10-12 inch perch are friggin nice!  It's been a while since I've been on them at that size.  One thing is for certain, the swell will be up, and the rain will be falling this week.  Probably make some new beach structure and hopefully get the bite to keep picking up.

Bravo boss!

This is starting to feel like an old SCSF routine, so I'll bring back the acronyms.  The boy and I hit the outgoing 7ft high tide this morning and found the perch biting well.  The shore break made the water a bit stained but it was clear green about 15-20ft out.  Red flake paddle tails were the popular bait and most fish were 10-12 inches.  Some were starting to show color for pre-spawn.  Hopefully the water temps drop next week with the rain storm and the week after has a good bite.

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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.

All the beaches have access now.  A few years back the city of malibu took down all the fences, even on the secluded beaches like Carbon.  My wife's boss lived on the sand there and he flipped out big time when they made that move.  He went from "look at my private paradise" to having families picnic in the shade of his deck.  First world problems.

On a positive note, the little 2" paddle tail baits from 805 Customs work well on a c-rig.  I was skeptical since I don't c-rig much anymore but the only two fish we caught were both on those.

Pail handles always outlast the bucket they came on, so hopefully it lasts the salt water too.

Do you still have to squeeze through a fence to get on that beach or is there access now? It's been 20 years since I've fished it.

Thanks for the report boss. The silver lining in the trip is more than worth it.

That's one nasty looking knee! Holy crap!

Heal up boss! You have fishing to do and a Pontoon to buy Janie!

Koga's keyboard got too sticky from the NAMBL website and all the keyboard keys frozen.

Yeah, I have to deal with bird dude on my lakes also. Friggin idiots dragging the birds over my line all the time.

You need to catch a trout! They're just dumb pool raised trained fish. 

I'm out of fishing shape!  Casting shoulder is sore this morning.  We threw paddle tails on the way down and LC on the way back.  Might try another spot tomorrow.