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Fish Report: Alicia breaks up on Zuniga Jetty
Angler numbers down though fishing still excellent
The Alicia, one of two boats running lobster trips this season, sits on the Zuniga Jetty rocks after becoming grounded at night
Dock Totals 11/2 – 11/8: 1229 anglers aboard 64 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 902 bluefin tuna, 16 bonito, 43 calico bass, 1 dorado, 1 halibut, 9 lingcod, 1 mako shark, 37 rock crab, 4371 rockfish, 64 sand bass, 522 sculpin, 129 sheephead, 60 skipjack tuna, 88 spiny lobster (140 released), 45 white croaker, 276 whitefish, 644 yellowfin tuna, and 455 yellowtail.
Saltwater: The Alicia out of H&M Landing stranded on Zuniga Jetty during a lobster trip on the night of Sunday, November 2. According to reports from passengers, the boat was drifting while fishing between setting and pulling hoops during a lobster outing. The boat was not underway, but was close to the rocks at Zuniga at high tide in poor visibility. (In spite of navigational aids, Zuniga Jetty is often described by mariners as one of the easiest jetties to miss due to its low profile and the way tides conceal its rocks.) The boat was lifted by the swell or wake of another boat and came to rest atop the rocks but still in the water. Other boats in proximity responded quickly and got the passengers and crew to safety with no injuries.
With the tide dropping out, the Alicia was not able to be salvaged as it sat high on the rocks, and by the next high tide, she had become too damaged for an easy recovery. Over the next couple days, she came apart more, and salvage crews deemed she was too unseaworthy to tow. At this point, there has been little or no reporting on the incident except posts on social media.
The Alicia was a very popular boat, especially for hoop netters during lobster season. Lobster hoop netting is usually done in sand flats proximate to rocky reefs. Spiny lobsters are transient, in contrast to Maine lobsters, which keep permanent dens. Spiny lobsters feed at night, roaming up to a half mile in search for food, and then will scuttle to the nearest hiding place through the day. This is why Zuniga is a popular spot for hoop netters from private boats, kayaks, and recreational operations. The structure the jetty, with its piles of rock creating a plethora of apt hiding places in the voids between, typically hold lots of spiny lobster through daylight hours, when they rest up for the next night’s hunt for food.
Because of the cooler weather, time change, and king tides this past week, angler numbers and trips were down by over a third, although total numbers of sculpin, sheephead, and sand bass inshore — and skipjack and yellowfin tuna offshore — were up quite a bit. With the big tide swings and moderate swell, boats fished more for endemic species inshore. Even so, rockfish numbers actually went up per angler. Mixed tuna catches and yellowtail are possible within 1.5-day range, as evidenced by the Legend on Thursday’s run with 27 anglers aboard, resulting in 19 yellowfin tuna, 19 bluefin tuna, 5 skipjack tuna, and 114 yellowtail caught. Lobster numbers dropped, but mostly due to the loss of one of the two boats that targets them.
Larger yellowfin are biting very well off the southern Baja coast. This monster was picked up during the Intrepid's 11-day run while fishing near Alijos Rocks
Boats working further down the Baja coast have been getting good numbers of yellowtail and bass inshore along the mid-peninsula. Further south toward Alijos Rocks, The Ridge, and Hurricane Bank of southern Baja, yellowfin and wahoo are still the main targets, with many larger units of each species coming in for the long-range fleet. The other hot area for tuna is out west around the Cortez and Tanner Banks, with bluefin being the top catch, followed by rockfish and yellowtail. Some of the larger yellowtail coming in on those trips were caught closer to San Clemente Island, as that is a good place to duck in out of the weather, if, and especially add to the catch when bluefin limits are reached. They’re biting, so, whether the beach, bay, lake, or offshore, they’re out there so go out and get ‘em!
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Fish Report: Alicia breaks up on Zuniga Jetty
Angler numbers down though fishing still excellent
Fish Report: Alicia breaks up on Zuniga Jetty
Angler numbers down though fishing still excellent
The Alicia, one of two boats running lobster trips this season, sits on the Zuniga Jetty rocks after becoming grounded at night
Dock Totals 11/2 – 11/8: 1229 anglers aboard 64 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 902 bluefin tuna, 16 bonito, 43 calico bass, 1 dorado, 1 halibut, 9 lingcod, 1 mako shark, 37 rock crab, 4371 rockfish, 64 sand bass, 522 sculpin, 129 sheephead, 60 skipjack tuna, 88 spiny lobster (140 released), 45 white croaker, 276 whitefish, 644 yellowfin tuna, and 455 yellowtail.
Saltwater: The Alicia out of H&M Landing stranded on Zuniga Jetty during a lobster trip on the night of Sunday, November 2. According to reports from passengers, the boat was drifting while fishing between setting and pulling hoops during a lobster outing. The boat was not underway, but was close to the rocks at Zuniga at high tide in poor visibility. (In spite of navigational aids, Zuniga Jetty is often described by mariners as one of the easiest jetties to miss due to its low profile and the way tides conceal its rocks.) The boat was lifted by the swell or wake of another boat and came to rest atop the rocks but still in the water. Other boats in proximity responded quickly and got the passengers and crew to safety with no injuries.
With the tide dropping out, the Alicia was not able to be salvaged as it sat high on the rocks, and by the next high tide, she had become too damaged for an easy recovery. Over the next couple days, she came apart more, and salvage crews deemed she was too unseaworthy to tow. At this point, there has been little or no reporting on the incident except posts on social media.
The Alicia was a very popular boat, especially for hoop netters during lobster season. Lobster hoop netting is usually done in sand flats proximate to rocky reefs. Spiny lobsters are transient, in contrast to Maine lobsters, which keep permanent dens. Spiny lobsters feed at night, roaming up to a half mile in search for food, and then will scuttle to the nearest hiding place through the day. This is why Zuniga is a popular spot for hoop netters from private boats, kayaks, and recreational operations. The structure the jetty, with its piles of rock creating a plethora of apt hiding places in the voids between, typically hold lots of spiny lobster through daylight hours, when they rest up for the next night’s hunt for food.
Because of the cooler weather, time change, and king tides this past week, angler numbers and trips were down by over a third, although total numbers of sculpin, sheephead, and sand bass inshore — and skipjack and yellowfin tuna offshore — were up quite a bit. With the big tide swings and moderate swell, boats fished more for endemic species inshore. Even so, rockfish numbers actually went up per angler. Mixed tuna catches and yellowtail are possible within 1.5-day range, as evidenced by the Legend on Thursday’s run with 27 anglers aboard, resulting in 19 yellowfin tuna, 19 bluefin tuna, 5 skipjack tuna, and 114 yellowtail caught. Lobster numbers dropped, but mostly due to the loss of one of the two boats that targets them.
Larger yellowfin are biting very well off the southern Baja coast. This monster was picked up during the Intrepid's 11-day run while fishing near Alijos Rocks
Boats working further down the Baja coast have been getting good numbers of yellowtail and bass inshore along the mid-peninsula. Further south toward Alijos Rocks, The Ridge, and Hurricane Bank of southern Baja, yellowfin and wahoo are still the main targets, with many larger units of each species coming in for the long-range fleet. The other hot area for tuna is out west around the Cortez and Tanner Banks, with bluefin being the top catch, followed by rockfish and yellowtail. Some of the larger yellowtail coming in on those trips were caught closer to San Clemente Island, as that is a good place to duck in out of the weather, if, and especially add to the catch when bluefin limits are reached. They’re biting, so, whether the beach, bay, lake, or offshore, they’re out there so go out and get ‘em!
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