The fun started AFTER the Legal Halibut [SoCal Surf Fishing]

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First Setup
Rod - Phenix Trifecta Lite 903 ML
Reel - Daiwa Certate LT 4000
Lure - Lucky Craft Flash Minnow 110 Blue Pink Sardine
Terminal - 20 pound braid, 15 pound fluoro leader (Opsin), 50 pound tactical anglers clip
Second Setup
Rod - Phenix Elixir 7'6" rated 2 to 6 pound
Reel - Daiwa Ballistic 1000
Lure - 10 gram Sumo (Submission Fishing) www.submissionfishing.com
Terminal - 8 pound j-braid with 6 pound fluoro leader (Opsin)
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[@Photowrm]

If you get a chance to fish with or near Benjie jump at it. I was on an hour sleep and wasn’t going to sleep this opportunity away. Thank you Benjie what a fun morning.

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Thank you always Bob for the positivity and support, it was such a fun morning. Thank you for leaving us a few...you were SLAYING earlier haha!

[@CAyellowtail]

Can't believe I've never run into you on the sand. I'm from North Orange county and fish the beaches in my area pretty regularly. Great videos brother. All of them from surf fishing to offshore fishing to educational. You're doing a great job Benji. see you on the water

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Greatly appreciate your thoughtful comment/encouragement. Thank you so much. Ahhh hopefully we will meet one of these times. Please be sure to say hello if we ever cross paths!!

[@manamike13]

Another fun fishing video.! Starting to look more at ultra light gear. You making it look real fun. Nice legal Hali btw.! lol glad Bob left you guys some fish to catch.! 🤙🏽

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Thank you so much Mike! Haha man Bob was on serious fire that morning. It took us 30 minutes to get to him cuz of traffic and he was sending a different fish pic every 3 minutes lol! Ultra light gear is super fun, especially for targeting our standard SoCal surf critters, most of the time, we're catching cookie cutters so it just makes it a bit more enjoyable. Tight lines!!

[@jtuck682]

Always great to see you out there! And so kind of you to promote a fellow KZbinr's products. Hopefully you'll create a new trend of casting slow pitch jigs in the surf.

[@ryancollins4832]

Congrats on the Halibut Benjie! I too am hopping on the ultra light surf gear train and it's the most fun I've had fishing. Caught and released an undersized halibut (probably 14-16") from the beach on a 6' Daiwa ultra light rod with 6 lb test and it felt like a boss battle! Keep up the good stuff. Hope to run into you one of these days on the North County beaches!

[@SubmissionFishingCo]

great video! glad the jigs were getting bit for you!

[@1surfpesca_]

I got into a school of yellowfin croaker in the surf using a jigpara slow 10 g zebra glow but lost it after a few fish. First time surf jigging that day and tonight I’m tying on a 10g Rainbow Roll sumo (store was sold out of mercenaries) I wanna know how many other people like using these in the surf, the bite is pretty fun, I plan on getting a halibut with one of these jigs

[@falkbd]

I love the pop-ups that tell us about the conditions and the fish. I just moved to Ventura County from Texas, and I'm trying to learn how to Ocean fish. Those pop-ups are really helpful, thanks!

[@chanceninh]

UNCLE BENJIE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@BenjieKimFishing]

CHANCE!! Always good to see your comments, thank you. Dude, I have your rod in my garage man, send me a message when you get the chance (no pun in intended...) and I can get that to you. Or I'll message you again if I don't hear from you. Tight lines!

[@christianchilee]

Nice catch and love the editing. Stay strong!

[@CatchFishNotFeelingsYT]

Looks like a great time Benjie!

[@RollinRollinReelin]

Great video Brnjie! Your videos always inspire me to get on the water!

[@Drago286v]

Love the video Benjie......I have some jigs but I need to put in the time to master them. Thanks for another great video...

[@profisherman08]

It's so fun fishing with trout gear in the surf! I hooked and caught a 23 inch hali on my 4 pound trout setup before. Thing felt like I hooked a boat, dont know how i managed to land it. Anyways good job!

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Dude, I've heard of a couple stories of guys hooking and landing on 4 pound. IDK what I'd do, there's so much that go wrong lol! But the fact you landed it meant you did everything right on your end so great job man.

[@profisherman08]

@BenjieKimFishing thank you, I think it requires a slight bit of luck but it's definitely possible!

[@ralphsaldana529]

Nice catch!..🤙😎

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Thank you always Ralph!!! Wishing you a terrific week and tight lines!

[@ham5765]

hwaiting!!

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Thank you Francis for all the stoke and support the past couple years. It's made a difference in my life bro. Annnnnd trout season is pretty much here!!! Woohoo, would def love to fish with you this season!!

[@ham5765]

For sure! Can’t wait!!

[@marcomunoz7453]

Let’s go!!

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Appreciate you Marco!!! Thank you for all your support brother, tight lines!!

[@jeremyfontenot496]

Are you kidding! I can’t wait to get my Submission Jigs out there in the surf!

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Oh man, it's SUPER fun man and definitely a viable option in our SoCal surf.

[@jeremyfontenot496]

So I’m in Coronado on the silver strand beach, and it’s nasty, but I got my @Submissionfishing Jig rainbow assassin 15g and I hook something big! Fighting for a while, but getting nowhere with it! All the sudden my reel breaks at the base and it goes crazy. Next thing you know, my line is broke!😢

[@Imjoshuabailey]

the fart sound confused me so much lol fun session Benjie!

