Surf Fishing Malibu 02-07-2014

Being bored and not feeling like doing much I decided to take a quick trip to Malibu, CA to do some surf fishing. I arrived at 11:43 AM, low tide was a +0.7' @ 11:08 AM and high tide was a +2.73' @ 6:36 PM. Bait was squid as always.

Fishing was pretty slow, but I did manage to catch one fish at 1:16 PM which was a 27" Leopard Shark, which was of course released since the minimum size to keep a Leopard Shark is 36" to keep. No action other than that. I packed it in and headed home at 2:40 PM, happy I had at least caught something during my short outing and, as always, refreshed from being at the beach.

Surf Fishing During Sunrise In Malibu 02-05-2014

Having not fished in about a week, I had the itch so I headed to my favorite local fishing area, Malibu, CA. I arrived at 6:28 AM which was about 20 minutes before the scheduled sunrise at 6:49 AM. The time just before and during sunrise (and sunset) are typically great times for pictures and I was treated to yet another spectacular sunrise on this day. To the fishing and details. Bait was squid, low tide was a +1.09' @ 8:01 AM and high tide was a +2.99 @ 1:43 PM. First fish of the day was a small 6" grass rockfish at 6:36 AM, that I did not even bother taking a picture of (well, I really just forgot to be honest, lol). Next fish up was an 11.5" buttermouth perch at 6:42 AM. Hot doggy, fishing is starting out hot! After releasing the perch (PDF link) since I do not like the texture of them fishing slowed considerably. That is fishing, one minute it is hot, the next it is not, lol. My next and final fish for the day was another grass rockfish, which was about 11" and caught at 9:40 AM. I did catch another grassy at some point, because I made note of it, but I forget the time and size. I moved around a bit and kept fishing even though it was slow for another hour and a half not catching anything else. All fish released this day, I will get the bigger models another day. Another great day of fishing in sunny Southern California. Some pretty cool pics below if I do say so myself, lol. Enjoy!