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Fishing Report

Rockfish count doubles

Saltwater: Rockfish opened on the first day of March after the annual two-month January-February closure. Despite the inclement weather and rough conditions on the water causing a two-to-three-day shutdown of the majority of the fleet …

March 6, 2022
Bass biting near Imperial Beach outfall pipe

Dock Totals 2/20 – 2/26: 771 anglers aboard 36 half-day to 1.5-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 15 bocaccio, 132 calico bass (109 released), 96 halfmoon, 3 halibut, 64 lingcod, …

February 27, 2022
Sportfishing at ten percent of summer

Dock Totals 2/13 – 2/19: 578 anglers aboard 28 half-day to 1.5-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 3 bonito, 149 calico bass (74 released), 1 halibut, 52 lingcod, 2 lobster …

February 20, 2022
Lingcod pop up in Baja – blue-green flesh, sharp teeth

Dock Totals 2/6 – 2/12: 934 anglers aboard 45 half-day to 1.5-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 104 calico bass (60 released), 6 halibut, 218 lingcod, 145 lobster (121 released), …

February 13, 2022
Fishing license on Mission Bay jetty?

Dock Totals 1/30 – 2/5: 599 anglers aboard 34 half-day to 1.5-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 3 bluefin tuna, 11 bocaccio, 3 bonito, 199 calico bass (143 released), 1 …

February 6, 2022
Local fish lock jaws

Dock Totals 1/23 – 1/29: 654 anglers aboard 38 half-day to 1.5-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 37 barracuda, 56 bocaccio, 235 calico bass (124 released), 3 halibut, 117 lingcod, …

January 30, 2022
Long-range trips worth the $400-500

Dock Totals 1/16 – 1/22: 714 anglers aboard 37 half-day to 1.5-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 40 barracuda, 45 bluefin tuna, 12 bocaccio, 34 bonito, 136 calico bass (104 …

January 23, 2022
White pelicans not plunge diving at Dixon

Dock Totals 1/9 – 1/15: 578 anglers aboard 31 half-day to 1.5-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 8 blacksmith perch, 36 bluefin tuna (up to 100 pounds), 2 blue perch, …

January 16, 2022
2500 lb. of trout stocked in Santee Lakes Friday

Dock Totals 1/2 – 1/8: 295 anglers aboard 20 half-day to full-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 79 blacksmith perch, 138 calico bass (109 released), 23 halfmoon, 19 lobster (10 …

January 9, 2022
Bring kneepads for the Pacific bluefin

Dock Totals 12/26 – 1/1: 295 anglers aboard 19 half-day to three-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 2 bonito, 43 calico bass, 2 halibut, 2 lingcod, 37 perch, 1,080 rockfish, …

January 2, 2022
Yellowtail will wear you out

Dock Totals 12/19 – 12/25: 557 anglers aboard 35 half-day to three-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 124 bluefin tuna (up to 30 pounds), 2 bonito, 78 calico bass, 18 …

December 26, 2021
Santee doesn't break the bass records

Dock Totals 12/12 – 12/18: 540 anglers aboard 37 half-day to three-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 172 bluefin tuna, 18 calico bass, 8 lingcod, 25 lobster (34 released), 24 …

December 19, 2021
Halibut can rip your fingers

Yellowfin tuna and dorado long gone Generally, mid-December is the time of year inshore and offshore fishing winds down to rockfish and sand bass in San Diego area waters. Though fine eating, targeting and catching …

December 12, 2021
Wahoo send anglers to the ER

Dock Totals 11/28 – 12/4: 826 anglers aboard 49 half-day to three-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 466 bluefin tuna (up to 70 pounds), 16 bonito, 1 cabezon, 829 calico …

December 5, 2021
Surf fishing Baja’s Pacific coast

Dock Totals 11/21 – 11/27: 1,830 anglers aboard 81 half-day to three-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 1,020 bluefin tuna (up to 256 pounds), 1 bocaccio, 58 bonito, 1,182 calico …

November 28, 2021

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