Fish Report for 2020

Yesterday was our last charter until April 1st. What a year we had. A lot of challenges but also a lot of fun when we did get to fish. Thanks to all of our Customers for your support this year. You really helped us keep afloat!
See you all next year! Happy New Year!

Perfect clear weather for today’s combo trip. Ran out to the crab grounds and got some really nice crab then headed closer to shore for rockfish. Probably a combination of the big swell, full moon, cold water and who knows what else, but the fish had lockjaw.

Gorgeous day for our crab combo. Ran out to the crab grounds and got some nice crab to 3 pounds. Then headed in closer for the rockcod fishing. With the big swell still in town, as expected it was a slow but steady pick. Fun day!

Weather man missed this one. Supposed to be a nice day but the swell was bigger than forecasted. Still got some crab and fish but it wasn’t easy. But it sure was fun!

Big swell in town again so the bite was slow. Crab pirates have been out in full force but we were able to get a few limits of big crab. Happy campers!

A wee bit chilly early morning but got nice out as the day went on. Small groundswell today seems to have knocked the bite down a notch. Today we got 1/2 limits and the fish were more on the smaller size.

Swell has finally come down so we’re back out fishing and the fish were happy to see us. Ran out to one of our lucky spots and as soon as we dropped in it was fish on! Non-stop catching for a few hours of both big and medium size blues and olive pacific snapper. Even tossed back 20-30 small ones to grow. Came into the lingcod grounds and tried for an hour with no luck.

Crab only trip today and what a blast. Swell was still big but our seasoned sea-goers were up to the task. Got out to the crab grounds and got our limits pulse a crew limit then headed back home in calmer seas. Time to cook and freeze the crab for Christmas and New Year’s dinners.

Effective now, and until Covid is under control, we have decided to only offer private charters (no open loads or walk-ons, everyone must be from the same group). We understand we may lose business by adopting this policy but we feel strongly this is necessary to keep our valued Customers and ourselves safe. We all need to do our part in helping stem this virus. This is our part.

Perfect weather and flat calm water but the ground swell (swell you don’t get on the surface) is making visibility for the fish almost impossible. We got some fish yesterday but could have used more. Six limits plus of crab more than made up for the lack of fish. Very happy group and a real joy to fish with.

Big ground swell in town which has impacted the catching. We didn’t get many fish today but we got plenty of crab. Swell dissipates early next week.

Beautiful water today and great crabbing and fishing. Fished first to get our limits of nice olive, blue, canary and red pacific snapper then to the crab grounds. Big crab and plenty of them too. Limits of crab and fish for everyone!

Nice flat calm water today for our Jurassic crab combo. Started with getting our crab at the crab grounds then out deep for the lingcod. Found no love out deep so headed up to Davenport and got some nice fish. Came closer to port and finished up with limits of BIG blues, olives, browns, coppers and a few red pacific snapper to five pounds!

Another chilly morning for a local crab combo. Started catching fish as soon as we dropped in for limits plus crew fish of big blues, olives and red pacific snapper to five pounds. Then headed out for crab and even though someone ran our gear we still ended up getting our crab. Nice day and happy 17th birthday Aidan!

Chilly this morning for our local crab combo trip. Got out to the crab grounds and someone’s been busy pulling our gear and taking our crab. Fortunately they didn’t get them all but it sure does make a lot of extra work for us to get the crab we need. Came in closer for rock fishing and WOW! BIG blues again mixed in with a good grade of olive pacific snapper.

Great day for a local potluck and crab combo trip. Weather was a little warmer and the seas were a bit more comfortable (for most). Ran through the crab gear then came into shallower water for our rockfish and it was game on! Pretty much non-stop catching. Came home with fish and crab limits for five including some red pacific snapper pushing seven pounds!

