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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!

Unlike most, we report ALL our fishing trips so you can have an idea of how the catching is. Click on any picture to get a better view.

October 16

October 16, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Our 1st tuna trip of the season and it was epic! Trolled for three hours then hooked up something big. Had the right gear with 24 pounds of drag so the battle only lasted 15-20 minutes. Chris and Brendon from Palo Alto got their bucket list bluefin tuna. Pushed 120 pounds.

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October 15

October 15, 2021 by Tom Dolan

The Bluefin tuna bite is going good. Quite a few fish being caught and the fish are averaging 75 pounds. Hook ups anywhere from 12-25 miles out of Santa Cruz (Bayside Marine).

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October 12

October 15, 2021 by Tom Dolan

A perfect day for Terry & Tim to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Wind was blowing and it made fishing even more fun. Bigger fish tend to bite better in the wind. Came home with limits of big black and brown pacific snapper and a very happy couple.

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September 26

October 15, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Beautiful day on the water today. Nice whale shows too. Got into some big snapper and a big lingcod. Fun day.

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September 20

September 20, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Big water today from the past couple days of high winds and our group still wanted to try the deep for Jurassic Park. As soon as we dropped in it was game on. Kelly had her personal best lingcod, and Kelly’s caught lots of lingcod from Morro Bay all the way up the coast. Big yellowtail too. Fun trip.

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September 19

September 19, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Tuna update – There has been (reported on websites) a couple bluefin caught this week. I can only confirm one. Over the next couple weeks the water may start getting good for a good shot at tuna. We will start tuna trips October 13th if they’re around.

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September 18 afternoon trip

September 18, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Fishing was awesome with grandpa, dad and 6 year-old Tom. Wind was up but these guys were definitely up for the task. They nailed limits of olive, canary, brown, blue and big red pacific snapper.

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September 18 morning trip

September 18, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Great bunch of Navy guys and dad. Nice water and nice fish. Came home with canary, brown, olive, blue and red pacific snapper and three lingcod. GO NAVY

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September 16

September 17, 2021 by Tom Dolan

What a blast with these folks. Lingcod, rockfish and smiles galore. Saw whales and dolphins too.

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September 12

September 12, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Storm’s making fish a bit skittish and the water was a wee bit bUmPy but that didn’t hold back our crew from getting into some nice fish.

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September 11

September 11, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Great family group from San Jose today out for Jamie’s birthday party. What a blast! Lots of fun catching canary, china, blue, brown and red pacific snapper.

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September 5

September 5, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Slow start today up the coast so decided to go deep. Good move too. We got our pacific snapper, lingcod and a petrale sole.

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August 29

August 30, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Jurassic Park today and the fish were ready for us! Here’s a couple before and after photos of Von. In just one year Von got much bigger and so did the fish. Awesome family fishing day. 74 year old Grandpa Dan also landed a 90 pound shark that we let go not to mention today was his personal best with a six pound pacific red snapper.

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August 28 – Afternoon trip

August 28, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Beautiful afternoon with light winds, calm seas and air temp around 70. Our local potluck trip was great with six limits of canary, blue, olive, brown and red pacific snapper and a nice lingcod. Great time.

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August 28 – Morning trip

August 28, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Awesome local potluck. John brought his magic squid, including a special scent, and whacked two halibut and a big lingcod. Also came home with limits of canary, blue, olive, brown, and red pacific snapper. Great day.

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August 27

August 27, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Limits of snapper including 24 reds and half-dozen lingcod!

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August 24

August 25, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Flat as a pancake water today for our Jurassic trip. Stopped and caught our live bait then headed for the deep. These fish were big today with yellowtail pushing four pounds, canary, red pacific snapper and petrale sole. Crushed it. That big fish is a cowcod that we released.

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August 22

August 22, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Awesome day for Jurassic. Got some quality lingcod, cabazon, snapper and a surprise halibut. Yum!

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August 21

August 21, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Great Jurassic Park trip with lots of laughs, snapper, some lingcod and petrale sole.

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August 9 – 19

August 14, 2021 by Tom Dolan

It’s vacation time! We’re out of town. Tom & Kai will be back in the saddle August 21. See you all soon.

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August 8

August 9, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Local potluck today was good. Nice rockfish and lingcod.

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August 7

August 7, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Awesome trip to Jurassic Park today and what a great mix of big reds, lings and a wolf eel! Third one in 15 years!

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August 6

August 6, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Wee bit foggy this morning and 63 degrees… perfect for fishing our local potluck today. Hammered out the rockcod and had a surprise 18 pound lingcod to throw in the batch. Great day and the kids were on their game!

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August 2

August 2, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Another killer rockfest at Jurassic Park today. Big reds with various other snapper, lingcod and petrale sole.

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August 1

August 1, 2021 by Tom Dolan

August already? Time flies when you’re catching fish. Especially big fish from the deep with live bait. What a great day with three teenager brothers, mom, dad and Greg.

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July 31

July 31, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Pretty fun day at Jurassic Park. After catching our live bait we went for big fish. Got lingcod and snapper topped with a lot of laughs and smiles.

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July 30

July 30, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Another amazing MEAT RUN today with a lot of laughs, 240 pounds of lingcod, halibut, snapper and cabazon!

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July 25

July 25, 2021 by Tom Dolan

MEAT RUN again and double wow!!! We filled the fish boxes today with 14 lingcod, a couple petrale sole, 55 snapper, and a nice fat halibut. Live bait worked wonders today.

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July 24

July 24, 2021 by Tom Dolan

MEAT RUN today and WOW!!! tons of fish using live bait including a dozen nice lingcod, a dozen+ big red snapper and a whole bunch of olive, blue, black, copper, brown pacific snapper.

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July 23

July 23, 2021 by Tom Dolan

Since the salmon have left the area we switched over to Jurassic Park fishing. Weather was keeping us from fishing deep so we followed the coast. Got into some nice black, blue, olive snapper and a lingcod.

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