VOL.39 • ISS. 20
SALTWATER
Sept 25, 2020
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SALTWATER REPORTS:
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BODEGA BAY cont.
County Coast.
“The 16 people on our trip to the North Farallon Island caught
limits of rockfish on Saturday, September 12,” said Captain
Aaron Anfinson. “There was no swell, but there was about
10 to 12 knots of wind. The anglers caught a mixture of blue,
While salmon scores have ramped down outside the Golden Gate, some very large kings are being caught by
trollers working along the north coast. This monster chinook was landed aboard the Salty Lady on September 7.
Photo courtesy of SALTY LADY SPORTFISHING, San Francisco.
yellowtail, olive, quillback, copper and
bocaccio rockfish while fishing shrimp
flies and flat jigs at 180 feet deep.”
“On the day before, the Bass Tub
started out salmon fishing, but switched
over to rockfish at the islands,” Anfinson
said. “The 13 anglers caught limits of
rockfish and 3 lingcod.”
- Dan Bacher
Annie Nagel caught this dandy albacore while trolling offshore of Fort
Bragg this September.
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the best show in town out of Half Moon
Bay as local fishermen are waiting for the
arrival of the Coastside Fishing Club’s net
pen salmon returning to the harbor. The
salmon, released by the efforts of the club,
are from the Mokelumne River Hatchery,
and they typically return late in the season.
Party boats are taking reservations for the
upcoming crab combination trips beginning
the first Saturday in November.
Local rockfishing has been excellent as
the Ankeny Street worked the coastal reefs
for 14 limits of rockfish including 5 cabezon
along with 5 ling cod to 10 pounds while
the Queen of Hearts out of Half Moon Bay
Sport Fishing put in 5 limits of rockfish on
recent trips.
Captain Dennis Baxter of the New
Captain Pete has been focusing upon
coastal rockfishing, and he said, “Limits of
rockfish have been steady, and we found a
good pod of vermilion on a recent trip. The
ling cod bite has been up-and-down, but
the action has not been spectacular along
the coast.”
“The locals are waiting for the arrival of
the net pen salmon, but we know that the run
has yet to arrive as around only five salmon
have been landed inside the harbor
near the restrooms. When the bite is on,
there are anglers out there throwing pink
worms or beads while perched on top
of a ladder. There have been no ladder
fishermen for the past few days. When
the salmon return, it is a great time for the
local private boaters trolling outside the
harbor between the two entrance buoys.
The great halibut bite that was taking
place down by the Ritz-Carleton has also
dried up, leaving rockfishing as our best
option right now,” Baxter stated.
Captain Tom Mattusch of the Huli Cat
just returned from a week of research
fishing along the Sonoma coastline, and
he will be focusing upon rockfish on the
local reefs once again.
The New Captain Pete, Huli Cat, and
Queen of Hearts will all be running the
crab combination trips, and the New
Captain Pete will also run a crab-only
the day prior to Thanksgiving as well as
Thanksgiving morning. Crab-only charters
are available as well.
- Dave Hurley
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Lingcod are on the chomp offshore of Half Moon Bay. This dandy
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