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Friday September 25th 2009

Catalina Island
Catalina is reported very slow with mackeral on the backside off Salte Verde to Orange Rocks. No one has seen a Yellowtail.
Bonito at K20 but the seals have been a big problem.
Most fishermen out of Avalon are chasing Marlin right now down the slide.

Marina Del Rey
Sport Boats still focused on the Rockfish as the Calico Bass bites have not been good at the AR's and Kelplines.

MDR Rockfish Banks

33.52.830 x 118.37.120 South Bank Outside Edge
33.54.000 x 118.36.470 NW South Bank
33.53.520 x 118.35.640 South Bank West
33.53.900 x 118.34.870 South Bank Bumps
33.54.960 x 118.33.170 Short Bank
33.53.000 x 118.33.810 South Bank 33 Fathoms
33.52.070 x 118.34.950 SW Bank 40 Fathoms
33.52.870 x 118.32.130 Inside South Bank Pinnacle 26 Fathom
33.51.950 x 118.30.440 Inside SW Bank 33 Fathoms
33.51.950 x 118.30.440 Inside SW 33 FA
33.52.870 x 118.32.130 Inside S 26 FA
33.50.710 x 118.34.050 Volcanic Reef
33.51.230 x 118.36.550 Volcanic Reef NW
33.50.710 x 118.34.050 Volcanic Reef East

Redondo Beach
Good Sculpin fishing at the Artificial reef. Decent Cod fishing. 
We are told that the water is off color green off the Palos Verdes area. Not good for the Calico Bass fishing.
Redondo Artificial Reef
A 33.50.300 x 118.24.567
B 33.50.300 x 118.24.550
C 33.50.283 x 118.24.517
D 33.50.267 x 118.24.550
E 33.50.250 x 118.24.517
F 33.50.233 x 118.24.533
G 33.50.233 x 118.24.533
H 33.50.233 x 118.24.500
I 33.50.217 x 118.24.550
J 33.50.200 x 118.24.567
K 33.50.183 x 118.24.517

Cod Spots
33.50.040 x 118.26.20 Redondo Canyon West Wall
33.49.417 x 118.24.883 Palawan Artificial Reef
33.47.801 x 118.27.350 37 FA
33.47.510 x 118.29.420 36 FA Pinnacle
33.46.850 x 118.28.000 40 FA Curve
33.47.270 x 118.29.420 47 FA Ridge
33.46.250 x 118.26.210 18/20FA Rockfish

Newport / Huntington Beach
The Newport Pipe has been the area fished most lately for the sportboats. Sculpin is the targetted species as of late due to the lack of Sand Bass, Bonito or Barracuda.
Use a strip of squid on a swimbait or a dropper loop with squid.
Some Numbers for The Newport Pipe:
33.36.87 x 117.58.36
33.36.64 x 117.58.43
33.36.63 x 117.58.58

The Hardbottoms off Huntington Beach have been producing some Sand Bass and small rockfish.
Izors Reef
33.36.917 x 117.58.850
33.37.167 x 117.59.300

Small thresher sharks off Newport being taken by Kayakers and Private boaters. 60-120lbs.

Dana Point - North Oceanside
Some clean water still hanging around the Dana Point area.  The fishing in the kelp both above the harbor and below has been decent.  

The water is still in the 70-72 range.  We have had big sardine all week.  With that stuff it's been real hard to catch a bass.

The kelp areas of Yellowtail and the Barn have been ok.  Still some yellows along the kelp lines there.  A couple guys got their clocks cleaned by some bigger fish down there on Tuesday.  These fish have been 25lbs + so the heavy stuff with the flouro would be the ticket.

The half day stuff by the harbor has been focused on sculpin.  All you want on that stuff pretty close.  We have been getting our sculpin then trying to catch a bass.

As far as the tuna go there has been a ton of that stuff out in that patch of warm water out near the 277 on down to near the mackeral bank.  Huge areas of fish on terns out there.  Look for the birds and it's pretty much been a sure thing that the tuna are there.

Later ,
Brian Woolley Sum Fun http://www.danawharf.com

La Jolla
Earlier in the week there were some Yellowtail being taken by Kayaks, private skiffs, commercials and Sportboats. The fish are coming up in chumlines and on slow trolled mackeral. Seals are a problem along the kelpline and have been stealing 90% of the bait and catch.
Look in the area of North West Corner to the Half.

