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Tuna Still Holding Halfway Down Baja
New Moon Fishing at Jennings
(left): Hefty yellowfin tuna caught aboard the Intrepid during their long-range trip off the southern tip of Baja
(right): Nice lingcod caught aboard the Tribute during one of their seasonal their 1.5-day Colinet trips.
(right): Nice lingcod caught aboard the Tribute during one of their seasonal their 1.5-day Colinet trips.
Dock Totals 1/12 – 1/18: 463 anglers aboard 23 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 11 blacksmith perch, 10 calico bass, 2 croaker, 1 rock crab, 200 rockfish, 110 sand bass, 19 sanddab, 259 sculpin, 8 spiny lobster (9 released), and 592 whitefish.
Saltwater: January can be tough pickings for pelagic species for boats fishing within a few days of Point Loma, though Colinet and the banks off San Quintin have been producing some yellowtail along with steady whitefish, rockfish, sheephead, and lingcod action that are the wintertime staples along the northern Baja coast. Further south, Cedros Island and along the Vizcaino coast, yellowtail are biting well along the inshore spots along the southern half of the Vizcaino Peninsula as well as a little further out to 20 miles where yellowfin and bluefin are still showing.
The yellowtail in that area have been running 15 to 40 pounds, while the yellowfin have been 25 to 80-pounds and the Bluefin reaching 120-pounds. All signs indicate that action should continue, though this time of year in the transition zone where the last bit of giant kelp gives way to red sargasso and more semi-tropical climes, a bite can shut off quick and the fish can be long gone in a day or two. This is not the case once you get further south toward Bahia Magdalena and the Hurricane Bank, where long range boats have been putting the wood to large yellowfin to over 240-pounds while boating several wahoo on trolled Marauders and casted jigs.
Dorado, AKA mahi mahi Polynesia or dolphinfish on the Atlantic coast of the US, have been pretty much a no-show along the Pacific coast of Baja this past year, though there has been decent action on them from Los Cabos, the East Cape, and on up to Loreto on the sea of Cortez side. Odd, though, the lack of dorado when catching larger than normal yellowfin halfway up the peninsula off Bahia Asunción. I’m sure, with the good catches reported this past week, the folks there will take the trade for lots of large tuna in lieu of a few skinny mahi mahi.
In checking the marine traffic along Baja, there doesn’t seem to be a lot going on for commercial boats on the outer banks. A few sportboats keep their transponders on, but many go stealth so as not to give up a spot and either run anonymous or turn theirs off for all or parts of their trips. I will often see one from the day before, but if they were underway, you can get an idea by their speed, heading, and time by the time they post up some pics of the day’s catch. Today, the Excel is fishing about 20 miles off San Pablo Canyon which is about 15 miles north of Bahia Asuncion looking for tuna and yellowtail.
The Tribute is sitting off Colonet on their 1.5-day run, which is a great trip for rockfish and lingcod during the winter when that fishery is closed in US waters. Their next Colonet trip is scheduled for departure at 5pm on January 24th. That trip is sponsored by Pizza Port, so free pizza will be served as the boat leaves the dock and all Pizza Port beers will be half off. As of this writing, the Tribute Pizza Port trip is about half full with 17 open spots out of a maximum load of 30 anglers. Be sure and have your passport for any trips fishing in Mexican waters, as well as a daily or annual Mexican fishing license. Those can be purchased at all San Diego landings.
Surf perch have been biting well on San Diego north county beaches, with Del Mar and Carlsbad putting out some nice slabs in the mix that is mostly small-medium sized fish, or as we like to call them, ‘smediums’. With the lack of sand crabs, anglers are doing best with Gulp Sandworms and small grubs in the – inch to 3-inch sized rigged Carolina – style with a slider weight above a swivel and about an 18-inch leader to the hook. A slow twitchy retrieve just behind the break gets the best results. A few yellowfin croaker have been caught as well as they tend go in and out of bays and lagoons along with their cousin spotfin croakers when feeding on ghost shrimp with the tide swings in winter.
Freshwater: Lake Jennings will be hosting their New Moon Fishing event this Saturday, January 25 from 6am until 10pm. These events are a great opportunity to get some post sunset action on trout and catfish that like to feed during dusk. The lake will be open for boating, hiking, picnicking, sunset watching, star gazing, and will be freshly stocked with 1,500-pounds of trout. The entrance gate closes at 8:00pm. A California state fishing license is required and full sized lanterns are required after sunset. There is a daily use fee of $5 and fishing fees run from free for kids five and under to $12 for adults ages 16 and up. Whether the beach, bay, lake, or offshore, they’re out there so go out and get ‘em!
