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Hello fellow fisherman!!! I would like to introduce myself since I am new here and currently a "Water Swatter" but I swear I'm not a water swatter. My name is Phillip and I have lived in Escondido CA for all of my life.. But recently that has changed. Now I am a freshman in my second semester at Idaho State University. Yikes!!!! But being so far from home isn't all that bad. Reason is because it really makes me miss fishing my favorite thing ever!!!! Pretty sad because in Pocatello ...

Updated 01-14-2015 at 02:25 PM by Phil

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Hello again, Just wanted to post an exciting day once again for me

It was the day before I left again for ISU. As you all know late December and early January was oddly cold for San Diego. On the 5th or 6th of January it started to warm up a bit, so I decided I would wait a couple of days to go fishing. It wasn't as good as I thought it would be but I had some lucky catches the day I went.

I started the day off fishing the surf as this is my favorite fishing. ...

Perhaps this is old hat, but as I am new to this site, be aware of the chart, found at http://www.tides4fishing.com/us/california/los-angeles

This chart shows which days of the month have the greatest difference between low and high tides--and rates them at "no fish", "one fish", "two fishes", and "three fishes". I have found time and time again that this is very meaningful information. But it's not enough, check the general weather as well, ...

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Caught my first surf striped on a Monterey Bay beach at dawn right before low tide

Weighed 12 lbs and was 28 inches long

I used a Lamiglas x11 8 1/2 foot medium steelhead spinning rod with a
Penn Battle 2 2500 reel spooled with power pro 15 lb

I was using a saltwater fly rig on my spinning rod.

Caught 7/18/15

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