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In Cousteau’s slipstream

Commercial fishing boats near Scripps Pier must stay out of the adjoining areas, but La Jolla visitors might have noticed a ship recently prowling around the underwater reserve: the R/V Robert Gordon Sproul. During the …

September 28, 2016

Cruising the chum

Local yellowfin tuna and dorado feeding underwater

Lotsa limits!

October 25 dock totals Chubasco 2 Sportfishing 29 Anglers, 2 Boats, 134 California Yellowtail, 6 California Scorpionfish, 18 Rockfish, 3 Kelp Bass, 20 Pacific Bonito, 4 Lingcod Fisherman's Landing 54 Anglers, 2 Boats, 1 Lingcod, …

October 26, 2014
My oh, my! Whatta bigeye you have!

Fisherman's Landing 50 Anglers, 2 Boats, 15 Bonito, 9 Calico Bass, 18 Rockfish, 1 Sculpin, 2 Yellowtail, 35 Pacific Mackerel, 1 White Seabass, 23 Dorado, 87 Yellowfin Tuna, 40 Calico Bass Released H&M Landing 52 …

October 28, 2014
Dia de los pescados muertos

Fisherman's Landing 9 Anglers,1 Boat 1 Sheephead, 1 Sculpin, 6 Sand Bass, 12 Rockfish, 21 Calico Bass, 16 Calico Bass Released H&M Landing 18 Anglers, 2 Boats, 5 Red Rock Crab, 22 California Spiny Lobster, …

November 2, 2014
Two-inch penalty for each fish kept

On Saturday, November 8, a “green-fishing” No Motor Tournament will draw Southern California’s surf-fishing enthusiasts, float-tubers, paddleboarders, and kayak anglers into the waters off Carpinteria State Beach. The goal is the most total inches of …

Strapped to my kayak

In the past two decades, a new sport has taken root in the fishing community, in freshwater and saltwater — kayak fishing. The kayak-fishing industry, barely a blip on the radar a decade and a …

August 27, 2014
Tuna still on the banks

November 9 dock totals Chubasco 2 Sportfishing 28 Anglers, 1 Boat, 1 Ocean Whitefish, 16 Vermilion Rockfish, 5 California Sheephead, 7 California Scorpionfish, 27 Rockfish, 2 Kelp Bass, 2 Pacific Bonito, 11 Bocaccio Fisherman's Landing …

November 10, 2014
From poor man's food to rich man's delicacy

November 6 dock totals Fisherman's Landing 54 Anglers, 2 Boats, 4 Sheephead, 108 Rockfish, 28 Calico Bass, 81 Bonito, 2 Sculpin, 4 Sand Bass, 200 Calico Bass Released H&M Landing 46 Anglers, 4 Boats, 1 …

November 7, 2014
Baja fishing report

Cabo San Lucas has been reporting decent dorado, wahoo, sailfish, yellowfin tuna, and striped marlin action within 15-20 miles. The La Paz area produced wahoo at Roca Montana, South of Cerralvo Island — even a …

November 17, 2014
Working the water

November 16 dock totals Chubasco 2 Sportfishing 25 Anglers, 1 Boat, *3 Ocean Whitefish, 12 Vermilion Rockfish, 14 California Sheephead, 5 Barred Sand Bass, 75 Rockfish, 7 Kelp Bass, 4 Pacific Bonito* H&M Landing 110 …

November 17, 2014
Eel grass the refuge of spotted bay bass

Launching the kayak in San Diego Bay on a Saturday afternoon doesn’t feel natural to me. By noon, the wind is up and sailboats, power-boaters, and jet skis are out. But, given the full moon …

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