With the good radio reception today-- 100 miles it's added fish reports unknowing where the were being caught or not--. From Facebook) Anthony Hsieh ยท Probably the best trip I've ever been on. Fishing Around Polk County (Aug. 27. Cast after cast w/ squid were made to a line of milky green water in a small cove off the backside of Catalina. Good number of boats out big game fishing- marlins swordfish tunas-- and some dorado. More tomorrow as the tournament continues and fish weighed or lost--- standing by---.
This weekends weather looks Ok with a west wind late sat afternoon n. ------------------- Dec 17 2020----Thursday- ------Christmas Eve is only a week away- four mor days till the sun grows---- --. Some boats making driffs for halibut-- doing well at em''. Baja Bound the Falls sportfishing migration is at hand--- Big Game Tournament Fishing and warm seas- beckons. Who will bring in the biggest fish? White Seabass -- The daily bag and possession limit is three fish except that only one fish may be taken in waters south of Point Conception between March 15 and June 15. We will keep the attendance at 25 people, outside. Add in some Bluefin tuna, yellowtails and a few shark bites rounded out the catches. When looking through last years ({ 2019) the photo of a swordfish off Newport was dated Feb. Jb bait and tackle. 12th-. Years past--practical jokes are played - like dumping a bucket overboard w/ leader and snap attached to a trolling rod's line-- bucket and slides down the line till it hits the lure-- Hook Up!!! 5 day with 26 Anglers. 5 day trip with 25 anglers. Bay fishing reported to only be only fair with the exception of Stingrays which have been non-existing over the past few months have moved in big time-- nasty little things, Yellowtail fishing below the border still good and with the improving weather should be good for quite a while-- hit and miss fishing, be months before they move up here--. A few shoppers today, a gal going back to Fargo N/ D for a sweatshirt, some folks from South Africa/ Cape Town visiting, an family who grew up here on the island back in the 50's in for the T-shirts, two hats and a couple of bay lures--. Fishtalk am radio show this morning had a local sportboat out of SD calling in saying they'd been out to the local Tuna Grounds Tanner Bank and there-a bouts-- success with 50- 60lb Bluefin catches during the day w/ live baits and night time bigger Bluefins up to the 200 mark were caught- baits and jigs--.
Wed's Aug 19 2020--- Warm-- and humid-- almost glassy conditions this morning-- light wind from the south 2- 3 kts- seas small and a light mix to them-- lots of boats out-- getting off the heated land-- waters cleaning up and warming--. This Afternoons 4:30 WHOW Boat Parade-- Stand By! Locally not as many Gray whales passing by these days- reported they've made a slight detour to outside the islands then back in towards the coastline San Diego waters-. Coming up in a couple of months will be the Balboa Angling Club Lily Call bay tournament-- May 2-3 give the club a call or check their web site out for details-- and this coming weekend San Diego also having their bay tournament- -. Hopefull of a W/R the fish weighed at 39lbs-- shy by three pounds-- but a real nice catch on 8lb test line-- Congrats-- JD. Jig fish released-- Bob 2:40 nice after so many trips out. Sounds like coastal fishing slowed down---. SD Report-- Still on the Plus Side-- The Pegasus 11 Bluefin Tuna (60-90# avg. ) Now the 9 month wait for results. Who says there's snook in there, Explore, search and try these waters, The atmosphere was set, the latest sportfishing show attracted my attention, encouraged by friends I approached the booth, Nestled between the shores of the Atlantic and the Pacific, beautiful, friendly and ecology minded Costa Rica offers the finest untapped sportfishing potential in the Western Hemisphere, I rose to the occasion as a speckled trout to a fly. We're just off your starboard-- had a couple, three feeders here-- 3:06 pm. Miller bait and tackle. A lot of folks on the water today-- just getting relief from the land and conferment there-- welcome to the sea shore. And Deckers's on a Bluefin-- and not to far from home-- a giant foamer-- and he tackles it with his bass gear-- still hanging 10:00 am Deckers fish weighs in at 61 lbs on 65 lb braid w 60 F/C leader-- and a small Sebile casting lure-- Abu Garcia bass reel! Fished this morning--- more like getting the morning's exercise in - watched Alison catch a Thresher, also hooked another one later that made goods jumps before releasing them..
Jumper outside the 371 this morning-- lot of flying fish out here today-- looks like eveyone just looking around--- we're three outside the Salvador-- started on the 371 --out to the 390 and working this way-- it's warmer water 70. Pacific Air Show starts tomorrow off Huntington Beach-- - go fish Izors reef and watch the show-- starts at 11am Fri -Sat and Sunday--. Older photo of a Giant Black Sea Bass taken from the flats in the 30's by Bruce Beathem. Oct 6 2019-----------. Very nice conditions-. 75 Rockfish, 40 Bonito and 12 Vermilion Rockfish for 30 anglers on their 1. Friday March the 25 th 2022--- friday again and foggy- cooler too- very little wind, seas calm, with a building swell this weekend- west- tides fair. Coastal foggy conditions extends ou seaward a dozen miles--. Greg Stotesbury is with Michael Stotesbury in Pescadores "Go Vikings" 2019 up at Santa Cruz Isl. I was with Joey Usher of SWPA Fishing and neither of us had been to Penns. Winter time os hard for some of the old folks-- Sad note of the passing of Mife Hefty--Hi JD, Thought you should know that my very dear friend, and friend of the fleet, Mike Hefty passed away on December 8th. Joey mills bait and tacklewarehouse.com. Gaffs were readied and when within range we took it. Mayo the 7th 2020, Thurs------.
