The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!

MEAT RUN today and WOW!!! tons of fish using live bait including a dozen nice lingcod, a dozen+ big red snapper and a whole bunch of olive, blue, black, copper, brown pacific snapper.

Since the salmon have left the area we switched over to Jurassic Park fishing. Weather was keeping us from fishing deep so we followed the coast. Got into some nice black, blue, olive snapper and a lingcod.

Great afternoon trip for our local potluck trip. Wind laid down and the fish were biting good! Lot’s of big blue, copper, olive, black and red pacific snapper.

Awesome trip to Jurassic Park today. As soon as we dropped in we had lingcod on.

Not as much wind today so headed up the coast for bigger fish. Took a while but we found ’em and they were biting like crazy toward the end. Big blacks, blues, olives, browns and red pacific snapper. Teenagers Leo and Victor did most of the hauling for the dads and uncles.

Off to the big fish again. Wind was up so stayed a little closer to port. Git into the fish big time! What a blast with out friends from Austin Texas. Great trip!

Wind still in town so after catching live bait we fished closer to shore and started hauling in big black, blue, olive and copper pacific snapper and an 18# lingcod. Great fishing today.

Windy Afternoon so we fished closer to port again and what a great catch! BIG blacks, olives, blue pacific snapper and a blue lingcod. The kids were hauling in fish two at a time.

Still got some ugly weather in town so we had to fish closer to port. Got a good mix of olive, red, brown, blue, black, canary and red pacific snapper.

Winds still whipped up for our afternoon local potluck but that didn’t deter our group from Modesto where it was 100 degrees today. We fished close to port and we nailed ’em good! Happy Birthday Ed. It was a cool 63 degrees.

Pretty wild ride out to Jurassic grounds today. Winds were not exactly what the weatherman forecasted. Our group stayed tough and we had to really fish hard in big water and wind to get fish today.

Great fishing today with lingcod and lots of olive, blue, brown, canary and red pacific snapper. Fun!

Nice run up the coast for Jurassic fishing. Very nice quality rockfish but with the south swell in town the lingcod bite wasn’t happening.

Happy 4th of July! Our Jurassic Park trip was awesome. Non stop action of big, and some medium sized fish. Biggest Ling was 16 pounds and caught by 8 year-old Ethan from the east bay. Dad came in second with a 13 pounder. Great trip!!! In case anyone’s interested in salmon… salmon is slow. Most boats 0 to one fish.

Run for salmon today but the salmon had a different plan. Tried all day and finally found one 20+ pound slug to bring home. Perfect water and weather.

Awesome water day again as we headed out to Jurassic Park for bigs. As soon as we dropped in we’re hooked up lingcod. Got a couple lings then we hooked into a five-foot Wolf Eel. This is the second Wolf Eel in 15 years! Not pretty but they’re good eating. Got a few more big rockfish then headed closer to shore for rockfish. Lots of fun and lots of action.

Out for salmon today with perfect weather and water conditions. We found ’em! Nice fat salmon and they’re still close to Santa Cruz.

Another salmon trip and conditions looked perfect! Did manage to bring home a big one.

Off to the salmon fishing grounds again. We got ’em. These fish are big!

Considering the forecasted winds this afternoon we decided to fish for salmon. Good thing we did too. Salmon are still in town and they’re big!

Local potluck trip today and the fishing was red hot! Almost too much fish.

Great weather for our local potluck trip on Father’s Day. Dad Jeff and his two, rather competitive offspring, rolled up their sleeves and went to work. After finishing up with lingcod and pacific snapper we came into the halibut grounds to top off the fish box with a nice hali. Parker wins with the trifecta of snapper, lingcod and halibut. Hunter gets the biggest smile and champion photographer award. Dad, well he gets to enjoy the non-stop fun, laughter and a Father’s Day gift he’ll never forget.

Out to Jurassic for lingcod and big reds again. As soon as we dropped in it was game on. Got some nice lingcod, pacific red snapper and petrale sole! Happy Father’s Day to Grandpa and Dad.

Awesome as it gets. Water was pretty flat calm with no wind. Fish were biting like crazy. Big red pacific snapper and a mix of other rockfish.

Headed to Jurassic for lings and big snapper. Wind chased us out so came closer to shore to finish up. Great time and big reds to seven pounds!

Jurassic again for lings and big reds. Water was good and so was the fishing. Great catch!

Skipped salmon (slow) to fish lingcod and snapper. Filled the cooler!

Was hoping for a lot of salmon today but the bite was tough. The good part is everyone’s eating salmon tonight.

Out to Jurassic Park with our happy group from Reno where it was 100 degrees. It was in the 50s where we were fishing. Got our bait then went for lingcod and we got ’em. Water got big early so headed closer to shore for the rockcod and we nailed ’em good!

Awesome Jurassic Park trip with our friends from Placerville. As soon as we dropped in Ed was hooking up with lingcod. Came home with a box of lingcod and red pacific snapper. Great whale show and perfect weather.