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August 23 Morning trip

August 23, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Flat calm water and the fish were hungry! Nailed limits plus crew limits of quality snapper including 15 reds and a nice lingcod. Great fishing.

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August 22 Afternoon trip

August 23, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Headed out for an afternoon potluck trip with a bit of a 65 degree sea breeze for our friends from Reno where it was 100 degrees. The fishing was off the hook! Limits plus of olive, blue, black, brown, canary and red pacific snapper. Fun! Ceviche and tacos tonight.

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August 22 Morning trip

August 23, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Another great day for local potluck fishing and the fish really cooperated! Came home with lingcod and limits plus crew limits of brown, canary, olive, blue, widow and red pacific snapper. 15 year-old Kieran shows off his first ever lingcod with Grandpa. When he was 13 he got to watch his dad bring in a ling. Now it’s Kieran’s turn. Good job.

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August 18

August 19, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Awesome day today fishing with my good friends Holly, Becky, Royce and Rex for another trip to Jurassic Park. After making bait (catching live bait) headed out to the fishing grounds. A bit bumpy today but that didn’t deter our crew one iota. As soon as we dropped in we had fish on! Lingcod were biting like crazy! Only needed eight for limits and came home with nine lings (one for the captain!) to 16 pounds. And a couple were aqua blue. Topped it off with some snapper and we had us one heck of a day!

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August 15

August 16, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Beautiful day on the bay with a slight breeze, 65 degree air temp and flat as a pancake water. And! The fish were biting! Nailed six nice lingcod then got into some good action of blue, olive, canary, brown and red pacific snapper. 12yo Brian got his first ever lingcod today.

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August 14

August 14, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Great Our group from Sacramento escaped the 107 temps today to try a shot at lingcod. 69 degree breeze all day and limits of lingcod for all six plus crew lingcod. Jurassic Park is on fire!

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August 11

August 11, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Very flat water today and fishing was great! Got into the rockfish right away and boated lingcod and limits, plus crew limits, of BIG yellowtail, canary, green spot, brown, copper and red pacific snapper to six pounds! Happy 50th Greg!

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August 10

August 10, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Ran out to our Jurassic Reef in flat-as-a-pancake water and no wind. As soon as we dropped in the BIG fish started to bite. We nailed ’em good today with seven lingcod to 12 pounds, 30 snapper to six pounds and petrale sole. Awesome day today!

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August 9 Afternoon trip

August 10, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Still flat calm water and the fog is gone! Stayed close to home and were able to get the fish on a wild bite. Fish were bigger and we didn’t have to search much for limits of BIG blue, olive, black & yellow, and red pacific snapper and two BIG lingcod. What a difference a few hours makes. Great trip.

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August 9 Morning trip

August 10, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Headed out for a local potluck trip in pea soup fog. Fish were being slow to bite but our group persisted and after a lot of moving the boat around were able to get limits for six plus crew limits of blue, olive, canary, brown and red pacific snapper.

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August 8

August 8, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Flat as a pancake water today for our long range trip. As soon as we dropped in we started landing fish. Hooked into quite a few fish and headed home with our limits of lingcod and 75 pounds of quality canary, yellowtail, copper and pacific red snapper. Awesome fishing today.

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August 7

August 8, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Really nice flat calm day for our Jurassic trip. Took a while to get to our spot but when we finally did it was a wide-open bite. The kids (8 and 11 years-old) had non-stop doubles of big blues mixed in with olive, copper, canary and red pacific snapper for six limits! Add lingcod and halibut from mom and dad and we had one fantastic day!

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August 4

August 7, 2020 by Tom Dolan

What a trip! Limits for all including ten big red pacific snapper to six pounds.

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August 3 Afternoon trip

August 4, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Awesome weather for our folks from Fresno. Got a nice 70s seabreeze to help them forget the 100+ temps back home. Ran back out to our local fishing grounds and the fish were happy to see us.They literally jumped in the boat! Limits for all!

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August 3 Morning trip

August 3, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Very nice day for our local potluck fishing trip and the fish we’re biting! Came home with limits for all.