Jurassic Park baby! Ran out to the crab pot farm and got our crabs then headed to the deep for lingcod. First drift we nailed a couple nice lings, the biggest was 18 pounds! Then that was it! Got a few small lings but the lingcod bite died. Fortunately the rockfish bite was good! Came home with limits for six of olive, brown, canary, blue, and red pacific snapper to six pounds! Great day.

This is as good as it gets! Jurassic crab combo today and the fish were ready for battle. After we got our crab we ran out to the deep and started slaying the lingcod pretty much non-stop with BIG coppers, yellowtail and red pacific snapper mixed in. Came home with beautiful crab, rockfish (pacific snapper), and lingcod limits for five. Went big then went home. Great day!

Awesome Jurassic combo trip today. After we got our crab ran out to the deep and got five nice lingcod then came in closer to shore for a wild bite of big blue and olive pacific snapper. Limits for six!

Another day of easterly wind making the water a wee bit uncomfortable but we managed to get out to the crab grounds and come in closer for rockfish and lingcod. Got the crab but the lingcod weren’t biting. Came home with lots of big crabs and plenty of pacific snapper!

Mr Toad’s Wild today and the water wasn’t very kind in the morning. Fortunately we powered on and were able to get our crab then out to the deep for lingcod. Got our lingcod then came closer to shore for rockfish and did good! Happy birthday 13 yo Alex!

Another awesome day at Jurassic Park with crab! After we limited out on crab for five plus two limits for crew we ran to the deep reef and it was game on! Lingcod limits for five plus crew lingcod. What a fantastic time watching these nine year-olds and 14 year-olds step up to the plate. Big haul today.

Flat calm water again for Jurassic Park. Went to the crab pots farm and got our crabs then out to the deep. As soon as we dropped in our live bait it was fish on! Lingcod started biting good then everything simply shut down. Tried a bunch of different depths and couldn’t get a decent bite going. Great guys and a whole lot of fun.

Beautiful flat calm water today for our Jurassic Park trip and the fish were biting real good! Caught our live bait then limited out on lingcod. Stayed out deep for the rockfish and got some nice copper, green spot, yellow tail, brown pacific snapper. Then something BIG took a MEGA-Bait. After a lot of tug of war Richard pulled in a 100 pound soupfin shark. Awesome battle and awesome eating too!

The storm has finally moved out and the weather forecast for the next week at least is perfect for fishing and crabbing! We pulled a crab pot yesterday to check the quality and these crabs are BIG! Should be a great crabbing season. On a sad note, Commercial crabbing has been delayed until at least the beginning of December. Our prayers go out to all the commercial crab fishermen and fisherwomen hoping they get the green light to crab by December 1st. In the meantime recreational crabbing (MEGA-BITE is considered a recreation fishing vessel) is open and will remain open for the remainder of the year.

Local potluck today and the fish were a wee bit skittish due to the incoming storm this weekend. Took a while and a lot of traveling around to find willing fish. We found ’em! Came home with mixed limits of blue, olive, black and red pacific snapper.

Awesome day today in Jurassic Park. Beautiful water, little wind, and lots of action! Lingcod limits for six then headed to the rockcod grounds to top off the tank. Happy birthday John!!!

Well, the wind came up so we had to find some new schools of fish closer to home and we found ’em, big time! Awesome bite and a ton of olive, blue, black, brown and canary pacific snapper. The pic is 13 year-old Troy holding up a couple very nice blacks. Limits for all plus some crew fish.

Awesome flat calm day for a local potluck trip. Got out to one of our lucky spots and it was pretty much a wide open bite with big olives and blues. Also nailed browns, canary and crab cod. Brought home eight limits of beautiful snapper and a very nice lingcod.

Jurassic Park run today and another wow! After catching our live bait we headed for the deep reef and as soon as we dropped in we hooked up with a lingcod. Then a few minutes later, all the rods lit up with lingcod. Now all four rods are hooked up and all four lingcod got boated. The biggest went 21 pounds! After we put seven lingcod in the boat we went closer to shore for limits, plus crew limits, of really big blue and olive pacific snapper What a day!