12:06 we' got a sword- how ja' know its a sword- maybe its a thresher-- naw we saw it's nose---one more chance who's the angler--- earth to Hammer over--- one more chance before we d q you-- Larry C's the angler -- what type of underwear he's wearing--- -- green and red stripe---righty tighty or hangers- finally were getting some good information--. The biggest school was 28miles from MDR. And there were several sighting of marlin-- shipping lanes, east end- and down by the 277 ( West 3-4 miles) also a few seen towards the inside of cat. 3:00 pm update Anaheim Bay's harbor entrance was closed due to something-- no advisory as to when it will open? Small Craft warning today--. Nother call from Brian-- while out there this mornings-- finding odd things on the water-- what's that white thing over there-- turns out to be a bowling pin? Art put us on a school of nice 12- 20 lb fish willing to bite-- anglers scoring fish- one there, another one there-- competition to see who could catch the most was reward with a Jackpot prize of Two Nights at the Ritz Carlton Hotel/ Salt Creek area-- Sweet--- Fluorocarbon leader having just being introduced weeks proved itself. The boats that traveled north to the Channel islands did find a few fish up there but getting on them ( water 67 degrees) was difficult and they just didn't seem to bite much--No surface Broadbill Swordfish were hooked ( Deep dropping for them was not allowed this year). Different day-- they were saying on the tuna grounds--- at least you got one-- stoked on that-- not much for us-- saw some bird schools eariler-- that's been it--. Nov the 4th 2021----- Still overcast and cool here on the beach-- no wind and calm seas--- Queit days here on the coast. Swagger needs taller outriggers--! Toledo's breaking news, sports, and entertainment watchdog. In 1959 he distinguished himself by becoming a member of the venerable Avalon Tuna Club, where he was the first Tuna Club member to earn the Silver Frame medal for catching a marlin on 6-kg (12-lb) Dacron line. SD Report--- Bluefin-The Fortune returned with LIMITS of Bluefin Tuna!!
This Week-- the Pacific Coast Sportfishing Show March 2-5 OC Fair and Event Center. Reported a couple of White Sharks seen up off the West end of the island ( West Cove area). Congrats go out for a released marlin- I think a qualifier for a Tuna Club member--- was that a Jig or bait? Slack tide today-- 1:00 stand by-- should be a few swordfish up basking in the warmth of the surface waters- bait 'll come up with the tide, so's the marlins and tunas too-. Seeing as how these are light wire hooks made of standard carbon steel, once the plating is penetrated, they would not last long in saltwater. AIS shows private and the sportboats out of SD fishing the back side of Clemente fo the bigger tunas--. Took the grandkids to the Jurassic Expo at the OC fairgrounds over the weekend-- seeing the sizes of some of those creatures would scare anyone if they ever saw one- dinosaurs going back 250, 000, 000 years ago! Blue sky with a mix of clouds--- wind on the outside pushing a strong short period swell through---inner coastal waters it's west/northwest 5-8 kts growing-.
A bunch of fish just went under the boat-- 50- 75lb fish---10:23am. The trick, he said, is to keep moving until you find them. The Searcher returned this AM with31 bluefin and 14 yellowtail for their 2. Another one of those beautiful days here in So Calif-- -- not much going on in the fish world, Local party boats fishing the bottom stuff--- yesterdays fish count-- Freelance 3/4 Day 191 Rockfish, 35 Whitefish, 22 Sculpin 12/3/20 Western Pride 1/2 Day 5Rockfish, 25 Red Snapper, 2 Bocaccio, 38 Whitefish, 8 Sheephead, 29 Sculpin, 1 Sand Bass, 1 Split-tail Perch, and 1 Octopus. Catalina Island-- fire reported near Blackjack - Was Under Controll Quickly before it got out of hand! Lot of bait fish around. EL MEXICANO Adrian Ponce de leon Blue Marlin 461 lbs -$1, 754, 475. A couple of times earlier while were trying to catch bait, either when casting a lure or letting a bait sink out, it would just get eaten.. Have a enjoyable day either way. Grinding it out on the 152 where we saw one yesterday-- just driving around till we raise one up-- Ok go get those girls a fish good luck-- OK. we got a fish here yesterday, tight to the island--. They preferred squid but we did get one bite on sardine. Back to fishing again, the tarpon showing again in the flatted smooth brown water.
We just got the one yellowfin--14 yellowfin at the 43-- fish were on the 43 cedar Plug- no sign of bluefin? The Tomahawk called in with 2 Bluefin Tuna (160# and 130#) with 5 hanging for 18 anglers on Day 1 of their 2 Day trip. SD report -The Tomahawk returned this morning with LIMITS of Bluefin Tuna (56) for 28 anglers on their 1.