san diego fish report

OFFSHORE FISHING PROVIDING ANGLERS WITH BLUEFIN TUNA, YELLOWFIN TUNA, DORADO, STRIPED MARLIN AND A CHANCE AT AN ALBACORE!!

By Bob Vanian of 976Bite.com

• The recent warming of local offshore waters has provided Southern California offshore anglers with a chance at even more species in addition to the bluefin tuna and yellowtail which have been around since the early part of spring. We first saw some yellowfin tuna enter the mix and the past couple of weeks have brought in more yellowfin tuna as well as additional species such as dorado, striped marlin and even a few albacores.

• Mentioning albacore will turn a lot of heads but the past week or so has seen at least three albacores caught from local offshore waters. The first albacore was caught on July 27 aboard the Aztec out of Seaforth Sportfishing. John Yamate of Seaforth Sportfishing described it as a 20-pound class fish that was caught during daylight hours. The fish count for the Aztec was 28 anglers on a 1.5-day trip catching one albacore, 56 bluefin tuna and seven yellowfin tuna. The next two albacore were caught the very next day and they were caught aboard the 4-pack charter boat Lex Sea out of Dana Wharf Sportfishing.

The fish count for the Lex Sea was 4 anglers on a full day trip catching two albacores. Let’s go albies!

• The bluefin tuna continue to attract most of the attention and they have been running from 20 to 250-plus pounds. The bluefin have been biting well on sardines, mackerel, kite fished flying fish, trolled Nomad Madmac jigs, spreader bar rigs, knife jigs, Colt Snipers and poppers.

• The two current bluefin hotspot areas are at the Tanner Bank and in the area 8 to 15 miles to the southeast of Pyramid Head at San Clemente Island. Other areas where there have been occasional recent showings of bluefin have been 2 to 9 miles off the coast between Laguna Beach and Oceanside, the 43 Fathom Spot, the 277 Spot, the 209 Spot, the 267 Spot outside of Dana Point, the Slide at Catalina, the 499 Spot, the Snail Bank, the 474 Spot, the 711 Spot and the area between Santa Barbara Island and Santa Cruz Island.

• There have been improving numbers of 15-to-40-pound yellowfin in the picture at quite a few of the areas where the bluefin are being found with the region of the 43 Fathom Spot, the area to the southeast of Pyramid Head at San Clemente Island and the 267 Spot outside of Dana Point being some of the areas where some yellowfins have been in the mix with bluefin. Yellowfin have been biting on flylined sardines fished around kelp paddies, porpoise schools, bluefin stops, yellowfin trolling stops, spots of breaking fish and spots of working tern birds. Cedar plugs have been reported to be working well on the troll for yellowfin.

• More and more dorados continue to arrive in local offshore waters and good numbers of dorado are scattered around under some of the kelp paddies. Some of the better numbers of dorado have been reported in the region of the 43 Fathom Spot, 182 Spot, 181 Spot, 138 Spot, the San Clemente Basin Weather Buoy and the San Salvador Knoll. There was even a recent report of a lost dorado hookup that was had incidental to fishing for calico bass at the kelp beds off San Onofre.

• Striped marlin have also entered the offshore picture over the past couple of weeks with the best area being in the Catalina Channel around the 14 Mile Bank. Other areas in the Catalina Channel where there have been recent marlin showings have been the end of the Steamer Lanes below the 14 Mile Bank, the Slide at Catalina, the Avalon Bank and the 267 Spot. My estimate is that there were two marlins caught and released by boats fishing in the Catalina Channel over the past weekend.

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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Descending devices are available for anglers to help return the fish to the depths, and they can be purchased or homemade.

A homemade device that will work is a milk crate. A milk crate can be constructed into a descending device from a plastic crate with a minimal weight of around

5 pounds and at least 60ft of rope. This device is inexpensive and easy to use, and multiple fish can be returned to depth at once. Place the fish in the crate, swiftly reverse the container into the water, and slowly lower it to depth.

Commercial descending devices include the Shelton, which attaches to the fi sh’s lower jaw through the soft membrane with a sharp edge pointing down. A fter lowering the fish back to depth, a rod jerk releases the fish. This product can be used on a rod designated for descending fish or in line with your fishing gear to quickly descend without changing rods. Other products include the R okLees, the Blacktip ( a spring-loaded jaw clamp), and the Seaqualizer.

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