Fish Sniffer Magazine Volume 42 Issue 11 | Page 19

BODEGA BAY

Big Rockfish and Lingcod Hit Deck

BODEGA BAY – The New Sea Angler hasn ’ t been out the deep water for rockfish and lingcod because of persistent northwest winds along the Sonoma County Coast , but fishing has been great for rockfish and lingcod in the shallows . The rockfish and lingcod fishing in the Bodega Bay Area opened to all depths on July 16 . The latest trip by the New Sea Angler on July 20 yielded 16 lingcod up to 18 pounds and 110 rockfish for 11 anglers . A trip by the boat on July 19 produced 130 rockfish and 26 lingcod up to 20 pounds for 13 passengers . A trip on July 17 by the New Sea Angler yielded 130 rockfish and 6 lingcod up to 27 pounds for 13 anglers . “ The anglers on these shallow water trips are catching vermilion , canary , brown , black , China and other rockfish ,” said Captain Rick Powers of the Bodega Bay Sportfishing Center . “ Ninety percent of the fish are bottom grabbers ; there are hardly any school fish .” Before the wind prevented the boat from fishing the deep water , anglers were catching limits of “ extremely large ” vermilion , bocaccio , yellowtail , widow and other rockfish at 320 to 330 feet deep while fishing different spots each day , said Powers . Many trips also produced limits of lingcod . They not only caught hefty lingcod and rockfish , but boated good numbers of petrale sole and sablefish ( black cod ) on the deep reefs . The lingcod average 14 to 16 pounds , with lots of fish in the high teens and lower twenties . Anglers are using jigs for the rockfish and chrome bars and swimbaits for the lingcod . “ We ’ re getting the fish on flies , bars , swimbaits and shrimp flies -- anything we put in the water gets devoured in the deep water ,” Powers noted .

- Dan Bacher

FISHERMAN ’ S WHARF / BERKELEY

Live Bait Drifters Bag Halibut , Stripers , Rockfish and Lingcod

SAN FRANCISCO – You can take your pick of live bait drifting for halibut and striped bass inside San Francisco Bay or fishing for rockfish and lingcod along the Marin County Coast now . Mike Rescino ., Captain of the Lovely Martha , reported a “ spectacular ” half day trip on San Francisco Bay on Saturday , July 22 . The 21 anglers landed 36 halibut to 15 pounds and 4 bass to 6 pounds while drifting live anchovies in the Berkeley Flats . On the previous day the 15 anglers aboard the Lovely Martha returned with 15 limits of assorted rockfish and 22 lingcod to 18 pounds after fishing along the Marin County Coast . On July 18 , the 10 anglers on the Lovely Martha bagged 20 halibut , full limits , while drifting live bait in the central bay . Aaron Anfinson , Captain of the Bass Tub , has also been targeting halibut , striped bass and rockfish . The boat checked in with 260 rockfish and seven lingcod up to 15 pounds for 26 anglers on a half day trip on July 22 . The young anglers drifted live bait off the Marin Coast . “ The rockfish were a mixture of blacks , blues , browns and vermilions ,” said Anfinson . “ The weather was flat calm .“ A kids trip , part of the San Francisco Fire Department ’ s FLAME Program , targeted halibut and striped bass on the bay on July 20 . The 9 anglers nailed 9 halibut to 12 pounds and 3 bass to 6 pounds while fishing off Alcatraz and in the Berkeley Flats on the Bass Tub . On July 22 , the California Dawn out of the Berkeley Marina stayed in the bay , while the California Dawn 2 went up the Marin County Coast , according to Captain James Smith . The California Dawn came back with 21 limits of halibut ( 42 ) to 20 pounds , while the California Dawn 2 returned with 17 limits of rockfish ( 170 ), 30 lingcod and 5 halibut . On July 21 , the “ super potluck ” trip on the

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It ’ s pretty amazing that we have this amazing halibut fishery right here in Northern California . This monster was landed while fishing live bait on the SF Bay .

Photo Courtesy of Lovely Martha Sportfishing

This angler landed this beautiful lingcod while fishing the Marin County Coast with California Dawn Sportfishing .

Photo Courtesy of California Dawn Sportfishing

What a catch ! California Dawn Sportfishing is running potluck trips and this angler landed these two huge lingcod and a nice halibut .

Photo Courtesy of California Dawn Sportfishing

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