Fish Report for 2024

As good as it gets! Jurassic Park deep reef for lingcod and reds with a great group. Thanks for making this a very special trip.

Wow, what a day. Steady hauling in big reds to 10 pounds and lingcod to 18 pounds. Awesome weather too. Here’s a pic of some of the fish caught.

Jurassic Park deep reef today for some lingcod and rockcod action. After getting live bait dropped in our lines and 13yo Cruz had the biggest Ling of the day at 19 pounds. We got big reds to 10 pounds and a good variety of chili pepper, copper, reds, green spots. Just some of the fish caught are shown. Great day!

Much better water conditions today and it was fish on all day long. Lingcod, reds and chili peppers Oh My!

Great time at Jurassic Park deep reef today. Lings and things!

We have perfect weather for Saturday through Thursday to fish Jurassic Park. Jurassic Park fishing closes after October 31st so if you’ve been wanting to get into big fish this season you only have a couple weeks left. These fish are big!

Awesome Jurassic Park trip and awesome crew. Water was pretty big and bumpy but the guys toughed through it and smashed the lingcod using live bait. Also caught vermillion (reds) over ten pounds. Big fish, big water, and big day!

Jurassic Park Deep Reef again today and the lingcod were biting! Also brought home reds and chili pepper and petrale sole.` Flat as a pancake water today.

Awesome day at Jurassic Park deep reef. After getting live bait the lingcod game was on! Biggest two lings were 20# and 17.5#. The rest weren’t small either. Also brought home reds up to 7 pounds and nice big chili peppers.

Made a run far up the coast to test the chili pepper grounds. We found them too. Nice chili peppers, yellowtail, reds, canaries and green stripe rockcod.

Beautiful day for our Jurassic Park trip today. Jigged up live bait and went after lingcod. The kids smashed the lingcod today with a couple over 17 pounds and nothing under 10 pounds. Also brought in big reds, yellowtail and greenspot rockcod. Awesome time and a cool 65 degree air temp.

Out to the lingcod grounds again and after a couple hours only got a couple into the boat. We lost ten! Afterwards went over and picked up some reds, canary, and green spots and a few petrale sole. Water was a little bumpy and it was foggy.

Jurassic Park deep water today. Lingcod were biting good and so were the reds. 13 year-old Luke reeled in four lingcod himself. Great water conditions and air temp was a cool 63 degrees.

Started out looking for halibut but the recent swell made halibut fishing slow. Switched to rockcod and we got in to them big time. Lot’s a blue rockcod.

Another great day in the halibut grounds. Landed these and lost a few.

Awesome halibut bite today!

Local rockcod today. Ran out to south rock and the fish were biting as soon as we got there. We whacked em good! Early day.

Hello Jurassic Park! Great weather and big fish today.

Happy family day on our local potluck trip. Lots of blues, olives and reds and big smiles.

Jurassic nearshore today and a ton of fun and fish. Happy 12th birthday Bergen you caught a lot of great fish.

Up the coast for Jurassic Park today. Very foggy and a little bumpy. Got into some quality reds and blues.

The rockcod, lingcod and halibut bite continues to be good to very good here in Santa Cruz. Albacore tuna seemed to have moved out of the area with only a couple handfuls being caught. Looks like we have to wait for the bluefin to show up.

Out to the halibut grounds today and smooth seas but a wee bit foggy. Got to our honey hole and started drifting fresh caught squid. Brought home some nice halibut and big smiles. 11yo Jason from Hollister got his first ocean caught fish and it was a good one!

Tried to get back out to south rock but the afternoon winds were blowing too hard so puttered around looking for fish closer to port. Winds finally came down a bit and got offshore more and we got into the big blues. Came home with reds, olives and blues.

Beautiful day for our local potluck trip. Ran out to south rock and we got into the olives, blues and reds big time. Great group including 84 year-old war veteran Fred. Awesome time.

Local potluck today with some local families. First drop in we hooked up and even got a blue lingcod right off the bat. Things slowed down while we moved around picking up blues, olives, browns, canaries and reds the rest of the trip.
Due to a last minute cancellation for tomorrow we have three seats available. Call now and we’ll get you out there for some nice rockfish and maybe even a lingcod or two.