Now we’re talking! The swell has diminished and the fish were biting like crazy today. Big ones too! Came home with seven high quality limits of medium to big olive, blue, copper, and red pacific snapper. Must have thrown back 30+ smaller fish. Banner day!

Really nice weather for our local potluck trip today with air temps in the low 70s. We nailed limits plus crew limits of quality blue and olive pacific snapper. One short lingcod that went back to grow. Crab season starts in just a few weeks!

Awesome local potluck trip today with our friends from Kenny Rogers Plumbing. Had to move around a lot to get bigger fish and tossed back probably 50 smallies. Came home with limits plus crew limits of quality blue, olive, brown, and red pacific snapper.

Jurassic Park trip today and what a beautiful day with a whale show, sea lions circling the boat, overhead a plane doing acrobats, and some serious lingcod, petrale sole and rockfish catching. The lingcod bite was good! Caught our live bait then ran deep to pull up six lingcod to 15 pounds. Afterwards came in closer to shore for limits of blue, olive and china pacific snapper.

Wind picked up and the fishing went back to slow and small. Tried real hard to find willing fish but kept getting tiny rockfish. Worked all the way up and down the coast, worked shallow then deep water but just couldn’t’ get away from the smaller fish. Came home in the dark with 3/4 limits of small pacific snapper.

Our local potluck trip started out very slow with just a fish here and a fish there until slack tide (11am) then the bite took off! Limits for seven of nice quality blue, black, olive and china pacific snapper. Great group of guys from Modesto.

The fog and the winds have finally subsided and the fish were hungry! Ran out to our secret reef and immediately started hauling in blues and olives. Finished with early limits so came in closer to shore to give halibut a try.

Winds started up a bit and blew away the fog! We fished one of our local honey spots and we got into the rockfish bigtime! Lots of fun with a very beautiful family celebrating 70 year-old Al’s birthday. Great fishing and tons of laughs. Limits of quality pacific snapper.

Seas were a bit choppy and the fog was thick making fishing a little more difficult than usual. Our group trudged through it and were able to come home with some nice olive, blue, black and a couple BIG red pacific snapper.

Ran out to Jurassic Park”s deep reef today and the fishing was good for lingcod and big yellowtail. Especially considering the ground swell that came into town over a week ago. Once it’s gone fishing should go back to red hot!

MEGA-BITE thanks the men and women of the Air National Guard today with a sunset cruise around the bay. These folks have been working non-stop to help our community with staffing food banks, fighting the CZU Complex Fire, staffing medical personnel at the SC Fairgrounds and more.
Thank you Air National Guard!

Big swell is still in town and it’s killing the bite. Not much fish to report today. Should clear up this week.

Local potluck trip and the weather and water were still confused from this morning. Tried fishing all the local reefs but couldn’t get but a few fish to bite. Came home with a handful of nice black and olive pacific snapper.

Jurassic Park trip was not your typical big game safari today. Mixed swell, deep swell, strong current and East wind really made catching difficult. Traveled more than 40 miles trying to get the fish to bite but just couldn’t beat Mother Nature at her own game.

Fished Jurassic Park for about an hour or so and when the wind came up we moved closer to shore. Big 12′ swell today and the wind wave was growing to 4′. Came closer to home and was able to work up a few limits of very nice black, blue, and olive pacific snapper.

Another great trip to Jurassic Park with our newlyweds Jen and Nathan. As soon as we dropped in the lingcod started biting. Charles landed the biggest at 18 lb with a lingcod in its belly! Lingcod are very territorial and aggressive! Don’t be a lingcod. In the picture Charles is 6ft 6in tall.

