Glad to hear the video was able to help you out! That’s the goal c: I like to focus on setups such as high low rigs because they’re very beginner friendly and that’s all you need to start out. There’s lots of different types of fishing rigs to try, the basics help you understand what’s going on and branching out will become easier c: The strongest teacher is yourself though, best way to learn is to get out there and fish, more time you spend fishing, more knowledge you’ll slowly pick up on! Welcome to saltwater fishing in SoCal Manuel c: let minnow if you have any questions 👌🎣
I’m glad my vidya sparked fun memories for you :D did you use to fish Oceanside Pier often in the past? It’s currently my most favorite fishing pier in SoCal c:
Thanks David :D! I’m glad my vidya was helpful, if you ever have any fishing related questions you can always ask me in the comments and I’ll try my best to answer them c:
Hey Sven, I’m 11 years old and I live in Oceanside. Here is a tip. Go near the last part of the pier. That is where all the fish is at. Love your vids keep it up bro! 🤙🏽
Hi Rhys thanks for watching :D glad you enjoy my videos, I’ll definitely try to check out the end the next time I’m in Oceanside, my buddy tells me there’s a lot of mackerel that run though after the sun goes down, I’ll try to get a mackerel video done some day! 👌🎣
Nice! You guys caught so many fish that day. Do the croakers out here croak? I didn't hear them croak at all in the video but maybe the mic didn't pick it up. I might have to head over there soon!
Yeah the croakers croak or grunt, sometimes it’s really loud while other times they don’t at all. It is definitely easier to hear in person, the mic doesn’t always catch it 😂 you should definitely head over to Oceanside pier when you get the chance c:
Awesome. I fish that pier a lot, but I always go at night so i can get the mackerel and dont have to pay for parking. I also always fish on the deep end. I gotta try fishing the surf side more. Never caught a croaker or corbina.
It’s a very nice pier to fish on, I haven’t really fished at night for mackerel too much but Pier Life Fisherman fishes for them often and has a few videos on the process he uses. The surf side has a lot of different fun variety if you’re going for surfperch or croakers, sand crabs work very well for corbina and a bunch of other species. Overall in the surf side I would expect Yellowfin Croakers, Barred surfperch, Corbina, Spotfin Croakers, and the occasional smaller leopard sharks and shovelnose guitarfish. The bite is gonna be closer to the bottom so any bottom rigs will help, I think fish finder rigs are what the locals like to use. Bait wise your best bets are going to be sand crabs, shrimp, mussels, bloodworms, and ghost shrimp if you can get some c: Thanks for watching SpaceManDawn, let minnow if you happen to have any questions! 👌🎣
@@SvenGoesFishing Nice! I gotta make it out there more often. I live in Menifee, so it takes me an hour to get to the pier. And gas prices arnt helping lol.
Yeah I know what you mean, it takes me about an hour to drive over to Oceanside Pier as well, but the fishings usually good and as the weather gets warmer and warmer, more fish are gonna come in c: Oceanside pier is pretty solid for surfperch and croakers, I think Oceanside in general has the highest overall population for them c: I had a buddy said he went fishing a few days ago and him and some friends landed a minimum of 30 yellowfin croakers!
I love fishing in Oceanside, always worth the drive for me and it is a lot closer than Monterey 😂 Luis left a bit earlier during the day but Pier Life and I fished the entire day, with him fishing way into the night lolol. Thanks for watching Doug! Always appreciate the support c:
Amazing video Sven. I like the fishing at Oceanside Pier, I need to head back there from the looks of it if the fishing will still be good. Waiting for more videos
Come back out and fish when you can! The pier is super nice and the fishing is good. I like how there’s a bait shop on the pier too, very helpful when you’re missing a few stuff or decide to come fish on a whim with no bait 😂 thanks for watching as always John, always appreciate your support :D👍👌🎣
It is a really nice to fish for sure, they have a lot of amenities such as bathrooms towards the middle of the bait and a bait shop close by! There are slow days but overall I think fishing is always good at Oceanside Pier. Thanks for watching Just A Bear! :D 👌🎣
If I remember correctly, they’re called claw sinkers, you don’t have to use those specifically, disc or pyramid sinkers are also good for surf or heavy wave conditions c:
The weather was super nice the whole day, maybe it was the most perfect day to fish, I know Oceanside pier can get rly windy sometimes, it was nice that there was just a small cooling breeze c: Thanks for watching Lucky! 👌🎣
@@SvenGoesFishing yeah I drove almost 3 hours to ocieanside for mackerel and went home empty hahaha. Your right it is what it is. Sometimes good but sometimes slow too.