Coronado Islands
Bonito and Yellowtail in the Lee of South Island, South Kelp Ridge, The Lighthouse, Middle Grounds, 5 Minute kelp, Keyhole, Weather Side of North Island and Pukey Point. They are all over the island. The problem is once chummed up the seals move in and tax %98 of your hooked fish, baits and chum.
Pukey Point is a good place to dump your bait at the end of the day. Watch for Yellowtail foaming up and hook that last fish of the day on the way in. 25-30lb Grade Yellowtail have been taken off Pukey Point this week.

Offshore
WARNING: THE FOG IS VERY THICK. BOATS RETURNING TONIGHT WERE CAUGHT IN THE FOG WITH ZERO VISIBILITY. IF YOU DON'T HAVE RADAR YOU DON'T BELONG ON THE WATER RIGHT NOW. PLEASE USE COMMON SENSE AS FISH ARE NOT WORTH THE LOSS OF YOUR OR YOUR CREW'S LIFE
Nice flat conditions on the water today.
Sunny above the mexican line, patchy fog to heavy fog below the mexican line that cleared up around the upper 500.

14 mile Bank
Mark Wisch of Pacific Edge Tackle and Charters http://www.pacificedgetackle.com reported in with a Marlin caught earlier in the week off the southern edge of the 14 Mile Bank. We haven't heard much else from that area.
4 Marlin sighted mid way between the 14 Mile Bank and the 277 today around mid day.

152 to the 277
The 152 to the 277 has been the hot spot for Marlin all week. It's been reported an afternoon bite.
There were some tuna seen foaming up yesterday but they did not want anything to do with a boat or a bait.
33.13 x 118.07

209 to the 267
Nice conditions with lots of bait but no gamefish. The water is a clean green but still offcolor for offshore conditions.
There is an area south of the 209 along the 33.00 longitude that is clean blue water with good water temps. There has been Marlin along this line. Porpoise may also be in this area. If running out of Oceanside point it for the 181 to run this temperature and chlorophyll break.

33.11 x 117.40 Lost 9 Yellowfin landed 4 off Porpoise. Justin on the Eat it Raw.

289
This is where the big porpoise schools are at. They are holding Yellowfin. In the mornings the propoise are spread out and milling around. They have been coming together in the afternoons along with the tern birds and schooling up. The Yellowfin went on the chew the past couple of days in the afternoon after 1pm. Be patient, don't split up the dolphin and watch for the birds. The yellowfin have been caught on weighted flyline sardines, green mackeral yozuri or rapalas in the small to medium size and chunk baits.
The Freelance, Dana Pride and Bongos have been fishing this school for the past couple of days. Nice size 12-40lb Grade fish.
33.08 x 118.13 Porpoise Schools
32.58 x 118.03 Porpoise Schools
32.55 x 118.10 Kelp with Yellowfin

Late report from Cong that was aboard the Bongo's Yesterday.
21 Yellowfin from 20 to 40lbs north east of 289 on breaking fish, keep your eyes on the terns, thats how we found the tuna. On the way back at the 277 there is 1/4 sqare mile of breaking fish and a thousand birds on it but the fish aren't interested in anything. Good luck.

Mackeral Bank
The bite is not on top of the Mackeral Bank. It's been between the Mackeral Bank and just a mile or two off Pyramid Head. Porpoise and Tern Birds in this area are holding Yellowfin. There is a couple of kelps holding Dorado as well.
33.04 x 118.15 Porpoise
32.58 x 118.20 Tern Birds

181 - 182
There are kelps on the ridge holding Yellowtail. The only problem is they are 6-8 inches long. Marlin are in the area and were seen today crashing on the little schools of Yellowtail on the kelps.
Not much reported on finding propoise or chewing Yellowfin and Dorado this week on these banks.

43 Fathom and SC Buoy
Between the 43 and the San Clemente Buoy there has been kelps holding Yellowfin, Skipjack and Dorado. The Dorado are going 12-30lbs.
North of the 43 towards Pyramid Head there has been some Porpoise and tern bird action on the Yellowfin.
West of the 43 there has been some Dolphin and Tern bird action as well.

