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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Great day on the sand

« on: August 24, 2015, 10:53:34 PM »

I've been hitting the light rod the last 3 weeks, first times I've been light rodding all year.  The last 2 weekends fishing with my buddy Sean have just been crazy. Last Saturday really had me on cloud nine, Not only did we put up impressive numbers and varieties but I got my first legal Halibut.

We fished from 5:30am to 11:30am for a total of around 70 fish landed between us.

My tally:
15+ Bonito
4 Mac
6 Hali 1 legal at 24.5"
4 Calico, 3 med, 1 legal at 16"
6 Croakers
2 Cuda

Here's some pics.

16" Crow



24.5" Halibut

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / 4-25 - PB Leo

« on: April 25, 2015, 01:21:12 PM »

Decided to hit the surf this am before the surf builds.
Fished the back 1/2 of the outgoing tide at the same spot I picked up 50" Bat last weekend.
Hit the sand at 6:30am and fished until 9:30am for 1 take that turned into my PB leo at 55".
No pics as I was flying solo and there wasn't a soul close to me on the beach.

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / New PB Bat 50.5 inches 4/18

« on: April 19, 2015, 11:52:33 AM »

Hit the sand with Verne's crew to test drive my new Fathom 30.

The first cast did not bode well for the day, but in the end proved to be the bad with the good. As this was the 1st cast with the new reel, I didn't bother with more than a 5 oz pyramid, nice cast, no blow-up.... first crank of the handle, and the sinker wont budge a bit. ended up losing the shockleader and sinker.

Oh well, time to re-rig. New leader, new clipdown running rig, and a mac head hit the surf. 45 minutes later, Bump, Bump, click, click, I notice something poking at my bait. Just as I grab the rod, Drag starts screaming and the fish immediately starts heading down the beach right towards some swimmers. Denny starts running interference for me getting the few swimmers out of the water.

This fish takes me 150 yds down the beach just steaming along.
15 minutes of back and forth, and Denny finally drags the beast onto the sand. We slap a tape on it, 50.5 in's of unhappy Bat. It turns out that along with the Ray, I was fighting about 50 lbs of grass and kelp.

Fished for another 2.5 hours or so for nada, but not a bad way to break in a new reel.

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Classifieds / FS: Surf rod and reel combo (Spinning)

« on: April 18, 2015, 03:29:29 PM »

Changed my backup rod to conventional and looking to sell my Spinning setup.
Looking for $150 for the combo, pickup only in SFV area.

Both are less than a year old and have been used less than a dozen times. Rinsed after every use and both are in 10/10 condition.

ROD: 12' Okuma Solaris - Rated 3-8 oz (casts 5+bait great)

Features of Okuma Solaris Surf Spinning Rods include:
* Sensitive and durable IM6 graphite blanks
* Fuji stainless steel double footed guide frames with aluminum oxide inserts
* Fuji graphite reel seats with stainless steel hoods
* Cork wrapped non-slip fore and rear grips
* Soft touch EVA foam cushions above and below reel seat
* Rubber butt cap
* Diamond butt section thread wraps

REEL: Okuma Coronado CD-80a loaded with 300 yds 50lb hi-vis powerpro and mono backing.

CD-80a Specifications:
Gear Ratio 4.8:1
Bearings 4BB + 1RB
Line Retrieve 34
Maximum Drag 33 lbs.
Line Capacity 420/15 (0.37), 350/20 (0.42), 280/25 (0.4Cool
Product Weight 24.7 oz.

Coronado Features:
* On/Off auto trip bait feeding system
* DFD: Precision Dual Force Drag system
* Multi-disc, Japanese oiled felt drag system
* 4BB + 1RB corrosion-resistant stainless steel ball bearings
* Quick-Set anti-reverse roller bearing
* Precision machine cut brass pinion gear
* CRC: Corrosion-Resistant Coating process
* HDGII: Corrosion-resistant, High Density gearing
* Lightweight, corrosion-resistant graphite body and rotor
* Precision Elliptical Gearing system
* Machined aluminum, two-tone anodized spool
* Hydro Block water tight drag seal
* Heavy duty, solid aluminum, anodized bail wire
* RESII: Computer balanced Rotor Equalizing System
* Narrow Blade Body Design for reduced fatigue

PM with questions or offers.

Thanks!

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Bat Crazy in LA - Sat 4-11

« on: April 11, 2015, 11:22:39 PM »

What an epic day hauling bats on the beach! 

A bunch of the LA Crew got together to soak rods tonight in a LA spot.
Had myself, Ryan, Eric, Verne, Denny and Denny's friend Mike.
We setup around 5:30ish to great conditions, no kelp and only a little red cabbage.
Surf was 1's and 2's, no wind and great company. It didn't take long for the action to heat up.

The action was pretty steady for the first few hours before it finally died off around 8-8:30 or so.
We didn't hit much in the way of size, but boy did we hit numbers tonight. I don't have an exact total
for the night, I think I missed a few. I think Denny's friend Mike got the biggest at 37".

I was setup about 20 yds north of Verne and my rod seemed to only go off when I was down chewing the fat
with Verne.  Dang, but I,m tired from all that running.

Numbers that I am sure of take the total to 17 bats on the beach, 1 Horn shark and 1 sngf.
We even had a triple at one time with myself, Verne and Mike all hooked up at the same time.

I hope this finally means that the Bats are ready to play in LA, and that this was not just a teaser to keep us trying
with no success.

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Tackle Talk / Penn fathom

« on: April 01, 2015, 03:08:00 PM »

Anyone ever use one for surf fishing? I am interested in picking up another conventional for surf fishing for rays and sharks and found a great deal for a 30 size.

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Fishing Talk / Any one doing any long rodding this weekend in the la to malibu area?

« on: March 26, 2015, 01:40:19 PM »

Any one doing any long rodding this weekend in the la to malibu area?