San Quintín Bay lies in the shadow of volcanoes a couple hundred miles south of the border on the Pacific coast of Baja. The bay spreads out from over seven miles of channel into false …
June 8, 2016
Fishing Report
My personal best halibut at San Quintín — 44 pounds
First opah landing of the year
Inshore: With the majority of the fleet looking for yellowtail and bluefin in the top of the water column, the calico and sand bass counts dropped off a bit. Still, those ½-day and ¾-day trips …
June 5, 2016
Thresher shark parts sought by study
Weekly fishing report Inshore: Last week was a coolish, gray week on the water. The full moon phase put a bit of a damper on the upper-water column species, though the yellowtail were definitely out …
May 29, 2016
Opening day for catfish night-fishing this Friday
Lake Jennings, off the I-8 in Lakeside, is an 85-acre reservoir at about 700 feet in elevation. It holds channel catfish, largemouth bass, stocked trout, blue catfish, redear sunfish, and even “wipers” — a white …
May 25, 2016
Rare albacore hits the deck
Inshore: In spite of being fat-plugged with pelagic crab, the rockfish continue to bite well for the local bottom-fish trips. Most of these fish come up with mouths and bellies full of the hapless crabs, …
May 22, 2016
Sharks rampage in La Jolla
May the Fourth. International Star Wars day to some, but to La Jolla kayak fishermen, it will forever be the beginning of the Wide Open Thresher Bite of 2016. The gray, windless day — with …
May 18, 2016
White seabass numbers down, thresher sharks thick off La Jolla
Inshore: The half-day boats are working the kelp edges for calico bass, barracuda, and bonito, and the high spots for rockfish, whitefish, and anything else that is biting. The fish are still plugged with pelagic …
May 15, 2016
Bluefin from the bass boat
Inshore: The half-day boats are getting a good mix of calico bass, sheephead, rockfish, and sculpin with occasional top-water activity on barracuda, bonito and yellowtail. Bluefin tuna are back in ¾-day range and the boats …
May 8, 2016
June Lake trout scamper away from shore
For the third year in a row, a snowfall sent the big trout away from the shoreline, on the opening day, April 30, of California’s premier trout fishery in the Eastern Sierra. Four inches fell …
May 7, 2016
Where have the sand crabs gone?
Inshore: With a bump on top and a bit of a breeze most of the week, the ½- and ¾-day boats stayed a bit closer to home. There are good yellowtail marks all over La …
May 1, 2016
Long casts get the fast-moving yellowtail
Inshore: With the full moon mid-week and a bit of a blow out of the north, those local bluefin fell off the counts quite a bit. The yellows are in their springtime run-and-gun mode; feeding …
April 24, 2016
Merry Fishmas, Eastern Sierra anglers
As hundreds of San Diegans prepare for the April 30 trout opener in the Eastern Sierra, expectations are running high. The annual six-hour drive for thousands of Southern Californian anglers up Highway 395 — to …
April 20, 2016
Look for halibut behind the grunion
Inshore: La Jolla is still going off for the kayakers on a good 20- to 30- pound grade yellowtail and occasional white seabass to over 60 pounds, when weather permits. Bluefin tuna and a few …
April 17, 2016
Early season inshore whites and yellows
Inshore: La Jolla has been going off for the kayakers on a good 20- to 30-pound-grade yellowtail and occasional white seabass to over 60 pounds. It seems the stealth of the silent sit-on-top kayaks coupled …
April 10, 2016
Swordfish dig California
Little do most anglers know there are scientists in Oceanside who provide fish resource information to agencies such as National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the state’s Department of Fish …
April 6, 2016