inches below and got them spot on.





I'm looking forward to trying again on a warmer weekend. In the meantime, I'll be practicing with pieces of submerged pool float noodles in my pool. 

-Keith

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General Board / Re: In 1 day and 18 hours... (logged in time)

« on: April 29, 2023, 11:00:37 AM »

Is it a milestone for the forum stat
Total Time Spent Online? How many thosands of days is it? 

-Keith

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Successful trip with my dad

« on: April 29, 2023, 10:41:18 AM »

Very cool! Must have been the highlight of his day with a solid leopard shark. Great day of catching too.

-Keith

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Water test

« on: March 12, 2023, 08:45:32 AM »

I'm impressed by the distance you covered and legth of time on the water. Assuming you started at Oceanside harbor and you turned around at La Jolla, you covered at least 60 miles. Starting at 10:30 and getting back in the dark, you were on the water at least 8 hours. (Sorry for pointing out the obvious.)
Great to hear there is lots of fish still out there.

-Keith

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / Re: More Fish Identifying as Another (3/6)

« on: March 07, 2023, 04:51:51 AM »

Nice catfish. Did you get it on an inflated nite crawler?
Second what Vern said. I spend more than $14 in gas getting to the beach.

-Keith

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Been putting in the Time on the Sand

« on: February 21, 2023, 02:26:44 PM »

Wouldn't it be funny if SNBF was won by this size batray. I seem to remember one recent event was won by something around 20 inches. 

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Been putting in the Time on the Sand

« on: February 21, 2023, 08:14:50 AM »

Thanks Vern.
I was thinking the same thing. There have been few reports lately to go by.
I am on a kayak website which has been essentially silent. Yet when i was on the beach in Dana Point on the 11th, i saw kayaks staying in the same location all morning and not seeing a post.
Either that means they were getting the stripe or there was something out there and they weren't ready to share.

-Keith

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Been putting in the Time on the Sand

« on: February 20, 2023, 08:31:57 PM »

After the last few reports I've seen for this year I'm hesitant to post my few catches. But I figure it's time spent on the sand so it's more info for everyone.
My last report was from a boat and I noticed quite a bit of bait in the water a mile or more out. I spent some time on the sand the last two weekends and found some success there. Saturday 2/11 at Doheny beach found good conditions, small surf and no salad, but couldn't get a bite. I was using mussles which have worked in the past for at least a croaker. Sunday was another day and same conditions and in the morning was the same outcome.
In the afternoon, I moved about 100 yards south out of the campgrounds and setup again for a second round. Got my first bite on mussels and pulled in a medium sized spotfin croaker. I had run out of mussels so I switched to squid. First bite and I pulled in a barred surf perch.    I started to get bites e ery cast missing bait on every reteive for about a half hour. Managed to pull in a 10inch perch. I haven't seen the perch around for quite sometime so I was very pleased to see them back. The bite slowed and the last hookup was a batray. I haven't hooked a batray in close to a year, so I was happy to see them back again too.


Although i had wished it would've been bigger. 

Went Sunday at sunup out to my Goto place on CDM jetty. Lots of bait in the water early. Was hooking up on the usual mackerels, and then pulled in a sardine. I haven't caught one of them for more then 5 years. I guess since the waters cooled down they are back, like the perch and the sand crabs. Also hooked up with another unexpected catch, a halibut.


Again, I wish it would've been bigger.

-Keith

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Fishing Talk / Lots of Bait in the Water

« on: February 04, 2023, 08:33:42 PM »

I rented a 26 foot Reef Runner to take my Mom's ashes out to sea. And as my Mother would have expected, I took my fishing poles out with me. We went out of LA harbor and headed straight out toward Catalina. About 2 miles out. I started seeing pelicans diving. Next thing we know we are seeing baitfish breaking the surface in big patches all around. Got the ashed out in a white cloud in the clear blue water. So now where are the bait...
Saw some about 100 feet away so got my pole ready to troll a lure. While I'm getting ready they start popping up all around the boat... of course. As soon as I got my line out and started trolling they were gone. The fish finder showed they just sank down to about 15 feet below the surface. I trolled around heading into several schools but didn't get a bite. Didn't really expect to but it was worth a try. Also cruised along shore by Point Fermon and saw several promising mounds holding fish, but only brought limited tackel and no bait. So just made note on the areas to take my Kayak later.
Nice day on the water. A little bit of waves but no white caps.
Honestly, it would've made my day to see a dolphin or a tuna in the baitfish but just getting out there knocks another thing off my wish list.

-Keith

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Contest & Events / Re: Let's get to a vote for the Fall Surf Shark Contest!

« on: January 06, 2023, 05:18:02 AM »

I'll put my vote in for Ethansauce.
Nice picture. I like the fishing pole in the background.
How did he do that?

-Keith

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General Board / Re: Did it

« on: December 29, 2022, 03:31:15 PM »

Congratulations!!
I'm sure she's the biggest catch for you.
 

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Fish on Fish violence 12/19

« on: December 20, 2022, 01:49:21 PM »

Great soup fin. Crazy story to go with it.

- Keith

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General Board / Re: Holiday Plans

« on: December 08, 2022, 05:04:10 AM »

I'll be spending the day after Christmas thru New Years camping at OC beaches. Hope to beat my daugter's 56" leopard shark she caught on Father's Day a couple years ago. Also hope to motivate myself to night fish for something more toothy.

-Keith