2nd Quarter 2024 California Surf Fishing (CSF) Updates

Better late than never. This blog post is to celebrate what happened in our Facebook group California Surf Fishing (CSF) during the 2nd quarter (April, May, June) of 2024! Many great catches happened again this season, especially Striped Bass which seem to dominate the CA Surf scene these days.

Abril Blanco caught this slab Surfperch

Albert Andrade was happy to catch this Striped Bass

Alex Mortensen with a big Surfperch

Aaron Vasquez shared this photo of a cute little Surfperch

Andre Mull rocked the FB Group when he posted this monster sized CA Striped Bass. He hunts them hard and this is a great accomplishement. IG @andremull

Alex T Hwang Caught this keeper Halibut on a Battlestar 5 inch Rib Bait, Shiny White and XLS Weighted Swimbait Hook

BabyRoc Brown posted this big Sandbass he caught

Alex Mortensen with a big Yellow Fin Croaker

BabyRoc Brown shared this Halibut he caught. Nice catch!

Benjamin Szu posted this mystery catch. What species is this? I wonder what the story is.

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Benjamin Szu shared a nice CA Corbina he caught

Benjamin Szu shared this Yellow Fin Croaker he caught

Bob Kaplan IG @kaplan_bob with a Striped Bass he caught

Bing Chen shared this photo of a Striped Bass he caught

Bob Kaplan with a nice Keeper CA Halibut he caught

Bob Turner with a CA Corbina

Branson Somerville IG @branson_somerville with a Barred Surfperch

Brian El-Mahmoud posted this photo of his son with a small Surfperch

Brian Douglas Jimenez with a keeper CA Halibut

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Brian El-Mahmoud caught this Barred Sand Bass in the surf

Brian El-Mahmoud with a Beautiful Cabezon

Brian El-Mahmoud with a Calico Bass

Brian El-Mahmoud with a Leopard Shark

Brian El-Mahmoud with a Calico Bass

Brian El-Mahmoud with a Skate

Brian El-Mahmoud with a Yellow Fin Croaker

Brian El-Mahmoud with another surf caught Calico Bass

Brian El-Mahmoud with another Leopard Shark

Brian Kelly IG @briank_399 posted this photo of his wife holding a CA Surfperch she caught

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Brian Kelly IG @briank_399 - Nice Halibut!

Brian Kelly IG @briank_399 shared this photo of his fishing buddy with a Barred Surfperch

Brian Kelly IG @briank_399 with a Barred Surfperch

Cade Hahn Haus IG @cazcadeoutdoors caught a Surfperch on a big Fluke with Neckbreaker

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Bud Masterson IG @shanerrbananerr with a nice catch in the CA Surf

Brian Kelly IG @briank_399 with a beautiful CA Halibut

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Carlos Romero with a Calico Bass

Carlos Romero with a Spotted Bay Bass

Charlie Stelzer shared this photo of a big CA Halibut

Chayvon Merrill continues to smash Striped Bass 12 months a year using the Battlestar 115 Jerkbait tying it straight on to the 28# Alien Braid

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Checo Aguilera with a really cool photo of a big Leopard Shark he caught

Chris Bommarito IG @crabhuntah209 posted this photo of his daughter with her first CA Striped Bass

Chris Bommarito IG @crabhuntah209 What a special Father and Daughter moment for these two.

Chris Bragg IG @Braggz_1 with a Barred Surfperch

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Chris Hurtado @AlwaysFishing805 shared this photo of a small mouth bass he caught on a fresh water trip

Chris Smith cleaning them up 2 or more at a time

Chris Smith continues to impress us with all the Striped Bass he is catching

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Chris-Brownie Magno happy to show off his Striped Bass

Chris Smith Took his buddy fishing and they caught Striped Bass

Cory Siukai Low IG @shorelinecory has been catching a lot of Halibut 5-29-24

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Chris-Brownie Magno IG @ceebrownie shared this absolutley precious photo which reminds us what Surf Fishign is really all about. Making and sharing memories with our loved ones

CU Franvshots with a big Spot Fin Croaker

Cory Siukai Low IG @shorelinecory has been catching a lot of Halibut

Cory Siukai Low IG @shorelinecory with another Halibut

Cory Siukai Low IG @shorelinecory has been impressing us with a lot of Halibut

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Dana L Wilburn Totally stoked to catch this big CA Halibut.jpg

David Guzi with a CA Halibut

Deano Kissinger IG @deanokissinger with an impressive haul of Striped Bass

Dinuk Lahiru Magammana IG @Dinukm and another YFC

Dex Lee with a White Fish

Dinuk Lahiru Magammana IG @Dinukm with a CA Corbina

Dinuk Lahiru Magammana IG @dinukm with a CA Halibut

Dinuk Lahiru Magammana IG @dinukm with another Yellow Fin Croaker

Dinuk Lahiru Magammana IG @dinukm with a Yellow Fin Croaker

Dirk Digler putting in the work and coming out with a nice one

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Ethan Arrington with a nice Striped Bass

