08/30/2026
Started at 0 dark thirty. The gate was letting people in early because of some run that was going on and the staging area was the parking lot. Last night, I was looking at the Mediums that I set aside for myself and thought “I don’t need more than two. I never lose anything.” Lost both of my mediums right away while there was only moonlight. 😭 High tide around 11:30am, lots of sand crab beds walking further north, but 99.9% around 1/4” long or smaller. I got to a certain section and got 5 fish in a row and the 3 guys fishing 100 feet away from me gave me the stink eye. All mixed with Barred Surf Perch(all around 6”-8”) and these two Yellowfin Croaker. The biggest YFC was probably close to 2 pounds. I thought it might have been a Corbina when I first hooked it. It really fouled up my rig badly and had to cut everything off and re-tie! Also looks like the big one got away from a seal and I didn’t even see one Corbina in the skinny water. Not even before sunrise. Everything caught on a standard micro.