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Wednesday May 22nd 2019

Report Updated: July 6, 2019 at 10:54 am

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—– Weather ALERT!! —– GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON One more day of high winds and very rough seas. If the current forecast holds up the winds should begin to come down late today and overnight. There is a pretty good chance of showers and a slight chance for thunderstorms late today and Thursday. In fact the LA area saw a pretty strong thunderstorm in the middle of the afternoon. Right now Friday and Saturday look good with only a slight chance for showers and winds should be 15 knots or less both days. Rain returns late Sunday into Monday next week and wind will very likely follow this next storm system on Tuesday. As always, please keep a close eye on the latest forecast and conditions for your local area before you head out! ...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON… * Winds…Northwest winds gusting 30 to 35 kts today, strongest over the outer waters. * Waves/Seas…Combined seas 10 to 13 feet over the inner waters, and 12 to 16 feet over the outer waters, highest near San Clemente Island. Very steep and choppy waves. * Outlook…While gales diminish late this afternoon, conditions hazardous for small craft are expected through this evening. Synopsis for Inshore Waters of the Southern California Coast Gales and high seas are happening today. A Gale Warning is in effect through this afternoon, but conditions hazardous for small craft will continue through this evening. Winds and seas will gradually diminish this evening and overnight. Onshore flow will continue Thursday through Sunday, but with winds below 20 knots.

LIVE Weather Broadcast Northern Sector – Santa Barbara to LA Southern Sector – Orange and San Diego County and SCI Baja Sector (experimental, may not be updated every day)

—– Bait Report —– Bait Barge Contact Info Everingham Bros Bait Company

San Diego – 4-6″ sardine (5-21) Mission Bay – 4-7″ sardine (5-21) Oceanside Bait Barge Recording (760) 434-1183 – 5-6″ sardine (5-4). Dana Point – 5-7″ sardine (5-10). Newport Bait Barge (310) 461-5370 – 4-6″ sardine (5-20) Nacho’s Bait Barge (updated when members report) – 5-7″ sardine – NO squid (5-20) San Pedro Bait Barge (310) 365-2516 CH.11 – 4-6″ sardine (5-20) Redondo Bait Report (310) 372-2111 – medium size sardines – Available most mornings. Call 909 721-5849 for Mike at the bait barge (5-4) Marina Del Rey (updated when members report) – Sardines. $30/scoop, half scoops not available (5-6) CISCOS Bait Barge – sardine & anchovy mix (5-20)

