1st Quarter 2024 California Surf Fishing (CSF) Updates

Apr 14, 2024

Welcome to the 2024, 1st Quarter Update Blog Post for our group on Facebook California Surf Fishing (CSF).

Let's take a look at what ate bait in the CA Surf Zone in Jan, Feb, and March 2024, and celebrate these member catches!

Adam Haller sharing the joy of surf fishing with this little guy. Way to go guys!

Alex Mortensen, with a picture perfect catch.

Alvaro Vasquez caught 7 of these Top Smelt while casting in Long Beach.

Andrew Razo "Man these fish are loving these salty rippers purple haze 805 Custom Baits."

Another nice big Barred Surfperch as featured on YouTube @VINCEGOESFISHING

Anthony Mayfield posted this photo with a CA Halibut.

Anthony Z Gonzales with a big surf snared Dungeness Crab.

Ben Candelaria says "If you ever make it to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico!! Wes is the man. Search Cabosurfcaster" — Ben Candelaria says "If you ever make it to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico!! Wes is the man." Search Cabosurfcaster

Bob Kaplan made our day when he caught this, his FIRST White Sea Bass! On a Battlestar 115 Jerkbait, Blue Sardine.

Bob Kaplan posted this photo with fellow member Kevin Mills. One of our values at CSF is Connection, and we inevitably become friends as we help educate and celebrate our catches in the CSF Facebook group.

Brett Neiens caught this short CA Halibut on a drop shot white curly tail grub.

Brian El-Mahmoud celebrating a catch! Barred Surfperch

Brian El-Mahmoud holding a shovel nose guitar fish.

Brian El-Mahmoud posted this photo of his son Lucas El-Mahmoud with his catch.

Brian El-Mahmoud posted this photo of his wife Dana, with a small Leopard Shark.

Brian El-Mahmoud posted this photo, of an angler holding a nice surf caught Cabezon.

Brian El-Mahmoud with a surf caught Opal Eye.

Brian Kelly IG @briank_399 caught this beautiful CA Halibut.

Brian Kelly IG @briank_399 with a nice big Shovel Nose Guitar Fish. These things peel a lot of drag when they get big. A blast to catch!

Bruce Dardis "Fished HB again today. Four BSP, one shovel nose, and a new PB 21" corbina on the Honeybadger!!"

Bud Masterson shared this adorable photo. Moments like this remind us, we also fish for memories.

Casen Jaquez IG @untitledcasen "First lingcod in bodega bay! Little short at 20 inches."

Charles Ruiz posted this photo with a nice Barred Surfperch.

Charlie Cote with a nice big Male Surf Perch.

Charlie Cote with a Striped Bass, as featured on YouTube @VinceGoesFishing

Chayvon Merrill "My fishing trips just keep getting better and better."

Chilo Lebron IG @Entsman "Went out to Malibu and tied on an 805 Custom Baits and it was on. These baits felt like a cheat code. That new purple haze was on fire."

Chris Hurtado "13” slab all fish were caught on the 805 Custom Baits salty ripper" Sub on YT @AlwaysFishing805

Chris Rayintroduced himself to the group and shared this photo. Nice catch Chris!

Chris Smith and Ethan Arrington put up numbers on these Striped Bass! Join us on Facebook to learn more California Surf Fishing (CSF)

Chris Smith showing us a constant stream of surf caught Striped Bass from San Luis Obispo. 12 months per year!

Chris Smith with a Striped Bass, caught on Battlestar 115 Glow Sexy Smelt.

Chris-Brownie (ig @ceebrownie) "Hopefully he shares the same love for the ocean as his daddy does"

Coby Fox IG @cf_socal with a terribly beautiful CA Halibut! Nice Catch Coby!

Dee Folger holding a small Leopard Shark.

Dennis Upchurch with a nice surf caught flattie, CA Halibut.

Edgar R Barragan with a Barred Surfperch.

Edgar R Barragan with another Barred Surfperch.

Ernest Saxe with another nice Striped Perch caught off the rocks.

Ernie Saxe posted this photo of his son Ernest showing off his catch of the day, a beautiful striped perch.

Ethan Arrington had a personal best day while Striped Bass fishing with fishing buddy Chris Smith.

