The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!

Out on another Jurassic Park run to the deep today, and Mother Nature finally cooperated. With calmer seas, the fishing was absolutely on fire! We were slamming quality reds, yellowtail, widow rockfish, canaries, and green-spotted rockfish from start to finish. We wrapped up the day with limits for all six anglers. It doesn’t get much better than deep-water fishing like this!

We had a great day out in the deep on our Jurassic Park trip. The water was a little choppy at first, but it cleared up nicely later in the morning. We hooked into almost a dozen lingcod and brought home six, including a couple of 16-pounders. We also caught tons of canary, chili pepper, yellowtail, widow, and red rockcod, making for an excellent deep-water trip.

Awesome day on our Jurassic Park trip today! We started out in a little fog, but the ocean was flat calm, so we decided to run up the coast instead of heading out to the deep.
That turned out to be the right call. The wind picked up later in the morning, but being closer to shore kept the conditions comfortable—and the fish were biting like crazy. It was wide-open action, and everyone finished the day with limits!

We had beautiful weather, calm water, and even some lively bait for today’s halibut trip. Everything looked perfect—except the halibut didn’t get the memo! Fortunately, we always have a Plan B. We switched gears and went looking for local rockfish. After a little hunting, we found a hungry school and loaded up with limits of quality blue rockfish. Looks like fish tacos are back on the menu tonight! 🎣🌮

Awesome local rockcod trip this morning. Limits of quality rockcod, about a dozen mackerel, and a terrific whale show right off the back of the boat.

The halibut were a little stubborn today with the ground swell rolling through, but we still managed to put together a fun day on the water. We found some hungry lingcod and rockcod to keep the rods bent, so nobody’s going home empty-handed. Looks like it’s taco night! The swell should settle down over the next few days, and we’ll be ready when the halibut turn back on.

Great day on the water with a family of five! We had great halibut action, added a couple lingcod and some rockfish, and released a short white seabass. The bite stayed strong and everyone had a blast aboard the MEGA-BITE!

Great Jurassic Park trip today! We started the run in pea soup fog for the first 8 miles, but once it cleared, the ocean opened up. We dropped in and the action started immediately. When the wind picked up, we moved closer to shore, dropped in again, and it was nonstop action with quality blue, black, and red rockcod. Another great day on the water!

Good fishing on today’s Jurassic Park trip up the coast! The action started the moment we dropped our lines, with immediate hookups. We landed a couple of nice lingcod before the ground swell slowed the bite. We then ran out to deeper
water, where the rockfish were stacked up, and finished the day with excellent rockcod fishing. Another great day on the water!

Another incredible *Jurassic Park* rockfish trip today! We ran over an hour up the coast, pushing as far as conditions would allow before the swells turned us around. The moment our lines hit bottom, it was pure adrenaline—bent rods, aching muscles, nonstop laughter, and the kind of wide-open action that makes for unforgettable fishing.
The bite was absolutely on fire, producing the biggest blue rockfish of the season along with some quality lingcod. It was nonstop action from the first drop, and we had the fish box full in just over an hour.
After the rockfish mayhem, we made the hour-plus run back toward Santa Cruz and finished the day drifting for halibut. Another epic day on the water!

Great trip up the coast today in search of some big fish! We got a late start, but the fish were still waiting. We fished hard until the wind picked up, then moved closer to town and finished strong with halibut, lingcod, and limits of rockfish. Another great Jurassic Park day on the MEGA-BITE!

A father and his three sons hit the water today searching for rockcod, and they picked the perfect day to do it. The ocean was flat calm, the weather couldn’t have been better, and the local rockfish were hungry. We found the biggest blue rockfish of the season, and once we got on the spot, the action was nonstop. Every drop produced fish, making for an exciting day with plenty of bent rods, full bags, and smiles all around.

Another awesome *Jurassic Park* trip up the coast today! The ocean was flat calm, making for perfect fishing conditions, and the fish were ready to bite. We worked the deep water and put together a great catch of big yellowtail, canary, brown, and vermilion rockfish, along with a nice lingcod. Another fun day on the MEGA-BITE with plenty of bent rods and happy anglers.

What a fantastic day on the water! Beautiful weather, great fishing, and the day’s biggest highlight belonged to an 8-year-old Leo who landed an incredible 18-pound blue lingcod. With determination well beyond his years, Leo fought and brought the fish, for ten minutes, to the boat all by himself—an unforgettable accomplishment!

The action stayed steady all day, with limits of fish coming over the rail and smiles all around. Days like this are what make fishing aboard the MEGA-BITE on Monterey Bay so special. We can’t wait to make more memories like these all season long.

Out looking for some lingcod action today. With the wind up, we started fishing a few local reefs for the big ones, but the bite was pretty slow. So we headed up the coast in search of rockcod and lingcod, and it paid off. We finished the day with half limits of quality rockcod and a couple of nice lingcod. Not lights-out fishing, but a fun day on the water with great people!

