Corbina will bolt as soon as they glimpse you. I use camouflage clothing - sky blue shirts and shorts for sunny days, grey or off-white for cloudy days, and sandy colored if there are dunes behind you. You want to break up your profile so that the corbina have a harder time spotting you.

With your polarized sunglasses on, you can easily (with a little practice) see the corbina. They swim in groups of twos and threes as well as singly, from 6-ft depths up to the shore. They will literally have their backs out of the water as they come far up the shore with an incoming wave. Knowing the fish are in, you can choose from two strategies. One is to cast to the fish you see. This approach is like sight-fishing for stream trout or flats bonefish. The other approach is to cast in a "traffic lane" and wait for your prey to swim by.

Bait up and slowly walk the shoreline. As the wave comes in, freeze. Search the water for fish. As the wave recedes, take a few steps. There usually is a sideways component to the wave action. Waves are rolling in and out but also sideways. You'll notice that all the corbina are facing into the current. You can sneak up behind them. When you're in casting range, flip it out there at least four feet in front of the fish. Like an Olympic diver, try for the smallest splash possible. Sometimes this means casting onto sand and letting the wave wash over your bait. Hunch over or kneel so that the fish can't profile you against the sky. Keep a respectable distance between you and the water's edge. We're trying to be stealthy.

When the sight fishing isn't scoring or you're simply tired from trudging on sand, try casting just behind the breaking waves. This slightly deeper water is where corbina stage for their feeding forays into thin water. I have had more success in this zone. The fish seem less skittish as if the thicker cover of water provides greater protection against predators. Walk back to dry sand and park it. Wait for a bite.

Corbina inhale baits. Sometimes the bite feels like a dull thud. Most of the time, you'll never feel the hit. You will see your line rushing out. Every time I've seen a corbina take the bait, it headed out to deeper water. Let it swim a few feet then start winding. When you feel the weight, give a little twitch (remember this is light line fishing). Then lighten your drag setting and let the fish work against it. Corbina will use the outgoing waves to pull against you. You use the incoming waves to wash it in. Reel the fish all the way in until the corbina is beached. Corbina aren't toothy so you can thumb them just like largemouth bass. I grab them just behind the head while avoiding the sharp spines in the dorsal fin.