Ethan Arrington with another beautiful surf caught Striped Bass.

Ethan Arrington's PB Striped Bass. Congratulations Ethan! #BattlestarTackle #glowpinkstardine @mimifishfish

George Saniatan released his GEO CRAW perch baits this year and they have been an absolute hit! Everyone is catching Surfperch and even Striped Bass on these baits. Way to go Geo! Get them at Hook2Cook.shop

Gio Storm @giostorm83 caught a easy limit of Surf Perch. Check out his videos on Youtube.com/@stripedbasshunter

Girard Rey IG @grdiano "Throwback to when I took my son surf fishing for his first time."

Greg Baez caught this 16" Surfperch on a sardine pattern jerkbait.

Greg Baez caught this nice Striped Bass!

Heriberto Ruiz with a nice big Striped Bass!

Jaclyn Tingco @Momma_Jac with a Barred Surf Perch and a smile!

Jason Zambo also caught this large Butterfly Ray.

Jason Zambo posted this fantastic photo with a big Leopard Shard he caught while fishing with Ben from American Sea Fishing. Best of all, Jason was rocking his Royal Blue CSF Pullover Sweatshirt. Dress for success!

Jason Zambo sharing a smile with this 7-Gill Shark! And rocking a CSF Fishing Jersey. Way to go Jason! Always a pleasure to see your catches.

Jason Zambo with another beautiful California Leopard Shark. Way to go Jason!

Jesse Farran IG @stream.hunter with a Barred Surf Perch

Jesse Farran IG @stream.hunter with a Corbina.

Jonatan Chavarria IG @jc502gt managed this big Halibut in the surf. What a fine trophy to add to his list of catches.

Jonathan Chavarria IG @jc502gt "Today was an amazing day. Caught 2 legal halibut."

Jonathan Li with a surf caught WHITE FISH!?

Jorge Moran, great photo with a Barred Surfperch.

Jose Garcia - First striper of the year great way to start off the year 27 inches.

Jovan Mannor had a fun session. He landed a varity from shore on cut bait. 3

Justice Kson, seen here with a Black Perch, is really enthusiastic about shore fishing and all kinds of fishing, and a regular contributor in our FB Group California Surf Fishing (CSF).jpeg

Justin "Caught this 18" Cabby in about 3ft of water with a frankensteined 4.5 ft rod on 8lb line, was thinking for sure he’d break me off."

Kamran Walsh "Went back to SD for the holidays and did some surf fly fishing."

Ken Ngo with a limit of surf snared Dungies. Ding ding! Dinner time!

Kevin Mills - "Keeper! The Battlestar 115 does it again!"

Kevin Trieu shared this great photo with a CA Halibut.

Kevin Trieu with a nice big Barred Surf Perch he caught on.a CA Surf Fishing adventure south of the border.

Kevin Trieu with a rather rare surf carch, a toothy Corvina!

Kimo Ando with a piggy of a Barred Surfpiggy.

Kylan Phuong with a fine catch to make his day.

Leah Mae had one of the most peculiar catches I've ever seen in the surf. A 55" Lancetfish.

Lisa Ward-Price caught this great photo. Catch or no catch, in the surf, we always see something special.

Lisa Ward-Price with a Surf Perch. Looks like maybe a Calico Perch.

Liz Warnock "Caught my first halibut today!"

Mario Terra posted this photo of a small Striped Bass.

Mark de la Vega caught this 16.25" Barred Surfperch! Wow!

Martin Mansera caught a big Surfperch on the pier.

Marty Talcove posted this great photo of a beautiful Calico Bass he caught on a Keitech 4.8" Fat Sight Flash with a Battlestar XLS Weighted Swimbait Hook.

Marty Talcove posted this photo of a 41" CA Halibut he caught on 4/1/24 (April Fools Day!) LOL

Marty Talcove shared this photo of his son holding a Barred Surf Perch. Memories in the making.

Matt Gallegos and @VINCEGOESFISHING making a memory together. Sub on Youtube to see this episode.

Matt Gallegos with a Barred Surfperch as featured on YouTube @VINCEGOESFISHING

Matt Ramirez @squadfishing_ posted this photo along with some great videos of him catching these beast sized leopard sharks.

Michael J Davis posted this great photo of Mel Romero with a Surf Perch caught using the Okuma Hawiian Custom rod.

