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SALTWATER
July 5 - 19, 2019
SALTWATER REPORTS:
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HALF MOON BAY
Rockfish, Lingcod Provide
Top Action Until Salmon Bite
Rebounds
EL GRANADA - The hot salmon bite
experienced below the Pillar Point
Harbor near the Deep Reef dried up
quickly as the largest school moved
progressively up the coastline.
There were good days off of Mussel
Rock, bringing the Bay Area Fleet
down to greet the boats coming up
from Half Moon Bay, but the salmon
continued to move up the coastline
and out of range for the Half Moon
Bay fleet.
As of press time, the main bulk of
salmon are as far north as Drake’s
Bay south of Point Reyes. However,
there is hope for the return of the
salmon in the coming months as there
has been tremendous commercial
salmon fishing action out of Morro
Bay and Port San Luis, and these fish
have to pass Half Moon Bay on their
way through the Golden Gate into the
Sacramento River system.
Captain Dennis Baxter of the New
Captain Pete out of Half Moon Bay
Sportfishing was out on Saturday,
June 8, and he said, “We traveled 56
miles for three total salmon, starting
14 miles west towards the Farallon
Islands and ended up 5 miles out
from Pigeon Point 18 miles south of
the harbor. There are haystacks of
anchovies, but they are very deep as
the water color isn’t dark enough.”
A steady northwest wind has cleared
and chilled the water temperatures,
but the overall effect of the wind will
pay dividends with the upwelling
along the coastline.
Rockfish action remains very good.
The Queen of Hearts checked in
with limits of rockfish, 10 lingcod
and 5 cabezon for 35 anglers after
fishing off the San Mateo County
coast on Saturday, June 8, reported
Stephanie Meza at the Half Moon Bay
Sportfishing Center.
The Ankeney Street has also been
fishing coastal rockfish in shallow
water, and in addition to some quality
lingcod, they have put in cabezon to
9 pounds as part of their 10-rockfish
limits.
The addition of a third canary
rockfish and fourth black rockfish as
subtotals of a 10-fish limit began on
June 1st, and this regulation change
also added a 2nd ling cod over 22
inches.
- Dave Hurley
MONTEREY BAY
Rockfish Action Is Great Off
Monterey Coast
MOSS LANDING – Fishing for
rockfish and lingcod off the Big Sur
Coast remains excellent for anglers
boarding the Kahuna sportfishing
boat.
A trip on June 20 produced 20
canary rockfish, 40 copper rockfish,
28 lingcod (up to 22 pounds), 60
rockfish and 40 vermilion rockfish for
19 anglers. A trip on June 19 yielded
7 bocaccio, 10 canary rockfish, 5
lingcod, 33
rockfish and
42 vermilion
rockfish for 11
passengers,
according to
Carol Jones
of Kahuna
Sportfishing.
A trip on June
17 produced
4 lingcod, 145
rockfish and
25 vermilion
rockfish for 17
anglers. “The
anglers caught
some beautiful
shallow water
reds and the
VOL.38 • ISS. 15
Matt Mayes shows off a hefty California halibut he caught while working the north coast from
his kayak this May.
Photo courtesy of the KAYAK CITY FISHING TEAM, Kayak City.
olives were blowing up on the top
bottom in 230-270 feet of water. There
water poppers!,” she said. “It was just
were a few caught in 270 feet of
plain fun fishing!”
water off Natural Bridges. The Sand
“On a trip to Point Lopez, 20 anglers Plant area to Soldiers was good for
landed limits of mostly reds and limits
the anglers who fished hard near the
of lingcod with 12 fish going over 20
bottom in 270 feet of water.”
pounds. What a great day!,” she said.
“The rockfishing was good in the
The total count that day was 15
deep water near Davenport. There
copper rockfish, 40 lingcod (up to
were some nice blues and olives
25 pounds), 100 rockfish and 85
caught at South Rock. The halibut
vermilion rockfish. Anglers hooked
fishing was good up the
the fish on a mixture of bars, jigs,
coast near 3 Mile Beach
swimbaits and shrimp flies baited with and near the Mile Buoy.
squid strips.
The wind stayed down
Chris Fishing Trips out of Monterey
but there was a small
reported good bottomfish action on
south swell,” said
Saturday, June 22. The Check Mate
Fraser.
checked in with 3 lingcod and limits of
- Dan Bacher
rockfish (180) for
18 passengers,
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