Dylan Staack with a Striped Bass

Dirk Digler with this beautiful Striped Bass too

Eli Miro with an adorable little Barred Surfperch

Francis Vo and a Barred Surfperch

George Saniatan with a nice big Barred Surfperch

Francis Vo with a nice Barred Surfperch

Frank Dornan with a Barred Surfperch

Greg Lit caught a huge Leopard Shark

Jesus Piura Peña getting dialed in with the CA Surf Halibut since he starte using the Battlestar 5 inch Rib Bait with XLS Swimbait Hook

Gio Storm IG @giostorm83 with twin CA Striped Bass. Find him on Youtube @STRIPEDBASSHUNTER

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Irisha Guzman with a Barred Surfperch

Isaac Magallanes Ramirez IG @isaacmags with a Striped Bass

Jacob Evans shared this photo of a Striped Bass. Who is the angler?

Itzel M Zamora IG @munchiies_westbayfishing with a Barred Surf Perch

Jacob Evans with a Barred Surfperch

Jason Fong is catching a lot of Striped Bass this year

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Jason Le smacking them Striped Bass left and right

Jason Fong regularily posts photos of this Striped Bass catches

Jason Hill IG @JayBirdHill with a beautiful CA Halibut

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Jason Le with a Striped Bass

Jason Le smacking them Striped Bass left and right

Jason Maggard with a beautiful Striped Bass

Jason Zambo caught this huge Bat Ray

Jason Le, great photo with a CA Striped Bass

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Jason Zambo with a nice big Leopard Shark

Jason Zambo with another Leopard Shark

Jason Zambo with an awesome shark on sand. What species is this?

Javier Magana with a Yellow Fin Croaker and a smile

Javier Rico managed the elusive CA Surf Mullet!

Jerry Her @jhh707 with a biog Surfperch. Which species is this one?

Jesus Piura Peña is dialing in his surf Halibut game.

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Jerry Her IG @jhh707 with a Striped Bass

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Joe Camarillo with a Whiper? We can only hope this was NOT caught in the CA Surf!

Johnny Thomson caught this nice CA Halibut

Jonatan Chavarria IG @jc502gt with a big Leopard Shark

Jonathan Li IG @j.j.li. with a Shovel Nose Guitar Fish

Jonathan Li IG @j.j.li. with a small CA Halibut

Jorge Moran IG @jm917 with a Shovel Head Guitar Fish

Jorge Moran IG @jm917 with a CA Halibut

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Jorge Moran IG @jm917 with a Corbina

Jorge Moran IG @jm917 with another Corbina

Jorge Moran IG @jm917 with yet another CA Corbina

Jose Garcia with his Striped Bass. Way to go!

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Justin Cain Sule Also posted this photo of a CA Surf Halibut

Jose Garcia with a Striped Bass

Justin Cain, happiness is a California Halibut

Kelly Osborne with a Barred Surfperch

Kevin Mills caught a Shovel Nose Guitar Fish

Kevin Trieu caught a Barred Surfperch

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Kevin Trieu Recently caught his first CA Striped Bass in Southern California

Kevin Trieu with a Calico Bass

Kevin Trieu is slaying the White Sea Bass this year

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Kevin Trieu with a Leopard Shark

Landon Peppel with a Spot Fin Croaker

Kevin Trieu with a Short Fin Corvina

Kevin Trieu with a Spot Fin Croaker

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Landon Peppel with a White Sea Bass

Lizetteand Rene Munoz IG @monsunoz posted this Spot Fin Croaker

Logan Gillingham with a fat Grassy Rock Fish on a beautiful CA beach

Lucas Green IG @Lucas_is_not_available caught a nice Cabezon!

Mario Terra IG @Bigpumpkin585 also shared this photo of an angler holding a small striped bass. Who is this angler?

Mario Terra IG @Bigpumpkin585 - way to go on this Striped Bass!

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Mark Gomez with a... CA Thornback Ray? Name that species!

Mario Terra IG @Bigpumpkin585 is finding the stripes

Matt Ingersoll @bassn_assassin with a small Striped Bass

Michael Cerecedes happy to show this Striped Bass he caught

Michael Elsner IG @elsner_michael catching Striped Bass in CA!

Michael Elsner with a Barred Surf Perch

Michael Elsner IG @elsner_michael with another Striped Bass

Michael Elsner with a Striped Bass

Michael Elsner with a Striped Bass

Michael Heintz with a CA Halibut

Michael Heintz with a CA Halibut

Michael Lee with a Barred Surfperch

Michael Nelson with TWO Striped Bass. What a catch!

Michael Raven shared this great photo with a Barred Surfperch

Michael Sotelo IG @mikall22 - Way to go! Nice Striped Bass! 2

Mike Yom IG @mikeyoem with a CA Striped Bass

Miroslav Matic IG @fish_on_matic with a small White Sea Bass?