9 Mile Bank / 439
This week there has been a lot of Bonito moving in on the 9 mile bank. No Yellowfin that we have heard of on top of the 9 mile bank.
32.30 x 117.30 Marlin seen today

226/224 and 302
Hit or miss in this area. Boats that find the porpoise and keep it quiet can do some damage on the Yellowfin. Boaters finding kelps first and drifting it out up to 100 yards off the paddy are being rewarded with a few fish as well. It's not wide open fishing and it's been very crowded.
32.37 x 117.36 Yellowfin Foamers on Birds. Did not want anything to do with a boat.
32.35 x 117.42 Late in the day Tern Birds working breaking Yellowfin. They wanted to die. After limits all the rest were released. All on live bait.
32.29 x 117.44 Kelp for 8 Yellowtail, 2 Dorado and near limits of Yellowfin
32.28 x 117.32 Porpoise
32.27 x 117.45 Porpoise Fish
32.27 x 117.30 Porpoise
32.25 x 117.36 Skipjack Hell
32.25 x 117.47 Paddys with Yellowfin

230 to the San Salvador Knoll
The area between the 230 and San Salvador Knoll has been better than the 302. Boaters finding Kelps today did well as long as they gave it an honest long drift with weighted and flylined baits.
32.19 x 117.48 Kelp holding Yellowfin
32.18 x 117.47 Limits of Yellowfin and 4 nice Dorado off a kelp. Tuna going 12 to 27lbs
32.21 x 117.46 Limits of nicer size Yellowfin off this kelp. Up to 40lbs. "Fished it for 3 hours"
32.22 x 117.47 Dorado off Kelps 20-25lbs
32.23 x 117.40 Yellowfin on Kelp

Ali Hussainy of http://www.bdoutdoors.com aboard the Tuna Jihad fished 150 miles round trip today from the upper 500 through the 390 and ending up at the San Salvador Knoll. He had no fish on the boat at the upper 500, had a scratch at the 390 then hit the golden paddy at the Knoll.
32.15 x 117.54 Golden Paddy with tuna to 25lbs
32.18 x 117.48 Big Paddy with Tuna
32.19 x 117.47 Big Paddy with Tuna and Tails

371
Random Kelps West and South of the 371 have been found having Yellowfin, Yellowtail and Dorado.
Lots of boats out working this area today with very little in results.
32.14 x 117.40 Kelp with Yellowtail 6-14lbs
32.14 x 117.34 Terns working Yellowfin

Jim from http://www.fishdoccharters.com on his boat "Wolverine" reported in tonight.
Weather Conditions: Wind was worst 15 miles out. Actually seemed be down a bit around 30 miles out. Is that possible or just coincidence of my timing?
Fishing Report: The tuna were exactly where you said they were in yesterday's FD report - on the southeast side of the 371. The area came alive around 11 AM. Lots of foamers under the birds. They were keyed in on the chovies. They were ignoring the tolling feathers / cedar plugs and also ignoring the live dines. I had about 50% hookup ratio though by casting megabait into the pile. Paddies in area were also holding YT and dodos. When weather comes down, it will be outstanding fishing.
Bait Quality: Dines all dead by 1 :30 PM. Mostly b/c of sloppy conditions and b/c I was running and gunning and slamming them around quite a bit. No fault of EB.

390
Tuna Jihad on the Troll
32.03 x 117.48 Skippy and 3 Yellowfin
32.04 x 117.49 Yellowfin

Hidden Bank
Tailwalker and Seasons Sportfishing have been working this area the last couple of days. They found a couple paddys today but not much in fish. They had to work further south to get their clients on fish.
32.07 x 117.27 Paddy Yellowfin
32.07 x 117.26 Paddy Yellowtail and Dorado

Captain Jamie Thinnes of Seasons Sportfishing http://www.seasonssportfishing.com reported in with some quality Yellowfin today down on the Hidden Bank. 6 fish between 30-40lbs.
31.52 x 117.28 6 big Yellowfin after getting spooled then snapped off on 80lb on the troll with a blind jig strike
32.00 x 117.28 Nice size Dorado on a kelp

Captain Rich Gallegos of Tailwalker Sportfishing http://www.tailwalkersportfishing.com worked south today. Rich ended up running all the way down to the area below the 220 where he found beautiful huge kelps loaded with fish. He saw two sportboats absolutly plug the boat.
Rich started his day at:
32.07 x 117.37 for 5 Yellowfin and 2 Yellowtail
32.02 x 117.20 Blind Jig strike on Yellowfin
32.09 x 117.18 Blind Jig strike at 9 knots on a 30lb Yellowfin
Huge beautiful kelps full of fish at 31.26 x 117.24. Rich could have plugged the boat if his bait pump didn't crap out before he found those kelps.
On his way back in he called to warn everyone about the thick fog tonight. Be careful!

