You really filled that thing out!

Wind looks like it's gonna rip tonight. Glad we got all that rain to so we don't have another perfect storm like last year.

Solid trout hugging adventure!

V quick report.

Planned last night to fish Newport pre-dawn drifting medium-heavy gear, but couldn't sleep all night so bailed on the early rise, got out around 0900. Didn't look rainy out so I wore shorts instead of neoprene pants. Got to the beach and realized the neoprene would have been the play. Brought an 11' rod to throw 1.5oz c-rig with whole squid, with the aim of walking with the current.

Swell was around 3', wind was around 5mph from the south. 0900 was a 7' high tide so I was fishing the top of the outgoing.

Overall I got one short bite, not much life, but the water looked really good. Not much junk in the wash, water color was great, some good milky spots.

I had a wildly frustrating year of fishing in 2025 without a boat. I'm so convinced there are no fish in this county that I want to move somewhere south of Carlsbad the minute Alicia graduates nursing school. But since that's still a couple years out, I'm going to keep challenging myself around here.

Just a few simple goals to help me get out:
1. 52 trips
2. 365 fish
3. 1 new species
4. OC striper
5. local trout (one within 5 miles of my house, 3 potential lakes)

I'm probably gonna wait one more year before the next boat, although if a killer deal comes up I may swoop on it.

Anything come to mind for ya'll? Is this the year for pontoon part 2 for Timmy?

Decent trip! I'm sure he wouldn't have minded if you called the old guy an intolerable raisin.

I suppose I should head to one of the better stocked lakes in north county to prove my skunks are a result of Mile Square Park and not skill.

Nice trip! Interesting to get that mako flurry going. Happy new year!

Nice! Some funky stuff going on with a couple of those but overall very successful outings.

Another killer rockfish report from you! Some good quality as always and that ling is a really nice kicker.

Good idea leveraging your talents though! Looking forward to the write up.

That sounds like a fun bite!

Quote from: Latimeria on December 18, 2025, 08:07:32 AMYou need to catch a trout! They're just dumb pool raised trained fish. 

Trained pelican food! This is humiliating. I could probably get one a lot more easily if I went to one of the better lakes in north county like Yorba Linda but I don't wanna travel that far for aquarium fish.

Looks great! Putting all that salmonid to some very good use.

It's looking really, really good now. Definitely easy to get distracted in there.

You're inspiring me with executive office decor ideas now...not that I am an executive, or have an office, or have decor.

Good luck with the upcoming interviews!!!

Feel better soon, Timmy! Glad the recovery is going well. I'll fish on your behalf in the meantime!

12/17

Tried the Power Eggs today. My rig:
3# braid -> 8# mono 3/16oz tungsten slider, bead, swivel -> 3' of 3# mono, #12 treble with 2 yellow Power Eggs.

Brought a chair this time. Set up and cast within 10' of an aerator. Waited.

This guy was feeding the birds and taking pics with his 300mm lens of birds at his feet. Had a hundred birds following him. He gets to within 50' of me. Some random guy starts kinda teasing a goose by walking behind it. Bird feeder guy gets righteous and says something like "hey man, don't stress out the bird!" Then reiterated himself when the guy doesn't really listen. I almost called out bird feeder guy right there. I would have told him he shouldn't be feeding the birds, there are signs not to, bread will just make them sick, but the dumb goose is really no worse for wear if somebody teases it. I held my tongue though because I knew it would just turn into a bicker fest.

He walked by me and brought his hundred birds across my line.

One of the paddle boats broke free from the mooring somehow. It was pushed against the shore when I started and then started to float off at sunset.



I may well have ridden it around the lake to amuse myself if it hadn't been leaning to the port bow. Looked like maybe just water in the foot well but not the proper conditions to be so foolish. It's the offseason so I don't know when a park attendant will come next to fix that situation.