March 26 dock totals 14 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run caught their limit of 140 vermilion rockfish and 1 lingcod. The Dolphin 1/2 day am run with 10 anglers aboard reported …
March 27, 2015
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Stories by Daniel Powell
Ready for fish Friday
Lukasz Szczedanek lands lake lunker
A 17-pound 8-ounce rainbow trout was caught on Sunday afternoon at Lake Cuyamaca by San Diego's Lukasz Szczedanek. Szczedanek was using an inflated night crawler when the monster rainbow hit at Heron Point around 3pm. …
March 26, 2015
Calico bass live to die another day
March 23 dock totals 33 anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 day am run caught 11 sculpin, 64 rockfish, 1 lingcod and 2 calico bass. Their 1/2 day pm run with 18 anglers aboard returned with …
March 24, 2015
Taking it to the limit
March 22 dock totals 36 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run caught 4 sculpin, 9 calico bass and 124 rockfish with 9 calico bass released. The Dolphin 1/2 day am run with …
March 23, 2015
Catfish season approaches
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: Rockfish, sculpin and calico bass are the main catch on the ½ day boats. The kayakers are starting to get bit by the white seabass. I expect …
March 22, 2015
It's all good news
The good news is ... well, it's all good news. There are still bluefin tuna holding on the Cortez Bank. The local fishing in La Jolla is heating up as private boaters and an occasional …
March 21, 2015
Clammin' for nothin'
I couldn't help but think of a line from the crabbing show Deadliest Catch when it was a slow day: "We're crabbin' for nothing!" The difference was that I was looking for chocolate clams on …
March 20, 2015
This little fishie went market, this little fishie stayed home...
March 18 dock totals 11 anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 day am run boated 4 sculpin, 33 rockfish and 7 calico bass, with 60 calico bass released. 14 anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 day pm …
March 19, 2015
St. Patty's Day fising report
March 17 dock totals 20 anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 day pm run caught 2 sheephead, 5 sculpin, 1 barred sand bass and 84 rockfish. 17 anglers aboard the Malihini 3/4 day run to the …
March 18, 2015
Case of the Mondays
March 16 dock totals The Chubasco II 1/2 day am run carrying 11 anglers reported 110 rockfish caught. 40 anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 day am run boated 1 ocean whitefish, 2 sheephead, 8 sculpin …
March 17, 2015
Boat loads
March 15 dock totals The Chubasco II 1/2 day am run with 27 anglers aboard returned to the dock with 2 sculpin, 175 rockfish and 33 bocaccio 28 anglers aboard the Pacific Queen 1.5 day …
March 16, 2015
Last call for bugs
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: Rockfish, sculpin and calico bass are the main catch on the ½-day boats with an occasional home-guard yellowtail being caught. ¾ day trips to the Coronado Islands …
March 15, 2015
Check the weather first!
Yesterday I decided to paddle across the San Quintin Bay mouth to a trench in the channel that had produced a decent 28" halibut for me the day before. It is a tricky little spot, …
March 15, 2015
In the morning ... in the evening ... ain't we got fish!
March 12 dock totals The Chubasco II 1/2 day am run with 10 anglers aboard reported 1 sheephead, 70 rockfish and 30 bocaccio caught. 12 anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 day am run boated 8 …
March 13, 2015
For those about to rockfish
March 11 dock totals 19 anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 day am run caught 1 yellowtail, 1 sheephead, 2 sculpin, 83 rockfish, 6 lingcod, 4 calico bass and 1 bonito. The Dolphin 1/2 day …
March 12, 2015
Thousands of white seabass die in power outage at Redondo captive breeding program
March 10 dock totals The Dolphin 1/2 Day AM run carrying 16 Anglers reported 1 Sculpin, 94 Rockfish, 1 Lingcod and 3 Calico Bass caught, with 65 Calico Bass Released. Their 1/2 Day PM run …
March 11, 2015
The 75-pound balsa board
Founded in 1986 at George’s Restaurant in Encinitas Moonlight Plaza, the California Surf Museum has moved several times since. They have been in the Encinitas Promenade Shopping Center, Pacific Beach, in Oceanside just off the …
March 11, 2015
Catfish record broken at Lake Hodges
On Saturday, March 7, Don Gibson caught and released a 36.6 pound blue catfish, breaking the record at Lake Hodges. The previous record was 29.8 pounds. The catfish was released after being weighed and photographed. …
March 9, 2015
Weekly fish report
½ Day - ¾ Day: Rockfish and sculpin are the main catch on the ½ day boats with an occasional home-guard yellowtail being caught. ¾ day trips to the Coronado Islands are still putting up …
March 8, 2015
At day's end
March 6 dock totals 15 Anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 Day AM run caught 5 Sculpin, 66 Rockfish and 1 Lingcod. On their PM 1/2 Day outing with 16 Anglers, they reported 3 Ocean Whitefish, …
March 7, 2015
Today's dock totals
14 Anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 Day AM run put 1 Lingcod, 87 Rockfish, 6 Sculpin and 2 Sheephead in the gunnysacks. They went back out for their 1/2 Day PM run with another 14 …
March 5, 2015
March 4 dock totals
26 Anglers aboard the Chubasco II 1/2 Day AM run boated 5 Sheephead and 162 Rockfish The Dolphin 1/2 Day PM with 9 Anglers aboard reported 2 Sheephead, 9 Sculpin, 86 Rockfish, 3 Lingcod and …
March 5, 2015
Holy cows!