Thanks for watching Eric :D Oceanside Pier is probably my favorite fishing pier as of right now, I gotta find some time to head back down there to fish soon! 🎣
@@SvenGoesFishing Huntington Beach Pier is good but not as productive as Oceanside... throw a live sardine under the pier at the corner of the fire hydrant on the right side... Nouth of the Pier what the locals call the cliffs about mile or so north. The water is shallow for about 100 yards and there's like 3 foot deep trenches as you Wade out....use light spinning gear and a simple barrel swivel 1/2 slider above it and a 3-4 leader with a sandcrab.. Trick is sandcrab no bigger than a finger nail...I use an owner needlepoint hook you can sink it perfect and hide it well in a little sandcrab!
Thanks for the tip Eric! I haven’t fished Huntington Beach pier for a while so I’ll see if I can head out soon if my schedule permits it. I also haven’t done any surf fishing forever, definitely wanna get that done soon too 😂
My default hook size is 6, small enough for general purpose fishing (great for all surfperch basically) but also big enough for potentially larger sized catches. Eagle claw baitholder/ snell prelooped hooks is what I like to pick up, very convenient for swapping out like if you fish high low rig a lot (which I generally do 😂). The baitholders are good because they have little barbs that help catch the bait and prevent it from slipping off the hook too easily c: Let minnow if you have any more fishing questions, hope I was able to help out, thanks for watching ken ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
@SvenGoesFishing Thanks for the info Sven, I live in Maryland and fish the Chesapeake Bay, also do you prefer circle over J hook? Last question what are your thoughts on fishbites?. Thanks in advance. Tight lines. Ken
@kent7525 both circle and J hooks have their benefits, I usually use J because they are the baitholder styles I like, circle is much better for making sure fish don’t get gut shotted but sometimes it’s hard to keep bait on them. Also for fishbites, they’re definitely more of an east coast and gulf bait, but they’re awesome for sure. I’m trying to use them more over here, and they are rly good at slaying calico bass 😂 shrimp electric chicken is my favorite one, when they work over here, they rly work :D
You don’t have to buy them, you can just forage them c: the pier pilings during low tide would be the closest place to get them, otherwise jetty rocks during low tide would hold them as well. If you did want to buy them, tackle shops usually have them frozen, otherwise you should be able to find them in the seafood section of Asian supermarkets :D!
I target big fish lepard sharks big bat ray bkg surf rods more fin better fight I used to catch smelt mack use a size 5 ounce prymid weight or a 14 ft surf rods witch cast far as hell
Very nice Donald :D I was actually fishing at Oceanside Pier the other day and ran into some other anglers that target the bigger fish like sharks and rays, they said it’s really fun when they take the bait and run and you have to wrangle them in. I think I might try it one day, not for myself but if it’s a nice fish I could always give it to the local anglers c:
@@SvenGoesFishing fishing newport harbor had a Seagal eat the few pieces of squid I brought for bait and only had a swimbait and a few tiny hooks to catch smelt for bait so I put a piece of gum on my hook and ended up catching a 13 in Jack smelt and a bunch of little ones for halibut bait
That’s awesome :D a 13 inch Jacksmelt on gum! Darn Beach Chickens attack again! D: Thanks for sharing, I may try to use gum one day to see if I can catch some too lolol
That depends what you wanna go for. If you wanna go for surfperch or croakers, closer to the beginning of the pier is your better bet in the surf zone. Out deeper people like to catch mackerels and such, or even sharks :o! Sometimes sculpins even like to show up out deep ^-^ let minnow if you have any more fishing questions and I’ll help out as much as I can c:
You can dig for sandcrabs in the sand c: during certain seasons there’s a lot of them there. Daily bag limit is 50 total a day (which is a lot) so you’ll have ample amount of fishing bait c:
Well to be honest pjer are OK but with a lisence I fish the beach and get bigger fish tho leopard big rods and a reel are a need sputnikt work better and a surf pole can cast way father I stop using a bell just loosen your line and a big fish will pull your drag fact a subik rig will get mack or smelt all day long
I agree, pier fishing is just okay, but I think they’re the best way for beginners to learn about fishing/ figure out if they enjoy it enough to invest in a fishing license. I actually want to get back into shore fishing, I haven’t caught a legal leopard shark yet, I don’t plan to keep them but I hear the fight is crazy 😂 thats also true, technically the drag system is a built in bell system and works just as well if you don’t have a bell. I grew up using bells so I still enjoy having them, and it’s quite funny because sometimes at home my wife will ring one of the fishing bells just to spike my adrenaline before I realize we’re home haha. Thanks for watching Donald! :D 👌🎣
Yes it is Mike :D limit is 10 for a lot of fish species unless it’s a special restrictions one like California Halibut. I mainly fish catch and release so most of them went back in, I think for that day I only kept one to make myself dinner when I got back home c: thanks for watching :D 👌🎣
New to saltwater fishing and i fish socal, your videos help me out alot so i dont feel like a complete noob. Love the channel keep it up
Glad to hear the video was able to help you out! That’s the goal c: I like to focus on setups such as high low rigs because they’re very beginner friendly and that’s all you need to start out. There’s lots of different types of fishing rigs to try, the basics help you understand what’s going on and branching out will become easier c: The strongest teacher is yourself though, best way to learn is to get out there and fish, more time you spend fishing, more knowledge you’ll slowly pick up on! Welcome to saltwater fishing in SoCal Manuel c: let minnow if you have any questions 👌🎣
Brings back great memories. Thanks!