The weather got big this afternoon and our fearless family took on the challenge without hesitation. The water was bigger than usual this afternoon. “The bigger the water the bigger the fish” and 13 year-old Gabe from Pleasanton proved it when he landed two lingcod at the same time on one hook! A smaller blue lingcod took the first bite then an 18 pound monster ate the blue lingcod! Good job Gabe! The fish were thick and coming over the rail non-stop for brief periods. Ended up with six limits of big olive, blue, black, canary and 13 big vermillion for a total of 62 fish. Awesome.

Jurassic Park was awesome today. First drop we landed three lingcod. Another five drifts and lingcod limits! Came in closer to shore for our pacific snapper. Great haul guys!

Local potluck trip today and the seas were flat calm and zero wind. Pretty much a steady pick of quality olive, blue and brown pacific snapper for limits. Lingcod showed up too!

Jurassic park with two soon to be married couples! Great energy today and very refreshing considering all the not so cool stuff going on in the world these days. Caught our live bait and headed for lingcod. As soon as we dropped in, Charles hooked his first lingcod then bride Jen brought up a monster followed by Mason with a deep blue lingcod. Boccaccio we’re all over us (trash fish full of worms) so we moved to get busy with rockfish. It was game on again with big blues and olives coming over the rail. It was wild and we’re doing it again next week after couple #1 ties the knot. Great time!

Still thick fog with no smoke and a cool 63 degrees. Fish were finicky at first then it went to a Wide-Open-Bite. Fish were virtually jumping in the boat! Limits for all plus of olive, blue, black, canary and red pacific snapper. Happy campers!

Pea soup fog this morning with clean fresh air for our local potluck trip. Ran up the coast a ways and as soon as we dropped in it was Fish On! We kept hammering the fish until we got limits for six of blue, black, olive, canary, brown and red pacific snapper. Good job 12 year-old Aiden and great job Grandpa, but Grandma hauled in most of the fish!

Local potluck today in the hazing morning skies. We pray that everyone stays safe through these fires. Tried fishing close to home but the fish were slow to bite. Ran up the coast a ways and it was Fish On! Nailed limits for all plus crew limits of quality olive, blue, black, canary, and red pacific snapper.

Ran out and caught our live bait then headed for Jurassic Park. Immediately started boating the lingcod. Crazy wide open bite. Got limits for everyone and a crew limit. WOW. Then off to get the snapper and we hit a pile of hungry olive, black, blue, and canary pacific snapper for limits for all plus crew fish. Gramps had the biggest lingcod.

Flat calm water for our MEAT RUN (tuna and Jurassic Park) trip today and a nice 65 degrees. Our group from Sacramento wanted to escape the forecasted 109 temps for the day. Caught our live bait then headed out for lingcod and wham! Limited out on lingcod then off to the tuna grounds. Trolled around for hours but no tuna takers today. Came back in for rockfish and limited out again! Long day with limits of lingcod and pacific snapper.

Great weather today for our Jurassic trip. After catching our bait ran out deep and immediately started hauling in the lingcod. Wind picked up so we came in closer to shore for the rockfish and slayed em! Limits for all! Ceviche and fish tacos tonight. Happy birthday Kelsey!

Jurassic Park today and WOW! Limited out on lingcod within an hour plus crew limits of lingcod. Using live bait sure does make a difference. After crushing the lingcod we set out for rockfish and nailed limits of BIG canary, BIG yellowtail, brown, and green spot pacific snapper. Water was flat calm and a cool 65 air temp.

Tuna and Jurassic Park combo trip today and what a day it was. Started out with Jurassic Park and worked up lingcod for everyone and 3/4 limits of some big yellowtail, canary, red pacific snapper. Then headed out to the tuna grounds for about 30 miles of trolling. Tuna were a no show today.

Nice water in the morning as we headed offshore to search for tuna. Found clear water, whales jumping all around, birds and dolphins and all the right signs but no tuna. After trolling most of the morning with no tuna bites decided to switch over to Jurassic Park and it was game on! Our highliner was 14 year-old Alex (a.k.a. One-Shot) from Redwood City with three lingcod and an assortment of BIG rockfish. Came home with five lingcod and a couple dozen canary, yellowtail, brown and red pacific snapper.