March 3 dock totals 6 Anglers aboard the Josie Lynn 1/2 Day AM run caught 6 Sculpin and 24 Rockfish The Daily Double 1/2 Day AM with 20 Anglers aboard reported 64 Rockfish, 10 Lingcod, …
March 4, 2015
March 2 dock totals
Well, only four boats made it out yesterday...three, actually, as the Dolphin made two runs. Their 1/2 Day AM outing with 8 Anglers Aboard reported 10 Sculpin, 31 Rockfish and 1 Calico Bass caught. Their …
March 3, 2015
March 1 dock totals
15 Anglers on the Pacific Queen 1.5 Day trip boated 116 Rockfish and 34 Yellowtail off Colonet The Malihini 3/4 Day run with 11 Anglers aboard reported 2 Sculpin, 2 Barracuda, 1 Barred Sand Bass, …
March 2, 2015
From Hurricane Bank to Lake Wohlford
½ Day - ¾ Day: The yellowtail seemed to have shut down in the ½ day range, leaving the anglers some more shots at variety on the kelp edge and local bumps. ¾ day trips …
March 1, 2015
Bass masters
February 27 dock totals 8 Anglers aboard the Pronto 1/2 Day AM run out to the kelp boated 2 Barred Sand Bass and 31 Calico Bass The Fisherman III 3/4 Day run carrying 31 Anglers …
February 28, 2015
February 26 dock totals
27 Anglers aboard the Pacific Queen 1.5 Day trip down the Mexican coast caught 41 Yellowtail, 126 Rockfish and 9 Lingcod The Fisherman III 3/4 Day run carrying 13 Anglers returned to the dock with …
February 27, 2015
What a cow!
February 25 dock totals 25 anglers aboard the Malihini 3/4-day run caught 28 yellowtail, 18 rockfish, 3 lingcod and 15 bonito. The Premier 1/2-day AM run with 22 anglers aboard returned to the dock with …
February 26, 2015
The smallest of all
Unable to peer into the depths for millennia before sonar came along, fishermen found friends and helpers where they could. Diving pelicans tell them there is bait. Working seagulls tell them the bait is being …
February 25, 2015
The yellowtail fest continues
February 23 dock totals Chubasco 2 Sportfishing 23 Anglers, 1 Boat, 16 Barred Sand Bass, 1 California Halibut, 2 California Scorpionfish, 24 Kelp Bass, 100 Kelp Bass Released Fisherman's Landing 69 Anglers, 3 Boats, 195 …
February 24, 2015
Fresh off the boat
½ Day - ¾ Day: The good local fishing continues on with no real change in sight. ½ day boats are getting the usual mix of rockfish, sculpin and calico bass. There are still yellows …
February 22, 2015
February 20 dock totals
Seaforth Sportfishing 58 Anglers, 3 Boats, 6 Bluefin Tuna, 30 Bonito, 2 Barred Sand Bass, 3 Calico Bass, 3 Halfmoon Point Loma Sportfishing 55 Anglers, 3 Boats, 22 Calico Bass, 8 Bonito, 1 Sculpin, 41 …
February 21, 2015
Hooked
February 19 dock totals 16 Anglers aboard the Dolphin 3/4 Day run caught 5 Yellowtail, 1 Sheephead, 6 Sculpin, 11 Rockfish, 3 Lingcod and 8 Pacific Bonito The Fisherman III 1/2 Day PM run carrying …
February 20, 2015
February 18 dock totals
11 Anglers aboard the Dolphin 3/4 Day run to the Coronados boated 8 Sculpin, 11 Rockfish, 6 Barred Sand Bass, 21 Bonito, 4 Lingcod and 2 Yellowtail The Daily Double 1/2 Day AM with 10 …
February 19, 2015
Hangin' yellowtail
The conventional half day boats did well yesterday, February 17, as the Daily Double AM run carrying 11 Anglers reported 3 Sculpin, 15 Rubberlip Seaperch and 2 Barred Sand Bass while the Premier 1/2 Day …
February 18, 2015
February 16 dock totals
