Get today's most accurate Cayucos Pier surf report with live HD surf cam for current swell, wind and wave conditions. Wind will be generally light. Cayucos Fishing Report INSHORE – The Perch (Surfperch, Barred) continue to bite into this week. Surprisingly, it took a trip on a boat to teach me the fallacy of my belief. Some years will still see the small, bronzed “big mouths” but the limit is now one (with a ten-inch minimum length).Fishing down around the pilings, especially when there is a good growth of kelp, will sometimes yield a number of bottom species more common to rocky areas. Mostly barred surfperch with a few other misc. The surf forecast for Cayucos Pier over the next 7 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Friday (Aug 14) at 5AM. In late July of 1988 I had stopped at Morro Bay for a little twilight fishing on the party boat “Mallard.” I experienced some excellent fishing on the boat, but what intrigued me the most was the story of the deckhand who claimed that dozens of large halibut were being caught daily off of the nearby Cayucos Pier. Isn’t that just swell?Many of the visitors to the pier are of course not fisherman but touristas who like to come out and experience a little of the life on the pier (including offering up the inevitable question—“what ya catchin’?” Luckily for them, as well as the anglers on the pier, the fish-rich waters of Estero Bay can also often offer up an interesting assortment of wildlife to view up close—otters, dolphins, sea lions, harbor seals, sea birds and whales. I have a few hours to surf fish. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.Cayucos Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. All were small (8-14”) and most were taken on Sabiki bait rigs (one was taken on a grub). The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. Some areas have been closed including select piers. Cameras are often clickin’ about as fast as the reels are reeling.Farther out, small strips of anchovy seem to work best on the walleye surfperch, silver surfperch and spotfin surfperch, although sea worms fished near the top can yield jacksmelt, and pieces of anchovy or squid can yield white croaker and, at times, a few queenfish. I am going to be up there in about 10 days. The larger halibut prefer live bait, which you will have to catch yourself. Natural History: The major portion of the barred surfperch diet is sand crabs, with other crustaceans, … Boy, was I wrong! Not a lot has changed.

For surf smelt fishing along San Mateo County beaches, try cast or "throw" nets in the 6- to 8-ft range, with 1 to 1 1/2 lbs of lead per foot and 3/8-in webbing. ... Piers: Calico surfperch are the number one surf area fish caught on central California piers north of Cayucos. Grubs and gulp worms work well. The best conditions reported for surf at Cayucos Pier occur when a Surf stats for Cayucos Pier: see the swell variation by month.Wind stats for Cayucos Pier: see the variation in direction and stength by month.Use this relief map to navigate to CAL - San Luis Obispo surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Cayucos PierThe closest passenger airport to Cayucos Pier is Vandenberg Afb (Lompoc) Airport (VBG) in USA, 86 km (53 miles) away (directly).The second nearest airport to Cayucos Pier is Lemoore Nas Airport (NLC), also in USA, 131 km (81 miles) away.Third is Meadows Fld (Bakersfield) Airport (BFL) in USA, 168 km (104 miles) away.Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) in USA is 182 km (113 miles) away.Castle (Merced) Airport (MER), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Cayucos Pier and is 217 km (135 miles) away.Use the tab navigation above to view Cayucos Pier sea temperature, Cayucos Pier photographs, Cayucos Pier detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Cayucos Pier webcams, current wind from CAL - San Luis Obispo live weather stations and Cayucos Pier tide predictions. To the north of the pier sits Cayucos Creek and soon after tide pools, rocks, and bluffs begin to be the predominate features all the way to San Simeon. Fish mid-pier, drop your line to the bottom, and then start a slow retrieve. Very soon you may start to choose your surf days based on the wave energy alone combined with our forecast of favourable offshore wind conditions. By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of data and cookies. This Cayucos webcam displays 24/7 live beach conditions in California
For the sardines and herring use size 12 or 14 hooks; for the jack mackerel use size 8-6 hooks; for the Pacific mackerel use size 6-2 hooks.