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Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 03:48 am |
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| I'm coming to San Carlos from southern Maryland on the 26th. Many of us here surf fish. It seems that most of you deep sea fish or dive and spear em. I'll be down your way for a couple weeks and would really like to see what can be caught from the beach. Any sugestions? Thanks.........Bill
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Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 07:20 am |
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All the sierra left the beach at Pilar. The place stinks of bait right now though. Take the left turn to the Mirador (lookout) at the turnoff to Marina Real north of town. If you're hardy you can walk out to the point from some paths. There should be bonita there and bottomfish, maybe some sierra, yellowtail, pargo, or white sea bass.
Buena suerte!
The reef was bunk today. Not out for long, but only saw one jump. The sardines were balled up and looked to be being chased. Time to make the run if you want your last shot. At least Buoyweather changed to nice conditions.
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Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 07:26 am |
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Sorry I forgot the corvina! That information is top secret though. The harbors are "technically" off-limits to fishing. Practice your running.
Maybe try the coastline up by La Manga way north of town. Just keep driving until you hit dirt roads and fishing shacks. Another option is where the pavement ends, the little spit that connects to Deer Island. If you don't catch one, you can always get something at the Soggy Peso.
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Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 10:28 am |
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| I'm a little confused by " 'technically' off limits", Bryan. Could you educate me?
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Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 07:41 pm |
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bahiatrader wrote: "technically' off limits"
As in posted on signage and in the marina rules handbook - "No Fishing in the Marina." This is true of San Carlos Marina. I think Marina Real is the same. I know that they will tell you to leave if they catch you fishing there. Of course, this only seems to apply to gringos, because I've seen locals throwing cast nets and handlines in the marina and nobody says "Boo!" to them.
Sitting Bill - I lived in the Leonardtown area for many years and used to fish all over down there for rockfish and blues. My old 12 ft. surf rod sits on the garage wall and collects dust these days. Go with a 6 or 7 ft. spinning rod with some backbone. I have some UglySticks that are perfect for this kind of fishing.
One of the best places I like to surf fish in San Carlos is at the south end of the beach at La Posada, near the cliffs. I've caught nice pargo, leopard grouper, bonefish, and surprisingly enough, even skipjack right in this area casting out along the reefs. I generally use rubber Cocahoe minnows on a 1/2 oz. leadhead jig, but Storm Shad will work well, too. Trick is to use a lure that has the hook pointing up so that you can bounce it along the reefs. Don't use trebles or hooks that come out of the bottom of the lure -- you'll get snagged up immediately. You can baitfish this area, too, with small pieces of squid, a rubber core sinker and 1 or 2/0 hooks.
Just like Maryland, I used to take my Coleman lantern to this area at night and cast way out into the reefs and wait. Have caught some big pargo doing this at night. Good luck! 
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Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 10:39 pm |
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I knew about Marina San Carlos, but I thought there might be some other regulations I didn't know about.
I agree about the surf casting outfits. My surf casting rods are collecting dust too. I use a spinning outfit for surf fishing and an ugly stik with 100 yd. of 20 lb. PowerPro on a little Abu 3000 level-wind. A medium size fish can give you a heck of a battle on an outfit like that. I fished Chesapeake Bay and the Maryland shore a lot when I was stationed at Quantico back in the 60s.
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Posted: Mon Nov 19th, 2007 10:43 pm |
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| By the way, I've paid locals to catch bait for me with cast nets in the harbor. We gringos aren't supposed to use nets either.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2007 06:19 am |
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| Thanks for the info guys. Maybe we will cross paths. Good luck to ya.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20th, 2007 02:37 pm |
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| One other thing. Sometimes if you walk the beach early in the morning, you can see bait boils close enough to shore to get at them with a fly rod. That can be fun too.
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