Just started surf fishing in San Diego, but have been a lifelong fisherman for about 40yrs+ elsewhere. Your videos are super helpful, and informative, even for this old dog; I'm learning some new tricks! 😂Thank You!
@kevinashley478 Жыл бұрын
Hello, good sir. I must say, loving your videos. Clear, concise, to the point, yet not boring. I would call it a net positive that you didn't have someone teach you surf fishing. The reason I say that, is because you were able to learn based on what worked and not any myths, beliefs, or otherwise erroneous "knowledge". It is usually better to learn based on factual and first hand experience, than learning someone else's biases, beliefs, or what they were told is the right way. Keep up the good work. I am happy to be a subscriber, and I will definitely be using these apps.
@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын
Hi Kevin, thank you so much for the kind and thoughtful comment. I've certainly learned a lot from surf mentors, but I think time on the water has certainly been my greatest teacher...and that philosophy was actually taught to me so I guess it works all the way around!
@marcusriley41055 ай бұрын
Your tutorial what's the best I've heard in years that is very appreciative thank you my friend.
@Fishingwithdaboys2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Benjie for doing all this hard work to make our fishing experience better. You are awesome brotha!!
@Imjoshuabailey2 жыл бұрын
I never really knew what people looked for on the surf apps as far as fishing goes. Great info Benjie!
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated Josh....as ALWAYS!
@timemachine78282 жыл бұрын
Thank you again!! for taking time to share such great information... learning everyday to be better fisherman... another great video! 🎬
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the positivity and encouragement!
@brianpondo86702 жыл бұрын
Oh man. You know Benjie, you share more info than anybody. I'm not much of a phone app guy, and I know a lot of what these apps tell you - but not all at once. I can not go often, so when I do finally get out, it's usually like Nazare, Portugal. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!
@michaelraab8452 жыл бұрын
I downloaded the apps, and love the analysis and intend to use it at my spots. Was already using a tide chart and the Solunar stuff a lot (with limited success), but I like your thoughts on wind and wave height/swell timing so much more. Thank you for sharing. When I used to use the facebooks, I was a member of the California Surf Angler's and learned a lot from that page. Like you, even though I have fished all my life, I started trying the surf a few yours ago without a mentor. Great channel!!!
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Greatly appreciate your encouragement and support Michael thank you so much 🙏. CSA is def a great page, I learned a lot from there as well.
@rubennavarrete58652 жыл бұрын
you have done it again. I just learned a lot. I told sienna I should wear a go pro and show people how to skunk
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Hey Ruben!!!! haha man, the struggle is real bro. But the season is just starting so the bite has nowhere else to go but up! I've seen you on the bite so many times so lean upon those memories and experience to know that you're doing your part. Fish just gotta be in the mood to eat. Please tell Sienna hello and I'm looking forward to you getting back out there and killing it!
@joeyankosky94362 жыл бұрын
Didn’t hear one thing I could disagree with. Coincendently those are the 3 apps I use too...IMO this is one of your most educationally valuable videos, no BS in here.
@michaelniemiec52357 ай бұрын
I haven’t heard the term co-efficient variables since grad school - lol - I use Windy religiously when I fish and have paid subscription - but will give the other two are a try - thanks
@droidnewb2 жыл бұрын
OMG, Benjie, this will be so helpful, thank you for all your videos!!
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that, I hope you can apply it to your fishing and figure stuff out that is even better than what I've shared here!
@ventura_kayaker20722 жыл бұрын
62,390 unread emails! you beat me by far lol. Great tips, thanks
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
lol, this is after I deleted a bunch because my gmail was almost full. Thanks for the comment!
@agustinndominguez47437 ай бұрын
nice video keep up with the good job
@BenjieKimFishing7 ай бұрын
thank you!
@snipergene2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Benjie! Always learning from you.
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that so much Eugene, thank you as always for your encouragement!
@jwestfishing32292 жыл бұрын
I see this question asked a bunch. Great video idea. Thanks brother!