Headed out this afternoon for a rockfish trip with Dad and his two young anglers. The wind was blowing, but so were the fish! We found some quality rockfish, with doubles coming over the rail more than once. The kids had a blast, and the smiles said it all. Tonight it’s fresh fish for dinner, with plenty more headed for the freezer. Great family, great fishing, and another fun day aboard the MEGA-BITE!

Started the day chasing halibut, but after a couple of hours drifting live bait without so much as a sniff, we made the call to change the game plan. Good decision! We headed offshore and got into some quality rockfishing, boxing beautiful blue, olive, and brown rockfish along with a few nice lingcod. It wasn’t the trip we planned, but it turned into a great day on the water with a cooler full of fresh fillets and a happy crew. Sometimes the best fishing comes from knowing when to switch gears!

The Monterey Bay delivered today for our crew of five anglers, going 3-for-6 on beautiful king salmon. Through great teamwork, we successfully netted three stunning fish, while the other three earned their freedom after some fierce acrobatic battles. It was a fantastic day on the water with plenty of excitement, and prime fillets headed for the dinner table!

A wonderful day fishing close to home today! The water was absolutely perfect—flat calm, whales all around, and hungry salmon. The fish were big too, with our largest tipping the scales at 19 pounds. We limited out and were headed back to the harbor by 10:30. Happy campers all around! Happy Fourth of July everybody.

We have been commercial salmon fishing for the past week so it was a nice change to go for a salmon charter today. Water was perfect but all the bait and whales have moved away. We had several hookups today but only managed to land one fat one. We’ll try again tomorrow.

Out for a local rockcod trip this morning. There was a little swell from last night’s heavy winds but it laid down. We got our lines in the water and it was pretty much a wide-open bite! Came home with limits of quality yellowtail, black and blue rockcod.

Easy going local rockcod trip this morning for our family of five from North Carolina. Fish were biting non-stop. Seven-year-old Jack and four-year-old Jacob were busy all morning hauling fish in. They had a blast! So did mom & dad of course.

The salmon bite is now on! Deep water Jurassic Park is also wide-open!

The forecast called for a breezy day, so we headed to a new Jurassic Park deep-water spot in search of lingcod and rockfish. It took a little while to get them going, but once the bite turned on we picked away at about half our limits before the wind started building.
Rather than call it a day, we made one more move to a spot closer to shore—and *WHAM!* The fish were waiting. We quickly finished off six-plus limits of beautiful blue, yellowtail, canary, and red rockfish, along with a couple of nice lingcod. Another great day on the water with a cooler full of fresh fillets!

Perfect conditions for our Jurassic Park trip today. To start we headed out to the deep for lingcod. Lingcod bite was slow but the rockcod were on the bite! Decided to move up the coast to find chili pepper rockcod and we nailed ’em! Came home with five limits of canary, chili pepper, red rockcod and three lingcod.

Another run to the deep produced nonstop action on big yellowtail rockfish. Singles and doubles kept the rods bent all morning. A great day on the water for two fathers and a special 16th birthday celebration for Alex!

Flat-calm seas and not a breath of wind made for perfect conditions on today’s Jurassic Park trip. We headed out to a new spot, and as soon as the lines hit the water, it was game on!
Big canaries, bright reds, and jumbo yellowtail rockfish came over the rail one after another, and a lot of doubles, in a steady bite. To top it off, we even found some Petrale sole mixed in with the action.
Great fishing, great weather, and an even better group of people. It doesn’t get much better than that!

What started out as a halibut trip turned into a wide-open Jurassic Park bite, with some of the biggest canary and blue rockfish we’ve seen in a very long time! The action was nonstop, with fish coming over the rails all day long. Limits, big smiles, and plenty of heavy sacks of fillets heading home. Great fishing, great weather, and a boat full of happy campers! 🎣🐟😎

We planned a nice, easy local rockcod trip for Grandpa, two dads, and grandkids. The plan was simple: stay close to home and put some fish in the boat. Unfortunately, after a solid hour of fishing, we hadn’t had a single bite. The south swell rolled back into town and really put a damper on the nearshore action.
Rather than wait it out, we made the run offshore to deeper water—and that’s when the fun started. The crew got into the fish in a big way, and they were quality fish too! By the end of the day, the cooler was loaded with canary rockfish, widows, yellowtail, browns, red rockcod, and two beautiful lingcod.
There will be plenty of fresh fish fillets heading home tonight, along with a few tired kids who are feeling a little older, a little tougher, and a lot happier after a full day on the water.
Great group of people and a pleasure to fish with. And a special thank-you to Will for the Willy Willy Hot Sauce. That stuff is outstanding!

Flat as a pancake out there today, with only a whisper of wind. We spent a couple of hours trolling around in search of salmon, but they just weren’t in a cooperative mood.
With Plan A not panning out, we made the switch to Jurassic Park deep-water fishing—and the action was nonstop! Doubles were common, and the fish averaged a solid 4 pounds. Lots of bent rods, lots of fish hitting the deck, and plenty of smiling faces all around.
Happy Birthday, Trevor! Thanks for spending your special day on the water with us.