Dock Totals 9/28 – 10/4: 2875 anglers aboard 139 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 3 barracuda, 2376 bluefin tuna (to 200 pounds), 508 bonito, 3 cabezon, …
October 6, 2025
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Fish Report: Rockfish Allowed only in water deeper than 300 Feet
Fish Report: Yellowfin, skipjack, dorado, and marlin close to home
Dock Totals 9/21 – 9/27: 3818 anglers aboard 151 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 3914 bluefin tuna (to 200 pounds), 476 bonito, 8 cabezon, 64 calico …
September 29, 2025
Fish Report: Bluefin turn on the heat
Dock Totals 9/14 – 9/20: 3227 anglers aboard 151 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 4 barracuda, 3991 bluefin tuna (to 249 pounds), 23 bocaccio, 985 bonito, …
September 22, 2025
Fish Report: Good fishing in spite of blustery conditions
Dock Totals 9/7 – 9/13: 3120 anglers aboard 135 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 16 barracuda, 884 bluefin tuna (to 150 pounds), 619 bonito, 5 cabezon, …
September 15, 2025
Fish Report: Dorado and Yellowfin tuna finally showing
Dock Totals 8/31 – 9/6: 4285 anglers aboard 210 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 28 barracuda, 1 black sea bass (released), 1047 bluefin tuna (to 160 …
September 8, 2025
Fish Report: A dozen giants in the counts
Dock Totals 8/24 – 8/30: 3962 anglers aboard 180 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 74 barracuda, 12 black sea bass (released), 3010 bluefin tuna (to 240 …
September 2, 2025
Fish Report: Monchong, anyone?
Dock Totals 8/17 – 8/23: 4457 anglers aboard 192 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 226 barracuda, 3026 bluefin tuna (to 200 pounds), 208 bonito, 3 cabezon, …
August 25, 2025
Fish Report: Local Yellowtail on the chew
Dock Totals 8/10 – 8/16: 4483 anglers aboard 201 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 153 barracuda, 2073 bluefin tuna (to 210 pounds), 166 bonito, 7 cabezon, …
August 18, 2025
Fish Report: Light line fishing smaller bluefin
Dock Totals 8/3 – 8/9: 5083 anglers aboard 200 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 215 barracuda, 1671 bluefin tuna (to 240 pounds), 61 bonito, 9 cabezon, …
August 11, 2025
Fish Report: Striped Marlin caught and released on overnight trip
Dock Totals 7/27 – 8/2: 5176 anglers aboard 202 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 371 barracuda, 1879 bluefin tuna (to 270 pounds), 250 bonito, 7 cabezon, …
August 5, 2025
Fish Report: Bluefin near the Coronado Islands
Dock Totals 7/20 – 7/26: 4376 anglers aboard 175 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 101 barracuda, 1 black seabass (released), 3764 bluefin tuna (to 240 pounds), …
July 28, 2025
Fish Report: Mako my day
Dock Totals 7/13 – 7/19: 4596 anglers aboard 187 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 30 barracuda, 2696 bluefin tuna (to 220 pounds), 31 bonito, 3 cabezon, …
July 21, 2025
Fish Report: Sand bass bite wide open
Dock Totals 7/6 – 7/12: 4524 anglers aboard 164 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 8 barracuda, 1 black seabass (released), 1795 bluefin tuna (to 130 pounds), …
July 15, 2025
Fish Report: Bluefin explode over Fourth of July Weekend
Dock Totals 6/29 – 7/5: 3988 anglers aboard 154 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 21 barracuda, 2390 bluefin tuna (to 200 pounds), 98 bonito, 7 cabezon, …
July 7, 2025
Fish Report: Bluefin still biting better at night
Dock Totals 6/15 – 6/21: 3359 anglers aboard 120 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 23 barracuda, 754 bluefin tuna (to 200 pounds), 51 bonito, 20 cabezon, …
June 24, 2025
Fish Report: Inconsistent bluefin bite under the Full Moon
Dock Totals 6/8 – 6/14: 2728 anglers aboard 125 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 35 barracuda, 416 bluefin tuna (to 200 pounds), 112 bonito, 21 cabezon, …
June 17, 2025
Bluefin probably not spawning off of California
Dock Totals 6/1 – 6/7: 2481 anglers aboard 117 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 15 barracuda, 1126 bluefin tuna (to 210 pounds), 31 bonito, 4 cabezon, …
June 9, 2025
Fish Report: Big Bluefin moving north
Dock Totals 5/25 – 5/31: 2452 anglers aboard 93 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 18 barracuda, 723 bluefin tuna (to 210 pounds), 289 bonito, 6 cabezon, …
June 3, 2025
Fish Report: Hot fishing before it gets hot in Gonzaga
Dock Totals 5/18 – 5/24: 1751 anglers aboard 75 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 17 barracuda, 367 bluefin tuna (to 180 pounds), 559 bonito, 1 cabezon, …
May 27, 2025
Fish Report: Big bones biting
Dock Totals 5/4 – 5/10: 889 anglers aboard 42 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 1 barracuda (30 released), 33 bluefin tuna (to 100 pounds), 555 bonito, …
May 13, 2025
Fish Report: Bluefin limits close to home
