some help please - California Fishing

dc2003 · 07-22-2004, 01:15 AM

Is it possible to fish for corbina of the pier?And also can i use lures of the pier and if i can what kind of lures and what kind of fish can i catch?

1toughfish · 07-22-2004, 01:17 AM

well i heard you can catch corbina off of belmont pier and off surf fishing there. then theres malibu and places. ask jon (wahoo) hes an experianced corbina guy and theres a post thing ill give you the thing/.

1toughfish · 07-22-2004, 01:18 AM

http://www.hookupsportfishing.com/ar...?articleid=001

FishSlayer · 07-22-2004, 01:36 AM

Most swim baits or spoons will work, if you are going to fish near the surf line also try some two inch curl tail grubs fished on a carolina rig. Good colors are motoroil w/red flake and pumpkinseed, I would also try fishing some plastics on a drop shot set up because its designed to work well fishing straight up and down.

1toughfish · 07-22-2004, 01:40 AM

PLEASE DC2003 DONT GO tomMOROW~~~~~ GO FRIDAY. i want to meet some guys in the group and im going fishing friday cant go monday-thursday because i have summerschool from 12:00 to 2:30..

please go friday ill inform you tommorow where im going.. might be san pedro, huntington pier, belmont pier (surf fishing and on the pier) and maybe redondo sportfishing harbor (dad's freind says theres rockfish there... i checked the fishcount... all mutated mackerals.. and a couple of other fish... the whole place in redondo sucks. its all polluted and oily.

dc2003 · 07-22-2004, 01:47 AM

lol,oily i like that.Well im going tomorrow for sure but only cause its my firends day off and i took the time off but i will try to make my brothers fishing trip which might be the same places i mentioned before.He said that Huntington is the place right now and he said he had a good time catching fish all day so i might see there friday

Wahoo! · 07-22-2004, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by 1toughfish

well i heard you can catch corbina off of belmont pier and off surf fishing there. then theres malibu and places. ask jon (wahoo) hes an experianced corbina guy and theres a post thing ill give you the thing/.

For corbina, I would ask Sharkbait and read the article he wrote for the website here.

Sharkbait · 07-22-2004, 12:10 PM

Fishing for Corbina off the pier

As you walk along the pier, look down into the surf for any signs of Corbina. HB pier can have the corbs extremly shallow. Just make sure your not setting up too deep, you want to stay in the surf section of the pier.
Rig up with 6-10lb line on a Hi/low rig with a pyramid sinker to hold the rig down while the surf comes in. My bait of choice at HB would be fresh mussel not frozen and sand crabs. For Belmont pier, mussel and ghost shrimp. Pier fishing is mainly a waiting game so after you make your cast, set your rod down and watch for any hits.
HB pier has a good variety in the surf. Spotfin croaker, yellowfin croaker, Halibut, smelt, barred perch, walleye perch, small sharks and rays, and of course corbina. Make sure you have a crab net to bring up big fish, I've seen lots of fish come off the hook while be pulled up by hand.

HB pier has a lot of big Leopard sharks. So while you have a rod out for corbina, I recommend bringing a heavier rig for sharks and cast out just behind the surf zone. Bait of choice would be small perch you catch yourself and squid. Good luck.

Anthony