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It was late Wed afternoon and I decided I needed a little surf time, so off to Hollywood BeachI went. It was about it was 5:30 which gave me about 2.5 hrs until sunset. I started near the North Jetty and worked North towards 5th street. I had my "OLD" but favorite 6.5 feet long Daiwa Eliminator freshwater rod, but the old matched reel has seen several repairs and is now gone because its unserviceable. Inow use a Penn Captiva with it, which has 4# Vanish Gold on its spool. I was using my favorite Big Hammer MORF grub on a caroline rig. The tide was low, very low but I worked my way towards the point where the cove meets the ocean. Up until that point I had only a few bites and 2 BSPs, then I started getting bit hard!! To make this long story short I had 4 nice size YFC, the smallest 13", the biggest 14.5". ThenI remembered I was looking for Corbina so I violatedone of the big fishermen's rules. "You dont leave fish to look for fish!" I went aroundthe corner to look for the Corbina I had seem on several scouting walks.The sun had gone down and no sign of Corbina, soback to the samespot where the YFC had been. In the grey light after sunset I caught 2 more, but I hadmissed several big bites. Now it was dark and I was cold, so home Iwent.Today, Thur 5/12 I hit the same spot about 830am, but I was targeting Halibut. I was using the same rod and reel but throwing swimbaits. ( I forgot to mention I was using Pro-Cure on my plastics). Not a single bite until I hit that same spot from the evening before. They were hitting the swimbaits hard, real hard!! I thought I was maybe going to get a halibut until the first one came out of the water. Two of my swimbaits were bit in half. After all was said and done, I had 6 more nice size YFC to add to the day before. Sorry, I forgot to mention that the tide was even lower then the nite before. Oh hell, its 5:15 pm right now, I feel the need to go back. So I say good bye, play safe. Cali Bear
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