Went for a surf Friday afternoon and scored some fun waves in Manhattan Bch. While surfing I saw some Corbinas cruzin' the shores so I decided to hit it at dawn Saturday morning. Saturday morning I hit North Manhattan Bch at about 6:15. Saw a bunch of the red 'tuna crabs' on the beach so I decided to try them out. 1/2 hour later...... NOTHING. There are lots of sand crabs here so I switched it up. Within 5 minutes, BOOM, fish on, a nice size perch about 14 inches. Lately I've been catching only small 6"-8" perch so this sucker was a nice suprise. Very next cast, BOOM, another one about the same size. About 15 minutes go by and now I get a solid strike, this ain't no perch, I'm thinking, yeah baby, my first Corbina of the year. Everytime I think I'm gonna land the fish it makes a run for it. Finally, I see the fish, its long and I'm thinkin Corb. NOT! A nice size Croaker about 16 inches. In about three hours I was able to land 1 yellow croaker, 1 sandshark, and 6 perch. I kept 2 fish and fried it up and watched the Lewis/Tyson fight that night. While cleaning the fish, I found the red crabs in the stomach of the perch. Still waiting for the elusive Corbina. Maybe next time.
Kden..Kman