[@BenjieKimFishing]

I had gas lol!

[@seanwhite4586]

Congrats brother, Steve and I went out on Sunday and caught nothing but salad.

[@CandyBmx25]

Benji what’s your all time favorite beach to surf fish ?

[@SoCalRyan204]

I’ve caught every spices from he surf besides Halbit. I think it’s the beaches I fish I only fish Oceanside Carlsbad and Dana point

[@legitbetterthanvinny9725]

Try Buccaneer beach in Oceanside on a 2-5 foot tide

[@SoCalRyan204]

@@legitbetterthanvinny9725 thanks

[@legitbetterthanvinny9725]

@@SoCalRyan204 you can also try San Elijo State Beach, but its more sand to reef, so calicos, maybe a WSB with the halibut. Hit that one on a low tide 2 foot and less

[@trentel]

I caught a 27in near buccaneer this summer on a luckycraft. Good luck

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Oside, Cbad, and DP all hold halibut. Actually, I think almost every single SoCal beach holds halibut to varying degrees. Just a matter of targeting them specifically. I'd say stick to throwing the Lucky Craft 110 or 115 depending on water depth or a drop shot with a 4" fluke. Start at inlets/river mouths. Regardless of beach, it's a great place to start, it's just a matter of figuring out when they're in close enough. Tight lines.

[@nickatnite68]

Just bought my Phenix 903ML and a Daiwa 3000 series per your advice. Want to order some Lucky Craft Flashminnow 110s and wondered what colors/types you suggest? I will be fishing Malibu and north for starters. Thanks, Benjie!

[@Will.AMusic]

Halibut bite is much slower this year in Ventura.

[@FishingWithStingrayDrew]

😍😍😍😍😍

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Ahhh bro, I have your package still on my desk. I never opened it because I want to do an unboxing on a live or on IG but dang, I've lagged. Great timing though cuz I'm on this ultralight kick, I'm sure your stuff will be a perfect match! I'm looking forward to sharing with everyone!

[@FishingWithStingrayDrew]

It's alllll good dude. It's an amazing bite and I know you'll absolutely love it. Finally got back out yesterday. Something about walking up after 3 months and continue exactly where I left off. That unboxing would be cool. When you got the time, let me know and will roll. Smacked some Fall corbs yesterday 😍

[@dewdog]

How fun or scary would it be to hook a 24" hali on the ultra light 😮 🎣. Another great video BKF

[@david-iam]

Fishing the surf with LC and similar jerkbait, it’s not the halibut that I fear biting the ultralight. Usually you have a good chance to bring them in if you know how to play the fish. It’s the batray and butterfly rays that’s often the problem. Those things usually will result in a lost $18 lure and or/line. 😢

[@dewdog]

@@david-iam ...and getting spooled 🤣

[@CurrentJAM]

Hi Benjie! How long is the surf season in San Diego?

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Hey there, the surf fishing season is year long but optimal target species changes depending on season. In the Fall/Winter in SoCal, halibut and perch are probably your best bet.

[@jesselomeli7173]

What beaches do you fish in socal ?

[@BenjieKimFishing]

I like Huntington Beach in OC, San Clemente area in South OC, Carlsbad Campground, Torrey Pines SD, Silver Strand SD, Dockweiler LA to name a few.

[@ReptilianUnion]

@@BenjieKimFishinghow’s dockweiler? I frequent it a lot and I haven’t been able to get on anything. Tight lines from a new sub!

[@Salty80556]

Your fighting your drag. NEVER reel a spinning reel when the spool is taking line......your only twisting your main. Wait til the run is done, or tighten the drag.

[@BenjieKimFishing]

You're right 👍 nice observation. Of course I know this but I'm not perfect. I actually tend to do this a lot when I'm using lighter gear ie trout fishing. Just one of many things to continue to work on and improve. Tight lines!

[@Salty80556]

Thank you for your kind reply. As you said, we are not perfect. With light gear, I try real hard to lift/pull and keep a bend in the rod, then reel as I lower the rod, keeping the rod bent. In the excitement of the battle, I also forget some of what I know.@@BenjieKimFishing

[@worf7680]

Benjie in your oppinion, when people catch corbina or large perch on a luckycraft, dp you think it is a territorial bite or do you think they actually eat baitfish?

[@olegmoseichuk712]

Bro, UL - up to 5-6gr

[@BenjieKimFishing]

Hi Oleg, is this a hard and fast rule? And if so, can you verify? Genuinely curious and if I'm wrong, would love to learn something new. I've always viewed it as a subjective term but the other side of it is I was using a rod that is categorized as an UL. But on the other side of it is that the 10 g I was throwing was higher than the rod rating of 1/4 oz. But if we were to dive down into the nitty gritty, even 1/4 oz is slightly above 7 g so would that mean this rod is incorrectly categorized based on how they rated it? Additionally, the Phenix Elixir has a rod rated up to 3/16 (not the rod I was using in the video), which is actually 10 gram. So in my opinion, I feel like what I was doing qualified as ultralight fishing. But if I'm wrong, I'm wrong haha. Thanks for the comment and tight lines!

[@sugiantoyusuf5229]

Hi Benjie, we cast 15 gram jigs and still call it ultralight.