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
As always, thanks so much Jason! Have you been getting out there recently?? Its been a long minute for me!
@jwestfishing32292 жыл бұрын
@@BenjieKimFishing It's been a couple weeks. Gonna go trout fishing next weekend. It's never enough with my busy schedule and home life, but I'm always thinking about it!🤣
@GaryGiffin2 жыл бұрын
Been using Surfline for years for surfing and thanks for the heads up on other apps. This will help me beat the skunk for Surf fishing.
@kevinramponi2 жыл бұрын
Great explanation. Definitely going to give some of these apps a try.
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Brotha, you don't need apps.....you just straight up slay!! haha, but maybe some of these can add to your arsenal. I think the most important thing is to get out there and fish!
@billhagemann92222 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Benjie, thanks for sharing!
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Greatly appreciated Bill, thank you!
@mattr72294 ай бұрын
Wow… this video is so incredibly helpful! Thank you!!!
@geomardomingo16722 жыл бұрын
Yoooo thanks for this video man. Maybe I’ll catch you out on the beach. Some of your videos are showing spots I’ve seen before. Tight lines 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾
@djhoon902 жыл бұрын
Watching this after trying to throw a lucky craft in 5-7 foot waves at 7-12 seconds. Absolute waste of a day and very frustrating. THANK YOU for this. Atleast I got 6 miles of walking in.
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Hey Dane, thanks so much for the comment. In my opinion, that wasn't a waist of a day in that now you know the type of condition you want to avoid. I've certainly had many a session like that...nowadays I do my best to identify when it might be like that and avoid those days...or adjust what I'm throwing to match the conditions. LC's seem to be best in calmer conditions..at least for me.
@huntlife4life2382 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips I’m in SoCal getting into surf fishing I got skunked the other day these tips will be very helpful
@nikeba11a132 жыл бұрын
Very helpful, thanks Benjie!
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate it Leo, thank you!
@The_Ortiz2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the info. I always thought shorter swell periods 2-3sec were better but thanks to you now I know that’s not the case
@dustinlandau35634 ай бұрын
Good info. Thanks.
@gregnelson75452 жыл бұрын
B-Thanks for sharing-know this will improve my surf fishing days!
@leoncorl90252 жыл бұрын
Benji great video again. Beautiful family as well. Funny you out this up and described to people how to use. I just was talking with a buddy about the same type of apps and the same things you look for. Again great video great explanation. It will definitely help people. Keep putting awesome content out.
@JTesoro21 Жыл бұрын
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!
@ngenes12 жыл бұрын
Best time to go fishing is anytime you can. Works for me, I always catch something that puts a smile back on my face.
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Can't disagree with you there, great advice for sure!
@ronnyv11412 жыл бұрын
Great advice- let’s go fishing!
@itiswhatitis...96482 жыл бұрын
I do not fish the surf very often, so for me water temperature, tide changes, and the current flow are the things I look for most when catching bass, for halibut I look on the fish finder for structure, sand bottoms, or troughs. Night and early early morning are always for me the best times to catch fish, less traffic and boats. Wind is a big No Go for me, although fish do like the ripping currents. Tides and weather looking good for lobster this week. I'll text you to set something up.
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
You're dialed in brotha, sounds like perfect info to me! Let me know Todd, always good to hang with you brotha!
@minh71702 жыл бұрын
Big 🙏 benji!! Appreciate all your content.
@josephwilhelm23067 ай бұрын
Great video Benjie! 😇
@barefootterry37852 жыл бұрын
As a new kayak fisherman, I look at wave energy to determine if I’ll be able to launch and return with reasonable safety. That number should also tell you how rough it’s hitting on the beach. Thanks for the video!
@SpacemanXC2 жыл бұрын
Nice! Low tide is 1:15pm today. Gonna go hit the sand for some halibut, then hopefully get the mack bite at the pier around sunset. I've still never caught a halibut. Usually throw that fluke drop shot, but I'ma try that cherry berry lucky craft today.