Upper 500
Boats working the Upper 500 reported nothing but skipjack. Tuna Jihad made his way down this way today for nothing while his other buddy boats kept going south to the better fishing.

220 to 295 and below
This area is hit or miss. If you hit it can be the jackpot. If you miss it's slow fishing.
31.36 x 117.36 Huge Aircraft Carrier sized paddy. Limits on Yellowfin, Yellowtail and Dorado for the boat Natalie Ann
31.30 x 117.30 Kelp with Yellowfin
31.31 x 117.36 Skippys with a couple Yellowfin on the troll
31.28 x 117.28 Couple of Yellowfin off a kelp

Below the 220 there is huge paddys with wide open fishing. See yesterdays report from Mike Seymore aboard his buddys boat Pau Hana that were fishing down 85 to 90 Miles with the 1.5-2 day boats with wide open fishing.

Report from The Long Run Sportfishing
Headed southwest from Point Loma on direct course for the Double 220.  Figured we would work that, and the 295 and 238 areas and do a quick turnaround, but the fish never let us get that far.  First light around the 32.00 line the jigs went off and it was nothing but fish from there until about the 31.45 line when we had to turn back.
Filled up the first kill box on our second stop with medium grade Yellowfin and left them biting in search of something different.  Had to drag another kill box down on to the deck as paddy after patty yielded more Yellowfin, Yellowtail, and Dorado.  By the time we hit the 31.45 line,
everyone had limits of Yellowfin.  Put the jigs in the water for a fast troll back north and had to pull them out after 3 consecutive paddies we rolled by produced more Dorado.
Calm seas and very little wind, some intermittent fog, and mostly sunny otherwise.  No need to be specific about coordinates.  This area is loaded with big, tight kelp paddies, and they all have fish on them.
30 Yellowfin, 10 Yellowtail, 6 Dorado, 2 Skipjack, 1 Mako (released) and 4 Blue Sharks (released).
Great weather, great fishing, and a great group of fishermen on this trip.
Heads up: Watch the fog coming back into the Coronado's and Point Loma, it's pretty gnarly.
http://www.thelongrunsportfishing.com  

Todays numbers where there were troll fish and kelps reported South of the 220.
31.19 x 117.40 Stop for a couple of Yellowfin on troll
31.21 x 117.40 Kelp for Yellowfin

31.26 x 117.24 Huge Kelps being fished by the sportboats and Tailwalker Sportfishing

Below and west of the 1140 Finger
30.58 x 117.28 Huge kelp with Albacore, Yellowfin, Dorado and Skipjack.
30.59 x 117.15 Huge kelp with Albacore, Yellowfin, Dorado and Skipjack. Nicer size 25lb Dorado
30.58 x 117.16 Huge kelp with Albacore, Yellowfin, Dorado and Skipjack.

Team Fishdope boater Brian Burke on the Reel E'ze called in when he hit the dock this evening. Brian was going to run long and take a look at the stuff further down around the 1140 Finger for us today but decided against it last night after watching the wind. Instead he ran the 371 to the Hidden Bank route that had produced so well the day before. Here is Brian's numbers for the day.
32.09 117.30 Big spots of Blue Fin. Most fish he's seen all season They were on sauries and came right up to the boat. Only hooked 1 on an anchovie. 69.2F
32.08 117.30 Kelp with Dorado, Lost 1 Landed 1 18lbs
32.07 117.29 Kelp with Yellowtail, Lost 1, Landed 1 30lbs
32.06 117.28 Kelp with Yellowtail, Saw lots, Landed 1 25lbs
32.03 117.23 Kelp with Yellowtail. Lost 4, Landed 6 25-30lbs Best Kelp of the day. Huge Kelp.
Brian said the fish didn't want anything heavier than 25lb Florocarbon. No Jig fish today.