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Inshore GPS Spots are here. ***** Very Limited Report Today ***** Small Craft Advisory’s that were up graded to a GALE WARNING kept 95% of the boats off the water today. There are still a few online to run tonight but it is likely those will be canceled as well. Tomorrow looks better although it is likely the ocean will still be rough and stirred up. Channel Islands GALE WARNING until 5pm this afternoon. Once again all of the Islands were completely blown out. Santa Rosa reported wind gusts nearly 40 knots several times during the day with steady winds running at 28 to 32 knots. Tomorrow it is forecast to drop to NW 10-20 with gusts to 25 knots. Friday looks much better with NE wind at just 5-10 knots. Santa Monica Bay GALE WARNING until 5pm this afternoon One of our contacts got out this morning. It was rough and windy but they stuck it out until noon. They scored some mixed red rockfish and whitefish at the South Bank on strips of frozen squid. LA Harbor / Long Beach Shelf / Newport Beach GALE WARNING until 5pm this afternoon Water has rolled over. It is dirty green and 53-54 degrees. A few boats got out this morning but decided it was to rough and rain checked by 9am Catalina Island GALE WARNING until 5pm this afternoon No report today due to wind and rough seas. Probably be Thursday before anybody gets back out here. San Clemente Island GALE WARNING until 5pm this afternoon No report today due to wind and rough seas. Probably be Thursday before anybody gets back out here. Be sure to check the Navy closure schedule before heading out to San Clemente Island. Always monitor VHF Ch. 16 and obey any requests to clear out of closed security zones. Click here for info on how to read the closure schedule. Dana Point / Oceanside / Del Mar to Imperial Beach GALE WARNING until 5pm this afternoon Wind wasn’t horrible early in the day although it was blowing 10-15 with a few gusts to around 20. It was rough though with seas running at 10 feet at 9 seconds. Wind picked up more late in the morning and made it even worse. **** Attention **** There is now an ice vending machine at the Shelter Island launch ramp for your convenience. It’s located right near the bathroom building at the top of the ramp. The machine takes credit cards and 20 lb. bags are $6.95 each. Swipe your credit card to open, take as many as you want, and it charges by weight when you close the door. ——— Mexican waters ———— Getting Permits To Fish Mexico – An Angler’s Guide To Baja by That Baja Guy-Gary Graham Coronado Islands / Rockpile GALE WARNING until 5pm this afternoon. No report today. A few boats are online to run Thursday morning. All of them are online to run Friday through Monday. Hopefully the water hasn’t rolled over and got cold and the yellows will still be on the bite. Only time will tell. With so few boats fishing the Islands reports are very hard to come by so if you fished the Islands please shoot us a report to Reports@www.fishdope.com. Bracelets are now required to fish within Pacific Island Biosphere Reserve areas, including the Coronado Islands, Todos Santos, and San Martin Island. See the Mexico Info page in the Resources section for more info. **** ATTENTION **** You must stay at least 250 meters (820 feet) away from any tuna pens. If you don’t you are at risk of losing your boat and landing in a Mexican jail. Click here for more details on this subject *********************** The Mexican Navy regularly patrols the islands and checks boats for the required paperwork, including Mexican Fishing License, Vessel Temporary Import Permit, FMM and valid Country of Residence Passport for each person on the boat (can’t purchase the FMM (Tourist Card) without a passport anyway). Required permits are listed on the CONAPESCA website for fishing within 12 miles of land including the islands. The permits can be purchased through their website.

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*** No Offshore Report Today *** GALE WARNING until 5pm this afternoon. As far as we know there has not been any boats out fishing tuna or kelp paddy yellowtail since last Sunday. There are a few boats online set to depart tonight for fishing tomorrow. Lot’s of boats are online to depart Friday Night for fishing Saturday. It is unknown if the water conditions are still good or not or if the tuna have moved. Might take a few days to get a handle on what is happening now after all this wind and rough seas.

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Tuesday May 21st 2019

Report Updated: July 6, 2019 at 10:54 am

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—– Weather ALERT!!! —– High winds and very rough seas along with a Small Craft Advisory was the story this morning and in the afternoon it got worse with the winds increasing and a GALE WARNING going up. The Gale Warning is up for ALL waters of So Cal until late Wednesday afternoon * Winds…West winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts to 35 kt are expected when winds are strongest. * Seas…Combined seas of 8 to 10 feet with periods around 8 seconds are expected when waves are largest. On top of the strong gale force wind there is a 30% chance of showers today increasing to 50% tomorrow & Thursday. Friday and Saturday look dry but breezy. It should be less than Small Craft criteria though. More rain and wind is expected to arrive Sunday morning and last into Monday. As always, please keep a close eye on the latest forecast and conditions for your local area before you head out! Synopsis for Inshore Waters of the Southern California Coast West-northwest winds gusting to 20-25 kt will continue this morning, along with isolated showers. A second front will bring stronger winds gusting to around 35 kt this afternoon through Wednesday afternoon, combined seas in excess of 10 ft, and more widespread showers. A Gale Warning is in effect for this afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. Winds and seas will diminish late Wednesday through Friday.

