Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3625 Nov 24- Dec8 2017 | Page 29
SALTWATER
VOL.36 • ISS. 25
site, and the hearing held on
November 8th resulted in the
need for the popular campground
to modify their application and
reapply for the improvements.
Lawson’s reported, “There
may not be as many crab in the
nearshore waters as we have
been hoping for with females
and reds already showing up in
the Outer Bay. A longer soak is
necessary to put up some decent
scores.
- Dave Hurley
HALF MOON BAY
Dungeness Crab
Season Doesn’t
Disappoint San Mateo
Coast Fishermen
EL GRANADA - The arrival
of the 2017/18 recreational
Dungeness crab season did not
disappoint local fishermen, as
loaded pots were the rule for
those working deeper water, while
rockfish and lingcod continue to
bite.
Out of Half Moon Bay Sport
Fishing, rockfish trips were on the
agenda, and the Queen of Hearts
worked the reefs south of the
harbor on Labor Day weekend.
Anglers continue to nail limits of
rockfish and some quality lingcod
while using jigs, shrimp flies, bars
and other lures.
Shore anglers have been
tossing snares from the rockwall
off the jetty, according to Sherri
Ingles.
Captain Tom Mattusch of
the Huli Cat is the only large
party boat running crab/rockfish
combination trips out of Half Moon
Bay, and he said, “Crabbing has
been outstanding with loaded pots
of Dungeness”
Second captain Mike Cabanas
of the Huli Cat took a combination
trip on Saturday, November 11th,
and they ended up with limits of
Dungeness crab with Eric Choy
landing a 20-pound halibut on a
swimbait, an 11-pound ling cod,
and a couple of vermilion rockfish
to 6 pounds. Tony Chow of San
Francisco put in an 18-pound
ling on a hitchhiker while Ron
Lee of San Francisco scored a
12-pound ling on a bar. Cabanas
said, “The ocean conditions were
flat with a slight breeze.”
Further north in Pacifica, Rob
Chaney of the Rusty Hook in
Pacifica said, “We have seen
many more hard-shelled male
crabs showing up within the
past week as the first couple of
days of the opener produced a
number of females with eggs.
The ratio of males to females
has flipped the past few days,
and we encourage fishermen to
release the females for breeding
purposes. Sales of snares have
been high with over 350 sold
since the opener of the custom
snares with the weight built into
the cage.”
MONTEREY BAY
Rockfish, Lingcod &
Crabs Top Monterey
Coast Angling Options
MOSS LANDING – Rockfish
and lingcod fishing continues to
be superb off Carmel, Point Sur
and further south off Point Lopez.
“Thirteen lucky anglers had
an awesome day on our special
long-range rockfish and lingcod
trip down at Lopez Pt,” said Carol
Jones of Kahuna Sportfishing.
“They caught limits of both
rockfish and lingcod. The big
lingcod went a whopping 31
pounds! The catch of the day
went to regular Kathy Wilson with
a 21 pound sheephead.”
Fishing was also great on the
next trip to Lopez. The 29 anglers
aboard the boat on Thursday,
November 9, bagged 19 canary
rockfish, 33 copper rockfish,
38 lingcod, 53 rockfish, and 85
vermilion rockfish
Then on November 11,
Veterans Day, the 20 anglers on
the Kahuna landed 12 lingcod and
200 rockfish.
Katlyn of J&M Sport Fishing
reported top-notch fishing out of
Fisherman’s Wharf on Veteran’s
Day weekend.
“We’re catching limits of
rockfish most trips, along with
mixed scores of lingcod and an
average of 30 to 60 Dungeness
crabs on the crab/rockfish
combos,” she said. “The anglers
are using dead squid or shrimp
flies tipped with squid strips. The
latest trips went down to Carmel.”
Thirty-six anglers fishing on the
Chubasco on Friday, November
10, bagged one 30 lb. halibut,
8 lingcod, 200 rockfish and
41 Dungeness crabs. The 36
fishermen landed 28 lingcod, 283
rockfish and 48 Dungeness crabs
on the Chubasco the following
day.
On November 11, the 20
people on the Sur Randy bagged
10 lingcod and limits of rockfish on
the morning trip, while 13 anglers
landed limits of rockfish and 5
lingcod during the afternoon trip.
“Anglers on the 6 pack boats
reported some good scores of
rockfish and lingcod,” reported
Todd Fraser of Bayside Marine in
Santa Cruz. “The crab fishing is
still going strong for the anglers
fishing in 170-220 feet of water.
The anglers using mackerel,
sardines, and squid are doing
best. The surf fishing is also good
for barred perch near Rio del
Mar.”
- Dan Bacher
Surf Casters Target
Perch, Stripers
Kathy Wilson holds up a 21 lb. sheephead she caught during a bottomfish
trip to Lopez Point on November 2.
Photo by CAROL JONES, Kahuna Sportfishing, Moss Landing.
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This woman landed this beautiful lingcod while fishing off the Monterey
County Coast with J&M Sport Fishing in Monterey.
Photo courtesy of J&M SPORTFISHING, Monterey.
Josh Jerge bagged this massive 15 lb cabezon while kayak fishing in
Timber Cove on October 27.
Photo courtesy of FISHSNIFFER.COM.
SALMON • - ROCKFISH
ROCKFISH • - ALBACORE
ALBACORE
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PENINSULA
SHORELINE
SAN FRANCISCO - Perch
and striped bass continued to be
landed along local beaches, while
others sought out Dungeness
crab.
Breaks in weather and high
swells were coveted in the last
week by anglers belonging to
the More than FIshing group on
Facebook.
Anglers in search of
Dungeness crab worked snares
and pots from both China Beach
and Pacifica Pier for quantities
of crab, minus quality, while surf
anglers working sandcrabs and
Gulp! sandworms caught good
numbers of barred and walleye
surfperch and an occasional
striped bass.
Stefanie Scott also related to
the fair surf fishing. “It was good
last week, bu