Thanks for info RL!,

I caught my biggest striper off that beach on a low tide in February of all months. 39" on a motor oil grub. Once I landed the fish the hook broke off in its mouth. Lucky me!

congrats glenn, you've been working hard at it.

i've yet to see a striper outside of my TV.

I went to zmudowski beach today.I got there about 7 am.l started walking to the right towards the pajaro river mouth.There were about 10 guys down there.I never fished there before,but I heard Glenn say that the stripers were up north.So after getting skunked my last 3 trips,I figured I,d try it out.The sun was already out when I got There and there was no wind at all .So I tried a pencil Popper for like 20 minutes , nada.So I put on a fish trap and looked for the holes.I just got a new st croix rod and a penn sargus reel and ,haveway better casting distance now than the 30 buck combo that I caught the 22 pounder on.Anyways Icast out and work it back in, and I get a hit but no hookup. Icast ot a few more times and nothing.This is at 7:30 AM.So I cast again and get slammed hard ,I fight it for 5 minutes and almost lose it.But get it in. its a 17 1/2 pound striper.I take some pics try for more ,but no more bites.Other guys there had caught on sand crabs ,topwater and fishtraps.one guy had 3. A good day,.. tight lines

Great Report Spike!! That's how you do it. Never give up..... Sounds like the new equipment worked out well. Keep us informed of what's going on. POST SOME PICS!!!!!!!!!

Same beach I caught mine last year man! Looks nice on Google Earth. NICE!

Here,s the pics of my stripers.the first one is 22 lbs and the second one is 17 1/2 lbs

nice fish spike... and thanks for the report.

Beautiful fish!! I have never caught one out of the surf so you guys are definitely making me want to give it a try. Congratulations!!

Nice striper spike66 ..... thats just got to be fun.

Thanks for the pictures Spike!!!!!!!! A pictures worth a thousand words. Those fish are real healthy looking. Perfect eating size!!!!!! Keep us posted on your outings whether you catch a fish or not. It's just as much fun to read about how someone's day went.

Thanks again for sharing the experience....


Glenn

Nice fish Spike!, I also fish in watsonville and around moss landing (since i live in watsonville) but havent gone out in months due to school :\. How do you rig for a fish trap? what type of hook and size? Ill be done with school next month, and plan to get back into the fishing game

Right on Spike. Feels good to have a successful fishing day after ones that weren't so well for catching anything. I'm a true master at being skunked alot but it makes it all the more sweet when you finally run into some good ones. Nice fish, thanks for the pictures.

Ironman..you rig a fishtrap with a lead head jig,it is triangle shaped and has a fish eye on both sides with a hook attached to it.I like a 1 oz jig head with a 4/0 hook and a 5 inch fishtrap body.I won,t go into colors that much.As I have my personal favorites. but some people use a red head and a white body.I hope that helps.

Thanks Spike! Ill be done next month with school so hopefully ill be able to do some surf fishin again

Went out to the surf for a bit tonight with two others. Got one fish tonite at the same spot I've been gettin em this summer. It went about 8 lbs and was actually pretty skinny. Bit a white hairraiser. If anyone wants to go out shoot me a PM. Bring your game face =P. BTW it was kind of nasty out there today but I did see smelt washing up on the beach which is a good sign. I'll try to post a pic in the morning