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Kayakers loading up on yellowtail

Fish report and whale watch

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Inshore: It is the slower time of the year for the local ½- and ¾-day boats with light loads and occasional big swells being the wintertime rule. Anglers fishing near-shore high spots and the kelp edge are getting the normal fare of calico bass, sculpin, sheephead and rockfish. Lingcod are biting well in 100’+ along with vermillion rockfish. The hoop-netters are getting about 8-10 legal spiny lobsters to every 100 raised, which is about average for the season. There were no bonito caught this week and not much going on for surface fishing, though yellowtail are biting well on the yoyo iron deep. Kayakers and private boaters are finding the feisty jacks to 35 pounds schooling in 120’ of water up and down the coast, mostly on pelagic crab. Can you say fresh hamachi?

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Outside: While the wintertime “Wanderlust” 10-16 day trips continue in Baja Sur with success on large yellowfin tuna and wahoo, the midrange boats are mostly down for seasonal maintenance. Those that are running are concentrating on bottom-fishing for reds and lingcod, though few are getting to the banks outside with the large swells pushing through causing a long bumpy ride for the not-so-glamorous up-and-down fishing. Those venturing south from the Coronado Islands to Colonet and San Quintin are loading up on yellowtail, rockfish and lingcod, when weather allows.

1/10 – 1/16 Dock Totals: 489 anglers aboard 32 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 232 yellowtail, 48 calico bass, 37 sand bass, 644 rockfish, 3 sheephead, 41 lingcod, 346 sculpin, 36 halfmoon, 18 rubberlip seaperch, 3 halibut, 1 barracuda, 55 sanddab, 26 spiny lobster and 1 white seabass.

Whale-watch: The 2015-16 season is underway and most operations are reporting near 200 gray whales sighted each for the first month of the migration south. Quite a few cows appearing pregnant have been spotted, which is a good sign for calving this late winter through early spring in the Pacific Lagoons of Baja Sur. Large pods of common dolphins along with occasional pods of bottle-nose dolphins are adding excitement to the trips, especially when they bow ride, giving the crowd an up-close look at the sleek predators in their natural realm.

Scheduled trout plants (lbs): 1/25 Jennings (1000), 1/27 Wohlford (1500), Dixon (1500), Poway (1500)

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Inshore: It is the slower time of the year for the local ½- and ¾-day boats with light loads and occasional big swells being the wintertime rule. Anglers fishing near-shore high spots and the kelp edge are getting the normal fare of calico bass, sculpin, sheephead and rockfish. Lingcod are biting well in 100’+ along with vermillion rockfish. The hoop-netters are getting about 8-10 legal spiny lobsters to every 100 raised, which is about average for the season. There were no bonito caught this week and not much going on for surface fishing, though yellowtail are biting well on the yoyo iron deep. Kayakers and private boaters are finding the feisty jacks to 35 pounds schooling in 120’ of water up and down the coast, mostly on pelagic crab. Can you say fresh hamachi?

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Outside: While the wintertime “Wanderlust” 10-16 day trips continue in Baja Sur with success on large yellowfin tuna and wahoo, the midrange boats are mostly down for seasonal maintenance. Those that are running are concentrating on bottom-fishing for reds and lingcod, though few are getting to the banks outside with the large swells pushing through causing a long bumpy ride for the not-so-glamorous up-and-down fishing. Those venturing south from the Coronado Islands to Colonet and San Quintin are loading up on yellowtail, rockfish and lingcod, when weather allows.

1/10 – 1/16 Dock Totals: 489 anglers aboard 32 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 232 yellowtail, 48 calico bass, 37 sand bass, 644 rockfish, 3 sheephead, 41 lingcod, 346 sculpin, 36 halfmoon, 18 rubberlip seaperch, 3 halibut, 1 barracuda, 55 sanddab, 26 spiny lobster and 1 white seabass.

Whale-watch: The 2015-16 season is underway and most operations are reporting near 200 gray whales sighted each for the first month of the migration south. Quite a few cows appearing pregnant have been spotted, which is a good sign for calving this late winter through early spring in the Pacific Lagoons of Baja Sur. Large pods of common dolphins along with occasional pods of bottle-nose dolphins are adding excitement to the trips, especially when they bow ride, giving the crowd an up-close look at the sleek predators in their natural realm.

Scheduled trout plants (lbs): 1/25 Jennings (1000), 1/27 Wohlford (1500), Dixon (1500), Poway (1500)

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