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Miroslav Matic IG @fish_on_matic with another small White Sea Bass

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Michael Sotelo IG @mikall22 - Way to go! Nice Striped Bass!

Miroslav Matic IG @fish_on_matic is one heck of a CA Surf Fisherman and we are always honored to see his catches in the CSF Facebook Group

Nathan Harmony IG @nathanharmony3 has been very succesfull this year catching CA Halibut using the Battlestar 5 inch Rib Bait with XLS Weighted Swimbait Hook

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Noah Garfoot IG @orangecountyangling is "catching on" in the CA Surf! He caught this Yellow Fin Croaker

Pedro Miranda Padilla with a nice Striped Bass

Paul Mansfield with a Cabezon and a surf caught Ling Cod! Wow!

Phanat PNut Khammao with a Striped Bass

Pancho Pantera IG @Pancho_sokalhalibut caught this CA Halibut

Ramiro Flores IG @reelsavage831 caught this Striped Bass. What a great fish!

Ramiro Flores IG @reelsavage831 what a great photo and great Surfperch

Ramiro Flores IG @reelsavage83105 is really smashing some Stripers this season

Ramiro Flores IG @reelsavage831 with another Striped Bass. Congratulations Ramiro!

Ramiro Flores IG @reelsavage831 with yet another Striped Bass

Ramiro Flores IG @reelsavage83106 Second quarter of 2024 resulted in many Striped Bass for Ramiro. Way to go man!

Ray Camarillo Scored a big Barred Surfperch. That'll make anyones day.

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Ray Camarillo Caught a CA Corbina! Nice one Ray!

Reynald Delos Santos Viloria caught this quality Spot Fin Croaker in the CA Surf!

Reynald Delos Santos Viloria looks happy to catch this beautiful little striped bass

Reynald Delos Santos Viloria is getting some lucky bites this season

Reynald Delos Santos Viloria with a nice CA Corbina catch

Reynald Delos Santos Viloria with a beautiful little Leopard Shark

Reynald Delos Santos Viloria with a nice CA Yellow Fin Croaker. These fish pull surprisingly hard for their size

Rich Stone @rstone57 got a lucky bite from this Striped Bass

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Rich Stone shared this photo of a beautiful fish he caught in the surf. I'd love to hear the full story in the comments.

Rich Stone @rstone57 has caught some nice Striped Bass this year. Way to go Rich!

Ricky Jorge caught these these twin striped bass. How beautiful.

Robert Bailey has been catching some nice fish in the surf this year.

Robert Espinosa with a great catch! A Spot Fin Croaker, from the CA Surf.

Rodrigo Art @ram__rod got this lucky bite from a CA Halibut while surf fishing in California

Rodrigo Art Check out this big Calico Bass. Nice one Rodrigo! jpg

Ronny Tabora is putting the hurt on those Striped Bass this year. Way to clean up Ronny!

Ruben Vega caught this CA Halibut on a Battlestar 115 Jerkbait, Glow Cherry Chovy

Sage Riojas posing with a an addorable Calico catch that would make anyone smile.

Ronny Tabora Striped Bass caught on a Kastmaster. Nice one Ronny!

Scott Ryan Accepted landed this impressively large Shovel Nose Guitar Fish.

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Sean Fitzhugh landed this big beautiful Striped Bass as well here in the second quarter of 2024

Scott Sproston way to go buddy! Scott smacked a Striper for us. Keep up the good work man!

Sean Fitzhugh shared this photo of an angler holding a Black Perch he caught.

Stephen Hall caught what appears to be a MONDO sized Barred Surfperch. Nice catch Stephen!

Sean Fitzhugh what a great photo of a great smile with this CA Barred Surfperch

Stephen M Stepanovich looks really happy that this CA Striped Bass bite and stayed buttoned on. Nice one Stephen! Cheers and here's looking forward to the next!

Steve Schwamlein with a small Shark he caught in the CA Surf. Can someone name that species?

Stuart Mason Helmintoller @stuartmasonslife shared this photo of his wife Joyce with a Barred Surfperch

Steve Tang Caught this beautiful Spotfin Croaker.

Stuart Mason Helmintoller @stuartmasonslife shared this photo of his wife Joyce with a Striped Bass

Susan Morgan with a lucky catch, a Corbina!

Wade Cromer and partner showing of a CA Halibut. Nice catch!

Vince Goes Fishing caught a Striped Bass while fishing with Cory Siukai Low in San Luis Obispo, April

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Thomas Goods caught this impressive Cabezon

Wally Buckingham showing off a beautiful California Corbina!

Zachary McGowan shared this, another impressive catch, CA Halibut.

Zachary McGowan shared this photo of a CA Halibut. Wow impressive!

Zachary King is an avid member of CSF and shared this photo of a Barred Surf Perch he caught. Nice one Zach!

That's all for now. Stay tuned for our 3rd Quarter CSF Update blog post, coming soon! Come, ask your questions, and share your fishing reports. Join the group! California Surf Fishing (CSF)

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