Fish Report for 2023

That’s a wrap folks! We had a wonderful year of fishing and meeting up with both old and new friends. Lot’s of fish caught and lot’s of fun. Tyler, Greg, Rodney and I appreciate your business and very much look forward to fishing with you again in 2024. Fishing season opens back up May 1, 2024

Big water today and big fish too for grandpa Tom and eight year-old grandson Tom (aka Hook). Great time. Lots of fish for the holiday.

Out to the deep for lings and things today. Got our bait then tried for lingcod but they weren’t biting. Ran up the coast for rockcod and did okay. Water was a wee bit bUmPy today.

Out to the deep today with high hopes of big fish. Mother nature had other plans for us. East wind made fishing difficult but we did manage to knock out limits of chili peppers and green spots.

Out to the deep again for lingcod and rockcod. Water wasn’t very nice so it was a bumpy day. Got to the lingcod grounds and the mackerel have taken over the area. Mackerel went for miles and the lingcod weren’t interested in what we had to offer so we headed up the coast for rockcod. Found the chili peppers and green spots and a fat red and petrale sole!

Ran out for lingcod today and made bait but the mackerel were thick! Turns out the lings already had their meal for the day so we headed up the coast and got into the chili peppers and petrale sole. Perfect weather and water today and a little bit of a whale show too.

Out to the deep lingcod part of Jurassic Park today. After making bait we drop in our lines and picked away at the lings. Water and wind were ugly but we managed to get some lings to bite. Lost one big one too. Happy family with lingcod, sand dabs and mackerel on the dinner menu.

Out to the deep for Jurassic Park. Fishing was a little slow due to the storm that passed through the past couple of days. We worked hard and we got limits for five of green stripe, green spot, and canary rockcod.

Our first bluefin tuna trip of the season. Water was perfect. Quite a few boats fishing but not a lot of fish caught today. Water looked good so maybe the big tuna bite will be soon.

Out to the deep again and we got into the fish right away. Variety of rockfish and a 17 pound lingcod.

Lingcod gear testing in the deep today. The lingcod were big too with an average of 15 pounds and the biggest went 18 pounds.

Out to the deep once again and the fish were waiting for us! Knocked out limits of big green spots, chili peppers and reds today for five. Great time watching the youngsters 8-yo Margo and 10-yo Fin wind up their fish with mom, dad and grandpa John. Good whale show too!

Jurassic Park is the best fishing we’ve seen in many years. Today we boated early limits of BIG chili peppers. Some of the fish in the pic.

Another epic day in the deep with chili pepper and green spot rockcod limts for five. Big fish!

Another awesome day at the deep. Limits of big chili peppers and green spots. Awesome weather with flat seas and 65 air temp.

Little bumpy water early then the water laid down. Today we caught our biggest red (vermillion rockfish) ever at 11 pounds! Also got limits of 2-3 pound chili peppers. Awesome catch today. Just some of the fish and people in the pics.

Perfect water today for our Jurassic Park trip to the deep. As soon as we dropped our lines in it was game on! Nine year-old Allison brought in the first and biggest fish of the day then it was a steady pick of yellowtail, canary, red, green spots. Limits for four!

Perfect day out in the deep with limits of canary, green spots, reds, and petrale sole. Our biggest red yet at 8.3 pounds!

Gorgeous day out at the deep today and limits of chili pepper, yellowtail, and canary rockfish. Water was flat as a pancake and no wind.

Ran out to Jurassic Park ledge and whacked the reds, canaries, and chili peppers.

Awesome weather forecast throughout this week into the weekend with flat seas and no wind. Air temps 65-70 degrees. Great time to go fishing!

Wow! Slam dunked sixty nice chili peppers in no time! Beautiful water and 72 air temp. This is as good as it gets! Just some of the fish in the pictures.

Another wild fishing day at Jurassic Park. Water was as flat as a pancake, zero wind, and 70 degrees air temp. As soon as we dropped in our lines it was like catfishing in a barrel. Double after double the big chili peppers came up. The pic shows some of the catch for the day. Fun fun fun!

Awesome Jurassic Park trip today with early limits for four (pic only shows some of the fish and missing one fisherman). Thanks Marvin (and his mother) for sharing the tasty pupusas!

Nice flat water for our afternoon halibut trip. Went down the coast where the halibut had been biting and trolled. No takers! Went to a Capitola reef and picked up some blue rockfish. Today was the last day for local rockfish fishing. Will open again May 2024.

The weather report indicated poor weather offshore so we stayed closer to Santa Cruz for a local rockcod trip. Nailed six limits of blues, olives and reds. Dropped a couple lingcod. Weather was nice!

Nice weather today for our local rockfish trip. Was slow at first then after an hour or so the bite went wide open! Lost a few lings in the melee too 🙁 Came home with five limits of blues and olives. Half the blues were pretty big too.