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
haha dang I actually looked at my readings after seeing this comment....looked like a potentially good bite today. How'd you end up doing??
@SpacemanXC2 жыл бұрын
@@BenjieKimFishing No luck throwing baits at the surf. I'm still learning what to look for. But I got 6 striper at the pier. Just dinks, got em on that sabiki rig, but it was still a good time!
@joselindo30162 жыл бұрын
Wow great job thanks you BEN
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Always appreciate you brotha, thank you for the encouragement!
@georgemalesky9462 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын
I greatly appreciate that George wow. Thank you so much!
@robk2739 Жыл бұрын
I don't know if Tide Charts renamed it's app. But that one I can't find. Thanks for the other two!
@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын
Hey Rob, I just did a search on my iPhone with "tides" and Tide Charts is showing up for me. I wonder if maybe it's not available on android? In any case, so sorry for any confusion!
@robk2739 Жыл бұрын
@@BenjieKimFishing yeah seems like an iphone thing. The other two are on Android though. Thank you! That clears it up. 😁
@manny.Diaz89 Жыл бұрын
Great video, very helpful.
@fishphenixrods2 жыл бұрын
I love the cover!
@AlohaMilton2 жыл бұрын
Hey Benjie! Nice info video. I have a hurt knee and haven't been able to fish much lately, it cant take any wading in waves at all so only getting a little bit of casting in on the super flat days. Probably some loose meniscus material that I may need minor surgery to clear out. I have been flying a drone at the beach a lot and filming Great White Sharks very close to shore! Its crazy how many juvenile small white sharks are up here in my area. They are around 6-10 feet long and swim just behind the breaking waves all along the beach I go to a lot. According to the scientists they are hunting skates, rays, smaller leopard sharks, and maybe halibut. I'll send you some pics and a video when I get one edited and reduce the file size from the huge 4k to something uploadable. Also filmed some Corbina hanging out in gutters right on the shore inside the breaking waves, tried to cast a lucky craft at them but they wanted nothing to do with it, needed to dig up some sand crabs but I was to lazy to scrounge up bait. I think I need tiny crab like soft plastics to catch them on lures, or wet flies that simulate sandcrabs like the fly fishermen use on them.
@chefmarck Жыл бұрын
This is awesome! Thank you!
@xochilthvasquez3622 жыл бұрын
“Fishing spots” is cool place to find new spots and people post their catches 💯and it has a map
@RollinRollinReelin3 ай бұрын
Hi Benjie! How are you man? I really enjoyed this one. Great information brother. Also I don't know if I told you but I won a $3000.00 grant to get anew wheelchair called The GRIT wheelchair. This wheelchair they tell me can be taken accross sand believe it or not! So if this turns out to be true I'll be seeing you on the surf soon! I'll reach out after I get it and hopefully we can meet up and go catch some fish! Hope you're well man. Take care! John
@brt1242 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your insight on swells Benjie! I've seen some of the other resources that other YTer's use, and I'm thinking the double-digit intervals might correlate to wave strength, such as surf-forecast that PK uses. I will be out later this morning, and I"m seeing double-digit intervals and the surf forecast is showing wave energy ~200-600. LMK what you think! #TEAMCSA brotha!
@leexiong6192 жыл бұрын
Fishlegal is a good app as well!
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Oh for sure, that's a good one as well...definitely got that one on my phone too. Thank's for sharing that!
@chuexiong1908 Жыл бұрын
👏👏👏great videos
@kevinashley478 Жыл бұрын
BTW, I was in CA for nine months, from June 2021 to February 2022, and I didn't catch a single fish. NOT ONE. I fished 3 different days, tried different baits, and got nothing. I am 45 years old, been fishing since I could hold a pole, and I have never been skunked that bad. It rattled my confidence for sure. I came back home to NC in February of last year, and finally got to the beach last weekend to do some fishing and got a beautiful stingray and 2 whiting. I'm back in the game baby! I could only come to one clear and logical conclusion about being skunked while fishing in CA, and I couldn't believe how obvious the answer was: there are no fish in the Pacific Ocean. Obviously. I was fishing off the Pacifica Pier, and I plan to fish in the Pacific ocean again at some point, as it is a Bucket List item to catch a fish from the Pacific.
