Little bumpy water early then the water laid down. Today we caught our biggest red (vermillion rockfish) ever at 11 pounds! Also got limits of 2-3 pound chili peppers. Awesome catch today. Just some of the fish and people in the pics.
Perfect water today for our Jurassic Park trip to the deep. As soon as we dropped our lines in it was game on! Nine year-old Allison brought in the first and biggest fish of the day then it was a steady pick of yellowtail, canary, red, green spots. Limits for four!
Wow! Slam dunked sixty nice chili peppers in no time! Beautiful water and 72 air temp. This is as good as it gets! Just some of the fish in the pictures.
Another wild fishing day at Jurassic Park. Water was as flat as a pancake, zero wind, and 70 degrees air temp. As soon as we dropped in our lines it was like catfishing in a barrel. Double after double the big chili peppers came up. The pic shows some of the catch for the day. Fun fun fun!
Awesome Jurassic Park trip today with early limits for four (pic only shows some of the fish and missing one fisherman). Thanks Marvin (and his mother) for sharing the tasty pupusas!
Nice flat water for our afternoon halibut trip. Went down the coast where the halibut had been biting and trolled. No takers! Went to a Capitola reef and picked up some blue rockfish. Today was the last day for local rockfish fishing. Will open again May 2024.
The weather report indicated poor weather offshore so we stayed closer to Santa Cruz for a local rockcod trip. Nailed six limits of blues, olives and reds. Dropped a couple lingcod. Weather was nice!
Nice weather today for our local rockfish trip. Was slow at first then after an hour or so the bite went wide open! Lost a few lings in the melee too 🙁 Came home with five limits of blues and olives. Half the blues were pretty big too.
Local rockcod trip today. With the effects from storm Hilary, close to shore fishing was slow (too much ground swell). We moved out a couple miles to deeper water and found lots of blues and olives. Kept the best 50 for Sylvia and her family. Came back early and had a great picnic on the boat! Thank you Sylvia, great food and great chatting with your beautiful family.
Flat as a pancake water again and nice cool 61 air temperature. Ran out deep and smacked the chili, canary, green spots, and yellowtail today. Just some of the fish in the picture.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.