Water was still flat and calm and a low pressure system was coming in. The fish that were active in the morning weren’t so active due to the incoming low pressure. Our group toughed it out though and managed more than half limits of black, blue, canary, olive, brown and red pacific snapper.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Great group and great fishing with limits of olive, blue, canary, brown, and red pacific snapper.

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.

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.

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!

Off the hook wild fishing today. Wind coming in early so opted for local potluck instead of salmon and it was GREAT! Big fish for limits for all plus crew including 19 red pacific snapper to seven pounds. Live and fresh dead squid (that our group jigged up) was the ticket.

Trolled for salmon but soon realized the bite was going to be slow. Instead of dragging bait around for hours we opted for snapper and halibut. Good thing we did. Had the four kids jig up live squid then got our seven limits of rockfish (snapper) and a nice halibut.

Great day for our local potluck trip. Water had a little bump and there was zero wind. After an hour of searching finally found some willing fish and it was game on for the rest of the morning. Limits for all of olive, blue, canary, and red pacific snapper. Ceviche tonight!

High winds forced us to change course and fish locally in Santa Cruz. Glad we did because the fishing was outstanding! We caught well over 120 fish but only kept the best for eight limits of olive, blue, canary, brown and red pacific snapper.

Awesome day with awesome folks today. It’s been six years since Andrew was on the boat and now that he’s 16 you can see he can handle a Jurassic Park trip without question. Drew hooked into a lot of fish today and the boat went in with lingcod and six limits of some high quality snapper. GREAT 4TH OF JULY!

Another try at salmon today. Fished with about a hundred other boats in close quarters. Only saw one net flying and it wasn’t ours.

With the salmon still being hard to find we opted for local potluck today and we did good! Limits of big yellowtail, blue, canary, and red pacific snapper to six pounds for all plus crew.

Went for salmon today and we traveled all over and we caught salmon! One in the box and may have missed a couple. Things are looking up for salmon fishing.

South swell still in town so headed up the coast for Jurassic Park fishing. Tried for squid but none would bite. Fortunately we still had leftover fresh dead squid from a couple days ago and it paid off. We got into some lingcod and limits of rockfish.

Afternoon local potluck trip and WOW! Seas were flat as a pancake and the fishing was crazy good. Still using our squid form the morning catch for bait and the fish loved it! Limits for all plus crew limits of nice blue, olive, canary, brown, starry and red pacific snapper. Awesome day.

Local potluck trip with live squid! Ran up the coast and made bait. Ran to some honey holes and wham! The rockfishing was on fire! Limits plus including ten red pacific snapper to five pounds. Great morning.

What a great day for our Jurassic Park trip. Water was flat and the fish were biting! Jigged up our live squid for bait then headed for some lingcod action. As soon as we dropped in it was game on. All rods were hooked up at one time and two gaffs flying. Got four lingcod limits and tossed back a few to grow even lost a couple monsters at the boat. Then moved on to rockfish and again we nailed it! 13 red pacific snapper and a mix of coppers, blues, blacks, olives, canary pacific snapper for limits plus crew fish. The kids had a blast making bait too.

Jurassic today and after getting our live bait went to the deep reef for some lingcod action. First drop and we hit lingcod. Unfortunately that was the only drop that produced lingcod. Ended up getting too many boccaccio (salmon grouper) so headed closer to shore for pacific snapper.

Another banner day and flat calm seas in the morning for our Jurassic Park trip. Got to our fishing grounds and as soon as we dropped in we started hauling in the lingcod. Finished with limits for all plus crew fish then off to the rockfish grounds. Rockfish’ing was slow but the four+ limits of big lingcod to 36 inches was well worth the extra effort.

