California Corbina

[bsp]

I finally got out to do some surf fishing for my favorite surf fish, the California corbina. I am sorry I do not have any pictures, but here is a link to see what they look like. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_corbina
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After deciding it was late enough I went down to the beach at 4:30. It took a long time to find parking, and I made it to the beach at 4:45. To my surprise the beach was still crowded, so I passed my time digging for sandcrabs to use as bait. By the time I had gathered enough the beach was pretty empty. I cast out to an area where I had seen several corbina backs and tails sticking out of the water. Sure enough, BENDO! I fought it for about 10 minutes and beach it. This corbina has a huge belly and is about 20 in long. I did not have a scale, but I would guess the weight to be about 4 or 5 pounds. To make a long story short in another 2hrs I catch two more corbina, one being about the same size as the first, and the other being a small 15in one. I also caught a medium sized BSP and headed home as the sun was going down. All in all a good day.

[Ca_Bass]

I remember digging for sand crabs in California when I was little. Good job with the corbina! What is a BSP? Do you ever Calico Bass or Sand Bass fishing?

[bsp]

BSP is an acronym for barred surf perch just like SNGF is an acronym for Shovel nose guitar fish. I am sorry, and I will use the full names for fish from now on. As for the calicos and sandies, I am mainly a shore fisherman, but I will occasionally catch them when I am on party boatsm or in harbors.

[Ca_Bass]

Thanks BSP, I think I actually may have caught a few of those during the summertime when I was younger. I used to go to work with my dad who works at the Ventura Harbor and some of the guys there would take me out to the beach and fish on their lunch breaks. If I remember right, we would just use mussels from the rocks of the jetty. I would have to say that California has to be one of the best places for a fisherman to live, you pretty much have it all there, from surf/inshore to offshore and all the lakes with their giant bass to trout and salmon fishing. I've never caught corbina before, but from your link to wiki they kinda seem to act like a bonefish, is this true?

[bsp]

Seeing as I have never hooked a bonefish, I would not know. Catching one of them is a goal I have because I know of a few locations where there are bonefish in SoCal. They are rare, but I think I can find them. They do fight very hard and it took me about 15min to land it.

[Ca_Bass]

I hope you hook a bonefish, they are a blast and a challenge. I recently started fishing for them out here in HI where there seems to be a good population. I've heard of people catching bonefish in San Diego, I have no clue exactly where.