Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3819 Aug 30-Sep 13 | Page 32

30 SALTWATER Aug 30 - Sept 13, 2019 VOL.38 • ISS. 19 SALTWATER REPORTS: CONTINUED FROM PG 29 HALF MOON BAY Boaters Nail Rockfish, Lingcod and Kings EL GRANADA – Salmon fishing out of Half Moon Bay has been limited to a few fish up north from Montara to Pedro Point as well as out in front of the harbor by the entrance buoys, but the bulk of the salmon school should be on their way with the improved action for big fish south in Monterey Bay. In order to reach the Golden Gate and eventually the Sacramento River, the schools will pass through Half Moon Bay waters. Captain Dennis Baxter of the New Captain Pete out of Half Moon Bay Sport Fishing said, “There have been a few fish north of the harbor near Montera as one private boat hooked 10 salmon, losing 4 big ones while the others were all commercial grade. We went rockfishing earlier in the week and loaded up with schoolies for a group of mostly fathers with their sons. The blues, widows, and olives were biting in the mid-water column, and there were a lot of smiles on board.” “One squid boat pulled 30 tons of a small grade of market squid off of Martin’s Beach earlier in the week, and this may have been all she wrote despite several more squid boats showing up in Sportfishing. the harbor. These were On August 15, the 21 around 16 to a pound, passengers on the Kahuna and you can tell when caught 205 vermilion the squid boats are rockfish, 5 copper rockfish doing well by the amount and 2 lingcod during a long of foam on the surface range trip. “Vermilions, of the water in the Vermilions, Vermilions... mornings after pumping that is the long range the squid into the semis report,” said Jones. “We that arrive in the early had great weather on mornings,” said Baxter. the long range trip with The Riptide and the vermilions a-plenty! Queen of Hearts out of Another recent salmon Half Moon Bay Sport trip produced solid action Fishing have also aboard the Kahuna. been concentrating on “Fourteen anglers landed rockfish until the salmon 15 king salmon to 22 arrive. Fishing has been pounds, averaging 18 very good for rockfish off pounds each,” said Jones. the San Mateo County “The sea lion activity was Coast. high with many fish lost to The 33 anglers aboard them. the Queen of Hearts “The salmon fishing is still caught 330 rockfish, 4 going well at the Soldiers lingcod and released Club,” said Todd Fraser of 17 lingcod on August Bayside Marine in Santa 17. The anglers aboard Cruz on August 17. “There the Riptide bagged 13 were some early limits salmon and one white caught trolling near the seabass the same day, bottom in 250-300 feet of according to Sherri water.” This big S.F. 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