We report ALL of our fishing trips so you can have an idea of how the catching has been going. Pictures show just some of their catch for the day. Click on any picture to get a better view.
Another hike up the coast for our Jurassic Park trip. Water was flat and calm and there was little to no wind. Perfect day for whacking the lingcod, rockcod and halibut! Another trifecta for us. 2nd trifecta in two days. Live squid sure helps a lot!
Jurassic park today with group of college students and one brave dad, Stu. Wide open bite today on squid. We have lingcod, rockcod, and halibut today. One of our best nearshore trips this season.
Ran out to the local halibut grounds for some fresh squid halibut drifting. Halibut weren’t as active as we had hoped for but we found halibut, lingcod and rockcod. Nice weather all afternoon too.
Headed up the coast for our Jurassic Park trip today. Water was flat and calm all the way. Once we dropped in our lines we started hauling in rockcod and lingcod. Nice quality fish too. Later in the morning the wind picked up so we fished closer to port. Happy happy people with lots of fish.
WOW. Halibut trip with six eager fishermen including a couple veterans. Went to several areas and finally ended up where we fished last week in the shallows. Starting hooking up the halibut almost immediately. Lost a few and threw a few back to grow. Came home with limits of halibut for six anglers (12 halibut) plus crew fish (one halibut). Great humpback whale show coming home. Awesome day and our best of the season catch. Halibut fishing is red hot now!
Finally the water and wind are settling down and the fishing’s getting better. Still had to work hard for our local rockcod trip but we managed to get limits for all. Blues, blacks, olives, greenling and reds in the box today.
Headed out to Jurassic Park today with nice morning seas. As soon as we dropped in we hooked into a 21 pound halibut. Then we started catching virtually every kind of rockcod we have on the coast. Was wild catching for a bit then the wind and waves got big and the bite died.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY EVERYBODY!!!!! Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July. Went for halibut today and had a couple hookups and one nice halibut in the boat. South swell really interfered with catching today. Way to go Julie on your first ever halibut.
Whacked the big blues on our local potluck trip today. Water was a little lumpy and the wind was up but that didn’t stop our group from loading up on some real nice quality rockcod.
Halibut, lingcod and rockcod today, oh my! Great weather, great water, and great fishing today. Halibut fishing is very good lately. Limit is two halibut per person.
We had an awesome trip to the halibut grounds today. It was foggy with flat calm water, and as soon as we dropped our lines, the bite was on! We had a steady pick throughout the morning with 20 hookups and brought home eight nice halibut.
Out to the halibut grounds today. Very foggy and lots of boats. We have the best fresh dead squid available but the kingfish have moved in and kept taking the bait off the hook. Tried trolling for an hour with no luck so switched back to whole squid bait. Even through swimbaits. No halibut today. Going to try again tomorrow.
Today we went for halibut down by Capitola with five great surgeons from Stanford who also provide their skills to the Veterans Administration hospital in Palo Alto. Great party and great fishing! Halibut are biting!
Ran out to South Rock for some local rockcod fishing. The water was nice in the beginning but then the wind showed up. Got olive, blue, black and brown rockcod.
Awesome weather in the morning for our Jurassic Park trip. Rockcod were slow but this beast made up for it. Way to go Jose. Our biggest halibut of the season. Everyone went home with lots of fish.
Another great day on the water fishing for rockcod. Went to where we finished up yesterday and the fish were still there and active. Water seems to be getting better after the past couple weeks of bumps and wind. Today we brought home nice quality blue, black, olive and red rockfish.
Local rockcod trip today! We had beautiful weather for the first part of the day. It did get a bit windy and bumpy later on, but our enthusiastic group of anglers didn’t let that stop them from having an incredible day of rockcod fishing. The action was non-stop, with many double hookups! There were even times when all six rods onboard had a fish on. On top of a boatload of rockcod, we also reeled in greenling and a nice cabezon. Overall, it was a fantastic day out on the water, and we had some very happy customers.
Halibut trip up the coast today. Started out a truly beautiful day out on the water, and we even had fresh squid to entice the halibut, so we were feeling optimistic. Unfortunately, the ground swell was pretty bad and eventually the weather took a turn. The halibut weren’t biting. While we didn’t land any halibut this time, we did manage to bring in some rockcod, which helped soften the disappointment a bit.
Nice weather this morning and the fish started biting as soon as we dropped in our lines. Bringing in doubles then after a while the bite stopped. Kept seeing fish on the sonar but they wouldn’t bite. Came home with blues, olive, brown, canary, copper and red rockcod.
Tried to get to Davenport but the winds kept us closer to port. Worked hard for fish and we got some. Hopefully this weekend the weather will be more favorable.
The weather took a bit of a turn, and the fishing was a little slower compared to yesterday. The water temperature dropped to 57 degrees, which tends to make the fish less active. Despite the conditions, we were fortunate enough to still bring home fish.
The water conditions were great throughout the day, and the fish were really active. It turned out to be a fantastic day of fishing, with plenty of rockfish and lingcod caught.
Tried for halibut but none to be found. Switched over to lingcod and rockcod and it was game on! Nine year-old Miles first time ocean fishing and he was a pro. This picture is just one of his doubles for the day. Everyone went home with rockcod and lingcod. Seas were flat calm too.
Water was forecasted to be big swells and wind so we opted for closer to shore for halibut. After a couple hours with no signs of hali we moved out to fish rockcod. Started out slow then it went wide open! Perfect size blues olives and red. Lots of fish and lots of laughs today.
Awesome local potluck trip today. We had a great time with the five 14-year-olds and one brave dad! We headed up the coast to one of our favorite fishing spots, and the fish started biting as soon as our lines were in the water. It was non-stop action, with fish on almost constantly and even some double hookups. It was a really fun group of young men, and kudos to the dad for taking them on their graduation trip. It was a nice trip, and those kids are practically pros now!
