The State record is 6.9 pounds. From many of the piers along the coast you can see groups of small male fish chasing the much larger females during the heat of the spawn. The corbina filets are pure white, light and very tasty. They rank at the top of the list for surf fish. Corbina are very powerful because of the size of their tail, and especially powerful to those anglers fishing with 4 to 6 pound line.
Large corbina are virtually impossible to get up to dry sand using light tackle.
To land them, light tackle anglers have to get in the water and grab them. Many of the traditional long rodders have had their rods yanked out of the sand spike as hooked fish lunge for deep water. Light tackle anglers use long 8 to 9 rods with reels spooled with 4 to 6 pound line. Light tackle anglers walk down the beach with the ever moving current. Their sinkers bump along the bottom until the bait gets to a fish.