Friday April 17th 2009

Santa Barbara Area. Tony Vultaggio of http://www.sbsportfishing.com called in this afternoon. He guides Salt and Fresh water. He is on the water right now and reports that the rockfish in Santa Barbara have moved out of the deep and up in to the shallow water. 75-150 feet is the target zone right now. He is filling the bags with good rockfishing. Tonys crew got a 15lb halibut on monday in 40 feet off the beach at Camby's. On the freshwater side he had to brag about fishing Lake Casitas yesturday. Using live shad 17 Largemouth Bass to 10lbs in only a couple hours.
Tony also took a look at the Channel Islands at the begining of the week. He said lots of squid at Beechers on Santa Rosa Island. No seabass or yellowtail he saw or heard of caught yet. The water was very dirty at the island.

Marina Del Rey. Talked to a private boater that fished halibut this morning out of Marina Del Rey. He did not get his target fish but caught sandbass and sculpin as bycatch off the beaches down by Redondo. He said the sportboats in SMB have been fishing the shortbanks for rockfish the past month with nothing exciting to chase. The shortbanks are located at 33.54.96 118.33.17

Bait
Newport bait barge is now set up. They currently have Large Anchovies and Sardines. San Pedro Bait is the same.
Long Beach Bait Co. has Live squid and Sardines for the weekend.
Dana Point, Mission Bay and San Diego has 5-7" sardines
They are open 24/7. 310-217-7552 or Channel 11

The water on the backside of Catalina is down to 55F. The conditions are clearing up.
Bait was a full float. Ben Weston to the 3rd V. Hardly any dogs in the area.The Long Beach Carnage has a full load of squid and is sitting in front of Avalon. EDIT Long Beach Carnage is on the backside middle right now.11:26PM. Channel 11 to get a hold of them.
West Cove bit today in 15 feet of water up on the beach. White sea bass limits for the two skiffs this morning that were in the area along with an unnamed sportboat that was seen hooked up as well. The fish are running 12-20lbs. Johnsons beaches bit early today as well for the boats in the area.
Yellowtail have been roaming in the deeper water in West Cove as well but we have not heard of one landed yet today.
Bonito limits for the Freelance out of Daveys Locker. They were again fishing the K20 Kelp (33.23.046 118.21.512). Using sardines, squid, anchovies and the best ratio bite to land was the small chrome metal jigs like a 3" Crocodile. The Bonito are 1-6lbs.

San Clemente Island this morning bit well on rockfish. The water temp is cold at 54-55F. Boats still looking for Yellowtail. The last time we heard of yellowtail was earlier in the week. They have been up on bait and birds between Lost Point and China Point.

The kelp off Laguna Beach and Salt Creek kicked out a few bigger size White Sea Bass this morning. Spearfishermen have been chasing these fish for the last couple of weeks. The fish are deep in the kelp. Wolf packs of 5-8 fish are being seen by the divers. These fish are ranging from 40-65lbs. Water temp is also down in this area from earlier in the week.
There has also been nice size 20lb halibut coming in to the docks by private boaters along these beaches. Try 50-60 feet of water in the sand.

The Newport Pipe in 190-200 feet of water is wide open on Sulpin right now. The cattle boats were fishing the pipe this morning and loading up.

Brian Woolley of the Sum Fun http://www.danawharf.com reports slow fishing out of Dana Point. The 3/4 day boats have been fishing the Box Canyon area for sculpin and rockfish. Nothing really exciting to report. The water temp dropped 5F from these winds. An occasional Sand Bass is coming off the rocks right in front of the Harbor.

South of Dana Point from San Mateo to the Barn Kelp the Spear Fishermen have been pulling out random White Sea Bass. There hasn't been sea bass being hooked by fishermen in this area yet. The White Sea Bass are averaging 40-65lbs and are crusing the edges of the kelp.

Duane Mellor of http://www.seasonssportfishing.com fished Point Loma Kelp this morning. Duane reported in with a good catch of Calico Bass running 3-5lbs. Had an 8lbish Calico to the boat when it was grabbed by a sealion and ripped off. Duane releases all Calico Bass and it broke his heart to see a fish that size get eaten by the dog. He was fishing in 40-50 feet of water in the kelp pockets with a weedless jig covered in UniButter. Water temp in the area was 58.7 down from earlier in the weeks 60.5f. The water color is a nice inshore green and the fish are very active. The area Duane saw the most life was off the College area. Birds, bait and fish.

