What kind of fish are in mission beach, San Diego and what are good suggestions of bait for each fish?
Certain fish like certain baits mussels and clams will get a bite from perch, corbina, croakers sharks and rays as will anchovies except corbina really feed on the sand crabs. halibut will take them as well as anchovies smelt sardines and grunion sand bass spotted bay bass and sculpin will too. Banjo sharks (guitar fish) love sardines as well as bat rays, and squid is a good chum halibut will be in the shade under the pier outside the current and the breaking waves’ violent water. if there are no waves I have caught them in 10″ of water. I find them at dawn where ever the sea ducks are feeding off the pilings eating the mussels. I use 3/4 oz lead for every foot of wave face. I use green trilene (the water is green and it disappears best in so cal) most of the fish are all under the pier, that are worth catching anyway.