Chubasco 2 Sportfishing 28 Anglers, 1 Boat, 2 Calico Bass H&M Landing 87 Anglers, 2 Boats, 6 Bonito, 281 Rockfish, 72 Yellowtail, 1 Sheephead, 3 Sculpin Point Loma Sportfishing 54 Anglers, 2 Boats, 18 Sculpin, …
February 17, 2015
February 15 dock totals
I'm 50-some-odd years old with over 40 years of fishing memories. I do not remember yellowtail and bluefin tuna right through the winter and still biting in February. I don't remember any water from 63 …
February 16, 2015
As if winter never happened
Week-end fish report ½ Day - ¾ Day: The local ½ day boats are still either picking at the edge for Rockfish, Sculpin and Bass or looking for the Yellowtail still holding in 160’ of …
February 15, 2015
It's all relative
February 13 dock totals Tough fishing on the New Seaforth 1/2 Day AM run for the 68 Anglers giving those fish hanging off the canyon edge a shot. They did manage 8 Yellowtail, though the …
February 14, 2015
Dolphins, and whales, and yellowtails
February 13 dock totals The tuna bit for the 28 Anglers aboard the Aztec 1.5 Day trip out to the Cortez Bank. They reported 6 Yellowtail, 81 Bluefin Tuna and 67 Bonito caught. Seems as …
February 13, 2015
Temptations for fisher-folk
February 11 dock totals 32 Anglers aboard the Tribute 1.5 Day trip to Cortez Bank boated 29 Yellowtail, 8 Bluefin Tuna and 35 Bonito Those local Yellows are tempting the fisher-folk out of their winter …
February 12, 2015
The King and I
From February 17 through 19, the California King Tides Initiative is asking the public to assist in photographing the extreme high tides along our coastline to highlight how homes, infrastructure, and ecological habitats may be …
February 11, 2015
February 10 dock totals
So, that's fishing. One week the fish are practically jumping into the boat, the next you're wondering where they went. Kinda like that for the Pacific Queen and the Aztec on their 1.5 Day trips …
February 11, 2015
Picking at the edge
½ Day — ¾ Day: The local ½ day boats are still either picking at the edge for Rockfish, Sculpin and Bass or looking for Yellowtail deep off the canyon edge. ¾ day rides are …
February 9, 2015
February 7 dock totals
Good fortune for the 23 Anglers aboard the Fortune 1.5 Day trip to Cortez Bank, as they boated 36 Yellowtail, 50 Bonito and 52 Bluefin Tuna Bouncing the dropper loop and yoyo iron for Hamachi, …
February 8, 2015
Under the sea
The Coronado Islands and area south past Colonet is producing a solid Yellowtail and Lingcod bite for the boaters getting there. The Bluefin are still holding at the Cortez Bank area as well as good …
February 5, 2015
Midnight on the Coronado pier
A bucket — blood-stained rag hanging out — was making a racket as a ten-inch mackerel whacked the sides. It would be back in the water as soon as Cesar (not his real name) pinned …
February 4, 2015
February 3 dock totals
The Premier 1/2 Day AM run with 22 Anglers aboard pinned up and boated 218 Rockfish and 2 Lingcod for the freezer 48 Anglers aboard the New Seaforth 1/2 Day AM run found 11 Yellowtail …
February 4, 2015
February 2 dock totals
Some good local fishing going on in spite Ol' Man Winter... (Who??) Fisherman's Landing 20 Anglers, 1 Boat, 78 Yellowtail, 242 Rockfish, 80 Lingcod H&M Landing 58 Anglers, 2 Boats, 1 Bonito, 446 Rockfish, 79 …
February 3, 2015