Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition 3811 May 10-24 2019 | Page 31
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May 10 - 24, 2019
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Rockfish,
Lingcod
Main Quarry
During
Temporary
Salmon
Closure
The salmon
bite was
outstanding
during the first
This young angler took a trip aboard the Pacific Dream in late April and got
three
days
this dandy striper.
Photo courtesy of PACIFIC DREAM SPORTFISHING, Berkeley. after the April
13th opener,
but a huge
mass of jellyfish moved into the
over the past couple weeks for the
location where the salmon are, and it
East Bay saltwater fishing fraternity
has been difficult to troll. The salmon
with productive potluck fishing inside
season will experience a temporary
the bay for halibut and stripers and
closure from May 1st through the
solid bottom fish
17th in this section of the coast.
and salmon action
Captain Rick Powers of Bodega
taking place in the
Bay Sport Fishing and the New Sea
ocean.
Angler went rockfishing for 14 limits
Captains Chris
of quality bottom-grabbing rockfish
and Jonathan
along with one 14-pound ling cod
Smith have been
before switching over for 4 salmon to
chasing halibut
13 pounds, losing a few more.
and bass from the
He said, “I believe the salmon
Happy Hooker
are here, but it is a matter of being
and Pacific Dream
able to troll in the area since there
and they’ve been
is so much jellyfish. We have this
putting up some
closure starting next week, and once
good scores while
the jellyfish move out, I expect a
trolling rigged bait.
phenomenal salmon season. The
On Capt.
water looks good, there are big
Jonathans last trip
schools of anchovies out there, and it
aboard the Hooker
is only a matter of time. In the interim
for example, his 9
time during the closure, we will be
anglers nailed 17
focusing on rockfish and pulling the
keeper halibut and
crab pots on occasion.”
4 stripers.
Earlier in the week, Captain Eric
The Pacific
Holthouse of North Bay Charters
Dream has been
reported the salmon were biting on
producing similar
Thursday with Captain Josh Stevens
results boxing
putting in three salmon early in the
a dozen halibut
morning, losing another three.
and a handful of
CONTINUED ON PG 30
stripers on their
most recent trolling
adventure for 12
New Easy Rider Sportfishing
anglers.
Departures from Berkeley Marina
Captain Quang
of the Goldeneye
2000 put up a
3712
stellar halibut
score on April 26
with his clients
nailing over 30
keepers!
N ow B ookiNg
The New
SALMoN,
HALiBUT, BASS
Easy Rider with
LiVE
BAiT
TRiPS
Captains Joe and
Joey Gallia at the
controls has been
Rock & Ling Cod and Sturgeon
crushing the kings
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