san diego fish report

By Bob Vanian of 976Bite.com

• Bluefin tuna continue to be in the spotlight for Southern California saltwater anglers with some days of good fishing on bluefin to 200plus pounds being found over the past weekend for boats fishing 1 to 3 miles inside of the eastern part of San Clemente Island. In addition to bluefin tuna, there have also been some yellowtail, white seabass, calico bass, sand bass, bonito, halibut and assorted bottom fish biting to provide anglers with a variety of species to target in planning a day (or night) of fishing.

• Prior to the past weekend there were good numbers of what were mostly 20 to 100 pound bluefin biting in Mexican waters for boats fishing a large area ranging from the Upper Finger Bank on down to the waters to the west of Punta Colnett but the bite in that sector dropped off significantly for most boats that were fishing the area over the weekend. The zone that did produce well over the weekend was from 1 to 3 miles inside of the eastern part of San Clemente Island where there were some good bites on large bluefin that were for the most part up in the 80 to 200 pound range.

• The bluefin inside of San Clemente Island have been biting both day and night with the best fishing being reported between 6:00 PM and 2:00 AM. Most of the bluefin are being located by finding spots of breezing fish, sonar marks or meter marks. The bluefin were reported to be biting well on knife jigs during the daylight evening and the nighttime hours and were also biting on slow trolled California Flyers during daylight hours in areas where there were spots of breezing bluefin being seen.

• Anglers are hoping the good numbers of bluefin that had been biting off the Mexican coast as talked about above will pop up again sometime soon. Specific areas where there were bluefin biting before the fish went into hiding over the past weekend were the Upper Finger Bank, the 475 Knuckle, the area to the west of Todos Santos Island, the 415 Knuckle, the Peanut Bank and the area to the west and the northwest of Punta Colnett.

• With the bluefin bite in Mexican waters slowing down over the past few days, some boats that might otherwise be tuna fishing offshore started fishing at Los Coronado Islands and what they found was good mixed bag fishing for barracuda, calico bass, rockfish, whitefish, sculpin and a few lingcod.

• Grande out of H&M Landing fished the Coronados on a full day trip and had 22 anglers catch 110 barracuda and 110 rockfish. Mission Belle out of Point Loma Sportfishing also fished the Coronados on a full day trip and had 25 anglers catch 10 calico bass, 17 barracuda, 12 rockfish, 3 lingcod, 1 sheephead, 33 sculpin and 125 whitefish.

• The best area for barracuda has been inside of the north end of South Island with barracuda and calico bass also biting at spots such as the Middle Grounds, the Ribbon Kelp, the South Kelp, the Lighthouse at the south end of South Island and Pukey Point. The yellowtail fishing has been slow with the last reports of yellowtail activity coming from the Middle Grounds. Sardines and surface iron work well for barracuda. Good choices for surface iron have been Tady 45 or Salas 7 X light jigs in blue and white or sardine colors.

• Looking for areas where you find your warmest and cleanest water with a downhill current flow will help in locating some surface fishing species. The water temperature around the Coronados has been running from 61.5 to 64.5 degrees.

• The bottom fishing around the Coronados has been very good for a mix of reds, rockfish and whitefish along with a chance at a bonus lingcod.

Full story will be found online. Bob Vanian is the voice, writer, and researcher of the San Diego-based internet fish report service called 976-Bite which can be found at www.976bite. com. Vanian also provides anglers with a personal fish report service over the telephone at (619) 226-8218. He always welcomes your fish reports at that same phone number or at bob976bite@aol. com.

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