OCEAN FISHING REPORT
Updated Sept 22, 2005
HOT BITES
San Diego
Fishing reports by 976-TUNA
HOT BITES Sept 22,2005
ROCKFISH:
The Channel Islands rockfish action has been awesome. Port
Hueneme Sportfishing boats have been returning with limits of rockfish for
all anglers on board almost every day this past week. Further south, boats
that have been targeting rockfish are also seeing excellent action. The
cooler water temperatures have made this bite a 180-degree turnaround from
early in the season when there were unseasonably warm temperatures and much
poorer fishing.
WHITE SEABASS:
There has been a flurry of good white seabass action
early this week in the Channel Islands. The Island Tac, Channel Islands
Sportfishing, had 23 seabass Monday and 19 Tuesday. The Sea Jay, Hueneme
Sportfishing, had one fish per rod on Tuesday. The bite's not wide open, but
as most surface bites state to wane, this is a bite to jump on.
MARLIN:
Winds and the end of the spawning season have made the marlin
fishing tougher this past week, but it's still very good. The bulk of the
action has been in the blue water on the inside of San Clemente and the
backside of Catalina. Anglers are still seeing six or seven fish a trip and
managing to get a fish to two to bite. Most of the marlin are 100 to 120
pounds.
BONITA:
Catalina Island is still seeing a pretty good bonito bite, even
in the rain early this week. The volume of fish is not the same as its been
the previous three weeks, but there's still a lot of fish here and anglers
are still cashing in. The Enterprise out of Long Beach Marina Sportfishing
was out with 49 anglers Saturday and landed 230 bonito, 59 calicos, 25
rockfish, 1 barracuda, 17 sheepshead, one ling, 29 perch, and 5 whitefish in
a pretty darn good mixed bag catch. The bonito are mostly 1-0 to 5-0 with
the average a solid 3 1/2 pounds. There has also been a very good bite of
bonito in King Harbor at Redondo Beach for fly and bait anglers or trollers.
Most are 2-0 class fish.
YELLOWFIN TUNA:
Winds and swell have made the ocean a popcorn mess much
of the past week, but there is still one good area of fish about 75 miles
off the coast in the Mushroom and Butterfly banks region. The seas flattened
up Monday and Tuesday and the First String, 22nd Street Landing, was there
on a two-day trip to cash in. The 29 anglers on board had 286 yellowfin and
one yellowtail. But by Wednesday, the swell was back up and winds were
increasing making fishing conditions tough again. The yellowfin are mostly
16 to 25 pounds with a few bigger fish. Earlier in the week, the Sea Hawk
LXV from Davey's Locker, finished a two-day trip on Saturday with 112
yellowfin, 300 skipjack, and 11 yellowtail for the 25 anglers on board. The
Ultra, Newport Landing, was out Sunday with seven anglers and they had five
yellowfin, but there were also 13 bluefin and two bigeye tuna in this catch.
These fish were up to 50 pounds.
YELLOWTAIL:
There was a flurry of good yellowtail action on Tuesday on
the back side of Catalina off the end on Monday and Tuesday. These were
quality fish to 30-plus pounds, but the word got out and the spot was being
pounded Wednesday. These fish have been popping in this spot for a few
weeks, but each time the pressure gets up they sink out for a few days to a
week or more.
ALBACORE TUNA:
The albacore bite on the Central Coast has been blow out
for two weeks now. The water temperatures are still good for the longfins to
hang in this region should the weather ever break so boats can get out to
them.
LOCAL FISHING:
The Orange and Los Angeles County boats are also starting to see
improved action again out around San Clemente.
From The Royal Polaris:
4-14-2004
"Fish Hard, Fish Fast"
THE FINAL TROLL REPORT on Sunday, April 11, 04 remember 2004
After having a wonderful trip, the thought of even trolling for Albacore in the month of April might
seem a little bit nuts. But with the fish that have been caught here in the last couple of weeks,
it sounded like it was worth a try. I wish we had a good fish report for today but even though we
don't - things look very good for an early season to say the least.
We would like to say Thank You to all of the Anglers who joined us on this first Spring trip and are
looking forward to fishing with all of you again in the future
Sunday, April 11, 04
AT THE DOCK
The boat returned this sunny Easter morning at 6:30am with a beautiful load of Yellowfin and
Yellowtail. After the weigh in, there were 9 Yellowfin over 100lbs and there were a few nice
Yellowtail caught; 41.8lbs caught by Doug Woodard and a 39.5lb Tail caught by his fishing buddy,
Greg Izay. The tuna were bait fish and those spring Tails were caught on the flyline, dropper loop
and some were even yo-yo fish.
This first trip of the American Angler's season was a great way to kick off the year and a positive
indication of what's to come. We still have a few spots on a couple of upcoming 7 and 8 day trips -
give the office a call @ 619 223 5414.
From the Excel
Hello Anglers,
We arrived at the landing at 0600 and offloaded fish. Jackpot winners are as follows. 1ST. PLACE: Barry Norton
with a 109.6 Yellowfin tuna
2ND. PLACE: Gene Sullivan with a 95.7 pound yellowfin tuna
3RD. PLACE: Jay Klinger with a 91.1 pound yellowfin tuna
We left this afternoon on another 6 day trip this time sponsored by Let's Talk Hook Up and we will
check in throughout the trip. Shawn and the crew
Fishing Report by: Shawn Steward
By Phil Friedman, 976-TUNA
For Outdoor News Service
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Hi anglers
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July
4,1996 150 miles from San Diego on the Showgun 1 1/2 day
trip
74.9 LB BlueFin
Tuna
Second Place
Jackpot 54.9 LB Yellowfin Tuna Caught at Alijos Rocks Oct 4 to
12th 1997 on the Excel
Photo By
Bill Roecker Oceanic Productions
November 4
to the 12th 1998 on the Excel out of Fishermans landing a
Nice 44LB Wahoo
This
was last years charter Trip with skipper Pat Cavanaugh
November
4 to the 12th 1998 on the Excel out of Fishermans landing a
Nice 64.4Lb Yellowfin Tuna.
This was this years charter
Trip with skipper Pat Cavanaugh Pictured holding the Yellowfin
This years
Charter is Oct 13 th to Oct 21 on the Interped which will be a
8 day trip. This
will be open party . For additional information check back here
soon or follow the link to Fishermans Landing.
June 2006 a
one day (overnight) trip on the apollo
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- Short Viedo from the decks of
the Excel 1999 with Mike from a recent 8 day trip
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Watch for fishing updates on
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Diego. E-Mail for details. These trips are ine day trips
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Email me. Next trip is on the INTREPID Oct 13 to Oct 21 2005 ? Book soon for next years trip on the
INTREPID.
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ATED Sept 19 2005
