It’s been 2 weeks since my last shore fishing. This time, I went 30 miles south from our Lucky Craft USA office to a place called Dana Point. This place is also going to be the location of the SWBA 3rd stage competition. But since I won’t be fishing on a boat, it won’t really be a good examination of the place for the tournament. However from now on, for this Daily Flash Minnow report, I will be going on fishing trips to the southern region from our office for awhile. I am planning on going as far as San Diego!

Anyways, even in Dana Point I found 2 piers just like they have in Long Beach and Redondo Beach. My first location was from the pier right next to the education center and I there I casted a Flash Minnow. Unfortunately I got no hits and all of a sudden it started to rain so I decided to wait in my car (It can get very dangerous when fishing in the rain, so everybody please be safe). The rain had stopped and I decided to go to the other pier. But there were a lot of surfers here and it seemed a bit tough for shore fishing. So I went on the pier and decided to examine the surface a little with a Flash Minnow. Since it was my fist time fishing in Dana Point, I wanted to understand what the bottom surface was like, so I used the Valid 70H to explore the ocean floor. I used a lift-and-fall action and dropped the lure all the way to the bottom first, then slowly retrieved and examined the condition. The bottom is covered with sand with a lot of large rocks and kelps. And if you don’t understand the area, the lure tends to keep getting caught into things which led me to losing mine. I ended up going home with no fish, but I did get to confirm that there are a lot of fishing locations in the southern region also, so I am very excited for the upcoming season. In Dana Point, there are landing areas so it is possible to go boat fishing too!

Sandy
The Daily Flash Minnow

P.S. I lost one of my favorite Valid lure, so I’m a bit bummed.

My first fishing spot was here!
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And my second spot on a pier was here!
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Dana Point