Michael J Davis posted this photo of Mel Romero holding up his catches of the day.

Michael J Davis with a Barred Surfperch.

Michael Ortiz "Been wanting to share this. My first Hali from shore on the central coast."

Michael Sotelo looks stoked to catch this nice Striped Bass in the surf!

Mike Carman "In memory of my MOM that loved surf fishing. I had a great day today."

Miroslav Matic with another big Halibut. This guy fishes hard and consistenly shows us awesome fish, and inspires all of us. Fish on Mickey!

Neil Macapagal (YouTube @DRONEIL) with a stringer of Striped Perch!

Nick Hutchinson loving his catch; a small Walleye Perch.

Paul Kaplan gave me a bunch of crab snares a couple weeks ago. Martin Mansera said he wanted to try it out so he picked up a couple of them today. A small example of how our community is always looking to help each other.

Paul Vu posted this fantastic photo of his kid holding a big Spot Fin Croaker. Memories in the making!

Paulo Carvalho IG @pdancarvalho "Not big but happy, starting now, learning yet." 1

Paulo Carvalho IG @pdancarvalho "Not big but happy, starting now, learning yet."

Ray Camarillo with a big Barred Surf Perch.

Reynald Delos Santos Viloria - Nice one man!

Richard James Harrison "One bite, one fish.. Landed another nice striper on the incoming tide this morning."

Richard James Harrison with a surf caught CA Halibut.

Rick Bettencourt also posted this photo of the kids posing with a their parties catch of Barred Surfperch.

Rick Bettencourt posted this fabulous photo of the kids celebrating a catch of Barred Surfperch.

Rob Smith posted this photo of Cleo Van Gundy holding a Surfperch she caught on the pier.

Rob Smith with a nice perch he caught on the Pier.

Robert Bailey IG @Robs_Surf_Fishing with a nice Corbina! Robert inspires us all with his many catches and genuine love of surf fishing.

Roland Balayan happy to get a bite on the beach!

Russell Finch shared this photo of his neice with her first perch ever.

Sal Uribe posted this photo. Surf Fishing is a great way to bond and make memories.

Sean Fitzhugh "1st keeper crab ever snared at the beach came home with 16 keepers for 3 anglers. The Crabmeister snare and squid for bait for the win."

Sean Fitzhugh "New to the group new to surf fishing eager to learn PB BSP."

Sean Fitzhugh is totally stoked to catch this Striped Bass.

Sean Fitzhugh with a Barred Surfperch and contagious smile.

Skyler Delong "Surf Fishing at dog beach in Huntington was a blast!!! mekenibaitzandtackle.com has all the paddle tail grubs you need to kill it out there."

Skyler Delong "This Slab slammed my Mekeni BaitZ and Tackle Carmel Oil paddletail grub this morning. This is my new PB !!! Good times fishing Dog Beach Huntington."

Steve Hebert shared this photo of an angler with a CA Halibut.

Steven Hasper IG @3.4T4R celebrating this surprise Corbina which apparently tail whacked his SP minnow. You never know what you may catch when you're fishing in the ocean.

Thomas Martin Palmieri shared this photo. Family fishing bonding in progress, and this Yellow Fin Croaker joined the party.

Toan Huynh knows how to get it done! Check out his #CobraCrabSnares

Tony Maal IG @_tonymal caught a 29" Striped Bass!

Troy Reynolds with a big Barred Surfperch at sunset!

Went out to Malibu and tied on an 805 Custom Baits and it was on. These baits felt like a cheat code. That new purple haze was on fire. 2

Vince Goes Fishing celebrating the catch of a big Barred Surfperch. Battlestar 115 Glow White Sardine

VINCEGOESFISHING with a Barred Surfperch.

VINCEGOESFISHING with a big Barred Surf Perch! Sub on YT!

As you can see, the first few months of 2024 have been very productive. These photos represent only a small percentage of the fish caught, and pictures posted in our Facebook group California Surf Fishing (CSF). As far as I can tell, it seems like the Halibut bite south of Ventura County arrived early this year. That makes sense to me considering the water temps are relatively warmer. It's a great sign, and I think California has some awesome surf fishing ahead in '24. Join is on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/californiasurffishing

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