I’m glad my vidya sparked fun memories for you :D did you use to fish Oceanside Pier often in the past? It’s currently my most favorite fishing pier in SoCal c:
@@SvenGoesFishing I was at Pendleton...Saw more than a few sharks LOL...
That’s good to know John, I was lowkey planning on taking an inflatable out there in the summer, I’ll be sure to use a sturdy kayak instead 😂
@pierlife fisherman! Saw you yesterday Thursday getting so.w good fish! Cheers bro!
I did get lucky that day lol:) today I caught a lot of croakers too
PLF was telling me how he was catching fish left and right and I’m over here like >man if only I didn’t have work today ;-; 😂
Love your vid, helped me to learn something new ❤, hope i can catch something now
Thanks David :D! I’m glad my vidya was helpful, if you ever have any fishing related questions you can always ask me in the comments and I’ll try my best to answer them c:
Hey Sven, I’m 11 years old and I live in Oceanside. Here is a tip. Go near the last part of the pier. That is where all the fish is at. Love your vids keep it up bro! 🤙🏽
Hi Rhys thanks for watching :D glad you enjoy my videos, I’ll definitely try to check out the end the next time I’m in Oceanside, my buddy tells me there’s a lot of mackerel that run though after the sun goes down, I’ll try to get a mackerel video done some day! 👌🎣
@@SvenGoesFishing Awesome bro! I’m going fishing tomorrow. Hope to catch some new fish! 🎣 :)
How’d fishing go? I would say good luck but you probably finished fishing by now 😂
@@SvenGoesFishing It was great! I caught a Californian brown rockfish.
Very nice :D how big was it? Didn’t even know you could catch them out there :o
Nice! You guys caught so many fish that day. Do the croakers out here croak? I didn't hear them croak at all in the video but maybe the mic didn't pick it up. I might have to head over there soon!
They do croak, the spotfin croaker croak really loud while the yellowfin does it very faintly
Yeah the croakers croak or grunt, sometimes it’s really loud while other times they don’t at all. It is definitely easier to hear in person, the mic doesn’t always catch it 😂 you should definitely head over to Oceanside pier when you get the chance c:
I haven’t caught a spotfin in a while, but I bet the big ones croak super loud :o
Awesome. I fish that pier a lot, but I always go at night so i can get the mackerel and dont have to pay for parking. I also always fish on the deep end. I gotta try fishing the surf side more. Never caught a croaker or corbina.
It’s a very nice pier to fish on, I haven’t really fished at night for mackerel too much but Pier Life Fisherman fishes for them often and has a few videos on the process he uses. The surf side has a lot of different fun variety if you’re going for surfperch or croakers, sand crabs work very well for corbina and a bunch of other species. Overall in the surf side I would expect Yellowfin Croakers, Barred surfperch, Corbina, Spotfin Croakers, and the occasional smaller leopard sharks and shovelnose guitarfish. The bite is gonna be closer to the bottom so any bottom rigs will help, I think fish finder rigs are what the locals like to use. Bait wise your best bets are going to be sand crabs, shrimp, mussels, bloodworms, and ghost shrimp if you can get some c: Thanks for watching SpaceManDawn, let minnow if you happen to have any questions! 👌🎣
@@SvenGoesFishing Nice! I gotta make it out there more often. I live in Menifee, so it takes me an hour to get to the pier. And gas prices arnt helping lol.