The albacore fishing has slowed down and they’re farther offshore than a few days ago. Looks like we have to wait for when the warmer water comes back in. Probably 2-3 days from now. The local fishing for halibut has been good. Lingcod and rockcod are picking up too.

Local halibut trip today with a great group of guys from over the hill. South swell is in town and really knocked down the nearshore fishing. No halibut today.

Local rockcod trip with the cold water and strong currents with pretty much the same results as this morning. The boys had a blast but not much fish.

Off to Jurassic Park today with high hopes. Last time Donglin fished with us we had 150 pounds of lingcod and rockcod. This time the results weren’t so good. Water temp got very cold and we have a lot of current. Brough home halibut and a few rockcod. Sorry Donglin, better luck next time.

Our local potluck trip turned into a Jurassic Park trip using live bait. Dropped in our lines with live bait and the lingcod were waiting! Hooked into seven lings but only kept the three biggest. The rockcod were big too. Was pretty much a haul ’em in day with reds, browns, canary, olive and blue rockfish.

Jurassic Park trip today up the coast. The full moon and cold water has really slowed down the catching fir the past couple days. We did manage to get our fish but had to work pretty hard. Reds, browns, black, blue and olive rockfish today.

Fished locally for our local potluck trip. Fishing was slow but we got some rockcod to take home. Very nice group of folks from Jacob’s Well Ministries.

Awesome trip to Jurassic Park today. Ran up the coast a ways and as soon as we dropped in our lines we were hooking up with nice quality blues, reds, coppers, and seven lingcod (kept four). Great fishing with our Gilroy group from Plumbing America.

Up the coast for our Jurassic Park trip today for our party of six. Once we got to the honey hole we started bringing in fish non-stop. Got our rockcod and a big fat blue lingcod and a big fat cabezon. What a great group of guys. Non stop hauling in fish. After we got our cod we drifted for halibut.

Another awesome day of fishing with flat calm water and a great bite of jumbo blues.

Perfect water for our local potluck trip today. Got to the fishing grounds and as soon as we dropped in our lines it was fish on! Hammered the fish good this morning and a fun fun fun group.

Back out to the local rockfish grounds for an afternoon of fishing. Wind came up and it was BuMpY! Fish bite was slow but we got some nice quality fish to take home. Wild ride!

Awesome weather and awesome fishing again today. A nice whale show on the way back in too.

Out to the local grounds again but the wind was blowing pretty hard. Moved around a lot and found some fish but not as many as we’d like. Had a great whale show in the distance with whales jumping completely out of the water. Incredible sight.

Out to the local fishing grounds today and the water was a wee bit bumpy. Made fishing a little more challenging but that didn’t deter John and his crew from nailing nice blue rockfish. Awesome trip.

Wind came up a bit but that didn’t stop the fish from biting. We whacked ’em good with double hook ups the norm. Great day for our family from Kansas,

Since halibut has been slow we opted for rockcod. Short run out to South Rock for a steady pick of mixed olives and blues.

Flat as a pancake water today and just a slight breeze for our local potluck today. Got to the fishing grounds, dropped in our lines, and started bringing up the cod. Awesome catching today.

Prefect flat calm water and no fog for our local potluck trip today. Ran out to South Rock, dropped in our lines, and just started hauling in fish. Incredible how much this area is still producing fish.

Out for another day of local potluck fishing. Wind was up a bit and so were the seas. That didn’t deter our group of six from bringing quality fish over the rail non-stop. Great fun and early back to the barn.

Flat as a pancake water this morning with fog. Wandered out to our local honey hole and as soon as we dropped in the fish started biting. Grandpa Marty and family back for their summer fishing trip. Seasoned fisherman 8yo Cameron did most of the heavy lifting and brought in most of the fish! This is Cameron’s second season on the MEGA-BITE and his skills have certainly improved. Can’t wait to see how he does next summer.

Ran back out to our local honey holes this time the wind and seas we bigger. The fish liked it too. Slammed out our fish lickety split and got out of there pronto! Wild and fun ride.

Three generations including first timer on the ocean 11yo Blake out to the local fishing grounds. Seas were flat calm, had some fog that kept the air temps perfect, and a wide-open rockcod bite. Blake got real busy hauling in most of the fish. Before you knew it we were done and it was time to head back to port. Great first time experience for Blake. He was certainly the star of the day.

