Very few boats have been
venturing out on the salt
due to a combination of the
breezy weather and the
holidays but party boats are
now back out.
Craig Stone of Emeryville
Sport Fishing reported the
New Salmon Queen went in
search of Humboldt squid
southwest of the Farallon
Islands with 11 anglers on
Sunday 1-4. They
boated 35 squid with a solid
35-pound average. They are
scheduled squid trips this
coming weekend on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. The
marine weather has improved
here on Sunday after a
couple of days of sloppy
swelly conditions. Currently
we are seeing variable north
winds of 3 to 7 knots over a
5 to 6 foot swell with an
average period of 9 seconds.
The forecast calls for winds
to clock around to the south
on Monday as a weak weather
front slides through the Bay
Area. Winds speeds will be
between 10 and 20 knots and
swell heights are forecasted
to increase to the 9 to 12
foot range through Tuesday.
Sheryl Jimno of the Rusty
Hook in Pacifica said it was
COLD! today in Pacifica with
a temperature of 28 degrees
at Vallemar Station. There
was frost and ice on car
windows this morning. The
cold weather hasn't kept
crabbers from working the
pier for Dungeness crab on
mackerel, squid or anchovies
with surf perch or kingfish
on blood or pile worms.
Over the next few months
we will be concentrating
our reports on our bay,
delta and river
fisheries. Ocean reports
will be updated as news
trickles in but other
than scratch crabbing
and squid there will few
excuses to venture out
on the ocean for the
next several months.
Please visit our other
pages for fish reports
over the winter.
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Party boat contacts:
The Emeryville
Sportfishing Center is
currently booking potluck
and sturgeon
trips. They have a great
promotion that when you take
six trips your "lucky"
seventh trip is free. This
is good on any of their
boats. Reservations can be
made at 510 654-6040.
The California Dawn / Berkeley 510
773-5511
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