Another beautiful day out at Jurassic Park! The fish were *chewing like crazy* and we were pulling up *big quality rockcod* all day long. 🎣🔥 We’re heading into the *final stretch of the season*, so if you’re looking to *stock the freezer* with prime rockfish for the winter months, *now’s the time to get out here*! *Book your trip today* — spots are limited and these last few weeks always fill fast.
Wonderful seas today made for an amazing day on the water! We dropped our crab traps on the way out to the deep reef and then went searching for the fish. After moving around a bit, we locked onto the spot — quality *chili peppers, green spots, and big vermilion rockcod* were biting steady! Once everyone had their limits, we headed back in to pull the crab gear, and lo and behold — *there’s crab!* Not huge numbers yet, but definitely *plenty for everyone* to take home. Another fantastic day aboard *MEGA-BITE*!
Opening day of crab season! We dropped our hoop nets on the way out to the Jurassic Park deep reef, planning to circle back later for our crab bounty. The water out at the deep reef was rough—wind, waves, and fog kept things sporty all day. Whales surrounded the boat nearly the entire time, putting on quite a show between bites. Despite the challenging conditions, we boxed up about three-quarters limits of beautiful rockcod. When we came back to pull the hoops, there were some crab waiting for us—but not quite the numbers we were hoping for. Better luck tomorrow!
*Jurassic Park Action!* The ocean was flat and calm out at the Jurassic Park fishing grounds — perfect conditions for an incredible day on the water. As soon as we dropped our lines, the fish were on! Doubles on every rod and steady action all day. We hit limits of beautiful chili pepper rockfish with a few nice green spots mixed in. A special shoutout to 12-year-old Tommy on his very first ocean fishing trip — he crushed it!
*Trip Report – Jurassic Park Grounds* Fog hung over the Jurassic Park grounds all day, keeping things cooler than usual. We started the morning hunting where we left off yesterday, but the chili peppers had clearly moved on. The bite was finicky at first, but once things turned on, it was steady action on big reds (vermillion), canaries, and boccaccio. By the end of the day, we came home with a *full box of quality fish* — a solid haul despite the fog!
*Wild, Wild Day at Jurassic Park!* It was absolute mayhem out there today — the *chili pepper rockcod were stacked thick!* We limited out in no time, then slid into the lingcod grounds. The moment our lines hit the water it was *game on with BIG lingcod* — nonstop action and bent rods all around. Another epic day aboard *MEGA-BITE*!
*Jurassic Park has been on fire!* Another incredible trip with big fish across the rails. Everyone stayed busy today hauling up chili pepper rockfish after rockfish — doubles, double double at times! Non-stop action, great weather, and happy anglers all around.
*Another Awesome Day at the Deep Reef!* We had to grind it out a bit today, but the bite came alive on the deep reef slope! Chili pepper and green spot rockcod were stacked — doubles after doubles coming up from the deep. Before we knew it, limits were in the box! After wrapping up our rockcod limits, we headed in closer and switched gears for some lingcod action to finish the day strong. Flat seas, great crew, and full limits — just another epic day aboard *MEGA-BITE*!
Jurassic Park Delivered Big Today! What an awesome day on the MEGA-BITE! The action was non-stop out at Jurassic Park with double chili peppers coming over the rail on nearly every drop. Everyone limited out fast, and we still had time to move in closer for some quality lingcod fishing. Flat seas, full coolers, and smiling faces — it doesn’t get much better than that!
Fish were a little finicky today with the recent full moon and the impending storm but we got ’em! Big variety today with lingcod, rockcod, and petrale sole. Seas are growing but are very fishable.
Out to the deep reef today in a wee bit bumpy water. Once we got to our spot and dropped our lines in, it was game on! We slammed the chili peppers, consistent doubles until we hit limits… Took about 45 minutes! Then we headed to the lingcod grounds. Wind was coming up so it made fishing challenging. Got a ling then decided to get closer to shore and try for more lings. Too late, Mother Nature already started blowing hard. Beautiful grade of fish today and six limits of rockcod.
Gorgeous day on the water. Took a ride out to our favorite deep water fishing grounds for some wide-open catching of quality chili-peppers then came into our secret lingcod spot and grabbed a few lingcod on our way home. Awesome group and awesome day!
Water was much nicer today and the fishing was a wide open bite. Awesome day with awesome people. Six lingcod and 40 chili peppers for four people plus a big petrale sole. Yahoo!
Out to the Deep Reef today for lingcod, petrale sole and big rockfish. The storm was supposed to have passed by last night but… the water was still pretty chewed up. The fish were slow to bite and there were miles of squid around. Seemed like the fish weren’t very hungry with all the squid around so after a few hours we decided to pack it in and run up the coast. Good move. When we got up there the bite went wide-open. Lots of chili peppers, green spots, green stripes and even got a black cod! Hopefully tomorrow’s weather will have calmed down a bit more.
We headed out to the Deep Reef today for our Jurassic Park trip, and it was fish on from the moment we dropped our lines! We spent a few hours targeting lingcod and big rockcod before running out even farther to pick up a couple dozen chili pepper rockfish. Flat-calm seas, big fish, and lots of action—what a perfect day!
Awesome halibut trip today in mixed water conditions. Ran up the coast and fished live anchovies (thank you Rick) and squid. Big fish today. Anyone wanting live bait can swing by the end of S dock by the bait receiver. Rick will take good care of you. Thank you Rick and KG for bringing live bait back to Santa Cruz harbor.
Back out to the Deep for bigger fish. We dropped in our lines and started hooking up with big fish right away. At times all rods were fish on! Weather got nasty after an hour so went closer to shore for limits of big rockcod.
Jurassic Park – Deep is now open for the remainder of the season. The official regulation change went into effect last night. Get ready for some seriously big fish!
Fishing out of Santa Cruz is still going strong! Bluefin are moving closer to our grounds, with two around 150 lbs caught just yesterday. Halibut action remains solid, and some are getting big (30+ pounds)! Lingcod season is heating up as the big ones move in from the deep to spawn. Rockfish have been fantastic. And don’t miss our Jurassic Park – Deep Reef opener coming up—stay tuned!
Great Jurassic Park run today. Weather was flat calm and a nice 65 degree breeze. The rockcod went wide-open for us with five limits of some quality rockcod, a couple nice lingcod and a halibut. The kids did a great job. Way to go Mia and Kai.
Local rockcod trip today in beautiful weather. Headed out to South Rock and after a slow first hour, the bite went wide open! Reds, blues and olive rockcod were coming over the rail nonstop for four limits. Fun fun fun.
Local rockcod today and flat calm seas (finally). Ran out a little further to get away from the ground swell and found the fish! Our group of six anglers worked hard to hammer out limits plus crew fish. Nice quality red, blue and yellowtail rockcod. Great day. Thank you Navy and Army for joining us.
Back up to the halibut grounds again for some more hot halibut action. Water was calm and so was the wind. Too calm. We did manage to get four halibut in the box and some rock sole. Fun day.
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.
Just had a last minute cancellation from our 9/6 Saturday trip. I’m hoping to resell the seats on behalf of the party that booked and cancelled. The boat’s wide open. Book it <montereybaycharters.com/rates-and-booking> before it’s too late!
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.
