Night Fishing Malibu 05-19-2014

Trying somewhat to make up for the almost two months I went without fishing I headed back to Malibu, CA to do some more sunset / night fishing since the moon was still fairly large. I arrived at 7:56 PM, just before sunset. Low tide was a +2.25' @ 7:50 PM, high tide was a +4.48' @ 1:39 AM and bait was squid. Weather was great, ocean was nice and calm, bait was nice and fresh but the fish were just not around (or I did not find them) or just weren't interested in eating. I fished up and down coast, all the holes I know of and a plenty of other spots, but it just was not meant to be this night. I packed it in at 12:45 AM and headed home resigned that I was gonna have to take a skunk this time...grrr, lol. Still great to be out on the beach soaking in the ocean air. I will get em the next time ;).

Sunrise Surf Fishing Malibu 12-06-2013

Did some surf fishing in Malibu with Brian. I arrived at around 6:00 AM and Brian did around 7:30 AM and we left around 10:30 AM. Low tide was a 2.03 @ 4:51 AM and high was 5.55 at 10:52 AM. Bait was squid as usual. Fishing was very slow, but I was rewarded with a great sunrise for getting there so early (video below, get better as it goes :)). I caught the only fish of the day at 9:14 AM which was a 10.5" or so grass rockfish that was released to get bigger and make babies. Brian didn't catch the sunrise nor any fish, lol. Slow fishing, but another great day in Malibu!

Malibu Surf Fishing 09-22-2012

Got to my spot around 8:15 AM about five minutes before the low at 8:20 AM. Started out with squid on the top and wall eye perch chunk on the bottom and only caught rock crabs at first. Caught three by hook and line throughout the day (released). Fishing was pretty slow at first until 9:50 AM when I caught my first fish, a nice grass rockfish that was just shy of 14". It rocked a piece of wall eye perch which of course was my last piece. So squid it was.

About 10 minutes later (around 10:00 AM), fish on again. Feels smaller, and it was. Pulled in a 11" or so Cabazon.

After releasing him and casting back out less than ten minutes later (around 10:10 AM)....another grassy on squid. Kept this guy since he was a little over 12" and looked tasty.

Cast back out and about 30 minutes later...fish on again, this time a 18" or so leopard shark. Damn, fishing is hot today!

Cast back out and about five minutes later another Leo, then another then a decent sized perch to boot! Let him go because I do not care for perch too much and two rockfish is plenty.

Great day of fishing, packed it in around 11:45 AM. 3 and a half hours of fishing, seven fish, I will take that any day of the week. Some nice joggers were also an added bonus! These are the days that make me love fishing the sea. I am truly blessed.

Surf Fishing Malibu 09-15-2012

Finally made it back to the salt after a long break due to a busy schedule. Arrived at the spot around 4:40 PM and left around 11:00 PM. Fishing was good at first with my catching a small leopard shark after about 20 minutes then a couple more over the next hour. After that, dead as a doorknob once the sun went down. Guess the new moon is not the ideal time to night fish, lol. There seemed to be a ton of crabs in the area since I caught two rock crabs (released of course) and my squid kept getting shredded. Nice to be back on the salt and of course there was some nice distractions walking by as well ;).

Surf Fishing North of Santa Monica 03/04/2012

Hit up the surf for a couple hours with Brian from about Noon till 2:30 P.M. We used sand crabs, live shore crabs, shrimp, muscle and limpets for bait for a big ole skunk. Beach was packed with people since the weather was nice. The only thing we caught all day were nice views such as the one below (my camera sucks from far away, but it was phenomenal).