Out for a local potluck trip with a little fog but nice seas. Got into the fish right away and picked away till we were done. Nice quality fish too!

Out to the rockcod honey holes again today. Seas were big and bumpy but that didn’t stop the fish from biting. In fact, they were biting like crazy. Our group whooped ’em good today!

Tried to get back out to our last good bite spot but the winds were up and so was the water. Looked around closer to shore and WHAM, we got into a crazy bite of mixed sized blues. It was one of the best bite’s we’ve had this year. Lot’s of fun and the four teenagers, mom and dad were worked pretty hard. Great fishing!

With the red tide in town we decided instead to go out to the rockcod honey holes. A little slow at first then after moving around a bit it went to a wide open bite. Amazing fish.

Water turned a little uglier with the south swell and fog that came in. We got to our fishing grounds and were pulling in the fish big time but… the group had enough rough water and pulled the plug early.

Big southerly swell in town so only thing worth fishing for was the rockcod. Ran out to our jumbo blues honey hole and it was non-stop action. Hooked into over 100 fish and only kept the biggest. Wide open bite again!

Weather was coming in so we opted to fish local reefs for lingcod and South Rock for the jumbo blues we’ve been getting lately. Ground swell pretty much put the kibosh on lingcod but South Rock kicked out the jumbo blues non-stop! 12yo Jay and 15yo Randy did most of the muscle work and filled the box while proud dad Pete enjoyed the action. Was Jay’s first time on the ocean and he’s a natural! Good work boys!

Another awesome day out at sea. Our bay area techies got real busy hauling in the fish today. Even had a whale show in the distance. Great time. Thank you Ji.

Local potluck on perfectly calm water today. Ran out to our honey hole, dropped in our lines, and started whacking the jumbo blues. 11yo Charlie from Ft Worth area was the star of the day bringing up jumbo doubles.

Perfect water conditions today for our combo trip. Halibut weren’t biting but the rockcod were hot!

Ran back out to south rock to see if we could locate the fish schools from earlier today. And we did! WHAM!!! Nailed the big blues again and had our fish within 90 minutes. Great fishing today.

Local potluck this morning and the bite was red hot for about an hour then things went quiet. Fished another couple hours and the bite turned on again. Big blues, olives, browns and a lingcod.

Local potluck today with a couple dad’s and eight year-olds. As soon as they dropped in their lines it was game on! Big blues, olives and brown. Early limits and first time on the ocean smiles.

Great water today for our Jurassic Park trip. Ran up the coast looking for lingcod and rockcod. Water still a little off for lingcod (bottom stirred up) but the rockcod were biting crazy. Came home with canary, brown, red, olive, blue and black cod. Great time.

Flat calm water for our local potluck this morning. In the beginning fish were a little on the small side. 30 minutes later WHAM! Fish got bigger, stronger, lots of doubles and a fat 15 pound lingcod. Kids won’t forget this for a long long time.

Since halibut fishing has been so good lately we all decided it was worth a shot. And it was rhe right choice! Hooked into 9 halibut and kept the biggest two. Weather was flat calm. Great catching in the halibut fishing grounds.

Ran up to Jurassic Park for lings and rockcod today. Slow Lingcod bite and great rockcod bite. Here’s a pic of Kerry, and her trusty fish buddy Mia and their ten-pound lingcod.

Up the coast today for Jurassic Park today. Fog is still in town and the water turned a bit rough from yesterday. After we got our rockcod we headed home for halibut. Really nice grade of reds, blues, olives and browns today.

The weather stayed perfect and the fish were hungry! Went for halibut and we had a halibut slug fest all afternoon. Five year-old Ben and seven year-old Finn got to haul in a few halibut too. Fantastic day.

Gorgeous day on the water. Flat seas, no wind, and a wee bit foggier than usual. Ran out to South Rock for a local potluck trip. Took some time to get the fish to bite but after an hour or so the bite went wide open! A couple hours into the trip we had a Great White shark circling less than one hundred feet from the boat. Sat there for about ten minutes then moved on. WOW! Great folks and great rockcod fishing today.

