Summer season has come, summer time has gone, and it’s fall as soon as extra. What’s biting this time of yr? What works for fall surf fishing? We’ll discuss this and far more at present so keep tuned.
October is a transitional month for surf fishing on the west coast. Fortunate for us, we’ve got a variety of completely different species to focus on by using completely different ways. Let’s break this down by every of the three strategies of surf fishing listed under.
- Mild Deal with (Carolina rig)
- Lures
- Sharking
Mild Deal with Surf Fishing In October (Carolina Rig)
Because the waters start to chill off, sand crabs begin to die and disappear, thus slowing the sunshine sort out chew. When you comply with alongside, you’ll know that sand crabs are the finest bait for surf fishing in terms of mild sort out. So what do you have to fish for within the fall and what can we use for bait after we can’t use sand crabs for surf fishing?
The best species to focus on within the fall embrace surfperch, halibut and sharks… and I might counsel in that order.
Bait For Mild Deal with Surf Fishing In October
If sand crabs are nonetheless round, use them! Spotfin croaker will go loopy for them within the fall some years. On the very least, you’ll catch just a few surfperch. My go to bait when sand crabs disappear is mussel meat. Surf fishing with mussel meat will catch all the things sand crabs catch (corbina, spotfin, yellowfin croaker, surfperch and so forth.) but as an added bonus, you don’t catch many stingrays with mussels.
What Species Do You Catch in October?
As talked about earlier, October is a transitional month for surf fishing. That mentioned, you’ll be able to nonetheless stumble throughout a extremely good corbina chew and generally extra possible, a spotfin croaker chew. Yellowfin croaker and surfperch are all the time a probable catch within the transitional months as effectively.
On the flip aspect, these bigger surfperch may very well be arriving early as their spawning season is simply across the nook. And sure, surfperch will be caught year-round, however late fall by way of winter and early spring is when surfperch fishing is at its peak.
If it’s me, I’m going out in hope of spotfin croaker in October. As for rigs, I want a Carolina rig, however have a look right here for the finest rigs for surf fishing. Check out my set-up under for every.
Surf Fishing With Lures In October
As traditional, I break lures down into two classes: jerkbaits vs swimbaits. Jerkbaits (for my part) shall be higher utilized in December by way of March for large spawning surfperch and halibut.
Jerkbaits
For jerkbaits, check out this listing of the finest jerkbaits for surf fishing and be prepared for this coming winter-spring when surfperch peak season comes. The spawn is a good alternative to catch these 14-17 inch surfperch and since all of the fries (child surfperch) are swimming round, halibut are on the prowl too.
As talked about, I’ll be throwing extra jerkbaits within the late winter/early spring Check out the set-up that I take advantage of for surf fishing with jerkbaits under.
Swimbaits
Now could be the time to be throwing swimbaits. Halibut, calico, and even massive white seabass cruise by way of the shoreline reefs this time of yr and swimbaits are best-suited for this type. Check out this listing of the very best swimbaits for surf fishing.
The halibut and seabass chew usually tapers off after the top of June and stays hit and miss down south whereas it heats up a bit up north. October is a month that the halibut and seabass chew tends to show again on earlier than once more tapering till spring.
If it’s me, I’m throwing weedless swimbaits for halibut and seabass in October. For swimbaits. I want a Texas rig with a weighted hook and a half-ounce bullet weight. Check out my set-up under.
Surf Fishing for Sharks in October
Shark fishing from the seashore usually begins off very effectively in April and peaks in June. July by way of August are additionally often fairly stable earlier than a slight decline in September. Then, we regularly get a slight burst in October, however it’ll usually shut down fairly shortly after October by way of February.
When you’re trying to surf fish for sharks, October is a good month to get on the market. Get on the market quickly although as a result of as soon as November rolls round, will probably be slim pickings. Have a look under for my shark fishing set-up.
