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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.

August 27 MEGA-BITE

August 28, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Another incredibly perfect day at Jurassic Park with temps in the low 70s and 150 pound box of fish! Limits of snapper and limits of Lingcod with biggest two 17 and 18 pounds. What a day!

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August 25 MEGA-BITE

August 26, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Run out to Jurassic Park and WHAM! 7 lings for five anglers and a ton of canary, brown, bocaccio, yellowtail, and red pacific snapper. Perfect 65 degrees, flat seas and 150 pounds of fish!

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August 24 MEGA-BITE

August 25, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Awesome day at Jurassic Park with perfect 69 degree weather and flat calm seas and lots of fish!  135 pounds of lingcod, canary, yellowtail, green spot, and red pacific snapper. The whale show was pretty nice too!

Filed Under: Fish Report

August 23 MEGA-BITE

August 24, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Nice fishing today with our group from Carmel and Texas. Fished locally and pulled in limits of canary, olive, blue and brown rockfish.

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August 20 MEGA-BITE

August 22, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Ran to one of our favorite inshore spots for rock fish in the morning. The fish were not particularly hungry but we persisted and finished one short of limits and threw back several small guys. We landed a soup fin shark, a lingcod, and two china cod. We saw whales feeding and a thresher shark swam close by the boat. The weather was great and a good time was had by all.

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August 18 MEGA-BITE

August 21, 2019 by Tom Dolan

The bite was slower today but the quality was really good. We put four lings on, one around twenty pounds, five petrale, and sixteen rockcod. The weather was unusual.. it rained off and on. We also had to contend with a mixed swell.

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August 17 MEGA-BITE

August 21, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Picked up dabs and headed to the Jurassic Park. Put 7 lings in then switched to rock cod. Finished with 40.

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August 16 MEGABITE

August 17, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Went deep. Finished with 5 nice lings, 6 petrale sole, 10 canaries, 26 yellowtail, and 16 others. (Vermilion, brown, copper, widow).

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August 14 MEGA BITE

August 15, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Great fishing yesterday for our visitors from Germany. Got into the yellowtail pretty good along with brown and canary rockfish and lingcod.

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August 12 MEGA-BITE

August 13, 2019 by Tom Dolan

What a difference a day makes. Salmon has been spotty so we opted for Jurassic Park instead. The winds were up when we got there and it was hard to get the fish to bite. We got some but not nearly enough that we usually get on these trips. Going to give it a rest for a day and hope the winds come down.

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August 11 MEGA-BITE

August 12, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Decided to skip salmon and went for Jurassic Park and sure glad we did. Epic day with limits of Lingcod with a couple going 18 pounds. Then went after the rockcod. Great day and about 140 pounds of fish.


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August 10 MEGA-BITE

August 10, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Gorgeous day on the water for our Jurassic Park trip and the fishing was great! After limiting out on Lingcod went to our rockfish honey hole and filled the cooler with yellowtail, canary and brown snapper and a couple petrale soles.

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August 10 RAYBERT

August 10, 2019 by Tom Dolan

We ran out to one of our favorite local potluck spots only to find the fish were uncooperative. After spending some time trying to wake up the potential fish tacos we ran to an outside spot where we were first entertained by whales then, finally, the bite was on. We finished with crew limits of nice reds, blues, yellow tail, and a seldom seen chili pepper.

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August 9

August 10, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Started out with a local potluck trip and after an hour of small fish we decided to upgrade to Jurassic Park. Good thing we did because it was game on with non-stop big fish coming up. Nice lingcod, canary, green spot, yellowtail and red pacific snapper. Great time, flat calm water and 72 degree air temp all day.

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August 8

August 9, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Great 70 degree weather today and flat calm seas for Papa and his three little grandsons on our local potluck trip. Kids got real busy with non-stop fishing. Caught 100 fish but only kept the best for limits plus crew limits.

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August 7

August 8, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Jurassic Park trip today and after catching our sand dabs for bait we started hooking up fish as soon as we dropped in our lines. Looked like another wild and productive day for MEGA-BITE. After boating a few lings things got quiet. Real quiet. We tried everything and everywhere we could to get the bite going again.

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August 6

August 7, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Another awesome day for a local potluck trip. Mom and Dad with four little’s hauling in fish. Caught limits of blue, yellow tail, canary and red pacific snapper and a couple lingcod (lost a few too). Bluest lingcod we’ve ever seen on the MEGA BITE too.


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August 5

August 6, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Great weather for our local potluck trip today with grandpa, dad and four little’s ages 7 to 9!  The kids did great hauling in their fish on their own too. Came home with limits plus of blue, olive, canary, and yellowtail snapper.

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August 1

August 2, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Awesome charter today out to Jurassic Park and we had some very energetic kids to handle the big fish!  We got lingcod, petrale sole, canary, green spot, brown, yellowtail and red pacific snapper to 6 pounds! Charlie won the biggest snapper contest with her six-pound red pacific snapper. Fun day!

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July 31

August 1, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Perfect seas and 70 degree air temps today made for a very nice trip out to Jurassic Park. Whales, dolphins, sunfish and Big lingcod to 16 pounds and about 50 pounds of canary, brown, yellowtail and green spot pacific snapper. Great time!

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July 28

July 28, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Local potluck fishing today with the kids and the dads. Fishing went wide open in the beginning and the kids were all busy bringing fish over the rail.


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July 27

July 28, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Beautiful weather was just a little fog and flat calm water for our local potluck trip. Fish weren’t very active so we upgraded to Jurassic Park and ran out deep. BIG difference as we started hauling in big brown, yellow tail and canary snapper. Filled cooler to the 100 pound mark and headed home!

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July 26

July 27, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Awesome day at Jurassic Park with whale shows all around, a giant turtle about the size of a volkswagen, a great white shark and limits of lingcod AGAIN! Not to mention a cooler full of rockfish! What a day!

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July 25

July 25, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Tried for salmon today but the jellyfish were too thick for us to fish in. Came closer to shore and fished for rockfish and lingcod and did real good!

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July 24

July 25, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Good fishing on our local potluck trip today catching lingcod and an assortment of rockfish including a Tiger Rockfish!

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July 23

July 24, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Flat as a pancake water today for our local potluck trip with Uncle Joe and five kids. What a great time they had too. Hauling in fish after fish and tossing back the tiny ones. Lots of fun and the girls won big fish and most fish.

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July 22

July 23, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Awesome day on the water today for our local potluck fishing. The boys got busy and had fishing over the rail non-stop till they got their limits and crew limits. Then headed in for a halibut drift. No halibut yet…

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July 21

July 22, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Tried for salmon today and got surprised when we found big fish right from the get go. The jellyfish have seemed to gone away and the fish are now catchable. Big ones too!

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July 20

July 22, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Another fine day in Jurassic Park today but the lingcod were a little more finicky this time. Spent more time and had more success with the big rockfish with vermillions to eight pounds!

Filed Under: Fish Report

July 19

July 19, 2019 by Tom Dolan

Salmon slow so decided on Jurassic Park instead. Smart move! Non stop fun and action bringing in six Lingcod limits biggest going 16 pounds and rockcod. Lot of fun today.

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