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Tuna Still Holding Halfway Down Baja
New Moon Fishing at Jennings
Tuna Still Holding Halfway Down Baja
New Moon Fishing at Jennings
(left): Hefty yellowfin tuna caught aboard the Intrepid during their long-range trip off the southern tip of Baja
(right): Nice lingcod caught aboard the Tribute during one of their seasonal their 1.5-day Colinet trips.
(right): Nice lingcod caught aboard the Tribute during one of their seasonal their 1.5-day Colinet trips.
Dock Totals 1/12 – 1/18: 463 anglers aboard 23 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 11 blacksmith perch, 10 calico bass, 2 croaker, 1 rock crab, 200 rockfish, 110 sand bass, 19 sanddab, 259 sculpin, 8 spiny lobster (9 released), and 592 whitefish.
Saltwater: January can be tough pickings for pelagic species for boats fishing within a few days of Point Loma, though Colinet and the banks off San Quintin have been producing some yellowtail along with steady whitefish, rockfish, sheephead, and lingcod action that are the wintertime staples along the northern Baja coast. Further south, Cedros Island and along the Vizcaino coast, yellowtail are biting well along the inshore spots along the southern half of the Vizcaino Peninsula as well as a little further out to 20 miles where yellowfin and bluefin are still showing.
The yellowtail in that area have been running 15 to 40 pounds, while the yellowfin have been 25 to 80-pounds and the Bluefin reaching 120-pounds. All signs indicate that action should continue, though this time of year in the transition zone where the last bit of giant kelp gives way to red sargasso and more semi-tropical climes, a bite can shut off quick and the fish can be long gone in a day or two. This is not the case once you get further south toward Bahia Magdalena and the Hurricane Bank, where long range boats have been putting the wood to large yellowfin to over 240-pounds while boating several wahoo on trolled Marauders and casted jigs.
Dorado, AKA mahi mahi Polynesia or dolphinfish on the Atlantic coast of the US, have been pretty much a no-show along the Pacific coast of Baja this past year, though there has been decent action on them from Los Cabos, the East Cape, and on up to Loreto on the sea of Cortez side. Odd, though, the lack of dorado when catching larger than normal yellowfin halfway up the peninsula off Bahia Asunción. I’m sure, with the good catches reported this past week, the folks there will take the trade for lots of large tuna in lieu of a few skinny mahi mahi.
In checking the marine traffic along Baja, there doesn’t seem to be a lot going on for commercial boats on the outer banks. A few sportboats keep their transponders on, but many go stealth so as not to give up a spot and either run anonymous or turn theirs off for all or parts of their trips. I will often see one from the day before, but if they were underway, you can get an idea by their speed, heading, and time by the time they post up some pics of the day’s catch. Today, the Excel is fishing about 20 miles off San Pablo Canyon which is about 15 miles north of Bahia Asuncion looking for tuna and yellowtail.
The Tribute is sitting off Colonet on their 1.5-day run, which is a great trip for rockfish and lingcod during the winter when that fishery is closed in US waters. Their next Colonet trip is scheduled for departure at 5pm on January 24th. That trip is sponsored by Pizza Port, so free pizza will be served as the boat leaves the dock and all Pizza Port beers will be half off. As of this writing, the Tribute Pizza Port trip is about half full with 17 open spots out of a maximum load of 30 anglers. Be sure and have your passport for any trips fishing in Mexican waters, as well as a daily or annual Mexican fishing license. Those can be purchased at all San Diego landings.
Surf perch have been biting well on San Diego north county beaches, with Del Mar and Carlsbad putting out some nice slabs in the mix that is mostly small-medium sized fish, or as we like to call them, ‘smediums’. With the lack of sand crabs, anglers are doing best with Gulp Sandworms and small grubs in the – inch to 3-inch sized rigged Carolina – style with a slider weight above a swivel and about an 18-inch leader to the hook. A slow twitchy retrieve just behind the break gets the best results. A few yellowfin croaker have been caught as well as they tend go in and out of bays and lagoons along with their cousin spotfin croakers when feeding on ghost shrimp with the tide swings in winter.
Freshwater: Lake Jennings will be hosting their New Moon Fishing event this Saturday, January 25 from 6am until 10pm. These events are a great opportunity to get some post sunset action on trout and catfish that like to feed during dusk. The lake will be open for boating, hiking, picnicking, sunset watching, star gazing, and will be freshly stocked with 1,500-pounds of trout. The entrance gate closes at 8:00pm. A California state fishing license is required and full sized lanterns are required after sunset. There is a daily use fee of $5 and fishing fees run from free for kids five and under to $12 for adults ages 16 and up. Whether the beach, bay, lake, or offshore, they’re out there so go out and get ‘em!
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