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August 2

August 2, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Forecasted high winds offshore so opted for halibut fishing. After catching squid for bait headed a little south for the halibut grounds. Whamm! Lots of halibut bites. Came home with halibut limits plus crew fish and a couple starry flounders.

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August 1

August 2, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Real nice weather for our local potluck trip. We nailed the snapper for eight limits of taco and ceviche meat. Fun fun group.

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July 31

August 1, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Salmon was a long shot so we decided to try for local halibut. Went squishing for our live squid and mackerel then headed to the halibut grounds. Slow start but then things picked up pretty good! In addition to hooking a bat ray and a shark, hooked into eight halibut. Had to return two hali’s to grow and a few times we came up with ripped up bait. Wound up taking four nice halibut home.

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July 30

July 31, 2020 by Tom Dolan

After making bait (jigging up squid and mackerel) we headed a ways up the coast. Dropped in our live squid and wham! The party started. The kids did real good with vermillion (red pacific snapper) to eight pounds, lingcod and big blues. But… Dad/Uncle had to school them with his 15 pound lingcod. Great day with limits of snapper and we only kept four lingcod.

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July 29

July 30, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Was supposed to go for salmon but with the slow bite we opted for Jurassic Park (long range) instead. Lots of action and lots of fun. Whales, dolphin, a great white shark and big fish including lingcod, copper, red, canary, olive, and blue pacific snapper. Got our first kelp greenling of the season too. Limits of snapper for all plus crew limit.

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July 28

July 28, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Another awesome day at Jurassic Park. Jigged up our live bait then headed to the deep reef and started loading the boat with lingcod, rockcod and petrale sole. Even got a little whale and dolphin show.

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July 19 thru July 27

July 22, 2020 by Tom Dolan

It’s time for the MEGA-BITE crew to take our vacation! Tom stayed put, Kai fished commercial and Max went on surfing trips. We’ll be back on the 28th. July is already booked. August has a lot of openings yet to be filled. 7/27 update: Bluefin in the 120 pound range are being hooked and sometimes landed.

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July 18

July 19, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Great trip with some of my favorites, Kai and Jaden. These two kids smacked the rockcod and lingcod good today. Brother Meleke was in charge of red snapper with his biggest going six pounds. Jaden landed a 33.25 inch lingcod. Holly and Ron (mom & dad) also contributed their fair share.

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July 17

July 19, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Our group from 105 degree Sacramento came to fish in 65 degree temps on flat calm seas. Combined with lots of fish, made their trip a very enjoyable experience.

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July 16

July 16, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Awesome day on the bay today with zero wind and flat calm seas. Jigged up live squid then went to town for limits of lingcod and 100 pounds of olive and red pacific snapper up to nine pounds!

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July 15 Afternoon trip

July 16, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Ran back out to the fishing grounds where we caught this morning and the fish were waiting for us! Doubles were common and the fish were big! Big blues, big olives, canary and red pacific snapper to four pounds. Lot’s of fun and plenty of fish. Nice dolphin show too. Flat as a pancake water with no wind.

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July 15 Morning trip

July 16, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Nice flat calm water for our local potluck trip. Jigged up some live squid and headed to the rockfish grounds. Fish were biting good too. Limits for all of olive, blue, canary and seven red pacific snapper to five pounds.

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July 13 Afternoon trip

July 14, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Winds came up a bit but that didn’t deter our party from going for the big ones! And, the fish were ready to bite! Big time bite with all rods hooked up at the same time. Came home with limits plus crew fish of olive, blue, canary, brown and red pacific snapper.

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July 13 Morning trip

July 14, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Headed out to the local rockcod grounds and whacked the rockcod big time! Loaded up the fish box with seven limits of olive, blue, brown, canary, and red pacific snapper to five pounds.

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July 12

July 13, 2020 by Tom Dolan

Jurassic today but had to stay close to shore (winds) so we went squishing (squid fishing) first then halibut fishing then off to get limits of snapper. Brought home a ton of squid, two very nice halibut and limits of pacific snapper including reds to five pounds. Awesome day!

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