Fathers Day 2012 - Surf Fishing Malibu

So the pops was able to go fishing with me to the location he told me about in Malibu, but he had never fished yet. After meeting him at 7:00 AM at his house we headed to Malibu. We started fishing around 8:00 AM fishing the incoming tide until around 9:45 high of 3.24'. Low was not until 2:17 and was only a 2.07 so not a whole lot of water movement. Fishing was pretty slow, I caught one decent sized black / butter mouth perch fairly early on market shrimp. Dad caught a rock crab that got hooked while snacking on his bait. We promptly released the little guy since hook and line is not a legal method of take. After that neither of us got anything but snags and salad. The salad was actually not as bad as previous trips, but it was still covering the bait occasionally. Left around noon to get home, cleaned up and back at the parents house for a 4:00 PM Fathers Day BBQ. Not too many fish, but it was still nice to hit the water with him and show him the secret location he told me about but had never fished.

Malibu Pier Fishing 06-10-2012

Went to Malibu pier with my buddy Brian. We got there around 11 AM or so and didn't see much going on up the pier. We set up shop near the end on the right and waited. To start I had one line in with two circle hooks and the other I had set up trolly rig style. Brian had one single dropper loop and one with a sabiki. I tried sabiki as well later on. Got some taps on it, but nothing that stuck. VERY slow all day. Brian caught one bullhead and I caught some sun and a few nice ladies in short shorts, lol. Only action I saw all day on pier was two spider crabs poached via sabiki, three pacific mackerel and one medium to small bat ray without a tail which I helped them land with the crab net I brought as a landing net. I know this pier is usually slow, but this was just dead. Left around 6 PM. Next time I plan to hit this pier I hope I go back to this post so I see - DON'T DO IT!

Surf Fishing Malibu 06-09-2012

Since I started a new job last Monday I can really only get out on the weekends now, so I wanted to make sure not to miss a day so I had the wife drop me off in Malibu on her way to work at around 7:15 AM or so. This spot seems to produce better at high tide, but it was just about low upon my arrival. It was a -0.12 and the high would not be until around 3 at +4. Fishing was pretty slow with a nibble here and there, but not much. Tried smelt, squid, octopus, shrimp and sand crabs. I even tried trowing a bucktail jig for a bit before leaving. I think I had a few hits, but nothing that stuck, not sure though since I do not do much lure fishing yet. The only fish caught was a small leopard shark on shrimp (first time catching a shark on shrimp). After a quick photo it was quickly returned to get bigger.   A couple fellows walking the coast line said they caught a short white sea bass up the way a little bit on a swimbait. They said it was a 26"er, so a couple short.  Nice day out, and I avoided the skunk so I am happy with that. Lots of dead baby lobsters on the shore. The wife met up after work and we had a brief picnic before leaving around 2PM. Hitting Malibu Pier tomorrow.

Malibu Pier 03/02/2012

Hit up Malibu Pier with my fishing buddy Brian Friday afternoon from about 2 P.M. till about 8 P.M.. Fishing and Crabbing was SUPER slow. All day I caught one large smelt (shown below) and a bullhead. On the crabbing front, I only got a couple tiny rock crabs and a bunch of medium sized spider crabs. This trip reminded me why I am not a huge fan of this pier...

Malibu Pier 10/20/2011

Hit up Malibu pier today for a short session with my fishing buddy Brian (about 7:00 P.M. to 10:30 P.M.). Hooped for lobster and fished for bait with sabikis tipped with macs / squid. Nothing in the hoop, but caught probably 30 or so macs between the two of us for winter bait as well as a small bass and a few lizard fish. Brian also caught a small round stingray (could have been a thornback ray, didn't look that close). There was bait everywhere and the bioluminescence was crazy (it was like watching a fireworks show in the ocean). We thought for a while that we got locked in because they closed the gates, but luckily it was not locked.

Malibu Pier 10/06/2011

Fished for a few hours with Brian. Was pretty slow, but we did manage a few macs for bait.