May 22 dock totals Bluefin tuna within 20 miles of Point Loma on the Eclipse 3/4 day! According to their report, there was a "killer spectacle of huge bluefin up to 100# breaking all around …
May 24, 2015
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Bluefin breaking all around the boat
May 21 dock totals
27 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day morning run caught 1 yellowtail, 1 sculpin, 1 sand bass, 78 rockfish and 2 lingcod. The Alicia 3/4 day trip with 12 anglers at the rail returned …
May 22, 2015
Rocks, yellows, and calicos
May 20 dock totals 21 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 3/4 day trip boated 6 yellowtail, 2 sculpin, 1 sand bass, 96 rockfish, 3 calico bass and 1 barracuda. The Dolphin 1/2 day morning run …
May 21, 2015
Attacked by a 300-pound sea lion
One of my diving friends, a commercial urchin fisherman, says his most terrifying underwater occurrence in over 20 years of diving several times a week was at the Channel Islands. He worked off a hookah, …
May 20, 2015
May 19 dock totals
16 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day morning run caught 1 sculpin, 1 sand bass, 1 rockfish and 74 calico bass. 50 calico bass were released. The Dolphin 1/2 day am run with 7 …
May 20, 2015
Yellowtail moving closer to shore
The yellowtail off La Jolla have been there for the kayakers and private boaters. Though they are still tearing it up at the Coronado Islands, it looks like they are starting to get less nervous …
May 19, 2015
From beneath the surface
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: The local ½ day boats have been getting out as they can between the storms and swell and they are producing rockfish, calico bass, and sculpin. The …
May 17, 2015
Don't handle the shorts
The Pacific barracuda is a slimy fish. If handled, the slime gets on your hands and seems to adhere and you'll see a lot of guys washing their hands off in a baitwell or with …
May 14, 2015
Surfers saved a whole lot of paddling in San Quintín
San Quintín sits about 200 miles south of San Diego near the southern end of the Valle de Guadalupe. The large bay there is ringed by inactive volcanoes; the main industry is berry farming. San …
May 13, 2015
Fish counts from the last two days
May 11 and 12 dock totals Chubasco II Sportfishing sent 49 anglers out aboard two 1/2 day trip and reported 35 rockfish, 55 calico bass,1 sheephead and 3 sculpin caught and kept. Another 45 calico …
May 13, 2015
Procuring dinner
May 10 Dock Report 18 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day morning run caught 26 rockfish and 92 calico bass. They released 50 of the calicos. The Dolphin hosted 18 anglers aboard their 1/2 …
May 11, 2015
The usual hit and miss game
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: Though the ½ day boat counts don’t reflect it, the kayak-anglers are reporting good yellowtail fishing and a few white seabass off La Jolla. The storm that …
May 10, 2015
Fishing, no matter what
Getting wet and fishing kind of go hand-in-hand, yet there is something about rain and thunderstorms that can keep folks off the big blue. And then there are some that will go fishing no matter …
May 9, 2015
Calling in the yellowtail
May 6 dock totals 4 anglers aboard the Blackjack 3/4 day run caught 2 sculpin, 9 rockfish, 4 lingcod and 1 barracuda, along with 4 lingcod and 1 calico bass that were released. The Dolphin …
May 7, 2015
Tuna have found U.S. waters
Still quite the bump out there for the queasy. Bet Dramamine sales are up. That said, the guys that are getting out on private boats and kayaks are getting a few more yellowtail and occasional …
May 6, 2015
Fifteen bass per rod at Barrett Lake opener
The Barrett Lake opening weekend was a huge success, with the 165 anglers checked catching and releasing 2,565 largemouth bass! That's about 15 per rod. Not many anglers made it out on the big blue …
May 5, 2015
Weekend dock totals
May 2nd dock totals Chubasco 2 Sportfishing hosted 20 anglers aboard 1 boat and reported a total catch of 1 sculpin, 1 sand bass, 4 rockfish and 36 calico bass, with 80 calico bass released. …
May 4, 2015
