28 Sept 28- Oct 12, 2018 VOL. 37 • ISS. 21

BERKELEY

Salmon Bite Holds Up, While Lingcod Fishing Explodes!

BERKELEY- There is still outstanding fishing on tap for East Bay charter boat enthusiasts. Salmon action is still very good with fish to 25 pounds being landed and the lingcod bite at the Farallon Islands is absolutely wide open!

The New Easy Rider with Captains Joe and Joey Gallia at the wheel continues to round up beautiful Golden Gate kings. The fish range up to 25 pounds and scores have fluctuated daily from a fish per rod to full limits. Trolling rigged bait has been the key to success.

On the lingcod front, Captain James

Smith of California Dawn Sportfishing has been putting his clients in incredible action at the islands.

“ We had another spectacular day of fishing,” exclaimed Smith after his most recent trip.“ Full limits of both lingcod and rockfish for our group today. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and the drift was ideal. In all we got 270 rockfish and 54 lings to about 22 pounds.”

Captains Jonathan and Chris Smith of Happy Hooker Sportfishing have been mixing things up. Some days they head outside the Golden Gate for limits of lingcod and rockfish. Other days they stay in the bay for halibut and stripers. On their last bay trip, they boated 39 keeper

Big lings have been on the chomp for anglers fishing aboard the Happy Hooker. This fish was landed on September 3.

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halibut to 12 pounds and added a few stripers to 9 pounds.

On the Goldeneye 2000 Captain Quang Vo has been putting his client on limits of lingcod and rockfish while working deep water near the Farallons. When Quang stays inside the bay his anglers are averaging more than a fish per rod on halibut.

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Taylor Guidolin of Stockton landed this Pacific sailfish while fishing out of Kona, Hawaii. Photo courtesy of FISHSNIFFER. COM.

BODEGA BAY

Combination Trips Still Producing Salmon Along With Rockfish Limits

BODEGA BAY- Bodega Bay remains solid for rockfish and salmon are still a strong possibility. There are signs of albacore offshore once the conditions allow the boats to make the run, and there may be Humboldt squid lurking in the depths. Until the weather conditions emerge, fishermen will have to be happy with rockfish limits, a decent ling count, and a better than average chance for a salmon.

Captain Rick Powers of Bodega Bay Sport Fishing said,“ We know the tuna are out there, but it has been impossible to get to the grounds with all of the wind offshore. It was windy in the afternoon on Thursday, but we put in limits of quality rockfish consisting of vermilions, coppers, quillbacks, and Chinas to go with a ling cod per rod. Rockfishing remains phenomenal, and 2912 these were all bottom-grabbers.”

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“ It was windy. so we trolled for around 45 minutes in the Outer Bay for two hookups, landing one. We still haven’ t been skunked on any combination trip so far this year. One commercial salmon boat put in over 20 salmon before pulling the plug, and he was offshore in deeper water at 45 fathoms. It is unheard of for salmon to be this far offshore at this time of year,” he stated.

“ I believe the story of the Humboldt squid 30 miles offshore from Half Moon Bay, and every time we have seen a squid on the surface, there are thousands below them. January, February, and March are the best months for squid, and they are my favorite fishery with everyone hooked up all around the boat and chaos on the decks,” said Powers.

“ Let’ s see what happens this year, but one commercial black cod fisherman also

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