LIVE Weather Broadcast Northern Sector – Santa Barbara to LA Southern Sector – Orange and San Diego County and SCI Baja Sector (experimental, may not be updated every day) —– Bait Report —– Bait Barge Contact Info Everingham Bros Bait Company San Diego – 4-6″ sardine (5-21) Mission Bay – 4-7″ sardine (5-21) Oceanside Bait Barge Recording (760) 434-1183 – 5-6″ sardine (5-4). Dana Point – 5-7″ sardine (5-10). Newport Bait Barge (310) 461-5370 – 4-6″ sardine (5-20) Nacho’s Bait Barge (updated when members report) – 5-7″ sardine – NO squid (5-20) San Pedro Bait Barge (310) 365-2516 CH.11 – 4-6″ sardine (5-20) Redondo Bait Report (310) 372-2111 – medium size sardines – Available most mornings. Call 909 721-5849 for Mike at the bait barge (5-4) Marina Del Rey (updated when members report) – Sardines. $30/scoop, half scoops not available (5-6) CISCOS Bait Barge – sardine & anchovy mix (5-20)

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Inshore GPS Spots are here.

***** Very Limited Report Today ***** Small Craft Advisory’s that were up graded to a GALE WARNING kept 90% of the boats off the water today. There are still a few online to run tonight but it is likely those will be canceled as well. Channel Islands BLOWN OUT!! Very windy and rough! A GALE WARNING is up until Wednesday night for winds 20-30 kt with gusts to 35. 8 to 13 foot seas. Santa Monica Bay GALE WARNING in effect until late Wednesday afternoon. One of our contacts did slip out for a few hours this morning in less than ideal conditions. The seas were very lumpy-bumpy but the wind was all that bad, at least early in the AM. It did come up in the late morning though. Nothing exciting to catch though. Got a couple of sand bass and sculpin off the MDR Artifical Reef on the leadhead and squid combo and then a quick trip to the South Bank for a couple of reds and a few whitefish. He was back to the dock by 9:30-10AM. LA Harbor / Long Beach Shelf / Newport Beach GALE WARNING in effect until late Wednesday afternoon. In spite of that there were a few boats out fishing rockfish on the Southeast Bank and the 150 for sculpin. Conditions made it tough to get on and stay on the fish so the catch rate wasn’t all that good. Typical stuff. A mix of bocaccio, reds, chuckleheads, mixed smaller red rockfish, whitefish and sculpin was the catch. Water is COLD (53 to 54 degrees) and dirty Catalina Island GALE WARNING in effect until late Wednesday afternoon. No report today due to wind and rough seas. Probably be Thursday before anybody gets back out here. San Clemente Island GALE WARNING in effect until late Wednesday afternoon. No report today due to wind and rough seas. Probably be Thursday before anybody gets back out here. Be sure to check the Navy closure schedule before heading out to San Clemente Island. Always monitor VHF Ch. 16 and obey any requests to clear out of closed security zones. Click here for info on how to read the closure schedule. Dana Point / Oceanside GALE WARNING in effect until late Wednesday afternoon. Audio Report from Capt. Dave Hansen www.yoursaltwaterguide.com 1(949)374-0786

Here is a check in from the Wilkens family who has been fishing Dana Point Harbor while the weather is bad. Check out all the pics. He also sent a video but it was to long for word press to post. We’ll try and figure out a way to get it up. This is what life is all about. Great stuff! Thank you Dr. Wilkens

Del Mar to Imperial Beach GALE WARNING in effect until late Wednesday afternoon. The local 1/2 day got out and caught a few little rockfish but that was about it. Just like everywhere else the seas were rough and it was windy. Looks to be even worse tomorrow. **** Attention **** There is now an ice vending machine at the Shelter Island launch ramp for your convenience. It’s located right near the bathroom building at the top of the ramp. The machine takes credit cards and 20 lb. bags are $6.95 each. Swipe your credit card to open, take as many as you want, and it charges by weight when you close the door.