Great day on the water as we ventured out to Jurassic Park. Early lingcod limits and lost a few too. Then off to the rockfish grounds for the remainder of the day.

Beautiful day for a local potluck trip. 11 and 12 year-olds were on top of their game! Pierson landed at least 20 rockfish and brother Hudson brought in another half dozen. Dad brought in his share Holly was their coach (and she caught fish). Way to go gang! Limits of olive, blue, brown, canary and red pacific snapper.

Headed for local potluck today. Fish were finicky and we traveled all over the place to try and find a bite. After a few hours of a fish here a fish there we decided to come closer and do halibut drifts. Found more rockcod and a nice blue lingcod but only a scratched bait from a halibut.

Supposed to be a salmon trip but since salmon are scarce our party opted to go for Jurassic Park fishing instead. Brilliant move! Loaded up on live bait then headed out our lingcod to then nearshore for limits plus of big olive, blue, black, canary, and red pacific snapper. The big red weighed in at nine pounds! Wild day and fun fun fun.

Took a while to get the fish to bite but once they started it was non-stop action for limits of blue, olive, canary, brown, and red pacific snapper. Mom said “our best fishing trip ever!”.

No salmon around so went for local potluck. Great day on the water and plenty of fish caught too! Five limits of olive, blue, black, brown and red pacific snapper.

Decided salmon fishing wasn’t going to produce much so we opted for Jurassic Park and boy are we glad we did! After jigging up sand dabs for bait, headed to the big fish. First drop we got lingcod. After a couple hours of lingcod fishing came in closer to shore to start on the snapper and the fishing was on fire! Best bite we’ve seen yet. Finished up with all four rods with doubles. Great day. 13 yo Michael had his first lingcod and Page caught a beautiful five pound red pacific snapper.

Got our sand dabs for live bait then went to work on getting our lingcod. Nice lingcod to 15 pounds then limits of quality olive, blues, canaries, brown, and red pacific snapper.

Local potluck today and the fish were waiting for us! On our first drop we started pulling in fish one after another non-stop. Limits for all of beautiful olive, blue, copper, brown and red pacific snapper. Happy Birthday Kim!

Salmon trip today. High winds kept us close to Santa Cruz. Trolled all day but no fish to take home.

Headed out for our first local potluck trip and it was a blast! After one slow drift we switched up our bait and it was game on with doubles of red, olive, blue, canary and brown pacific snapper. Limits plus for our party of four. Reds to four pounds. Real nice quality fish today.

First MEAT RUN of the year today and it was a wild one. Weather was pushing 20mph winds all day which made things a bit more challenging than usual to say the least. Caught our live bait then headed out for lingcod limits then on to rockcod. Rockfish were a bit shy but managed 1/2 limits for all then trolled for salmon. Had a four-way hookup! One nice king salmon, two coho that went back in the water and one no-show. Picked up another shorty salmon that went back too. Fun day!

Another Jurassic Park trip (supposed to be salmon but the salmon fishing is dead right now) today and after catching our live bait headed out to the reef. First drop we had a four way lingcod hookup! Boated three and one no show. Spent the next five hours working on the lingcod and snapper. The boccaccio bite was unlike anything we’ve seen before. We must have landed 20 + boccaccio but only kept the younger ones.

Jurassic Park trip – Our first charter of 2020 and it was perfect. What a blast and what a bite. Started with catching our lingcod bait then headed to the lingcod reef for limits of lingcod plus crew. Then went on for snapper and again the bite was incredible. Big Copper’s! Headed home with limits for all and big smiles (under our masks).

Had to squeeze in one more crab trip for our good friends. Great crab and great fun. Love watching these ongoing fathers and sons trips. See you all in April when fishing season opens back up. Have a great New Year!

Nice weather today with a sizable swell and lots of happy campers. After getting our crab came in closer to shore and got blues and olive rockfish. Slow bite caused by the new ground swell.