@BenjieKimFishing Жыл бұрын
Oh man what a bummer on the skunks! Given your experience I'd just attribute it to bad luck more than anything else. If you come back and fish here one day, I have no doubt you'll get on em! Tight lines.
@kevinashley478 Жыл бұрын
@@BenjieKimFishing Oh I will. I plan to do a lot of fishing in my retirement. Me and the wife have been planning on traveling and possibly purchasing some ocean front property here. Definitely not like the homes that are falling into the ocean on the outer banks, but pretty close. There is an island we go to every year for vacation, and we even discussed maybe getting a place on the sound side. I used to fish any and everywhere, but now I only fish at the beach. What is the most popular bait for fishing the coast in CA? I used salted shrimp, cut bait fish, and even some of that fake bait like "Gulp!"...
@slpernie Жыл бұрын
Ive skunked the last 7-8 times i fished in socal. Ive fished breakwalls piers and beaches. Ive picked popular fishing spots with no luck each time. Ive fished high tides low tides early morning at sunset with different types of baits. I havent even had an strong bites. This is very discouraging.
@slpernie Жыл бұрын
Ive been fishing since i was a kid in lakes, deep sea, bottom fishing, top fishing, and shore fishing on the east coast. Id say that cali surf fishing is the most difficult fishing ive ever done. Finding the troughs, cuts, and rip tides are one thing then being able to caste into the cuts with waves, surfers, and seaweed being obstacles makes it even more challenging.
@Stevorc12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another excellent and educational video! I've been using Tides4Fishing but your insight into these other resources are greatly appreciated. Since it takes me over an hour to get to the early morning surf, having these extra tools will definitely help prepare what to expect for a three to four hour session. Keep up the great work!
@bankrolldon2552 жыл бұрын
More boat videos plz🥺🤩
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your patience. I do have plans to be pretty aggressive with boat's this year...both my inflatable and long range charters. Those videos will happen!!
@bankrolldon2552 жыл бұрын
Yes can’t wait
@mueshow Жыл бұрын
Could you please do another video that "cuts to the chase" about how to use those apps? You lost me when you started talking about your misconceptions. Thanks.
@PinoycanAnglers2 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@jurriaanbastinck509510 ай бұрын
I'm living in Portgual (Algarve westcoast) and although we have great surf, the surf is almost never below 1 meter (+-3 ft) and now in winter even rarely below 2 meter. Does that mean that it's just going to be much more difficult to lure fish in these shores? Or do you have any tips for switching types of lures. Still looking to catch my first good seabass on the lure here!
@jessj41502 жыл бұрын
Which app shows the power of the surf? Thank you
@user-wp2ej5mn4c9 күн бұрын
Great info . do your self a favor. Don't go. If it is lighting out. You are holding a lighting rod .
@emmansk7 Жыл бұрын
Is this the same for kayak fishing?
@emadfareed93902 жыл бұрын
hey Benjie - do you usually fish with your modified LC or do you usually use the unmodified one?
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Hey there, I rarely use the modified lately as I'm mostly fishing really shallow structure most of the time. However, the modified LC can and will work in all conditions, just gotta adjust for how it swims to avoid excess snagging. I have friends that use it exclusively and do well, I typically save the modified for when I'm fishing deeper water columns.
@socalangler40822 жыл бұрын
Please don't fish in lightning, I don't know what I'd do without your videos if something bad happens haha
@BenjieKimFishing2 жыл бұрын
Lol, I've definitely done it in the past. But the longer I've fished the more wary I get of weird stuff happening.