
Private boaters are
loading up on
Humboldt squid with
one private boater
quitting after
pulling up 41 squid
between two anglers
fishing the canton
off Santa Cruz.
There are schools of
these monsters all
along the deeper
edges of the canyon
in 600 to over a 100
feet and are not
hard to find, you
just got to hook a
few to pull an
entire school up.
Sometimes that is
easier said than
done but once you do
get them p on or
near the surface you
can fill the boat
rather quickly. Ly
Tu said perch
fishing with grass
shrimp has been
working from Sea
Cliff to Marina
Beaches for 2 to
3-pound barred
perch. We are seeing
a cold weather front
pushing through the
Bay Area marine
waters Sunday
12-21 afternoon
bringing light to
moderate rain and
winds. Winds picked
up this morning with
this front with the
weather buoys
reporting 10 to 18
knots of south wind
over a very timid 4
to 6 foot swell this
afternoon. Tonight
the winds will clock
around to the NW and
Monday's forecast
calls for NW winds
15 to 25 knots over
a quickly building
swell of11 to 16
feet. The weather
this coming week
with range from
borderline to rough
and from wet and
cold to cold, dry
and windy as a
series of fronts
pushes through. As
always check the
buoy conditions
before you go. Wind
and swell graphs are
at the bottom of all
of our saltwater
pages.
San Luis Obispo
Virg's Landing in
Morro Bay will be
running sand dab
trips every Saturday
from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. for $59.00.
Whale watching
starts December 26th
with trips generally
leaving by 11:00
a.m. Patriot Sport
Fishing in Port San
Luis had a bonito
trip out on Sunday
for 14 bonito to
10-pounds for 17
anglers. Rockfishing
is over until May 1,
2009, and will run
until November 15,
2009. They are also
running whale
watching and nature
trips until rockfish
season begins in
May.
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.
Upcoming Events:
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supports the many
fishery and wildlife
organizations that
benefit anglers and
hunters throughout
Northern California.
Does your organization
have an upcoming event?
Contact us at
fishsite@aol.com and
we will gladly post the
information on our
reports pages.
The BAY AREA
SPORTFISHERS CLUB
meets the second
Wednesday of each month
at the I-Hop restaurant
at Stevens Creek and
Lawrence Expy & Hwy280
in Santa Clara. The club
has monthly local
fishing events and trips
each month and supports
the Monterey Salmon and
Steelhead hatchery and
Fishing in the Cities
for Kids programs.
Annual Alaskan, Mexico,
Colorado, Oregon, Etc.
trips are planned each
year. See:
www.bayareasportfishers.com
for more information
please call us.
Blake Broadway
408-263-5488
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