Happy Fourth of July!!! Took out our good friends from Maryland and Watsonville for local potluck. Got our rockcod plus a nice Lingcod and back in time for the 4th festivities. Even cruised the wharf for a great sealion photo op.

Wonderful day for our local potluck today. Fish were biting good too. 1st time on the ocean and first fish ever is Ami, from Villanova, PA with just a couple fish from her limit.

Afternoon potluck and the boys had a blast. Came in with happy campers and their rockcod.

Great weather today for Jurassic Park. As soon as we dropped in our lines 13 year-old Julian hooked into nice big fish. After getting our cod we came in closer to port for halibut. No takers but a ton of rockcod. Picture shows “some” of their catch.

Wind picked up for our afternoon local potluck trip. Headed to closer fishing grounds and dropped in our lines and wham! Fish are biting! Got all our fish and return early. Go Army!

Weather was great for our local potluck trip and the bite was wide open! Got our fish and lots of laughs too. Great family from Utah and Colorado to fish with.

Another trip up to Jurassic Park and the water was much nicer. Fish were biting good too! Got our rockcod and headed home.

Pretty windy for our Jurassic trip but we got rockcod to bite.

Up the coast again for Jurassic Park. Water was pretty bad today and made fishing pretty difficult. As soon as we dropped in the fish bite was on! Came in closer to fish halibut and lingcod. No takers today but we got rockcod.

Out to the Jurassic grounds today. We had a small window of weather so we needed to catch as fast as we could and get out of there before the winds showed up. No problem, as soon as we dropped in our lines we had doubles on all six rods. BIG blues too! We hammered the area and when we got all our fish headed back to home port. Even got a nice 33 inch lingcod in the battle. Great time with some really great guys. Happy Father’s Day Jack and Jack Jr. You guys rock!

Ran a bit offshore for our local potluck today. Water is still a little bumpy from the recent weather. As soon as we dropped in our lines it was a wide open bite! Got our fish early today. Pics are just some of the fish. Ten-year old Robbie’s first time on the ocean. Fun fun fun.

Jurassic Park today up the coast with so-so water conditions. Took a while to find some willing fish then after a couple hours the bite went wide open. Prior to the trip, our party also prepared some ceviche fixings. All that was needed was fish. Added some fish and we all got ceviche for lunch. Great guys, great fishing and great fun.

Wow. Ran up the coast for our Jurassic Park trip and as soon as we dropped our lines in we started catching fish. It was non-stop action until we couldn’t catch anymore fish. After getting our fill of rockcod, we came closer to port and tried for halibut. Beautiful day on the water. Great family too.

Another beautiful day out for halibut (although sea was a little bumpy). Great time with the guys and we got a halibut!

Perfect afternoon for a halibut trip. Great bunch of Cal State guys that get together annually for the past 30 years! Lots of fun but no halibut this time.

Awesome local potluck today with awesome people.

Local potluck trip today with two families with their young sons. Pretty slow bite for the first hour or so then after moving around a bit we found some willing fish and the bite went wide open! Nice haul of blues and browns and a blue lingcod. Great time and water was nice!

Water settled down from this morning’s trip and the fish were ready to bite! Loaded up the boat with good sized reds, blues, browns and olive rockcod. Real fun trip and a lot of fish.

Headed out for a local rockcod trip and the water wasn’t very comfortable. Fish didn’t bite much but we came home with some rockcod. Great family and fun.

Up the coast for Jurassic Park trip today. Fog was thick! Got up a ways and dropped in. Slow bite with the south swell but we managed to find rockcod and lings.

Halibut trip today. Water was calm and no breeze. Fun group.

What a difference a day makes! We set out again for a local potluck trip and things went a lot better than yesterday. We managed to pick up some live bait then after motoring to out lucky spot dropped in for lingcod and rockcod. Immediately we started catching rockcod and lings. Came home with a nice cooler of lingcod and rockcod. Water is getting calmer after the storm and things should be picking up even more this week.

Our first trip out this season for local potluck. With the storm that just passed, winds were big and seas were uncomfortable. Our group worked real hard to get the fish to bite and were able to get a few lingcod and rockcod. Kept two of the lings and the rockcod. Hats off to our active duty Coast Guard AH64 mechanic, Alexa, for landing a beautiful dark blue lingcod. Don’t get to see these very often.