Dock Totals 4/20 – 4/26: 1321 anglers aboard 56 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 446 bluefin tuna (to 210 pounds), 64 bocaccio, 94 bonito, 1 cabezon, …
May 1, 2025
Fish Report: Excel-lent tuna certified as world record
Dock Totals 4/13 – 4/19: 1247 anglers aboard 58 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 46 bluefin tuna, 566 bonito, 1 cabezon, 3 calico bass, 4 halibut …
April 22, 2025
Fish report: Bluefin not biting — yet
Dock Totals 4/6 – 4/12: 1143 anglers aboard 51 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 30 bluefin tuna, 12 bocaccio, 4 calico bass, 6 halibut (15 released), …
April 15, 2025
Fish report: First bluefin of the season for the Polaris Supreme
Dock Totals 3/30 – 4/5: 1055 anglers aboard 39 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 14 bocaccio, 2 calico bass, 7 halibut (5 released), 151 lingcod, 2773 …
April 7, 2025
Fish Report: Windy week keeps angler numbers down
Head: Dock Totals 3/23 – 3/29: 688 anglers aboard 29 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 15 bonito, 10 calico bass, 2 halfmoon, 18 halibut (15 released), 80 …
April 1, 2025
Fishing Report: Sardine bait is back
Dock Totals 3/16 – 3/22: 947 anglers aboard 35 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 15 bonito, 5 calico bass, 6 halibut (22 released), 4 lingcod, 6 …
March 26, 2025
Halibut and bonito fill the days before bluefin season
Dock Totals 3/9 – 3/15: 497 anglers aboard 18 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 26 bonito, 2 calico bass, 17 halibut (24 released), 21 lingcod, 14 …
March 18, 2025
Big bugs and ‘buts in San Diego's big bay
Dock Totals 3/2 – 3/8: 479 anglers aboard 20 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 9 calico bass, 20 halibut, 306 lingcod, 1 perch, 7 rock crab, …
March 10, 2025
Bluefin off Baja still finicky
Dock Totals 2/23 – 3/1: 571 anglers aboard 24 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 79 bocaccio, 7 calico bass, 23 halibut (to 28-pounds), 210 lingcod, 12 rock …
March 3, 2025
Yellowtail on the surface in San Quintin
Totals Feb. 16-22:653 anglers aboard 32 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 79 bocaccio, 2 calico bass, 14 halibut, 19 lingcod, 60 rock crab, 980 rockfish, 160 …
February 24, 2025
Fishing report: Slow wet week for the fleet
Dock Totals 2/9 – 2/15: 230 anglers aboard 12 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 7 calico bass, 2 halibut, 11 rock crab, 66 sand bass, 44 …
February 18, 2025
It’s like cowtown down south
Dock Totals 2/2 – 2/8: 426 anglers aboard 22 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 3 calico bass, 6 halibut (to 34 pounds), 12 rock crab, 390 …
February 9, 2025
Plenty of elbow room with low angler turnout for the local fleet
Dock Totals 1/26 – 2/1: 315 anglers aboard 19 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 8 calico bass, 1 halibut, 113 sand bass, 65 sanddab, 318 sculpin, …
February 2, 2025
San Diego, look to the bluefin
It wasn’t always bluefin. Albacore came first, just as A comes before B in the alphabet. Back in the ‘60s, while I was still in my single-digit years, I remember seeing long-finned albacore swimming under …
January 29, 2025
Wintertime rockfish in Mexico – Long range trips hammering yellowfin and wahoo
Dock Totals 1/19 – 1/25: 449 anglers aboard 21 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 9 blacksmith perch, 25 bonito, 3 halibut (9 released), 50 lingcod, 14 …
January 26, 2025
Tuna Still Holding Halfway Down Baja
Dock Totals 1/12 – 1/18: 463 anglers aboard 23 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 11 blacksmith perch, 10 calico bass, 2 croaker, 1 rock crab, 200 …
January 19, 2025
Winter Doldrums? ‘Tis the Magical Season in Baja
Dock Totals 1/5 – 1/11: 341 anglers aboard 23 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 5 calico bass, 7 halibut (11 released), 1 halfmoon, 8 rock crab, …
January 12, 2025
Chunky wintertime yellowtail off La Jolla
Dock Totals 12/29 – 1/4: 1192 anglers aboard 44 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 9 calico bass, 4 halibut (22 released), 26 rock crab, 3483 rockfish, …
January 5, 2025
December yellowfin biting well – Rockfish over until April
Dock Totals 12/22 – 12/28: 934 anglers aboard 37 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 2 rock crab, 3931 rockfish, 102 sand bass, 423 sculpin, 4 sheephead, …
December 29, 2024
Big Swell Rolls in for Christmas – Rockfish Closure
Dock Totals 12/15 – 12/21: 552 anglers aboard 28 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 1 calico bass, 1 lingcod, 3 rock crab, 2963 rockfish, 56 sand …
December 23, 2024
Big kited bluefin on the Red Rooster III
Dock Totals 12/8 – 12/14: 542 anglers aboard 29 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 6 bluefin tuna, 45 bonito, 2 calico bass, 8 rock crab, 2289 …
December 15, 2024