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I met with a very knowledgeable angler yesterday morning and I learned a thing or two about the surf and corbinas.
I managed to catch two of them on the fly and it was a very exiting experience fighting a big fish. For some reason the beach was full of clothes, I caught a sock and a tank top...
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Congrats Martin...hey, you got some new clothes in the deal too !
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
Very nice fish! How do they taste? It looks a little bit like an Australian Jew fish.
All the best.
Mike
Nice fish Martin. Did you catch them on your new sand crab fly?
Beaver
I mean, it seemed like somebody emptied their whole closet there, shame on them, clothes everywhere. Unfortunately both the sock and the tank top were small. I saw a pair of tighty whities that looked just my size but I couldn't catch those :)
I released both fish but a while back I kept one and it tastes great! It doesn't get as big as the Australian Jew Fish but still puts up a great fight.
I did catch one of them on my deer hair sand crab aka "dhsc" and the other fish on a regular yarn crab.
Congratualtion on the new species and on your own creation and design is that Martins DHSC or McFly's DHSC.
That looks like a member of the drum family, a lot like a Red Fish.
Thank you and yes, they are both part of the sciaenidae family, I've never caught a drum but I can tell you these fight hard. I caught one on a spinning set up loaded with a 6 pound test line a while back and I wasn't able to land it, I fought it for 15 min and it didn't show any signs of being tired. It felt better fighting it with my fly rod.
Not sure maybe just DHSC, what do you think?
You know Martin I was thinking MMDHSC, but considering where you live some one would eventually think that was the Mickey Mouse Deer Hair Sand Crab. Just like at the hospital, it's your baby you get to name it.
Well, McFly is not my real lastname, it's just a nickname because I love fly fishing. We'll see, I gotta catch more fish with them first. lol. Hey, there is a Mickey fin patter, right. why not a mmdhsc lol.
Later
Sweet catches!
Thank you sir.
not to argue, but that looks a whole lot like the kingfish we have in charleston. i caught several very small ones with hardware (i know, slap my hand) this week. they looked just like that. beard and everything.
Jordan
The corbina is a member of the croaker family as is your kingfish I think. Martin's first corbina would be considered quite an accomplishment by most left coast surfzone anglers. These fish are considered among the more difficult fish to fool with artificial offerings, especially flies. This opinion is shared by anglers who have had the opportunity to fish for many species around the world. They are much more difficult to fool than other local croaker species. During the summer months they come into the surf zone and are often seen with their backs exposed in mere inches of water while they root for sand crabs. They will come in with the waves and often skitter back out at the last possible moment as the water recedes. When exposed like this they are very spooky and when they do pick up flies, they usually expel the fraud very quickly. As with many difficult species, some anglers who have spent considerable time stalking them have become more successful. They are easier to hook with live bait with soft shell (molting) sand crabs a preferred bait. Largest I have seen was 8lbs. In skinny water these fish will really pull line off the reel quickly.
They are known by many names such as the fish of the thousand casts, beans, frijoles, sliders etc. A fellow fly angler who has been fishing these waters for years offered to help me, he even showed me a secret location where they are very aggressive. It is amazing and something I had never seen before, they do show their backs when they are sliding back to the deeper water. I'm going fishing tomorrow again, hopefully I'll catch more of those. I will sure post whatever I manage to catch.
Thanks