Yeah I know what you mean, it takes me about an hour to drive over to Oceanside Pier as well, but the fishings usually good and as the weather gets warmer and warmer, more fish are gonna come in c: Oceanside pier is pretty solid for surfperch and croakers, I think Oceanside in general has the highest overall population for them c: I had a buddy said he went fishing a few days ago and him and some friends landed a minimum of 30 yellowfin croakers!
Same!!
I probably should do a night time video for mackerel sometime soon haha, especially while the weather is warm and the fish are still very active c:
Another great video Sven, Glad to see Luis and Pierlife in your video. Oceanside is a great place to fish. Keep them coming!
I love fishing in Oceanside, always worth the drive for me and it is a lot closer than Monterey 😂 Luis left a bit earlier during the day but Pier Life and I fished the entire day, with him fishing way into the night lolol. Thanks for watching Doug! Always appreciate the support c:
Amazing video Sven. I like the fishing at Oceanside Pier, I need to head back there from the looks of it if the fishing will still be good. Waiting for more videos
Come back out and fish when you can! The pier is super nice and the fishing is good. I like how there’s a bait shop on the pier too, very helpful when you’re missing a few stuff or decide to come fish on a whim with no bait 😂 thanks for watching as always John, always appreciate your support :D👍👌🎣
oceanside pier look like a really cool place to fish, is it always that good
It is a really nice to fish for sure, they have a lot of amenities such as bathrooms towards the middle of the bait and a bait shop close by! There are slow days but overall I think fishing is always good at Oceanside Pier. Thanks for watching Just A Bear! :D 👌🎣
The pier is really good for fishing, what I noticed though that the bite slows down when it gets windy
Good thing it wasn’t windy at all that day, perfect day for fishing honestly 😂
Spring all through summer great fishing...
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA
What kind of weights were you using I can’t find any of those in my area in Southern California great video
If I remember correctly, they’re called claw sinkers, you don’t have to use those specifically, disc or pyramid sinkers are also good for surf or heavy wave conditions c:
I’m about to fish there today
Let minnow how it goes :D! Always a fun place to fish c:
Got 3 fish
Heck yeah, what kinds? C:
1 jacksmelt 1 panfish idk what the other fish is called
Very nice c: what did the mystery fish look like? :o
My surf spot
Great place to fish and surf for sure c:
Awesome vid and weather looks good🤙
The weather was super nice the whole day, maybe it was the most perfect day to fish, I know Oceanside pier can get rly windy sometimes, it was nice that there was just a small cooling breeze c: Thanks for watching Lucky! 👌🎣
@@SvenGoesFishing yeah when I was there it was windy at night and very cold. Mackerel didn't show up so we went home early.
Yeah I heard that not a lot of fish like to bite over here when it gets too windy, not sure why but it is what it is 😂
@@SvenGoesFishing yeah I drove almost 3 hours to ocieanside for mackerel and went home empty hahaha. Your right it is what it is. Sometimes good but sometimes slow too.
It’s only about an hr drive for me to get to Oceanside, I’ve been skunked a few times but the fresh air and the drive is always nice 👍
Thanks for posting...one of my favorite places in the free World....
Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High CA
Thanks for watching Eric :D Oceanside Pier is probably my favorite fishing pier as of right now, I gotta find some time to head back down there to fish soon! 🎣
@@SvenGoesFishing
Huntington Beach Pier is good but not as productive as Oceanside... throw a live sardine under the pier at the corner of the fire hydrant on the right side... Nouth of the Pier what the locals call the cliffs about mile or so north.
The water is shallow for about 100 yards and there's like 3 foot deep trenches as you Wade out....use light spinning gear and a simple barrel swivel 1/2 slider above it and a 3-4 leader with a sandcrab..
Trick is sandcrab no bigger than a finger nail...I use an owner needlepoint hook you can sink it perfect and hide it well in a little sandcrab!
@@SvenGoesFishing oh you're up by Monterey...stop by Huntington next time you visit Oceanside
Thanks for the tip Eric! I haven’t fished Huntington Beach pier for a while so I’ll see if I can head out soon if my schedule permits it. I also haven’t done any surf fishing forever, definitely wanna get that done soon too 😂
Actually Eric, I’m based down in SoCal, I just make my way up to Monterey a lot because it’s honestly one of my favorite places to fish lolol
What kind and size hooks were you using.
Great video.
Thx
My default hook size is 6, small enough for general purpose fishing (great for all surfperch basically) but also big enough for potentially larger sized catches. Eagle claw baitholder/ snell prelooped hooks is what I like to pick up, very convenient for swapping out like if you fish high low rig a lot (which I generally do 😂). The baitholders are good because they have little barbs that help catch the bait and prevent it from slipping off the hook too easily c: Let minnow if you have any more fishing questions, hope I was able to help out, thanks for watching ken ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
@SvenGoesFishing
Thanks for the info Sven, I live in Maryland and fish the Chesapeake Bay, also do you prefer circle over J hook?
