Fish Sniffer Magazine Volume 41 Issue 12 | Page 20

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the weather . Regardless of where we end up , we have been producing quality limits ,” he said . The New Captain Pete is back on the water fishing for salmon and rockfish . “ We had a group that wanted to leave at 7 a . m .., rather than 5:30 a . m ., on our latest trip .” said Captain Michael Cabanas . “ The 14 anglers fished for just 3-1 / 2 hours and then they wanted to go in . They caught 7 salmon up to 22 pounds while trolling by the Ritz Carleton Their fish averaged about 12 pounds each .”

- Dan Bacher

MONTEREY BAY

Salmon , Halibut and Rockfish Lead Summer Angling Parade

SANTA CRUZ – There are still some king salmon being caught on the edge of the Moss Landing Canyon to Soldiers Club in 220- 270 feet of water , according to Todd Fraser at Bayside Marina . Meanwhile , anglers are reporting solid halibut and rockfish action on

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The Bay ’ s Best Crew ! the bay and north coast . “ There were some limits of salmon caught a mile out in front of Moss Landing working the canyon in 135-220 feet of water ,” said Fraser . “ I spoke to one angler who caught his limit in 180 feet of water on the east edge of the Soquel Hole . The majority of the salmon are near the bottom , but some have been caught 80-150 feet down .” “ The halibut were still on the bite despite the south swell . The anglers found some nice halibut near the Mile Buoy and down near Pajaro . The rock fishing was good near Wilder Beach . The wind was not bad in the morning , but it did blow in the afternoon on the salmon grounds ,” he stated . Anglers going on boats out of Chris ’ Fishing Trips in Monterey continue to bring in limits of rockfish . The 19 anglers aboard the Caroline on July 16 landed limits of rockfish ( 19 ) and one lingcod , while the 14 anglers aboard the Checkmate on July 15 bagged limits of rockfish ( 140 ) while fishing the local reefs and Point Sur . The anglers are using shrimp flies , baited squid , along with jigs , bars and swimbaits .. The latest salmon trip on July 15 produced limits of “ big salmon ” for 8 anglers , reported Chris Arcoleo of Chris ’ Fishing Trips . The

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anglers were mooching with anchovies in Monterey Bay . Ken Stagnaro of Stagnaro ’ s Fishing Trips has been concentrating on rockfish trips . “ Over the past two days , we caught limits on our 7-hour rockcod trips ,” he noted .

- Dan Bacher

This angler was fishing the SF Bay with Flash Sport Fishing Charters when he caught and released this nice leopard shark .

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FISHERMAN ’ S WHARF / BERKELEY

Salmon Hit Outside Golden Gate While Leopard Sharks Bite In Bay

BERKELEY – Salmon fishing has remained really good with some days producing limits and other days just under a fish per rod . Potluck fishing and San Francisco Bay shark fishing remains very good . California Dawn Sportfishing recently reported that they had both the Cal Dawn and Cal Dawn II out on the ocean . The Cal Dawn checked in with limits of rockfish , 15 lingcod , 3 halibut and 1 cabezon , while the Cal Dawn II targeted salmon and landed 9 salmon to 25 pounds on their most recent trips . Happy Hooker Sportfishing has

focused on potluck trips and reported landing 27 lingcod , 13 halibut and nearlimits of rockfish for 17 anglers on their latest trip . The shark fishing on San Francisco Bay is great . “ The shark fishing went wide-open today ,” reported Steve Talmadge of Flash Sportfishing in San Francisco after his most recent trip . “ Flash II went in early with 6 fishermen that were worn out after leopard shark fishing . It is not too often that you end early on a 1 / 2 day trip .” Lovely Martha Sportfishing targeted salmon on 7 / 16 and reported catching 10 salmon to 21 pounds for 16 anglers . On a previous trip , they reported 14 anglers put a solid 17 salmon on the deck . - Ernie Marlan

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It has been an epic halibut season and this angler can confirm that the SF Bay halibut bite remains strong .

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These two anglers were fishing live bait on the coast and caught some nice rockfish and these two lingcod while fishing with Captain Steve Talmadge .

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