Roosterfish on the chew near Punta Perico
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: The ½ day boats are picking away at the rockfish, sculpin, sheephead, lingcod and calico bass, with the occasional yellowtail in the mix. ¾ day runs are …
May 3, 2015
Released for being too short
19 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run boated 2 rockfish and 156 calico bass. 115 of those calico bass were under 14" and released. The Dolphin am 1/2 day run with 10 …
May 2, 2015
April 29 dock totals
H&M Landing hosted 32 anglers aboard 1 boat and reported 4 sand bass, 20 calico bass, 15 bonito, 3 barracuda and 42 yellowtail caught. 16 anglers aboard 1 boat out of Chubasco 2 Sportfishing boated …
April 30, 2015
April 28 dock totals
9 anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 day am run caught 36 rockfish and 4 sculpin. Their pm 1/2 day run with 12 anglers at the rail reported 2 sculpin and 49 rockfish for the total …
April 29, 2015
Yesterday's rail hefts
April 27 dock totals 11 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run caught 1 sand bass, 1 yellowtail, 39 calico bass, 1 lingcod and 5 rockfish. The Pronto 3/4 day run with 12 …
April 28, 2015
Bluefin on the scene
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: The ½ day boats are picking away at the rockfish, sculpin, sheephead, lingcod and calico bass, with the occasional yellowtail in the mix. ¾ day runs are …
April 27, 2015
Yellowtail bite in full force south of the Coronados
Seems as thought there is not much of a yellowtail bite for the 1/2 day boats off the San Diego coast, though the kayak anglers are getting a few all the way up the line …
April 25, 2015
Limiting out on rockfish
April 22 dock totals The Chubasco II morning 1/2 day run with 10 anglers aboard reported limits of 100 rockfish caught. 9 anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 day am run boated 60 vermilion rockfish, 4 …
April 23, 2015
The 100th anniversary of Anzac Day approaches
On April 25, 1915, Allied assault troops, mostly from Australia and New Zealand, landed on the Gallipoli peninsula in western Turkey. Their fighting force was 16,000 men against an entrenched 12,000 mostly Turkish fighters. Put …
April 22, 2015
Barely enough passengers to pay for the fuel
April 21 dock totals A cloudy and cool day seemed to have kept a lot of anglers at home... We know work days and school days aren't much of a hurdle when the fishing bug …
April 22, 2015
April 20 dock totals
17 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run caught 7 vermilion rockfish, 1 sheephead, 87 rockfish and 28 bocaccio. The Dolphin 1/2 day morning run with 30 anglers at the rail reported 6 …
April 21, 2015
Be on the lookout for dolphin megapods
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: Rockfish and sculpin are the mainstay on the ½ day boats, with the occasional handful of calico bass, sheephead. The ¾ day runs are concentrating on the …
April 20, 2015
April 19 dock totals
The Chubasco II 1/2 day am run with 34 anglers at the rail reported 193 rockfish, with 21 of them vermilion rockfish. 20 anglers aboard the Invicta 1.5 day trip out to the Cortez Bank …
April 20, 2015
Anglers at the rail
April 17 dock totals The Dolphin morning 1/2 day run with 8 anglers aboard returned to the dock with 31 rockfish and 3 sculpin. 9 anglers aboard their afternoon 1/2 day run caught 6 sculpin, …
April 18, 2015
Putting the fish in fish-n-chips
April 16 dock totals The Dolphin 1/2 day am run with 26 anglers aboard reported 28 rockfish and 1 lingcod* caught. 9 anglers aboard their 1/2 day afternoon run caught 3 sculpin, 29 rockfish and …
April 17, 2015
Bonito on the bite
April 15 dock totals 4 anglers aboard the Alexes 1/2 day pm run boated 4 vermilion rockfish and 15 rockfish. The Sea Trek 1/2 day am run with 14 anglers aboard reported 5 sand bass …
April 16, 2015
Pulling 58 water-skiers at once
Over 80 years ago, Howard Minor and Ralph Miller Sr. took a day off to fish for marlin. The two were partners in Harbor Water Taxi, which shuttled sailors from ships to downtown. A little …
April 15, 2015
Got fishing reservations?