Ali on the Tuna Jihad just got off the water. He fished La Jolla Bull kelp south to the Pacific Beach Reef. Using live sardines and plastics. He caught 1 legal lingcod for the day. He said the water was very brown and dirty in the area. The lingcod was caught on a rock in 20 feet of water while fishing halibut. Ali said this morning there was barely any wind but this afternoon it started gusting 15-20 knots.

The North 9 mile bank / La Jolla Canyon was being worked today by shark fishermen. They reported a hookup and a couple knockdowns on thresher sharks. Earlier in the week there had been some threshers hooked in the same area that were running 60-80lbs. Also off Carlsbad Canyon and inshore on the buccaneer pipe there were thresher sharks hooked.

Coronado Islands. The fleet in the area focused on rockfishing most of the day in the deeper water outside South Island. Water temps have dropped in the area. There was a few barracuda and a couple bonito caught by the Sportboats today off the South Kelp Ridge while anchored up and chumming. Yellowtail still roaming the area but hard to get on top of.

Out of Ensenada the charter boat No Limitz with 3 anglers landed 4 yellowail 16-22lbs and 6 bonito 6-12lbs. They were fishing the North East End of Todos Santos Islands. Water temp is 52 F. They were using mackeral and jigs for bait. Conditions were good! 

San Quintin. Talked to Captain Kelly of K&M charters. Kelly said the wind blew hard the last couple of days and no one has been going out. He says there is a southernly swell forecasted for next week that will make getting out to fish impossible. He noted the water temperature has dropped in his area as well.

Thursday September 4th 2008
Offshore

Got some reports to put up from yesterday that were real good for a variety of different fish..Got a report from Rich of Tailwalker Sportfishing who had a spectacular day fishing offshore from San Diego..He started his day at the 302 getting the big slugs on the troll up to about 30-35 pounds..The fish came to the boat but the bait fish were smaller but still respectable at about a 15 pound average..They bit wide open for Rich and had their fill at the 302..They got down to a zone that has been producing and we have been talking about over the last few days which is about 7-10 miles due north of the 390..He got down into this zone and found a kelp that went wide open on the dorado and he got one bull that went 40 pounds..He said it was one of the biggest he has seen locally in a long time..The numbers for the kelp were 32 11 117 50 but they also found some fish along the 45-48 line so it appears that this whole zone is on fire right now..Thanks Rich for the report and contact Rich if you want to get out with him on his Parker for a day of fishing and he is hot right now so get on this immediately..

Joe (26grumpy) called me from his trip yesterday and he knocked the snot out of them again..He launched from Dana and came down the line kinda aiming a little inside of the SC buoy and found a kelp at 32 29 117 50 that was pretty wide and thick..The bait from the kelp came out from under the kelp to his boat and the tuna followed and it went stupid on the yellowfin for about 3 hours..They also had some big albacore cruise through for awhile and when all was said and done they were bloodied and battered and happy as hell!!! They started with 30 pound, then went to 40 and then cut off the jigs on the troll rods and they were chewing the 60 right on the corner of the boat..Joe is on fire right now and probably needs to get to the chiropractor after his last two trips..Thanks for the report Joe and congrats on a sick day on the pond..

Mike on the Tracker did a solo run last night trying to get in on the yellowfin that were right outside of North Island..The wind was up and he was getting soaked and couldn’t find the mammals and guys were very hush hush on the radio for some reason..I find it kinda weird that guys wouldn’t give out numbers at 6:30PM but that’s the way it goes..He did manage to find a decent little kelp and got a 35 pound yellowtail for his efforts..

As for todays fishing, it is going really well for tuna on the local banks outside of San Diego..One change is that the weather is up a little bit with some white caps but the fish are still biting and that is the bottom line..

Ali of the Tuna Jihad found a kelp early today at 32 35 117 46 and it has been full speed for him and his crew all morning long..He said that it was so wide open that the fish were still biting a mile from the kelp..That’s right a mile from the kelp..Speaking of a skipper on fire, this guy has had 5 trips in a row that have been nothing short of spectacular..Of course the curse was lifted a long time ago but for those that were wondering about the curse you can put that all to rest..Other boats have come in on the kelp and are catching as well..He has been working this same area on the last few trips and it has been producing every single time..Congrats TJ, you guys are on fire!!!

