I was excited to fish for some Redtail Surf Perch while camping in the area, and could not keep them off of our hooks. Incoming tide about 9 am, fishing with some Sand worm soft plastics. We had to call it after about half an hour becuase we didn't think we'd eat more than 10 fish. We also got to see some gray whales playing around too. Overall a great day on the beach! It was the first time surf fishing and I used my steelhead rod with a crappy reel, hoping not to ruin a nice one in the salt water.