Guitarfish, Shark, Stingray and Bass — Surf Fishing Redondo Beach Torrance Beach
Surf fishing Redondo Beach and Rat Beach with squid — a shovelnose guitarfish, a shark, a round stingray, calico bass and sand bass, all from the sand.
Five species in one morning without a boat, a kayak or a pier — just a 12-foot rod, a bag of squid and an incoming tide. My buddy Sergio and I fished Rat Beach on the Torrance–Redondo line and got bit in under five minutes, then spent the morning finding out how much this stretch of sand actually holds.
🎓 WHAT’S IN THIS VIDEO
– What you can catch surf fishing in Redondo Beach: guitarfish, shark, round stingray, calico bass and sand bass
– What bait to use from the sand — squid on a 3 oz weight, and why we switched to circle hooks
– How to land a big fish in the surf: back up onto the beach and let the waves do the work
– Round stingray safety: where the venomous barb sits, what a sting feels like, and why El Niño is putting more of them in the shallows
– How to handle a stingray, and which part of one people actually eat
– The 14-inch sand bass rule, and why this one went back
– What a shovelnose guitarfish is — a four-and-a-half-foot ray, not a shark
– How we used the incoming high tide (and the Fish Factor app) to time the whole session
I thought the big one was a shark right up until it hit the surface. It wasn’t — it was a shovelnose guitarfish about four and a half feet long, and it fought harder than anything I have pulled off this beach. Everything you see here went back in the water. As Sergio put it, the current was coming in perfect, you just had to find the sweet spot.
If you are looking for surf fishing in Redondo Beach, what bites at Rat Beach, or how to catch a guitarfish from shore — this is the whole morning, start to finish. Every cast is a conversation with the water.
⏱ CHAPTERS
0:00 The Fight — Cold Open
0:50 Rat Beach With Sergio: Where We’re Fishing
1:00 Bit in Under Five Minutes — Squid on a 12-Foot Rod
1:40 Baby Shark From the Beach
2:34 Something Heavy — Letting the Waves Do the Work
3:19 Round Stingray: the Venomous Barb Explained
4:31 How to Handle a Round Ray (and What People Eat)
5:32 Switching to Circle Hooks and Why They Hold
6:17 Calico Bass on Squid From Shore
7:30 Sand Bass — Spines, Teeth and a Safe Grip
8:21 The 14-Inch Rule: Why This One Goes Back
9:00 “Feels Like a Shark” — the Long Fight
10:53 Shovelnose Guitarfish, About Four and a Half Feet
12:00 Releasing the Guitarfish
12:40 Kelp Forces a Spot Change
13:10 Five Species in One Morning — the Recap
14:00 Working the Incoming High Tide With the Fish Factor App
14:45 Thanks Serge — Keep It Reelin’
🎣 GEAR I USED
– 12 ft surf rod [Daiwa Emcast Medium Heavy]
– 3000-size Shimano FX spinning reel with 30 lb braid (a freshwater reel — it worked, but it is not sealed for salt)
– 3 oz pyramid weight, squid strips, circle hooks
– Fish Factor app for tide, barometric pressure and wind
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