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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!

We report ALL of our fishing trips so you can have an idea of how the catching has been going. Click on any picture to get a better view.

November 21

November 21, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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November 11

November 11, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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November 1

November 1, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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October 29

October 30, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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!

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October 28

October 28, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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October 25

October 25, 2023 by Tom Dolan

We only have one seat still available for our Jurassic Park lingcod trip next Sunday the 29th. Our new lingcod fishing grounds are producing lingcod to 18 pounds and I’m sure there’s even bigger ones out there just waiting to be caught. Click here to sign up!

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October 22

October 23, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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October 21

October 21, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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October 14

October 14, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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October 13

October 13, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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

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October 12

October 12, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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

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October 9

October 10, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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!

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October 8

October 8, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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October 7

October 7, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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

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October 6

October 6, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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

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October 4

October 4, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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October 1

October 1, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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!

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September 24

September 24, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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

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September 19

September 19, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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September 17

September 17, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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!

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September 14

September 15, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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

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September 3

September 3, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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September 2

September 2, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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!

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September 1

September 1, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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!

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August 31

September 1, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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August 27

August 27, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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!

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August 26

August 26, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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August 20

August 20, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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August 19

August 19, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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.

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August 11

August 11, 2023 by Tom Dolan

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

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