——— Mexican waters ———— Getting Permits To Fish Mexico – An Angler’s Guide To Baja by That Baja Guy-Gary Graham Coronado Islands / Rockpile GALE WARNING in effect until late Wednesday afternoon. No report today due to wind and rough seas. Probably be Thursday before anybody gets back out here. With so few boats fishing the Islands reports are very hard to come by so if you fished the Islands please shoot us a report to Reports@www.fishdope.com. Bracelets are now required to fish within Pacific Island Biosphere Reserve areas, including the Coronado Islands, Todos Santos, and San Martin Island. See the Mexico Info page in the Resources section for more info. **** ATTENTION **** You must stay at least 250 meters (820 feet) away from any tuna pens. If you don’t you are at risk of losing your boat and landing in a Mexican jail. Click here for more details on this subject *********************** The Mexican Navy regularly patrols the islands and checks boats for the required paperwork, including Mexican Fishing License, Vessel Temporary Import Permit, FMM and valid Country of Residence Passport for each person on the boat (can’t purchase the FMM (Tourist Card) without a passport anyway). Required permits are listed on the CONAPESCA website for fishing within 12 miles of land including the islands. The permits can be purchased through their website.

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GALE WARNING in effect until late Wednesday afternoon. No report today due to wind and rough seas. There are boats online to run tonight BUT those will most likely get canceled. Probably be Wednesday night / Thursday before anybody gets back out here.

Monday May 20th 2019

Report Updated: July 6, 2019 at 10:54 am

*****Attention iPhone and iPad users***** The new iOS FishDope app for iPhone and iPad is here! Search for FishDope in the App Store to download and install. We recommend a minimum of iOS 9 to run the app, and newer versions will give the best performance. Note: Please use your FishDope username, not email address, to log in. The app offers all the charts and the latest 7 days of fishing reports, and you can now stream live VHF radio while online. It automatically stores the fishing reports for offline use, and it also saves the last chart region and chart layers you’ve viewed so that you can take them with you on the water and out of wifi range. You can also continue to view the FishDope website with a browser like Safari or Chrome on your phone or tablet, but only the app will save reports and charts for offline use. We’ve created a FAQ page for the app (with instructions for using it) here: FishDope App Frequently Asked Questions If you have other questions or notice bugs, please post them up in our forums.

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—– Weather ALERT! —– Very windy in all the northern waters and light rain in the southern waters this morning. There is a Small Craft Advisory up for today through all of Wednesday for winds inshore winds in the 15 to 25 kt range with gusts to 30 kt and out at the Channel Islands and offshore on the tuna grounds for NW wind in the 20-30 knot range with gusts to 35 kt. Seas are expected to be in the 8 to 13 foot range at 10-12 seconds. There there is a chance for showers and/or thunderstorms from now through Thursday AM with Wednesday/ Thursday am having the highest chance. Bottom line…. It doesn’t look to be fish-able until at least Thursday afternoon. Friday and Saturday look pretty good right now. This is not the end of it either as there is more rain/wind in the forecast for late next weekend too. As always, please keep a close eye on the latest forecast and conditions for your local area before you head out! Synopsis for Inshore Waters of the Southern California Coast West northwest winds will be strong with gusts to around 25 knots today. A brief lull between storm systems late Monday into early Tuesday will allow for winds to weaken slightly. However, the break will be short-lived as the second system arrives Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday, generating gusty northwest winds that may approach gale force at times, particularly over the Outer Waters. Combined seas will also be high, 10 FT or higher, during this period. Winds and seas will then diminish Thursday into Friday as high pressure builds over the region.

LIVE Weather Broadcast Northern Sector – Santa Barbara to LA Southern Sector – Orange and San Diego County and SCI Baja Sector (experimental, may not be updated every day) —– Bait Report —– Bait Barge Contact Info Everingham Bros Bait Company San Diego – 4-6″ sardine (5-7) Mission Bay – 3-6″ sardine (5-4) Oceanside Bait Barge Recording (760) 434-1183 – 5-6″ sardine (5-4). Dana Point – 5-7″ sardine (5-10). Newport Bait Barge (310) 461-5370 – 4-6″ sardine (5-20) Nacho’s Bait Barge (updated when members report) – 5-7″ sardine – NO squid (5-20) San Pedro Bait Barge (310) 365-2516 CH.11 – 4-6″ sardine (5-20) Redondo Bait Report (310) 372-2111 – medium size sardines – Available most mornings. Call 909 721-5849 for Mike at the bait barge (5-4) Marina Del Rey (updated when members report) – Sardines. $30/scoop, half scoops not available (5-6) CISCOS Bait Barge – sardine & anchovy mix (5-20)

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Inshore GPS Spots are here.

