Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters

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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 10

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This was another Jurassic Park WOW day. No wind and water as flat as a pancake. The fish bit as soon as we dropped in and was was pretty much non-stop action all morning. Limits of chili peppers and green spot rockcod. A dolphin show right at the boat for probably 15 mins too. Very fun and eye opening trip today. Perfect.

August 9

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Beautiful water conditions again for our local potluck trip. As soon as we arrived on the fishing grounds we were pulling in quality blues. Also brought in a nice blue lingcod. Limits for six plus crew. Great day with whales in the background.

August 8

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Nice easy water for our local potluck trip today. Got our limits of blue rockfish and a dolphin show of dolphins hanging around the boat. 7 year-old Cameron did great hauling in fish for his first ocean fishing trip with dad and grandpa.

August 6

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Jurassic Park trip did not disappoint. Nailed 60 chili peppers and green spots today. Here is just a sample of today’s haul.

August 5

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Another trip out to the deep for Jurassic Park. Current was still raging and the bite was slow. After an hour we decided to try some new fishing grounds and found the fish! Started nailing green spots, reds, and chili peppers. Happy campers tonight!

August 4

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Out to the deep reef shelf today and as soon as we dropped in our lines we had four rods go off with big yellowtail. Dropped back in for more and got a few more then the current came and the bite simply died. Drove around testing other fishing spots but the raging current was winning the battle. Came in closer to shore and tried for halibut and had two no-show halibut. Great family from Indiana.

August 3

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What a gorgeous day out on the deep reef today. Big whales and Orca show too. Easy limits for four plus crew fish of chili peppers, yellowtail, and petrale sole. Awesome day!

August 2

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Flat calm water for our deep shelf Jurassic Park trip today. We had to look around a bit for limits for five of chili pepper, red, canary, and petrale sole. Perfect day on the bay.

August 1

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Out to the deep again but this time the catch was difficult. Probably caused by the full moon and the ripping current. Got some fish but not enough of a bite so came in closer and picked up some lingcod and a few more rockfish. Lot of miles today and some quality fish.

July 30

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Great group fishing local potluck today. We combed the coast and found limits of blues and olives. Fish were a bit on the smaller size than usual.

July 29 – Morning trip

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Wind was up so we decided to stay closer and fish local rockfish. Great day with limits for all and a special time for John to propose to Moria. She said yes!

July 28

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Another day at the deep and as soon as we dropped in it was game on! A lot of big doubles. After limiting out with 60 fish, came in closer to shore to fish for halibut. Great day.

July 26

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Perfect day for our local potluck trip with calm seas and a little overcast. Went to one of our honey spots and started hauling in fish, two at a time, for limits of quality olives and blues. Limited out early so came in closer to shore for a try at halibut and lingcod. Hooked three lingcod and brought home one bright blue one with 50 rockfish too.

July 24

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Great time fishing our local potluck today. Weather was perfect for short drifts and we caught well over 60 fish and kept the biggest 40 blues and olives.

July 23 – Morning trip

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Headed to Jurassic Park today and the bite was wide-open. Limited out early (40 fish) on chili peppers and got some nice petrale sole then came in closer to shore for a try at halibut.

July 22 – Afternoon trip

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Wind was blowing pretty good but the fish seemed to like it. We limited out with 60 rockcod in an hour! Early limits again today so we came in closer for another halibut drift.

July 22 – Morning trip

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Awesome day at Jurassic Park. Water was a bit lumpy with some wind but catching limits was no problem with big chili peppers and reds. We limited out early so we came in closer to drift for halibut. Here’s a pic of just some of the haul.

July 20

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We hammered ’em today out at Jurassic Park. Reds to ten pounds, big chili peppers, widows and canaries. Water was good and the fishing was red hot with limits for four. The picture only shows a handful of the 40+ fish we brought in.

July 10

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Jurassic Park was on fire today! As soon as we dropped in it was game on. Loaded the boat with limits of chili peppers, reds and canaries. Awesome day!

July 9 – Afternoon trip

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Fun local afternoon trip with dads and kids. Had to stay close to shore due to high winds and bumpy water. Brought home a few rockfish and a lot of fun and laughs.

July 6

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Off to the halibut grounds today and we got ’em. Unfortunately all the halibut were undersized and had to be released to grow a little more. Catch and release day.

July 3 – Afternoon trip

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Yet another flat calm ocean for our local potluck trip. The bite was on as soon as we dropped in our lines with many double hookups and lots of quality fish. Taking home 60 blue rockfish for the holiday feast tomorrow. It was a wide open bite and our quickest limits ever on the MEGA-BITE. Fun fun fun!

July 3 – Morning trip

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Awesome day at Jurassic Park in the deep today. We nailed 70 chili peppers and an assortment of other rockfish. Great time and a whole lot of fish!

July 2 – Afternoon trip

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We had some really nice weather for our local potluck trip and found big schools of blues! Lot’s of double hookups too. Limits of local blue rockfish. Ceviche and tacos for the next couple days… at least!

July 2 – Morning trip

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Awesome day at Jurassic Park today. It was game on as soon as we dropped in. Loaded up limits of chili peppers, reds, canary and green spot rockfish. Fun day watching the 11-12 year-olds bringing up fish from the deep. Good job boys! The dads did pretty good too.

July 1

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Perfect water today for our local halibut trip. The halibut are here! We hooked five but all were just under legal size and had to be returned to the water.

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