PINS First Time

[Greenheadless]

Go explore Dead Man's Hole. Easy drive in and out.

Which one?

[brokeno]

Last time we did this drug runners wanted us to pull his stuck truck out and we were worried about him taking our trucks. I wouldn’t go too far down without a gun handy for sure. Lots of shallow graves down there.

[tminc]

The wise words of Billy Sandifer? If ur in over ankle deep......ur part of the food chain.

[Sackett]

The wise words of Billy Sandifer? If ur in over ankle deep......ur part of the food chain.

Really miss his articles and wish I could have taken the family on one of his trips.

[bignick612]

Very good info. Thank you everyone.

[bignick612]

Nick Meyers at Breakaway Tackle has daily beach reports from the area on Youtube. He gives tide heights and driving conditions each day. Nick's a good guy, he's been there a long time. Check him out before you go and you can call him at the shop also. Have fun down there, it's a cool place.

This is a huge help. Going down the rabbit hole of his youtube channel now.

[captainsling]

Used to stand on the beach edge and throw a 52MR or Mirrodine parallel to the back side of the shore break and catch some good trout. Didn’t even have to get your feet wet. It’s mot like the surf fishing you find in the upper or upper-middle coast.

90% of fisherman pass up the fish. Can’t tell you how many fish I have caught down there with dry feet. Learn to read the surf and don’t worry about being a part of the food chain.

[trophyhunter01]

Down at PINS today and high tide is to the dunes at some points. Sand is soft high up so 4WD and locker were working it today. Watch the wind and tide, don’t want to get pinched and lose a truck to the water.

[SmTx]

Join 361 off-road rescue on Facebook. If you get stuck and can get a post to the page someone may come snag you. Them boys live for it and it's a free service.

[trophyhunter01]

Put a 5 gallon bucket in your truck. Helped a guy get unstuck today using the old trick of water poured in the ruts to pack the sand down. He got a little traction kept on trucking. Low tide late afternoon is awesome right now, mornings still on the rough driving side.

[rut-ro]

Did you make it out there? Or should I ask if you made it back ?

[bloodtrailer28]

90% of fisherman pass up the fish. Can’t tell you how many fish I have caught down there with dry feet. Learn to read the surf and don’t worry about being a part of the food chain.

That's one thing I've can never figure out is the surf. I've had some amazing days but those are few and far between compared to getting my butt handed to me. I can find em in the bay but out in the surf I'm completely lost

[bignick612]

Did you make it out there? Or should I ask if you made it back ?

We haven’t made it yet. We were planning on going this morning but I think we’re going to take the jetty boat over to San Jose today and head down there tomorrow.

[banzai]

Don't eat breakfast tacos at Stripes before you camp out at PINS.

[Greenheadless]

Don't eat breakfast tacos at Stripes before you camp out at PINS.

Solid advice. Second word of advice is ‘baby powder’.