Dock Totals Oct 21 – Oct 27: 3,426 anglers aboard 204 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 127 bluefin tuna, 4,755 yellowfin tuna, 4,617 skipjack tuna, 3 bigeye tuna, 132 dorado, …
October 29, 2018
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Stories by Daniel Powell
Sportboat Prowler a total loss in collision, one dead
Get catfish at trout opener
Catfish bite actively during trout season, especially in the fall during the first trout plants. When the trout stocking begins around November, anglers show up in droves and most are using scented baits, and catfish …
October 29, 2018
Stuck on rocks at Ladera Park
Sept 23 07:45 Medical: Lifeguard requests medics to tower 13 for a 27 year-old male with a dislocated shoulder from a fight the night before. Medics and San Diego Police respond. Medics transport patient to …
October 23, 2018
What to do with bonito
Dock Totals Oct 14 – Oct 20: 4,339 anglers aboard 204 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 452 bluefin tuna, 9,469 yellowfin tuna, 3,806 skipjack tuna, 3 bigeye tuna, 766 dorado, …
October 22, 2018
Fleet Week's celebration on Broadway Pier
It was the water that brought them. Since the first forays of Europeans, San Diego’s natural harbor offered a strategic naval location. Silts carried by runoff and outflow from the inland mountains could not fill …
October 22, 2018
How a fishing boat ticket can pay for itself
Dock Totals Oct 7 – Oct 13: 4,334 anglers aboard 192 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 546 bluefin tuna, 9,322 yellowfin tuna, 3,261 skipjack tuna, 1 bigeye tuna, 636 dorado, …
October 15, 2018
O'pen Bic – extreme sailing
O’pen BIC is another product from Bic, and open is for the open transom of the junior-sized sailing dinghy. Like many vessel designations, the prototype became the class. The capital O and apostrophe of O’pen …
October 15, 2018
One out of three lobsters were keepers this week
Dock Totals Sept 30 – Oct 6: 4,001 anglers aboard 183 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 80 bluefin tuna, 9,062 yellowfin tuna, 3,900 skipjack tuna, 3 bigeye tuna, 263 dorado, …
October 9, 2018
Divers who want to see meet at La Jolla Shores
Snorkeling is usually a shallow water endeavor where you see the bottom while you breathe. Freedivers drop to depth, usually to hunt or forage. To get the best use of time below the surface, freediving …
October 8, 2018
Paddle boarders pinned down
Sept 22 Harbor Police responded to the A-3 Anchorage and investigated a theft of some rigging from a moored vessel. The stolen rigging is used to hoist dinghies up to the stern of a vessel. …
October 2, 2018
Reader fish man drives further south into Baja
Dock Totals Sept 23 – Sept 29: 5,557 anglers aboard 250 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 310 bluefin tuna, 12,327 yellowfin tuna, 7,361 skipjack tuna, 11 bigeye tuna, 847 dorado, …
October 2, 2018
Rose Creek was worst of the Clairemont parks
In the 1850s, San Diego pioneer Louis Rose maintained cattle and a ranch house in Rose Canyon, utilizing the canyon’s stream to water his animals. As the town grew up around the creek and Mission …
October 2, 2018
Missing Yukon diver reunited with boat
Sept 2 01:48 Swimmer: Lifeguard and San Diego Police units respond to Crystal Pier for someone supposedly yelling for help in the water. SD Police on scene with two intoxicated swimmers who went in the …
September 25, 2018
Lobsters sigh as big goat caught
Dock Totals Sept 16 – Sept 22: 5,465 anglers aboard 230 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 95 bluefin tuna, 13,530 yellowfin tuna, 8,624 skipjack tuna, 8 bigeye tuna, 351 dorado, …
September 24, 2018
Fishing off the three Californias
Dock Totals Sept 9 – Sept 15: 5,549 anglers aboard 249 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 442 bluefin tuna, 7,681 yellowfin tuna, 8,170 skipjack tuna, 1 bigeye tuna, 804 dorado, …
September 17, 2018
Citizens Trail and Black Gold Rd. - repeat rescues
Aug 26 10:29 Medical: Lifeguards, Fire, and Medics respond to a man down on the Emerald Street stairs. Medics transport patient to Kaiser. 11:25 Medical: Lifeguards, Fire, and Medics respond to a fainting at Newport …
September 11, 2018
Old School fish, new techniques to get them
Dock Totals Sept 2 – Sept 8: 5,827 anglers aboard 249 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 246 bluefin tuna, 7,729 yellowfin tuna, 10,315 skipjack tuna, 8 bigeye tuna, 1,506 dorado, …