Local rockcod trip today. With the effects from storm Hilary, close to shore fishing was slow (too much ground swell). We moved out a couple miles to deeper water and found lots of blues and olives. Kept the best 50 for Sylvia and her family. Came back early and had a great picnic on the boat! Thank you Sylvia, great food and great chatting with your beautiful family.

Flat as a pancake water again and nice cool 61 air temperature. Ran out deep and smacked the chili, canary, green spots, and yellowtail today. Just some of the fish in the picture.

WHAM!!! Red hot chili pepper bite today. Limits for six people. Picture shows just some of the haul today.

This was another Jurassic Park WOW day. No wind and water as flat as a pancake. The fish bit as soon as we dropped in and was was pretty much non-stop action all morning. Limits of chili peppers and green spot rockcod. A dolphin show right at the boat for probably 15 mins too. Very fun and eye opening trip today. Perfect.

Beautiful water conditions again for our local potluck trip. As soon as we arrived on the fishing grounds we were pulling in quality blues. Also brought in a nice blue lingcod. Limits for six plus crew. Great day with whales in the background.

Nice easy water for our local potluck trip today. Got our limits of blue rockfish and a dolphin show of dolphins hanging around the boat. 7 year-old Cameron did great hauling in fish for his first ocean fishing trip with dad and grandpa.

Jurassic Park trip did not disappoint. Nailed 60 chili peppers and green spots today. Here is just a sample of today’s haul.

Another trip out to the deep for Jurassic Park. Current was still raging and the bite was slow. After an hour we decided to try some new fishing grounds and found the fish! Started nailing green spots, reds, and chili peppers. Happy campers tonight!

Out to the deep reef shelf today and as soon as we dropped in our lines we had four rods go off with big yellowtail. Dropped back in for more and got a few more then the current came and the bite simply died. Drove around testing other fishing spots but the raging current was winning the battle. Came in closer to shore and tried for halibut and had two no-show halibut. Great family from Indiana.

What a gorgeous day out on the deep reef today. Big whales and Orca show too. Easy limits for four plus crew fish of chili peppers, yellowtail, and petrale sole. Awesome day!

Flat calm water for our deep shelf Jurassic Park trip today. We had to look around a bit for limits for five of chili pepper, red, canary, and petrale sole. Perfect day on the bay.

Out to the deep again but this time the catch was difficult. Probably caused by the full moon and the ripping current. Got some fish but not enough of a bite so came in closer and picked up some lingcod and a few more rockfish. Lot of miles today and some quality fish.

Great group fishing local potluck today. We combed the coast and found limits of blues and olives. Fish were a bit on the smaller size than usual.

Nice and breezy for our afternoon halibut drifting. Wasn’t long before we got our first bite and it was a keeper! No more bites after that.

Wind was up so we decided to stay closer and fish local rockfish. Great day with limits for all and a special time for John to propose to Moria. She said yes!

Another day at the deep and as soon as we dropped in it was game on! A lot of big doubles. After limiting out with 60 fish, came in closer to shore to fish for halibut. Great day.

Perfect day for our local potluck trip with calm seas and a little overcast. Went to one of our honey spots and started hauling in fish, two at a time, for limits of quality olives and blues. Limited out early so came in closer to shore for a try at halibut and lingcod. Hooked three lingcod and brought home one bright blue one with 50 rockfish too.

Great time fishing our local potluck today. Weather was perfect for short drifts and we caught well over 60 fish and kept the biggest 40 blues and olives.

Off to the halibut grounds today and we got ’em. Unfortunately all the halibut were undersized and had to be released to grow a little more. Catch and release day.

Great day for halibut fishing. Brought home three nice halibut and some brown rockfish.

Yet another flat calm ocean for our local potluck trip. The bite was on as soon as we dropped in our lines with many double hookups and lots of quality fish. Taking home 60 blue rockfish for the holiday feast tomorrow. It was a wide open bite and our quickest limits ever on the MEGA-BITE. Fun fun fun!

Awesome day at Jurassic Park in the deep today. We nailed 70 chili peppers and an assortment of other rockfish. Great time and a whole lot of fish!

We had some really nice weather for our local potluck trip and found big schools of blues! Lot’s of double hookups too. Limits of local blue rockfish. Ceviche and tacos for the next couple days… at least!

Awesome day at Jurassic Park today. It was game on as soon as we dropped in. Loaded up limits of chili peppers, reds, canary and green spot rockfish. Fun day watching the 11-12 year-olds bringing up fish from the deep. Good job boys! The dads did pretty good too.

Perfect water today for our local halibut trip. The halibut are here! We hooked five but all were just under legal size and had to be returned to the water.