**** Very Limited Report Today ***** Due very rough seas with a Small Craft Advisory up the vast majority of boats stayed tied up to the dock today with only a very few exceptions. This goes for everywhere in SoCal. The local boats, overnight Island runs and the 1.5 day tuna fleet. Of course with it being that rough and snotty pretty much all of the smaller private boaters were not on the water either. Channel Islands BLOWN OUT!! Very windy and rough! Small Craft Advisory’s are up until Wednesday night for winds 20-30 kt with gusts to 35. 8 to 13 foot seas. Santa Monica Bay Very rough and windy. In spite of that we did have one contact get out and he said it was not nice at all. Drift was to face and there was a wind against current deal happening so sitting on the anchor wasn’t much better. They got a few rockfish and a few whitefish on frozen squid and that is about it. LA Harbor / Long Beach Shelf / Newport Beach Couple boats got out in this area today and found conditions to be not very good. In fact at least of those rain checked early because of wind and rough seas. Nothing exciting caught. Just the normal mix of rockfish, whitefish, sand bass and sculpin. Wind was to strong to drift so they had to anchor and that wasn’t much better as they both swung around quite a bit on the anchor. We are told the water greened up and dropped several degrees over night and is now back in the high 50’s again. Catalina Island No report today due to wind and rough seas. Probably be Thursday before anybody gets back out here. San Clemente Island No report today due to wind and rough seas. Probably be Thursday before anybody gets back out here. Be sure to check the Navy closure schedule before heading out to San Clemente Island. Always monitor VHF Ch. 16 and obey any requests to clear out of closed security zones. Click here for info on how to read the closure schedule. Dana Point / Oceanside Report from Jack on the Reel Addiction; Caught her off Oside on the down rigger set at 80’ in 120’ of water of the just north of LCAC ramp on Campen , pink skirt and 14’ live Mack . Lots of bait just above the of Harbor in 60’ of water, anchovies, macks and Japanese sardined . Water temp 63.8. Only bite for the day just after the low tide . Looks like there are still some stragglers around chasing bait. NFIO Jack

Del Mar to Imperial Beach One boat got out that we know of. They fished the Whistler in less than ideal conditions and caught a bunch of those little rockfish and a few sand bass and sculpin. Nothing to write home about. **** Attention **** There is now an ice vending machine at the Shelter Island launch ramp for your convenience. It’s located right near the bathroom building at the top of the ramp. The machine takes credit cards and 20 lb. bags are $6.95 each. Swipe your credit card to open, take as many as you want, and it charges by weight when you close the door.

——— Mexican waters ———— Getting Permits To Fish Mexico – An Angler’s Guide To Baja by That Baja Guy-Gary Graham Coronado Islands No report due to the weather. As far as we know the fleet is canceled the next couple of days as well due to the Small Craft Advisory in effect until Thursday morning. With so few boats fishing the Islands reports are very hard to come by so if you fished the Islands please shoot us a report to Reports@www.fishdope.com. Bracelets are now required to fish within Pacific Island Biosphere Reserve areas, including the Coronado Islands, Todos Santos, and San Martin Island. See the Mexico Info page in the Resources section for more info. **** ATTENTION **** You must stay at least 250 meters (820 feet) away from any tuna pens. If you don’t you are at risk of losing your boat and landing in a Mexican jail. Click here for more details on this subject *********************** The Mexican Navy regularly patrols the islands and checks boats for the required paperwork, including Mexican Fishing License, Vessel Temporary Import Permit, FMM and valid Country of Residence Passport for each person on the boat (can’t purchase the FMM (Tourist Card) without a passport anyway). Required permits are listed on the CONAPESCA website for fishing within 12 miles of land including the islands. The permits can be purchased through their website.

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No Offshore report today. Likely won’t get one for a while as there are Small Craft Advisory’s posted up through Wednesday night for winds in the 20-30 kt range.

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