The 302 is on fire today for a mixed grade of albacore but the cool thing is that there are more and more of those bigger models showing up..Here are some numbers for today for the 302 and other spots that have produced;

The area up near Catalina has been showing more and more volume of yellowfin over the past few days..A buddy got into the yellowfin really good yesterday right near the upper cross which is 33 00 118 00..This area is right in the middle of 3 different banks which are the 289, 181 and the 209..There are also some good signs of fish out at the 289 and a little further west of there towards San Clemente Island..The 289 is located at 32 56 118 05..The other area to take a look at is the Slide which is just east of Catalina..There has been some swordies and marlin seen and caught up in this area as well as very good signs of yellowfin tuna..When you look at the map, you can see that this area has very clean and warm water that is ripe for the pickin’..The 209 has a few kelps with dorado on them but they have lockjaw so far today..

I got an email from San Pedro Bait company and they have excellent bait right now which is a mix of chovie and sardine..He indicates that all of the Long Beach operations are shut down till Saturday due to military operations in Huntington Harbor..He said that they have mackerel for sale as well…

Update 7:15PM

Inshore / Islands

There is a batch of cooler and off color water that has moved up the coast into the Pt Loma area that has really affected the bite at the Coronados, the 9 mile bank and around the point proper..This new water slowed the bite on the yellowtail down at the Coronados over the past few days and when you look at the SST it is almost a straight line down the 117 20 from Pt Loma all the way down past the 425 / 101 area..It will definitely slow down the tuna bite that was happening down at the 101, and more than likely the fish will just push out to the west and stay on the warmer side of that edge..If that cooler water pushes out even more, the tuna that are cruising around the 9 could get pushed out to the west as well..The fishing around Pt Loma proper has slowed as well but you can still put together a decent day on the calicos, bonito, barracuda and assorted bottom stuff..

La Jolla hasn’t been affected yet by this water as skippers are doing very well up there today with the Half showing a good volume of fish, northwest is biting as is southwest..The yellows are a nice grade as some are in the 20 pound range but there are some schoolies around as well..You can get them by sitting on the anchor and setting up a chum line or you can drift or slow troll the sardines at less than 2 knots are get them going that way...There are also some barracuda, bonito and calico bass getting caught up that way..

Channel Islands Update

A skipper fishing out of Santa Barbara Harbor reported on encountering a marlin that would not eat the jigs approximately 4 miles outside of Santa Rosa Isle on the SE side. The good rockfishing continues there along with some larger grade yellowtail and small to medium sized white sea bass catches at Eagle's Nest and Rhodes Reef. The live squid is the key so bring the squid catchers for daytime bait making or use the lights at night in 15 to 20-fathoms of water. The weather has been shaky so keep a close eye on it before you go out.. There are medium to large anchovies at the local receivers right now.

Offshore

Got a call from Ali from Tuna Jihad and got a detailed report from that kelp they found this morning at 32 35 117 46..When they first set up on it and started to drift it was all you want on the doritos..Mostly the little guys but they got two which were in the 15-20 pound class..But in classic southern california offshore fishing form, the tuna came through and it was game on for the next 3 hours..They caught and caught and caught and were still catching when they were a mile off of the lettuce..Ali called other boats in and Frank of the MoBetta told me that all the guys were catching and that he personally got a 30 pound albacore from that kelp..That is what is so cool about this bite right now cause you never now what is going to show up..It could be a marlin, different kinds of tuna, a swordie maybe even a big mako with all the blood in the water..Whatever the case this is some of the best action I have seen in a number of years so get on this bite before they bail the area..

There is a batch of porpoise that are biting this afternoon at 32 23 117 25 and a skipper is trying to get someone to come in and help him keep track of these porpoise cause everytime he gets bit he loses track of the school..Tough problem to have!!! They are also finding porpoise at;

The 209 picked up a little bit this afternoon with one skipper reporting finding the porpoise about 5 miles southwest of the high spot and was able to put about 8 of the yellowfin in the box.Same grade, same technique, etc…

The weather is on the rise as skippers are reporting snotty conditions out there this afternoon..Apparently it was nice this morning on the grounds but this afternoon it has turned windy and snotty..