Many San Diego area anglers seem to get ticked off this time of year. Often we wait until summertime to buy our annual fishing licenses, knowing that our $47.01 will only last until December 31. …
July 8, 2015
Fishing Report
The fishing license gap
Oh my, whatta bigeye you have!
July 7 dock totals 41 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run caught 1 bonito, 120 calico bass, 5 yellowtail and 12 rockfish. 100 calico bass were released. 30 yellowfin tuna were caught …
July 8, 2015
Red, white, and bluefin
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: The fishing has been red-hot, even if the weather hasn’t. There are still bluefin tuna within ½ day range, the bass bite has been steady and yellowtail …
July 5, 2015
Fresh fish for the Fourth
July 2 dock totals The Dolphin 1/2 day am run with 76 anglers aboard reported 1 lingcod and 170 rockfish caught. 62 anglers aboard their 1/2 day pm run put 1 sheephead, 206 rockfish and …
July 3, 2015
Here come the dodos!
The mahi-mahi, also known as the dolphin fish on the East Coast, and the dorado in Latin America, is a highly-prized gamefish. Its brilliant display of color and frantic leaping fight will raise the excitement …
July 2, 2015
Mako my day
A couple of mako sharks have hit the deck this week on 1.5 day trips. Like the thresher shark, makos are good fare for the dinner table. It is one of the fastest fish in …
July 1, 2015
First-ever oarfish caught on rod and reel
The oarfish is thought to inhabit the epipelagic to mesopelagic layers, ranging as deeply as 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) and is rarely seen on the surface. A few have been found still barely alive, but …
June 30, 2015
Gone fishin' — in record numbers
A season-high 35 sportfishing vessels hit the briny Sunday in spite of the small squall that rolled through town, churning it up a bit at the local beaches and lowering the water temp by nearly …
June 29, 2015
The usual baits are working well
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: The halibut count keeps edging up as the water warms along the coast. The yellowtail are going off for the boats in the right place. The San …
June 28, 2015
Dock totals from the last two days
40 anglers aboard 2 boats out of Chubasco 2 Sportfishing caught 74 yellowtail, 12 yellowfin tuna 13 calico bass, 6 bluefin tuna. 120 calico bass were also caught and released. Fisherman's Landing hosted 146 anglers …
June 27, 2015
June 24 dock totals
33 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day morning run boated 7 sand bass, 20 rockfish, 2 halibut, 72 calico bass and 1 bonito. The Dolphin 1/2 day am run with 16 anglers aboard reported …
June 25, 2015
Finescale triggerfish wanders north; another sign of El Niño
Looks like the barracuda are starting to bite in numbers, the tuna are still in town, and a finescale triggerfish decided to move north of its normal haunts. A few are caught each year from …
June 24, 2015
Low takes for low lakes
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: The numbers are back up at the landings in spite of the new requirement for passports within 12 miles of the Mexican coast south of the border. …
June 21, 2015
A lot of searching and a little catching
There was a dorado in the counts caught from a 3/4 day 6-pac and the tuna and 'tails are out there, but are not treating all boats equally. As the schools can move far in …
June 20, 2015
June 18 dock totals
Chubasco 2 Sportfishing hosted 28 anglers aboard 1 boat and reported 2 calico bass, 1 sand bass, 48 rockfish and 1 halibut caught. 2 anglers aboard 1 boat out of Dana Landing caught 5 bluefin …
June 19, 2015