Surf Fishing Malibu 01-20-2013

Hit up the Malibu spot for a few hours with Brian. Arrived around 9:30AM and fished till about 1:30PM. Fishing was very slow with us each catching one small grass rockfish on squid. Great day out, lots of eye candy :) Gotta love nice thongs on da beach while fishing (made up for the slow fishing for sure). Sorry no pics of that, lol. My fish was pretty beat up by something, but I put em back anyways.

Surf Fishing Malibu 01-12-2013

Decided to hit up the Malibu spots for a couple hours. Got there a little before 2:30 to this lovely shot:

There was a -1.5 tide slated for a little before 4:00 PM, but it was already way down upon arrival.

Few nice shots of the negative tide, during higher tides I am often fishing right in this area:

First fish of the day was a small cabby at around 2:54PM

Second fish was caught around 3:25 PM a 12" grassy I was planning to keep. Put him in the water bucket and back in the water and a few minutes later I get slammed. Pull in a nice fat 17" grassy. Pics below, the 12" one looks so tiny next to the pig. Ended up letting the 12"er go.

Last fish of the day was another small grassy caught at around 4:14 PM.

Couple more shots of the negative tide areas and the parting shot (you can see Catalina on the horizon if you look close):

Pig in sink:

Found this inside when cleaning (about 2-3" long). Never seen anything like it in any previous grassies I have caught. Anyone know what the hell it is?

Surf Fishing Malibu 01-05-2013

So decided to start out the 2013 fishing season at my favorite spot. Arrived at around 11:00 AM and left about 3:00 PM. Pretty much fishing the low outgoing tide the whole time. Caught two fish, one nice 15" grassy to start out the season at around 12:30 PM, then a small grassy at about 2:15 PM. First fish caught on squid, second fish caught on squid / sardine combo. Nice to start the season with at least one quality fish :)

Surf Fishing Malibu 12-30-2012

Met up with Brian at the Malibu spot, I got there about 10:45 AM and Brian showed up around 11:00 AM. Set up shop in the normal area and fishing was DEAD for the first couple hours or so. First fish was caught by me at 1:30 PM, a huge 15.5" grassy that had a small whole perch in its mouth, and a baby lobster in it's belly. I thought it was huge until Brian started catching pigs. We moved further North to the new spot and Brian proceeded to pull in a 16" grassy at 2:02 PM, a 17" grassy at 2:31 PM and a 15.5" grassy at 3:49 PM. I also caught a little 11" grassy at 2:43 PM.

Final count was
Brian: 3 Pig grass rockfish
me: 1 pig 1 slow day keeper grass rockfish, but let it go today.
All caught on Squid.

Surf Fishing Malibu 12-29-2012

Decided to make a quick trip to Malibu. Arrived around 11:45 AM and left around 3:00 PM. Caught a small cabazon at 12:20 PM, then a calico perch at 12:50 PM. Nothing after that :(. Pretty slow day of fishing, but nice to be out.

Surf Fishing Malibu 12-22-2012

So the wife dropped me off at the Malibu spot a little before 8:00 AM. I fished alone until around 9:00 AM when Brian arrived. First fish of the day was caught by Brian at about 9:30 AM, then he caught a few more smaller grassies until I caught a nice 12" grassy at 10:55 AM by moving well North of my normal spot. Well, it looked nice until Brian hooks into a 16" grassy at 12:40 PM at the same further North spot, then a minute later I brought in a 15" cabby. We kept fishing till about 1:30 PM, then called it a day. Final count was five grass rockfish for Brian, one grass rockfish for me and a legal cabby. I also had a monster on a one point that snapped my 40 pound test like it was 4 pound test, it felt huge whatever it was. Another great day in Malibu...and I found a new spot too :) In the last pic below, the whole small perch was in the stomach of the 16" grassy, greedy little guy.

Surf Fishing Malibu 12-09-2012

Hit the Malibu spot for a few hours with Brian. Fished from around 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Brian was skunked, I caught one nice 12.5" grass rockfish and a small 12" or so cabazon. All caught on squid.