September 10, 2018
Stow-away on fishing charter and spinal injury speeding over wake
Aug 22 Harbor Police investigated a burglary that occurred aboard a vessel at the Sunroad Marina. The suspect broke a window, entered the vessel, ate and drank some food and then vandalized the interior. Harbor …
September 4, 2018
Try areas 421 and 390
Dock Totals Aug 26 – Sept 1: 5,769 anglers aboard 234 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 375 bluefin tuna, 6,262 yellowfin tuna, 7,672 skipjack tuna, 3 bigeye tuna, 776 dorado, …
September 3, 2018
A beach sport for the elite
This weekend you can watch a sport played in the sand that you rarely get to see, polo, the sport of the elite. The Polo America Beach Polo Cup. No, this isn’t some frat-invented game …
September 3, 2018
Missing diver at New Break, motorhome fire on Fiesta Island
August 5 09:24 Medical: Lifeguard, emergency, and medical personnel respond to fainting at El Paseo Grande. Medics handle. 10:23 Medical: Lifeguard and medical personnel respond to Mission Bay Drive for sick person. Medics handle. 11:46 …
August 28, 2018
San Diego's ocean becomes parking lot
Dock Totals Aug 19 – Aug 25: 6,969 anglers aboard 255 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 110 bluefin tuna, 12,349 yellowfin tuna, 10,565 skipjack tuna, 1,202 dorado, 1,644 yellowtail, 2 …
August 27, 2018
All the kayaking options
If you’ve ever looked out on the water at all the people on kayaks and wondered, “that looks like fun, but it is such an investment,” you aren’t alone. Like surfing, until one tries to …
August 27, 2018
Harbor police stop man swimming to Hawaii
Aug 11 Harbor Police stored a small dinghy that was found adrift within the south San Diego Bay main shipping channel. Aug 9 Harbor Police investigated an accident where a small vessel (dinghy) was operating …
August 20, 2018
Yellowfin, skipjack turn on – record bluefin caught
Dock Totals Aug 12 – Aug 18: 6,583 anglers aboard 256 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 654 bluefin tuna, 8,190 yellowfin tuna, 7,093 skipjack tuna (50 released), 1,294 dorado, 3,178 …
August 20, 2018
Stingrays, of course, but scooter accidents, too
Hit and run at Dog Beach among calls on busy week July 29 05:59 Boating: VHF channel 16 call of a 36 ft. fishing vessel with small electrical fire, one mile off Crystal Pier. Lifeguard …
August 14, 2018
The $50,000 swim bladder
Captain Paul Watson and the crew of the ship named for author Farley Mowat have been chasing, harassing, ramming, and boarding whalers operating illegally. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society behind the Farley Mowat has waged …
August 14, 2018
Dorado Invasion 2.0
Dock Totals Aug 5 – Aug 11: 6,512 anglers aboard 270 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 155 bluefin tuna, 2,984 yellowfin tuna, 1,594 skipjack tuna, 3,493 dorado, 6,676 yellowtail, 2 …
August 13, 2018
Stingrays at Blacks, Boundary Line, Tourmaline
July 22 10:55 Medical: Lifeguard, fire, and medical units respond to traumatic injuries from contact with a police officer after an arrest. San Diego Police Department officers take the arrest and medics are cancelled. 11:45 …
August 7, 2018
Hot water: good for exotics, bad for kelp
Dock Totals July 29 – Aug 4: 6,072 anglers aboard 232 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 192 bluefin tuna, 1,235 yellowfin tuna, 544 skipjack tuna, 1,306 dorado, 6,685 yellowtail, 9 …
August 6, 2018
Rocks, rips, and reefs
Of the several hundred rescues on summer weekends by San Diego lifeguards, most are people caught in rip currents. Yet those currents are used by surfers, kayakers, and swimmers as a path out through the …
August 6, 2018
Tired kiteboarder needs a lift
July 27 Harbor Police responded to the area of Harbor Island for two jet skis that were capsized. Harbor Police called for the rental company to respond, assisted the subjects out of the water and …
July 31, 2018
Why the kelp keeps producing — and Baja's fish vigilantes
Dock Totals July 22 – July 28: 5,446 anglers aboard 209 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 213 bluefin tuna, 310 yellowfin tuna, 11 skipjack tuna, 139 dorado, 1,318 yellowtail, 5 …
July 30, 2018
Man falls over 30 feet from cliff at No Surf Beach
