san diego fish report

from April 28- May 11, 2023 The Log Digital Edition

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BLUEFIN TUNA AND YELLOWTAIL ARE BITING OFFSHORE!

By Bob Vanian of 976Bite.com

• After a winter and an early spring that saw lots of rain, wind and high seas, Southern California anglers have finally seen a stretch of decent weather conditions. The good news is that the stretch of good weather has been accompanied by good fishing for a mix of bluefin tuna and kelp-paddy yellowtail. Sportboats have regularly been returning with near limit to limit catches of bluefin that sometimes have a some 10-to-15-pound yellowtail in the mix. The past week has seen some private boaters out on the tuna grounds catching some bluefin tuna and yellowtail as well.

Weird Fishing

From page 14

Lastly, there’s noodling— a word I didn’t even know existed. Noodling is s technique used to catch catfish where one uses their bare hands or feet and is commonly practiced in the southern United States. The process begins with the noodler going underwater into the lake’s crevices and placing their hand inside a catfish hole. If it goes correctly, the catfish will swim forward and lock onto the fisherman’s hand as a defensive maneuver to

• The bluefin have been ranging in size from 15 to 150-plus pounds and they have been biting during both the daylight and the nighttime hours with the best catches tending to come from sonar marks found during the dark. Knife jigs, sinker rigged sardines and Flat Fall jigs have worked best for the bluefin during the dark.

• During daylight hours bluefin stops have been coming from stopping on sonar marks, meter marks, spots of breezing fish and the occasional trolling strike. During daylight hours bluefin have been biting on flylined sardines, Colt Snipers as well as blue and chrome color Salas 6X Jr.’s. The past few escape the jam. The noodler can hook the hand around its gills if the fish is large. days have also seen some bluefin trolling strikes reported on Nomad Madmac jigs.

Noodlers often have spotters who help them bring the catfish to their boat or on land. Instagram Influence @hannahbarron has reached a whopping 1.2 million followers for her impressive noodling sk ills.

T his article only breaks down four ways to unconventionally catch fish. For the full article, visit https://www. sportfishingmag.com/howto/weirdways-to-catch-fish/?pk_ID=63ffbaa11c4c42f70a00f9f2.

• Be it day or night, sonar marks account for most of the bluefin stops and boats fishing with the aid of scanning sonar have had a big advantage over boats fishing with a traditional fathometer.

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.

FEATURED CATCH Winner of the Whopper of the Week

Hook’s Sportfishing in Oxnard submitted their Whopper of the Week to the Log in an email from April 17.

“Whopper of the week: Sea Jay Keith Tran

30 lb. Halibut

Captain Chauncey preaching”

Deadline: May 4, 2023 email to: thelogeditor@thelog.com

Prints or high-res digtal photos are preferred.

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