Short But Fruitful Surf Fishing Trip To Malibu 01-23-2014

Even though I had fished the previous two days and had a grassy ready for the freezer, my buddy Doug (in first pic) called me up and asked if I felt like fishing because he felt like going to the beach. That was enough for me and after he got to my house we headed down to Malibu, CA of course. We arrived around 9:20 AM and I went to fishing while he wandered around soaking in the beauty. I got my first fish at 10:20 AM after moving down about a 1/4 mile from my original location, which was a 10" or so grass rockfish. Got some bites, nibbles and snags here and there until 11:11 AM when my bait (squid) was hammered and the fight was on! After a short battle I pulled in a beautiful fat piggy Cabazon that measured 19+" and weighed 3 pounds 3.9 ounces (after I got it positioned so it's tail was not resting on the cutting board). What a fish! After getting it in a bucket of water to stay alive I went back to fishing and caught my final fish for the day at 11:22 AM, which was a 9-10" grass rockfish. After packing up and bleeding the cabby we headed home at 11:40 AM, me being very happy with the results :). The packaged fillets in the last picture from the grassy the day before and the cabby was mislabeled and should read that I caught the cabby on 01-23-2014. Another fantastic day of fishing in Malibu, CA in sunny Southern California, man I love it here!!!

Surf Fishing Malibu 01-17-2014

Wanting to take advantage of the near full moon conditions and the incoming tide (low was a -0.36' @ 5:15 PM and high was a 3.73' @ 11:36 PM and sunset was around 6:15 PM), Brian and I headed to Malibu to do some fishing. We arrived around 4:00 PM and started fishing. Bait was squid, as always.

Brian started out the catching with a beautiful and fat 19"+ calico bass at 4:54 PM. I got in on the action with a nice fat 15-16" grass rockfish at 5:11 PM. We then had our first double hook up (we both hooked up and reeled in at the same time) at 5:22 PM, which was a 9" or so grass rockfish for me and a nice 12" or so grass rockfish for Brian. I then caught a 9"+ grass rockfish at 5:30 PM and Brian caught a nice 13" grassy at 5:38 PM. Double hook up #2 came at 5:45 PM in the form of a small grassy for Brian and a little baby lobster for me (which was of course released). I then caught a 12" or so cabazon at 6:00 PM and a 7" grass rockfish at 6:21 PM and a 12"+ grass rockfish at 6:34 PM and Brian closed out the catching with an 11" or so grass rockfish at 6:36 PM. We came intending to fish the full moon more, but we were tired by 7:00 and packed up and left.

What a great day of fishing! Final tally was: one calico bass and five grass rockfish for Brian and five grass rockfish, one sub-legal cabazon and one baby lobster for me. We kept the calico bass, and the three largest grass rockfish (12"+ is our own personal size restriction on rockfish unless it is gut hooked or otherwise injured) which you can see processed and packaged in the last picture. We enjoyed doing it, hopefully you enjoyed reading about it and the pics the go along with it.

Fishing off the Rocks North of Cayucos 01-06-2014

Fished from 9:00 AM till 6:00 PM in three locations North of Cayucos, CA. Was a great day of fishing even though we only each caught one fish (Brian caught a nice grass rockfish at 12:12 PM and I caught a tiny cabazon at 12:22 PM). Always nice to be on the salt, regardless of the results. Bait was mostly squid, but think we tried rockfish, smelt and sardines as well if I recall correctly. Tides are not important given the amount of time spent on the water (ask in the comments if you really want to know).