Sonny Arcaleo of Chris’s Landing in Monterey said they had two boats down at Point Sur in the flat calm conditions on Tuesday 7-13, and limits of quality olives, browns, blues, and vermilions were the product of steadily picking away at the reefs. A few ling cod also made it to the sacks. They had salmon trips out on Monday with the Caroline landing 5 salmon to 30-pounds with the Checkmate hooking three salmon, but they lost these fish on the long drag up to the rail. The fish are hugging the bottom, and the private skiffs using downriggers are having a better shot at the fish. Arcaleo knew of skiffs with 2 and 3 limits of big salmon on Monday. They are running rockfish trips to Point Sur for the remainder of the week and will run salmon trips if interest warrants.
Bayside Marine in Santa Cruz reported light fishing pressure on Tuesday with only a few boats looking for halibut with scores ranging from 0 to 4 fish a boat. The swell has been up, but the winds are down. The water temperatures at the Weather Buoy have climbed to 60 degrees, and the tuna may be moving in closer to shore. On Tuesday, the salmon bite was still on for anglers getting down to the bottom for the fish at 36'50/122'00 and 36'49/122'00 trolling down 280 feet in 300 feet of water. The anglers did best with Purple Haze Kajikis, Red Krippled Herrings, and Frog hoochies. There were a few fish caught near the point of Monterey and also at Mulligan Hill, but it seemed the best bite continues to be the Soquel Hole. Halibut fishing continues to be good for the anglers who are working the beaches on the west side of Santa Cruz. There have been some striped bass caught near New Brighton on Pencil Poppers.
San Luis Obispo
Tim Young of Auberry took a ride up the coast to Cape San Martin with Captain Joe Anderton of Full On Fishing Charters with his son and daughter, Creed and Carli Young, and Ryan Walker of Lodi, for full limits of quality vermilion and boccacio to go with 3 legal ling cod. Young said Captain Anderton used light tackle with large swim baits in white and various other colors on a jig head in 100 to 200 feet of water. Virg’s Landing in Morro Bay reported 344 passengers landed 35 ling cod to 16-pounds, 1064 vermilion, 1556 assorted rockfish, 104 bocaccio, 289 coppers, 20 ocean whitefish, 1 rocksole, and 15 sanddabs this week. The next two-day trip is scheduled for the weekend of July 24th for $205.00/angler with two limits possible. Top local anglers were David Huey of Bakersfield with a 16-pound ling, Darlene Vasquez of Bakersfield with a 7-pound ling, and Jackson Caldera of Clovis with a 6-pound ling. Virg’s offers a ½ price discount for all active duty or reserve military personnel. Patriot Sport Fishing in Avila Beach reported 47 full limits of rockfish and 30 ling cod to 16-pounds on Monday on the Patriot and the Pacific Horizon. They are running long-range trips on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Patriot has given away 16 free trips for releasing ling cod over 10-pounds. Kids under 12 fish for half-price on Wednesday/Thursday half-day rockfish trips.
The
albacore
bite
way,
way
offshore
slowed
down
over
the
weekend,
but
this
opening
salvo
of
action
may
be a
portent
of
the
future.
Until
the
tuna
move
closer
it
looks
like
salmon
may
make
up
some
of
the
slack.
Sonny
Arcaleo
of
Chris’s
Landing
in
Monterey
has
a
couple
of
salmon
boats
leaving
the
docks
tomorrow
morning
at
5:00
a.m.
in
response
to
the
resurgent
salmon
action
in
front
of
Fort
Ord
to
the
Whistle
Buoy.
He
said
there
were
“big
numbers
of
salmon
taken
by
the
commercial
fishermen”
the
past
two
days.
On
Sunday
7-11
one
commercial
was
reported
to
land
up
to
500-pounds
of
fish
with
a
17-pound
average
dressed.
Private
boaters
found
up
to 4
limits
today
with
several
big
fish
in
the
box.
Arcaleo
knew
of
skiffs
with
4, 3
and
2
limits
up
to
40-pounds.
Tough
to
say
if
these
fish
are
part
of
the
Sac
run
or
fish
released
from
the
Monterey
net
pens
three
to
four
years
ago.
Tagged
fish
should
tell
the
story.
They
have
been
scratching
out
limits
of
rockfish
at
Point
Sur
on
both
the
Saturday
and
Sunday
trips,
but
the
fish
were
of a
mixed
grade
and
didn’t
bite
as
readily
as
desired.
Striper
fishing
from
Carmel
Beach
has
been
great
with
Fish
Traps
in
the
early
mornings.
One
angler
landed
7
stripers
to
15-pounds
this
morning.
Bayside
Marine
in
Santa
Cruz
reported
the
Salmon
bite
was
decent
for
the
anglers
who
worked
the
bottom
near
the
edge
of
the
canyons
near
Santa Cruz
and
Moss
Landing.
There
were
scores
from
0-4
fish
a
boat
and
some
of
the
commercial
anglers
had
35
fish
for
a
few
days
trolling
on
the
bottom.
The
anglers
found
fish
near
36'51/121'59,
36'50/122'00,
36'48/121'52,
36'44/121'53.
The
fish
are
near
the
bottom
and
are
biting
bait
280-333
feet.
Halibut
fishing
up
the
coast
with
Boccie
Boy
Sardines
produced
a
couple
of
limits
of
halibut
from
8 to
13
pounds.
The
influx
of
bait
fish
along
the
beach
has
turned
on
the
bite.
On
Saturday,
the
halibut
bite
is
starting
to
show
momentum
with
good
water
and
bait
conditions.
There
were
scores
of
halibut
in
30
feet
of
water
near
Capitola,
and
there
were
some
good
scores
on
the
west
side
of
Santa
Cruz.
The
anglers
are
finding
the
Halibut
in
30
to
60
feet
of
water
by
drifting
live
sardines,
dead
squid,
herring,
or
Fish
Traps.
Lingcod
fishing
was
hot
up
near
Franklin
Point
with
limits
of
big
fish
reported
on
Saturday.
A
few
Halibut
caught
near
Franklin
Point
while
anglers
drifted
off
the
reefs.
The
Albacore
fishing
had
slowed
down
with
around
1 to
5
fish
per
boat
landed
at
36'00/123'43
which
is
115
miles
from
Santa
Cruz!
