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SALTWATER
July 5 - 19, 2019
VOL.38 • ISS. 15
SALTWATER REPORTS
BERKELEY
aboard salmon trolling trips. Inside
San Francisco Bay live bait potluck
anglers are nailing big numbers of
EAST BAY- The best fishing in the
halibut and stripers. Most live bait
entire state is taking place in the Bay
trips are averaging 4 keeper fish per
Area. Outside the Golden Gate limits
rod at this time.
are the rule for anglers that jump
“Today was a great day,” exclaimed
Captain
Jonathan
Smith of
Happy Hooker
Sportfishing.
“We had wide
open striped
bass fishing
again and great
numbers on
halibut. Our 18
anglers landed
36 bass(limits)
and 38 halibut
for the day,
That’s over 4
fish per rod.”
Captain Chris
Smith has
been enjoying
similar results
on the Pacific
Dream.
“We’ve had
lots of days
recently when
our anglers
put over 100
fish into the
box. Stripers
have been
providing limit
style fishing.
On the halibut
front our guys
Chris Barfield caught this terrific halibut while drifting live bait in San
East Bay Charter Boaters Post
Huge Scores!
Francisco Bay during a recent outing.
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Boston Whaler 130 Super Sport
are getting from 2
to 3 fish per rod, so
the fish boxes have
been filling up pretty
fast,” said Chris.
On the Goldeneye
2000 Captain Quang
has also been
enjoying excellent
results while drifting
live bait in the bay.
His most recent
trip yielded 17 full
limits of stripers and
halibut.
Salmon fishing
continues to be
amazing for anglers
venturing out on the
ocean and the New
Easy Rider has been
putting their clients
on limits and near
limits every day.
For example, on
June 21 Captain
Joey Gallia put
his anglers on 21
limits of kings to
16 pounds. The
previous day, it
was 25 limits to
20 pounds. The
day before that, 40
salmon to 25 pounds
for 21 anglers.
Big beautiful king salmon and big smiles…That’s been the
scene the New Easy Rider this spring. This husky salmon was
landed on June 10.
Photo courtesy of NEW EASY RIDER SPORTFISHING, Berkeley.
New Easy Rider Sportfishing
BODEGA BAY
Rockfish and Salmon Fishing
Expected to Improve with
Better Weather
BODEGA BAY – The ocean salmon
season reopened on May 18th, but
the action has been hampered by a
consistent northwest wind throughout
the end of May and into June. The
weather conditions are expected to
be as good as they have been all
summer during the second week of
June, and the salmon scores should
climb considerably.
Mike Aughney of Reel Magic Sport
Fishing said, “All of the conditions
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