Last question what are your thoughts on fishbites?.
Thanks in advance.
Tight lines.
Ken
@kent7525 both circle and J hooks have their benefits, I usually use J because they are the baitholder styles I like, circle is much better for making sure fish don’t get gut shotted but sometimes it’s hard to keep bait on them. Also for fishbites, they’re definitely more of an east coast and gulf bait, but they’re awesome for sure. I’m trying to use them more over here, and they are rly good at slaying calico bass 😂 shrimp electric chicken is my favorite one, when they work over here, they rly work :D
@SvenGoesFishing
Thanks brother.
Blessings and tight lines!
Ken
@kent7525 no thank you Ken, always appreciate talking shop with a fellow angler ^-^ especially if I can be remotely helpful 😂
Where do you buy the mussel? I plan on going there when the rain stops.
You don’t have to buy them, you can just forage them c: the pier pilings during low tide would be the closest place to get them, otherwise jetty rocks during low tide would hold them as well. If you did want to buy them, tackle shops usually have them frozen, otherwise you should be able to find them in the seafood section of Asian supermarkets :D!
I target big fish lepard sharks big bat ray bkg surf rods more fin better fight I used to catch smelt mack use a size 5 ounce prymid weight or a 14 ft surf rods witch cast far as hell
Very nice Donald :D I was actually fishing at Oceanside Pier the other day and ran into some other anglers that target the bigger fish like sharks and rays, they said it’s really fun when they take the bait and run and you have to wrangle them in. I think I might try it one day, not for myself but if it’s a nice fish I could always give it to the local anglers c:
Jack smelt eat everything I caught one on a piece of gum
Wait that’s so cool 😂 would never imagine any fish eating gum, what’s the story behind that if you don’t mind sharing John c:
@@SvenGoesFishing fishing newport harbor had a Seagal eat the few pieces of squid I brought for bait and only had a swimbait and a few tiny hooks to catch smelt for bait so I put a piece of gum on my hook and ended up catching a 13 in Jack smelt and a bunch of little ones for halibut bait
That’s awesome :D a 13 inch Jacksmelt on gum! Darn Beach Chickens attack again! D: Thanks for sharing, I may try to use gum one day to see if I can catch some too lolol
Where do you recommend fishing on the pier?
That depends what you wanna go for. If you wanna go for surfperch or croakers, closer to the beginning of the pier is your better bet in the surf zone. Out deeper people like to catch mackerels and such, or even sharks :o! Sometimes sculpins even like to show up out deep ^-^ let minnow if you have any more fishing questions and I’ll help out as much as I can c:
What bait for croaker shrimp and muscle?
Shromp and mussel both great baits got croaker, bloodworms and sand crabs also pretty good c;
@@SvenGoesFishing where do you get sand crabs
You can dig for sandcrabs in the sand c: during certain seasons there’s a lot of them there. Daily bag limit is 50 total a day (which is a lot) so you’ll have ample amount of fishing bait c:
People are here when it’s is buring down
👇
Whether rain or shine, you’ll always find a lot of local fisherman out here 😂
Well to be honest pjer are OK but with a lisence I fish the beach and get bigger fish tho leopard big rods and a reel are a need sputnikt work better and a surf pole can cast way father I stop using a bell just loosen your line and a big fish will pull your drag fact a subik rig will get mack or smelt all day long
I agree, pier fishing is just okay, but I think they’re the best way for beginners to learn about fishing/ figure out if they enjoy it enough to invest in a fishing license. I actually want to get back into shore fishing, I haven’t caught a legal leopard shark yet, I don’t plan to keep them but I hear the fight is crazy 😂 thats also true, technically the drag system is a built in bell system and works just as well if you don’t have a bell. I grew up using bells so I still enjoy having them, and it’s quite funny because sometimes at home my wife will ring one of the fishing bells just to spike my adrenaline before I realize we’re home haha. Thanks for watching Donald! :D 👌🎣
First 👍
Second 👌
10 is the limit on croaker
Yes it is Mike :D limit is 10 for a lot of fish species unless it’s a special restrictions one like California Halibut. I mainly fish catch and release so most of them went back in, I think for that day I only kept one to make myself dinner when I got back home c: thanks for watching :D 👌🎣
12:33
I’m not sure what you meant with that Legacy but it is indeed the end of the video 😂