Up to the halibut grounds today on nice flat seas and an air temp around 65. Hooked into ten halibut. Brought home six nice halibut the biggest went 22 pounds.
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Happy Labor Day!!! Ran out to our lingcod and rockcod area today. The rockcod bite was wide open but only found one lingcod. Happy group and a bit of bumpy ocean.
Our 4 man group from Reno came down to escape the Reno heat. In the beginning, the fishing was slow. About an hour later the wind laid down the rockcod bite went wide open! Awesome sized blues, olives and blacks. Limits for all. See you guys again next year!
This morning we had my most exciting return Customer, 10 year-old Tom aka Hook. This young man fishes around the world and has accomplished more than any fisherman I know including Grand Slams (two types of marlin) and a sailfish in one trip… multiple times. He and granddaddy Tom had a great day today catching rockcod.
It got windy for our afternoon local rockcod trip. Fish didn’t seem to mind and we whacked out 60 rockcod for our group from Santa Clara. Some of these rockcod were the biggest blues we’ve seen this season.
Sure was nice to see Joaquin and brother Raul again. This time they filled the boat with their wonderful family. Most are artists so you can imagine the atmosphere of all these creative people. Headed up the coast for lingcod and big rockcod. Water was flat as a pancake and the rockcod were biting! Lingcod seemed to be taking a break and we only brought home one nice one. Thanks again to our repeat Customers. This is what keeps us going!
Back up the coast for another Jurassic Park adventure. Started out loading up on rockcod and lingcod. These blues were the biggest we’ve seen this year! Awesome bite. Landed four nice lingcod then headed to halibut territory. Wham! Two nice halibut. Came home with a cooler full of rockcod, sole, lingcod and halibut.
Off to Jurassic Park for another wild adventure. You just never know what you’re going to bring up for the depths. Flat calm water with rockcod limits, four nice lingcod and a 5-1/2 foot wolf eel! They taste like lobster. That’s a lot of lobster!
Back up to the halibut grounds. Didn’t leave the dock until after 8am so we knew our weather window was going to be short. These guys fished real hard and were handsomely rewarded with three beautiful halibut to 25 pounds and a nice lingcod. Wind picked up around 10am and so did we.
Foggy start but smooth seas out at the halibut grounds. The bite was on right away with solid fish hitting the deck. Ashley from Modesto landed the star of the trip—a 41″ 30-lb halibut that put up a serious fight! Not long after, three rods bent at once and in just 90 minutes we had limits for four anglers. Back to the dock early with happy anglers, eight halibut, and full coolers. This was our season’s biggest halibut. Great fishing today!
Up the coast for a Jurassic Park trip. Water was ! As soon as we dropped in our lines it was game on with big black and blue rockfish until before we knew it we hit six limits of some very big rockcod. We had a little extra time so scooched over to halibut territory for a couple drifts and BINGO immediately brought in a 26 pound hog. Great day.
Weather seems to have changed a bit from the last couple days so we opted to stay closer to Santa Cruz and fish local. Near limits of blues, reds and olive rockfish.
Great day on the water for our Jurassic Park trip. Our guests came in from Fresno escaping 100-degree weather and fished in 65-degree weather all day. The fishing was really good today with four limits of nice rock cod, five ling cod, and one fat 30-pound halibut! The halibut took a while to land, and we all thought after ten minutes of battle it was a big shark. Nope, just a really big halibut. Our biggest of the season.
South swell is in town and has made halibut catching difficult. After a few hours of trying we switched over to Jurassic Park and SMACKED the big blues and reds. Got our limits and headed home.
We had another awesome day of halibut fishing today with our group of five! We used our Sure-Bite UV Fortified Squid Formula, a MEGA-BITE proprietary blend that fish can’t resist, and it really paid off. We brought home ten fish and released some lingcod, rockcod, and a halibut or two. There were lots of smiles and it was hard work, and it definitely paid off big time! Our biggest catch was 22 pounds. Go Marines and Go Navy!
We were heading out for halibut but the water conditions weren’t very nice so we opted for rockcod closer to home port. Fish for some nice rockcod then headed back to the barn early. Great family!
A great day for a run out to Jurassic Park with clear skies and relatively calm seas… for an hour! Then the water seemed to have taken a turn and it got a little bumpy. Fished hard and fast for our family of four for lingcod and rockcod. Great time!
Another halibut trip and what a day. Fought 9 halibut, one shark, and two big bat rays. Brought home 7 halibut with the biggest going 15 pounds. Fun fun fun.
*Tsunami 2025 – One for the Books!* We were a bit hesitant about leaving the harbor today with the Tsunami Warning in effect for Monterey Bay. But after some solid research—and maybe a coin toss—we decided to go for it and launch our Jurassic Park trip. It was Bryan’s birthday, and he’d been looking forward to this trip for a long time, so canceling wasn’t an option. We hit the fishing grounds and got right to work, quickly putting together full limits of quality rockfish—reds, canaries, blues, browns, and coppers. Then we made the switch to lingcod, and WHAM! Six limits came fast and furious. To top it off, Gordon even slipped in a bonus halibut. All in all, a phenomenal day on the water—made even more memorable by the fact there was a tsunami warning in town!
Another “you gotta be kidding me” wide-open halibut bite today. As soon as we dropped in we hooked into a 17 pound beauty. Then it was a steady pick of quality halibut for limits and even got the crew a fish. Great fishing today.
Wow. Afternoon halibut trip and we crushed it with ten halibut and a starry flounder. These guys worked hard today and the fish didn’t have a chance. Good job men!
Another awesome halibut trip today. Water was perfect and the fish were biting! Got our halibut and even picked up a fat lingcod and rockcod for ceviche.
Great halibut run today. This was one of our best days yet this year. These are really big halibut! Only had to measure one of the fish, the rest were way bigger than minimum size. Limited out in less than 90 minutes. Even brought home a few rockcod and lingcod. Kudos to first-timer on ocean fishing and two big personal best fish for 12 year-old Jake from Aptos. Way to handle those fish Jake!
Quick update for the past week or two of fishing. The halibut are biting and they’re getting bigger! 20 pounders are common now. Lingcod catching has been excellent and so has the rockcod. Seas are calm and the weather’s been great. We still have both Saturday and Sunday open if you’re looking for some great fishing.
Back out to the halibut grounds with live squid for bait. Wasn’t too long before we had our first fish on. A 20 pound beauty. Becase it was so big, our party decided we’d go for some lingcod and rockcod. We got into the lings and things real good.
Local halibut trip this afternoon on flat calm seas. Fished for a couple hours then decided we had plenty of halibut meat so decided to go for some rockcod fishing. Got pretty windy and made for a wild ride. Came home with plenty of rockcod and a few halibut. Good afternoon!
Ran out to the local Jurassic Park grounds and it was non-stop game on action with big blues, big reds, and lot’s of lingcod. Fun and productive! Weather was absolutely perfect!