Halibut trip today for Dave’s birthday. Water was great and the halibut were biting. Kept a couple nice ones and tossed a couple back to grow.

Jurassic Park in the deep again. Water was not good but we managed to get some fish to bite.

Jurassic Park again in the deep water with a great group of guys from San Jose. Water was bUmPy and the winds were HIGH but we managed to load up on chili peppers, canaries, reds, and assorted other rockfish. Fun day!

Another awesome day at one of our Jurassic Park honey holes. 180 pounds of chili peppers, canaries, and several other rockfish. Topped off with Steve junior playing tug-of-war with a great white shark for a rockfish. Bruce the shark won. Saw whales too!

Jurassic Park today with flat calm water and happy happy folks. Limited out on chili peppers, canaries and green spots.

Flat calm water for our halibut/deep reef trip today and limits of chilies, canaries, and reds. Happy 41st Sharon and Dave! Our weather has been perfect for the past few days and the forecast is flat calm for the next couple days.

Another absolutely beautiful day on the water for a Jurassic Park adventure. Out at the deep today and as soon as we dropped in four rods hooked up with chili peppers. Another great bite for about an hour for limits plus crew fish then came close to shore for a try at halibut and lingcod.

Another great fishing day at Jurassic Park. Pulled in fish as soon as the lines hit the water. Great day for our friends from Gardnerville NV. Happy birthday Blake!

Flat calm seas today for another run out to the deep. We nailed our limits of rockfish (rockcod) early! Nice quality fish averaging 3 pounds.

Another WOW day at Jurassic Park. Incredible bite and Incredible weather. 60 chili peppers and vermillions totaling over 170 pounds. Biggest vermillion yet on our boat at over 10 pounds. Awesome day.

Local potluck today and flat calm seas. Headed out to one of our honey holes and it was game on! Caught a lot of fish but only kep the best 60 blue rockfish (pacific snapper). Then headed close to shore for halibut drifting. Great group of guys and lots of good fishing action.

What an awesome Jurassic Park trip today. Weather held good for us and we knew we had to fish hard and fast before the winds showed up. These pictures are just some of the fish these guys brought up from the deep today. 10 year-old Sawyer, aka Chili, brought in the biggest chili pepper rockfish today. It was Chili’s fist deep sea ocean trip and he did great!

Local potluck today and we got lucky! Caught over 100 fish but only kept the best 60 rockcod, two lings that we let go to grow, and a very nice 15# halibut. Weather was perfect. Even got a little whale show.

Our first halibut trip of the season and it was a great one! Hooked six halibut and kept three. Let the other three go back to grow. Also boated a nice lingcod. Wonderful group and a whole lot of fun!

Out to the deep again with our family of first responders. Water was a bit bumpy and made fishing more challenging than usual. We caught fish on the ledge but opted to go up the coast and try for some ground fish. Put in a lot of time and energy but not as many fish. Fun guys!

Out to the deep for another Jurassic Park venture. As soon as we dropped in our lines it was game on! We picked up fish throughout the morning but not the bite we’ve seen for the past week. Seems like a lot of current came into the area. Brought home a lot of reds, canary, green spots then came in closer to land to pick up some blues. Great time and even got to make use of the electric rod reel combos today. Fun trip.

What a day at Jurassic Park! Out to the deep again and put in 170+ pounds of chili peppers and reds and petrale sole. Got a nice whale and dolphin show too! Water was challenging but our group of five handled it like pro’s!

Out to the deep again and we whacked ’em good! Filled the boat with 150 pounds of chili peppers, green spots, canaries and other rockfish (pacific snapper), and petrale sole.

Jurassic Park in the deep today and after landing over 170 pounds of fish all I can say is Wow. Long and productive day today.

Afternoon local potluck trip. Was breezy and slow at first then after an hour we ventured out into deeper water for a feeding frenzy of blues. We nailed four limits (40 fish) in less than 30 minutes. It was mayhem! Since we had limits of snapper already and still had time to burn, we came in closer to drift for lingcod and halibut. Absolute blast!

Ran out to the deep again today for another Jurassic Park trip. Our group of six had a great time pulling in fish from the get go! Came home with 150 pounds of ling and pacific snapper (rockfish). Great time!

Incredible catching in the deep today with reds to seven pounds and chili peppers galore!

Gorgeous day today for our local potluck trip. Our happy family from the Netherlands worked real hard for the fish to bite. Water is still cold so fishing was slow. The offshore bite seems to be the best bet for now until the nearshore water warms up. So… Jurassic Park seems to be the only game in town now.

Red Hot fishing in the deep today. 150 pounds of lingcod, petrale sole, reds to seven pounds, greenspots, canaries and a few more species.

Today being Cinco de Mayo we figured we’d go for red hot chili-peppers. We whacked ’em good!