Surf Fishing San Simeon (21 June 2011)

Took the whole family out to the pier at San Simeon and caught a really nice Starry Flounder (22", 6 lbs.).  Caught him in the surf on a 10' Ugly Stik Custom, Shimano Baitrunner and an anchovy.  Great time, but I could've asked for better weather (yes, I'm complaining even though I caught a decent fish).

Nice!  Biggest one I've seen yet.  Thx for sharing.  What else can you catch off the surf there?  Stripers? Kingfish? perch?

Dude, that's a monster flounder bro. Congrats

Jedmo

That is a sick flounder.  Were you targeting perch?  Willing to share your tackle secrets?  I'm sure they will move into Tomales and Bodega bays.
Congrats!

Nice fish!

Nice fish, are they good eating?

Hootah, nice starry!! Woulda been worth lotsa AOTY pts there lol (of course it had to be caught further north) 

That is the baddest flounder ever!!!

Thanks for all the responses.  To be honest with you all, this was my very first attempt at surf fishing.  I started out by targeting the perch, but they weren't biting at all.  I was running #6 octopus hooks with plastic grubs baited with bits of squid above a 3 oz weight.  I tried that from outside of the pier all the way into the rocks south of the pier.  I switched from that to a carolina rig with a whole anchovy hooked through the nose  hoping to find some sort of flatfish (with halibut in mind).  The first cast with that rig caught the fish pictured.

Dude, that's a monster flounder bro. Congrats

Jedmo

My thoughts exactly!

Dude, that's a monster flounder bro. Congrats

Jedmo

My thoughts exactly!

My thoughts exactly,

(hey why come up with something new, I can't do better)

and yeah they're great eating...

Fishin' and catchin'... what could be more fun