Lots of long boat rides with little results for those boats hunting tuna in local waters out to 40 miles or so. A few biters were coaxed out of the metered and sighted schools along …
June 18, 2017
Fishing Report
Calico Bass firing up in the kelp, tuna action slow
Offshore tuna cools a bit while the bays heat up for corvina and halibut
The word is that the shortfin corvina and halibut are on the chew in the bays. San Diego Bay and Mission Bay can be excellent fisheries for spotted bay bass and sand bass through the …
June 11, 2017
Yellowtail numbers drop dramatically
A lot of boats went out and worked hard for the tuna with mixed results from a long boat ride for nada to maybe a fish per rod on the best runs. It doesn’t seem …
June 4, 2017
More big bluefin; yellowfin close
Yellowfin tuna, big ones in the 50-pound class, are showing up within ¾-day range along with bluefin tuna and bonito that are still around. The San Diego reported two bluefin tuna over 100 pounds (one …
May 28, 2017
The larger fish are coming
It’s been an odd week in the blue with a humpback whale taking a tour of Ventura Harbor, and great whites posting up just out of the lineup as might the one surfer too far …
May 21, 2017
Yellowtail going off between blows; CNR calico fishing heating up
Rough seas and high winds kept the counts low early in the week as not many boats ventured out. By Wednesday, the wind started laying down, boats got out and the yellowtail went on the …
May 15, 2017
Another opah caught
Yellowfin tuna have moved into the overnight range within 80 miles of Point Loma. Though they just caught a scratch, a few good sized schools were sighted and metered. The bluefin tuna bite picked up …
May 8, 2017
Eastern Sierra opening day: no snowstorm, few fish
For the first time in four years, anglers attending Merry Fishmas – opening day of trout season in the Eastern Sierra were not greeted with an early spring snowstorm. But while by the afternoon of …
May 2, 2017
Finally for Calif. - a 12-month from-date-purchase fishing license
Many San Diego anglers are rejoicing that California appears to finally be moving towards a 12-month from-date-purchase fishing license. Senate Bill 187, written by Sen. Tom Berryhill (R-Twain Harte) unanimously passed the senate’s Natural Resources …
May 2, 2017
Opah on the overnight
The angler count fell off by nearly half as strong winds kept most of the boats in the slips midweek. Other than that, the fishing stayed about the same as the week before when the …
April 30, 2017
Larger yellows, smaller blues, and smokin’ bonito
The yellowtail bite slowed down substantially as over 500 of the 702 yellows caught this past week were caught last Sunday. That said, the average size went up to a more normal 15 to 20 …
April 23, 2017
Bluefin tuna weighing 209.8 pounds caught
Saltwater Though there were a thousand less yellowtail caught this past week and the bluefin count was down a bit, several boats got limits or near limits on yellowtail and some of the bluefin tuna …
April 16, 2017
Kayaker catches 68-pound white seabass off La Jolla
The big bluefin tuna to over 100 pounds within ¾ day range have a lot of boats out looking for them with mixed results, though the schools of yellowtail are still being found under kelp …
April 9, 2017
Reds, yellows, and the blues
The rockfish bite locally and south of the line is heating up with lots of reds and vermilions coming over the rail. The lingcod numbers, along with whitefish, dropped off a little even though they …
April 2, 2017
Tungsten smaller, lead cheaper
Ryan Zinke, President Trump’s new interior secretary, announced a reversal of the Obama administration’s ban on lead used in fishing sinkers and tackle on federally controlled waters one day after his March 1 confirmation. In …
March 31, 2017