Showing posts with label Night Fishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Night Fishing. Show all posts
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Monday, May 19, 2014
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 ;).
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Full Moon Fishing Malibu 05-14-2014
Wanting to take advantage of the full moon and good rising time (rose 12 minutes after sun set / 15 minutes or so before last light) I headed to my favorite local fishing city Malibu, CA My regular fishing buddy Brian was busy, so Alisa, my wife, joined me so I would not have to fish alone. We arrived a little before 8:00 PM, low tide was a +1.31' @ 3:21 PM, high tide was a +5.72 @ 9:30 PM and bait was squid.
Fishing was very very slow all night despite the seemingly great fishing conditions. I moved up and down the coast trying spot after spot looking for a hungry fish or two, but didn't have any luck landing anything most of the night. I had three lost hook ups, one of them was a big ole cabazon that got off about 10' from shore (I could tell by how it bit and came in)...grrr. The last lost hook up came at the farthest North spot I had tried all night, so right before leaving, thinking I had found where they had been hiding, I made one final cast into the same general area and...what do ya know, a few minutes later I was reeling in my first and only fish for the night, a nice 11" or so grass rockfish, which was promptly released to get bigger after a pic or two. Ahh, nice to catch a fish on the last cast although I always wish it was the first cast because that usually bodes well for fishing the rest of the trip; but sometimes you just gotta take what ya can get and be happy with it :). Headed home without a skunk on my back at around 1:00 AM. Slow night of fishing, but still better than sitting at home wasting time on something less fulfilling.
Oh and the last pic is a motion shot of one of the nice boo boo's I got from falling +/- 4' while moving around on wet, sandy rocks in the dark while wearing vans which were also wet and sandy and really do not have the best grip to begin with since they are a bit dated, lol. Time to invest in some better fishing shoes :).
Fishing was very very slow all night despite the seemingly great fishing conditions. I moved up and down the coast trying spot after spot looking for a hungry fish or two, but didn't have any luck landing anything most of the night. I had three lost hook ups, one of them was a big ole cabazon that got off about 10' from shore (I could tell by how it bit and came in)...grrr. The last lost hook up came at the farthest North spot I had tried all night, so right before leaving, thinking I had found where they had been hiding, I made one final cast into the same general area and...what do ya know, a few minutes later I was reeling in my first and only fish for the night, a nice 11" or so grass rockfish, which was promptly released to get bigger after a pic or two. Ahh, nice to catch a fish on the last cast although I always wish it was the first cast because that usually bodes well for fishing the rest of the trip; but sometimes you just gotta take what ya can get and be happy with it :). Headed home without a skunk on my back at around 1:00 AM. Slow night of fishing, but still better than sitting at home wasting time on something less fulfilling.
Oh and the last pic is a motion shot of one of the nice boo boo's I got from falling +/- 4' while moving around on wet, sandy rocks in the dark while wearing vans which were also wet and sandy and really do not have the best grip to begin with since they are a bit dated, lol. Time to invest in some better fishing shoes :).
Friday, March 14, 2014
Night Surf Fishing Malibu 03-14-2014
Having not fished in almost a month, I was more than ready to hit the salt. So my main fishing buddy Brian and I headed to Malibu, CA to do some afternoon / evening fishing to see what we could catch. We arrived at 5:30 PM, low tide was a -0.05' @ 2:17 PM and high tide was a +4.17' @ 8:25 PM, sunset was at 6:03 PM and bait was squid.
I started off the catching for the day with a small 7-8" grass rockfish at 5:45 PM. Fishing was pretty slow after that until I got the next catch of the night at 7:33 PM, which was a nice 35+" leopard shark. In re-looking at my pictures below and how my measuring tape was not laid out properly it may have actually been big enough to keep (36"+) but if it is close I typically will release it just to be safe...those tickets are expensive (I hear) and the regulations are all their to ensure sustainability in the ocean fisheries. My next and final fish for the night was a fantastic, fat 19+" calico (kelp) bass which I caught at 7:54 PM. What a fish! Into the water bucket to keep it alive until I bleed it just before leaving and back to fishing, but no more fish for me tonight.
