Yellowfin Croaker Fishing: Surf Fishing In So Cal

In this video, I'll show you a day of yellowfin croaker fishing as I go surf fishing in San Diego County. When you're surf fishing in So Cal, yellowfin croaker are one of the most (if not the most) common catch and their a fun little fish to catch. The bait I used in this video is sand crabs and the rod and reel for yellowfin croaker fishing can be found below.
If you watch till the end, you'll see something went airborne off in the distance... something big.
Rod: amzn.to/3izQamE
Reel: bassproshops.v...

[@JLTFishing]

Nice vid 👍

[@surffishinginsocal]

@@JLTFishing thanks!

[@edcastillo4456]

Mermaid messin' with you!

[@surffishinginsocal]

😂😂 you know what… you’re right.

[@SebastianTippit]

What pound line are you using? Additionally, what size and what type of hook are using?

[@surffishinginsocal]

This link shows my exact set up.
surffishingsocalsd.com/nick-heids-surf-fishing-set-ups/
15lb and a #2 owner mosquito hook

[@tiaanloots7146]

What beach is this?

[@tractorjordan4730]

What bait?

[@David-ek2qo]

Pretty sure it was a soupfin they jump and do spins in the water also what did u use for bait

[@surffishinginsocal]

Sand crabs

[@werftv4580]

nice fishing... thresher in the surf?

[@surffishinginsocal]

That’s a thought fir sure. I’m between a thresher and a white🤷‍♂️

[@werftv4580]

@@surffishinginsocal I say thresher, but... I also have been having some.. odd ideas... we might talk one of these days...

[@surffishinginsocal]

@@werftv4580 we will👌

[@MrBornfisher]

Great White. They come in to feed on stingrays.

[@surffishinginsocal]

I agree

[@scruffy7443]

I want to point out that threw a circular net in the surf zone just to see like what other countries do to catch fish, but this is illegal in Cali btw, i caught surf perch and yellow fin croakers, they are near the beach surf line and in white wash areas, you'd be amazed how many of them would be in a cluster where corbinas and spot fins also zigzag to eat their sand crabs

[@surffishinginsocal]

There was a circular net in this video???

[@scruffy7443]

@@surffishinginsocal huh? did say just I did this at WindNSea beach in La Jolla at night also making an example of fish close to shore using it. the small nets you throw off piers to catch bait fish for hali's

[@addicted2fishing119]

Dolphin horizontal tail fin… if it was a shark it was a white shark because of the leap…unusual because the dolphins have been rolling deep

[@surffishinginsocal]

Haha ya no not a dolphin😂

[@addicted2fishing119]

@@surffishinginsocal look when it dives tail fin is horizontal

[@surffishinginsocal]

@@addicted2fishing119 I respect the comment but I can guarantee ya it wasn’t a dolphin

[@addicted2fishing119]

@@surffishinginsocal white shark then 🤣 I’m going to think twice before bodysurfing now….

[@nickluengo3066]

Thresher

[@surffishinginsocal]

That’s definitely a possibility! It was sick whatever it was!

[@kevintaylor8151]

Striper ;)

[@surffishinginsocal]

That’s a biiiiiig striper😳

[@kevintaylor8151]

@@surffishinginsocal Yeah, was more wishful thinking than an actual guess lol. Maybe we got marlin back in San Diego County again… two caught just outside San Diego Bay many moons ago.

[@surffishinginsocal]

@@kevintaylor8151 part of me enjoys the mystery of not knowing what it was