July 1 09:51 Diving: Rescue vessel responds to the Ruby E dive site for a 29 year-old male with a dislocated shoulder aboard the Humboldt. Rescue vessel transports patient to the reception dock. Patient turned …
July 24, 2018
San Clemente Island has been pointing at the tuna
Dock Totals July 15 – July 21: 5,356 anglers aboard 199 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 669 bluefin tuna, 243 yellowfin tuna, 19 dorado, 777 yellowtail, 1 white seabass (released), …
July 23, 2018
40-foot sailboat stolen from the Chula Vista Marina
July 13 Harbor Police issued a citation to a boater who was illegally anchored in the A-1 La Playa Anchorage. The subject had been warned earlier. Harbor Police assisted a boater who fell out of …
July 17, 2018
Large area of tight-lipped tuna
Dock Totals July 8 – July 14: 5,420 anglers aboard 197 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 498 bluefin tuna, 613 yellowfin tuna, 17 dorado, 1,957 yellowtail, 15 white seabass (13 …
July 16, 2018
Other people’s stuff
The OPS standard has been used for as long as I can remember. Other People’s Stuff. As in “I smoke OPCs” or “The cheapest boat to fish from is an OPB.” Investors like to use …
July 16, 2018
Boats dragged anchors because of July 4 high winds
July 6 Harbor Police investigated a burglary that occurred on a vessel in the Marriott Marina. Subject/s broke into and boarded a large yacht, stealing several items while the owners were asleep within their vessel. …
July 10, 2018
Hot weather, hot fishing
Dock Totals July 1 – July 7: 5,236 anglers aboard 171 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 307 bluefin tuna, 221 yellowfin tuna, 1 dorado, 4,681 yellowtail, 28 white seabass (28 …
July 9, 2018
Imperial Beach sandcastles - standing the test of time
Sandcastles, typically, are not built for longevity; they are the perfect metaphor for a thing constructed that will not last. Yet, in Imperial Beach, sandcastles have survived the test of time. Founded in 1887, the …
July 9, 2018
15-year-old burglary suspect on Jamaica Court nearly drowns
June 10 12:09 Swimmer: Lifeguard responds to Pappy’s Point for a reporting person who’s concerned with a group of inexperienced swimmers. Lifeguard issues warnings. 12:12 Medical: Lifeguards respond to a 14 year-old male hit in …
July 4, 2018
Dorado, opah make colorful week
Dock Totals June 24 – June 30: 5,007 anglers aboard 165 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 410 bluefin tuna, 17 yellowfin tuna, 2 dorado, 4,167 yellowtail, 41 white seabass (40 …
July 2, 2018
How much do you love your dog?
If you are interested in getting Fido into the waves, the first thought might be how does one go about it. His short attention span is important. Plan for an hour or so, as the …
July 2, 2018
Narcotics found on the Red Rooster by crew unclaimed
June 24 Harbor Police responded to Marina Cortez for a diesel fuel spill. Harbor Police and the US Coast Guard located the suspect vessel and will be investigating for possible prosecution. June 22 Harbor Police …
June 26, 2018
Throw your J hooks away
Dock Totals June 17 – June 23: 4,457 anglers aboard 155 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 228 bluefin tuna, 1 yellowfin tuna, 2,948 yellowtail, 40 white seabass (30 released), 2,200 …
June 25, 2018
Switchfoot surf jousting at Moonlight Beach
Minnesota placekicker Fred Cox invented the Nerf football in 1972. Nerf soon became associated with safe and soft athletics. Today, the weapon of choice for surf jousting is not actually a Nerf product; the soft …
June 25, 2018
Northbound swimmers hanging onto border fence, screaming for help
May 27 08:32 Medical: Lifeguard, emergency and medical units respond to Tower 13 for man with breathing problems. Medical transports patient to Scripps La Jolla. 09:08 Boating: Lifeguard responds to the foot of Ladera St. …
June 19, 2018
Bluefin tuna in La Jolla? It happens.
Dock Totals June 10 – June 16: 3,837 anglers aboard 134 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 170 bluefin tuna, 2,214 yellowtail, 9 white seabass (8 released), 3,031 calico bass, 315 …
June 18, 2018
MakoBob Halibut Tournament – no longer just kayaks
Robert Moore has been a fixture in the fishing community above and below the border. His spread on the Sea of Cortez just north of Punta Bufeo, Makoville, is an idyllic camp area complete with …
June 18, 2018