26 June 26, 2020 VOL.39 • ISS. 14
SALTWATER REPORTS:
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MONTEREY BAY
Boats Are Running for Salmon and
Rockfish!
MOSS LANDING – Boats are now able to book salmon
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The Kahuna made its first trip of the 2020 season,
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a salmon mooching adventure, on Friday, June
12. “Salmon fishing was slow,” said Carol Jones of
Kahuna Sportfishing. “We ended up with one fish and
a few other tries. They saw fish swimming around the
boat up high but no biters.”
However, the bite improved the following day when
the 12 people aboard the boat landed five salmon to
17 pounds off Marina Beach. “All of the fish hit before
9 a.m.,” she noted.
Solid bottomfish action is expected on the upcoming
rockfish trips that Kahuna is offering.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: “We will be following
strict guidelines for social distancing so limiting
our loads on each trip.
Please follow rules on signage both at the
shop, waiting to board the vessel (6 feet apart)
and on the vessel.
You must wear a mask.
Only hand held personal ice chests are
allowed.
Passengers must not shake hands, share food
or drink or engage in any physical contact with
each other. No shared handling of equipment.
Hand sanitizer will be available both on the
boat and in the shop upon check-in. Bathroom
will be sanitized after each use. Surfaces
frequently touched will be sanitized as much
as possible. All equipment and boat will be
thoroughly sanitized after each trip.
Note that passengers of a single household do
not have to maintain social distancing with each
other and can share equipment and food and
drink.
We are back at “A” dock so we will be loading
there. Trips are $125. for salmon or halibut,
$150. for rockfish. We will be able to get back to
normal pricing once we can put more anglers on
the vessel. Thanks and please give a call to the
shop at (831) 633-2564 with questions.”
The boats out of Chris’ Fishing Trips in
Monterey also found tough salmon fishing on
June 12. The 16 anglers aboard the Checkmate
came back with 2 salmon, while the 11 anglers
on the Caroline returned with zero salmon.
Rockfishing was much better, with the 17 anglers
aboard the Star of Monterey catching limits of
rockfish and four lingcod.
Anglers going out of Stagnaro’s Fishing Trips
in Santa Cruz have reported good rockfish
action.. A 7-hour rockfish trip on June 9
produced limits of rockfish for 15 anglers
fishing shrimp flies and bait off the Santa
Cruz County Coast.
- Dan Bacher
While rockfish have been the main target of anglers working
Central Coast rockpiles, some big lingcod have been in the
mix too.
Photo courtesy of HULICAT SPORTFISHING, Half Moon Bay.
Tuna And Marlin Battle Anglers Out Of Cabo
“
We are experiencing nice days and some
wind in the afternoons and evening,”
reported Captain Jerry Chapman of JC Sportfishing.
“We have had some very nice weather
over the past week. I was out last night and we
had some pretty strong north winds that were
pretty cool, looks as if they were coming off the
Pacific. I think in the afternoons if you’re fishing
on the Pacific side expect some rough rides as it
has been blowing pretty good in the afternoons.
Really as far as temperatures it’s been really
warm in the day time with mostly sunny days
and cooler evenings.”
“Some nice striped marlin have been landed
in the 175lb to 200lb range and those are
some nice size fish. We have had days over
this past week where we have landed multiple
marlin. The 1150 to about 3 miles off the arch
has been really good for marlin and using
ballyhoo, live bait and lures were enticing
them. The average size of marlin being caught
is 90lb to 150lb which is basically the striped
marlin average size. So, no shortage of fishing
action this past week with our boats doing very
well on all species,” said Chapman.
“Tuna angling was
wide open for 3 to 4
days last week. Cedar
Plugs and King
Busters at the 95 During the 15 day Pelagic trip aboard the Red Rooster III, big tuna were the order
Spot were producing of the day. This monster came over the rail on March 14.
lots of nice fish. If
Photo courtesy of RED ROOSTER III SPORTFISHING, San Diego.
you head out about
9 to 17 miles off the
Light House and look for birds
you might run into some great
tuna action. They don’t seem to
be running with the porpoise so
watch for birds. I had friends
go out and catch a 200lb tuna.
What a day it was for them!
Winds have scattered the tuna
schools and cooled the water
down but it’s starting to warm
again and to land tuna you just
need to go out and look for
them.
his amazing black sea bass was pulled out of Mexican waters on March 10
during a long-range adventure aboard the Red Rooster III.
Photo courtesy of RED ROOSTER III SPORTFISHING, San Diego.
Double fisted yellow tail action.
That was the scene aboard the
Red Rooster III on March 10.
Photo courtesy of RED ROOSTER
III SPORTFISHING, San Diego.