Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Fishing off the three Californias

From Bahia Tortugas to Channel Islands

Kevin Abshear with yellowfin tuna caught aboard the Independence off Baja

Dock Totals Sept 9 – Sept 15: 5,549 anglers aboard 249 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 442 bluefin tuna, 7,681 yellowfin tuna, 8,170 skipjack tuna, 1 bigeye tuna, 804 dorado, 1,548 yellowtail, 3 white seabass (1 released), 820 bonito, 3 barracuda, 701 calico bass, 65 sand bass, 1,720 rockfish, 537 whitefish, 5 lingcod, 129 sheephead, 4 halibut, 36 Spanish jack, 20 halfmoon, and 1 black seabass (released)

Saltwater: The Searcher is doing its thing and searching along the Baja coast near Bahia Tortugas as dawn breaks on the anniversary of the Grito de Dolores. Some multiday boats fishing the Mexican coast will see fireworks, and those aboard the Searcher will see a few over the small village of Bahia Asunción, about 400 sailing miles or 600 driving miles from San Diego.

Sponsored
Sponsored

The Independence has been working the Baja coast, their last seven-day trip sliding south along the ridge for yellowfin tuna and a few wahoo before the breeze came up and they moved in shallow for calico. They boated white seabass and yellowtail while inside. It’s much the same fishing along part of the three Californias – Southern California, Baja California, and the northern half of Baja California Sur – for tuna and yellowtail. There are more skipjack off the San Diego coast to just south of San Quintin, but the yellowfin are on or around any high spot one can think of.

A good part of the overnight to two-day fleet is fishing southwest of the Coronado Islands near the 425 and 371, though most of the banks in the area are holding some fish. Dorado continue to cruise under kelp or are ranging to the outside of the tuna when they are feeding, and when found, they are eating whatever falls in front of them. Bait, sardines, has been the hot ticket for most of the tunas when up, though Flat-Falls, Colt Snipers and Salas 6x have been working on them when deeper, or just plopped through the fray on a hot bite.

Most of that bluefin tuna action is around the San Clemente Island area out to Cortez and Tanner banks. Due to afternoon breezes, that area can get lumpy, and targeting those big fish entails a lot of time watching while only a couple kites can be flown at a time.

Inshore, the surf fishing has been good for perch, corbina and croaker, while out under the kelp canopy, calico bass and sheephead are biting. Sculpin, too, but they are out of season and must be released in U.S. waters. A little bit off the kelp edge, yellowtail, bonito and barracuda are all cooperating some days, not so much on others, but fishing is good overall. There haven’t been a lot of white seabass this year in La Jolla, but an occasional grey ghost is caught; Oceanside boats seem to have a few in the counts every week. Boats north at the Channel Islands are doing well on the big croakers.

Fish Plants: 9/23, Santee Lakes, Catfish (1,000)

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Top Websites To Buy Instagram Likes + Bonus Tip!

Kevin Abshear with yellowfin tuna caught aboard the Independence off Baja

Dock Totals Sept 9 – Sept 15: 5,549 anglers aboard 249 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 442 bluefin tuna, 7,681 yellowfin tuna, 8,170 skipjack tuna, 1 bigeye tuna, 804 dorado, 1,548 yellowtail, 3 white seabass (1 released), 820 bonito, 3 barracuda, 701 calico bass, 65 sand bass, 1,720 rockfish, 537 whitefish, 5 lingcod, 129 sheephead, 4 halibut, 36 Spanish jack, 20 halfmoon, and 1 black seabass (released)

Saltwater: The Searcher is doing its thing and searching along the Baja coast near Bahia Tortugas as dawn breaks on the anniversary of the Grito de Dolores. Some multiday boats fishing the Mexican coast will see fireworks, and those aboard the Searcher will see a few over the small village of Bahia Asunción, about 400 sailing miles or 600 driving miles from San Diego.

Sponsored
Sponsored

The Independence has been working the Baja coast, their last seven-day trip sliding south along the ridge for yellowfin tuna and a few wahoo before the breeze came up and they moved in shallow for calico. They boated white seabass and yellowtail while inside. It’s much the same fishing along part of the three Californias – Southern California, Baja California, and the northern half of Baja California Sur – for tuna and yellowtail. There are more skipjack off the San Diego coast to just south of San Quintin, but the yellowfin are on or around any high spot one can think of.

A good part of the overnight to two-day fleet is fishing southwest of the Coronado Islands near the 425 and 371, though most of the banks in the area are holding some fish. Dorado continue to cruise under kelp or are ranging to the outside of the tuna when they are feeding, and when found, they are eating whatever falls in front of them. Bait, sardines, has been the hot ticket for most of the tunas when up, though Flat-Falls, Colt Snipers and Salas 6x have been working on them when deeper, or just plopped through the fray on a hot bite.

Most of that bluefin tuna action is around the San Clemente Island area out to Cortez and Tanner banks. Due to afternoon breezes, that area can get lumpy, and targeting those big fish entails a lot of time watching while only a couple kites can be flown at a time.

Inshore, the surf fishing has been good for perch, corbina and croaker, while out under the kelp canopy, calico bass and sheephead are biting. Sculpin, too, but they are out of season and must be released in U.S. waters. A little bit off the kelp edge, yellowtail, bonito and barracuda are all cooperating some days, not so much on others, but fishing is good overall. There haven’t been a lot of white seabass this year in La Jolla, but an occasional grey ghost is caught; Oceanside boats seem to have a few in the counts every week. Boats north at the Channel Islands are doing well on the big croakers.

Fish Plants: 9/23, Santee Lakes, Catfish (1,000)

Comments
Sponsored
Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Best Sports Betting Sites - 10 Online Sportsbooks Ranked for 2024

Best Sports Betting Sites (2024) - Reviews of TOP Online Sportsbooks
Next Article

Navy solves San Diego homeless crisis by retiring four locally moored ships

Decommision Accomplished
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.