Tickets for fishing Lake Barrett (aka Barrett Reservoir) go on sale at Ticketmaster online and by phone today. As reported by SDFish.com, there are many new changes for this year, especially for the float-tubers and …
April 14, 2015
Catches of the day
April 12 dock totals 32 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run caught 9 sculpin, 2 sand bass, 3 sheephead, 2 yellowtail, 84 rockfish and 13 vermilion rockfish. The Dolphin 1/2 day am …
April 13, 2015
From yellows in the saltwater to reds in the fresh
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: Rockfish, sculpin, and calico bass are the main catch on the ½ day boats, with the occasional yellowtail. The ¾ day runs are concentrating on the good …
April 12, 2015
April 9 dock totals
24 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run caught 1 sand bass and 53 calico bass, with 75 calico bass released. The New Seaforth 1/2 day am run with 22 anglers aboard returned …
April 10, 2015
April 8 dock totals
18 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run to the La Jolla kelp beds boated 90 calico bass and 1 yellowtail. The Dolphin 1/2 day pm run with 11 anglers aboard reported 4 …
April 9, 2015
What happened to Sweetwater Marsh?
From 1916 through 1920, Hercules Powder Company operated a kelp processing plant built on the Sweetwater Marsh to extract materials used in the production of explosives used in World War I. A cotton seed operation …
April 8, 2015
Counting fish
April 7 dock totals 16 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run caught 1 yellowtail, 2 rockfish and 51 calico bass, with 85 calico bass Released. The Dolphin 1/2 day am run with …
April 8, 2015
Another lake record
Lake Poway has announced that they are cancelling the last two trout stocks scheduled for April 15 and April 29 due to warm weather. Another lake record was set by Mario Kimble of Bonita at …
April 7, 2015
Easter Sunday fishing report
April 5 dock totals 37 anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 day am run caught 1 sheephead, 16 sculpin, 1 barred sand bass, 121 rockfish, 50 mackerel and 2 lingcod. The Prowler overnight run with 15 …
April 6, 2015
Spring bites
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: Rockfish, sculpin and calico bass are the main catch on the ½ day boats, with the occasional yellowtail. Kayakers and private boaters are getting good action on …
April 5, 2015
Ocean to table
April 3 dock totals 40 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run caught 1 sculpin, 1 rockfish, 36 calico bass and 1 bonito, with 150 calico bass released. The Pronto 3/4 day run …
April 4, 2015
Yesterday's fishing report is no joke
Since my report is about yesterday's fishing, April 1, I have to note that this is the real deal and not an April Fool's gag. About the only thing one could say as a joke …
April 2, 2015
Need a swift sailor to operate a swift boat
They’re officially called Patrol Craft Fast (PCFs), but the men who served on them during Vietnam have always known them as swift boats. The Navy first used the swift boats in the coastal waters to …
April 1, 2015
One big sunfish!
Another big fish in the books for 2015. Diamond Valley Marina reported that Jesse Mena caught a 4.72-pound redear sunfish on a nightcrawler at Diamond Valley Lake, breaking the previous lake record of 4.48 pounds. …
April 1, 2015
A summerlike bite
Weekly fish report ½ Day - ¾ Day: Rockfish, sculpin and calico bass are the main catch on the ½ day boats. ¾ day trips to the Coronado Islands are still putting up good numbers …
March 30, 2015
You can count on it
March 27 dock totals 34 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day morning run caught 52 rockfish, 8 sculpin, 1 calico bass, 3 sheephead, 1 lingcod and 181 vermilion rockfish. The Dolphin 1/2 day AM …
March 28, 2015