Brian got in on the catching at 9:00 PM, getting an 11" or so grass rockfish (see motion pic below). He followed that up with another grass rockfish at 9:10 PM which was about 8-9 inches. That closed out the catching for the night and we packed up and headed home at 9:30 PM, both happy fishermen. All fish were released except for the calico bass. Another great day / night of fishing in Southern California, gotta love it!
I started off the catching for the day with a small 7-8" grass rockfish at 5:45 PM. Fishing was pretty slow after that until I got the next catch of the night at 7:33 PM, which was a nice 35+" leopard shark. In re-looking at my pictures below and how my measuring tape was not laid out properly it may have actually been big enough to keep (36"+) but if it is close I typically will release it just to be safe...those tickets are expensive (I hear) and the regulations are all their to ensure sustainability in the ocean fisheries. My next and final fish for the night was a fantastic, fat 19+" calico (kelp) bass which I caught at 7:54 PM. What a fish! Into the water bucket to keep it alive until I bleed it just before leaving and back to fishing, but no more fish for me tonight.
Brian got in on the catching at 9:00 PM, getting an 11" or so grass rockfish (see motion pic below). He followed that up with another grass rockfish at 9:10 PM which was about 8-9 inches. That closed out the catching for the night and we packed up and headed home at 9:30 PM, both happy fishermen. All fish were released except for the calico bass. Another great day / night of fishing in Southern California, gotta love it!
Brian above
Me Being Me
Friday, December 20, 2013
Night Fishing Malibu 12-20-2013
Wanting to take advantage of favorable tides (low was a -0.07 @ 5:15 PM and high was a 3.53 @ 11:55 PM) and a nearly full moon Brian and I headed to Malibu for some night fishing. Sunset was at 4:51 PM but moonrise was not till 8:08 PM, so we arrived closer to moonrise at 7:27 PM, the weather was great, as it usually is in Malibu.
I got the first catch of the night....sort of, after being stuck for a while I finally reeled in a...small cabezon head, lol. Not sure if I ripped it off or another bigger fish had a hold of it, but in any case it was a strange sight to see coming in on my hook.
Fishing was pretty slow most of the night, but I hooked into a large shark at 9:19 PM that took me by surprise as I was chatting with Brian. After getting em in to about 10 feet away, it hit some rocks and popped off....grrrrr, so close, lol.
The first fish of the night was caught by Brian at 10:16 PM, which was a nice 13.5" grass rockfish.
The gears in my reel had been stripped during my fight with the shark that got away, so when I hooked into a nice heavy critter at 10:28 PM I had to reel very fast and hard to get a beautiful 19.5", 3 pounds, 2 ounces cabezon in through all the rocks, eel grass and kelp. This fish alone made for a good night for me (even with my undersized, non-saltwater reel breaking, lol).
We both hooked into sharks again right before leaving, I had no chance with my crippled reel and it rocked me and broke me off eventually. Brian unfortunately had the same fate, with his braid line getting cut most likely on a sharp rock. Having both caught nice fish, and both being tired, we headed home around 11:30 PM very happy.
I got the first catch of the night....sort of, after being stuck for a while I finally reeled in a...small cabezon head, lol. Not sure if I ripped it off or another bigger fish had a hold of it, but in any case it was a strange sight to see coming in on my hook.
Fishing was pretty slow most of the night, but I hooked into a large shark at 9:19 PM that took me by surprise as I was chatting with Brian. After getting em in to about 10 feet away, it hit some rocks and popped off....grrrrr, so close, lol.
The first fish of the night was caught by Brian at 10:16 PM, which was a nice 13.5" grass rockfish.
The gears in my reel had been stripped during my fight with the shark that got away, so when I hooked into a nice heavy critter at 10:28 PM I had to reel very fast and hard to get a beautiful 19.5", 3 pounds, 2 ounces cabezon in through all the rocks, eel grass and kelp. This fish alone made for a good night for me (even with my undersized, non-saltwater reel breaking, lol).
We both hooked into sharks again right before leaving, I had no chance with my crippled reel and it rocked me and broke me off eventually. Brian unfortunately had the same fate, with his braid line getting cut most likely on a sharp rock. Having both caught nice fish, and both being tired, we headed home around 11:30 PM very happy.
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