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weekend in July with what I estimate to be four marlin caught and released on July 30. The last weekend of the month also saw a marlin caught and released above the West End of Catalina in the area between the 125 Spot and the 172 Spot. There were some tailers and feeders reported seen in these areas with most of the hookups coming from blind trolling strikes.
Recent days have also seen marlin activity found in other areas with a tailer seen by a boat fishing about 6 miles off Point San Mateo and with a lost marlin hookup reported on a sardine that was intended for dorado while fishing at a kelp paddy located 6 miles off Leucadia.
Close to San Diego, there was a marlin caught at the lower end of the 9 Mile Bank / Coronado Canyon area aboard Snooper with Chris Lapham at the helm. The angler that made the catch was David Verdugo who reported that it was a jig fish that bit on a dorado color jig. Verdugo reported that the fish put on a show in doing a lot of jumping and that it took 25 minutes to bring the marlin to the boat.
The fishing at Los Coronado Islands continues to be very good for a mix of yellowtail, barracuda, calico bass and an assortment of bottom fish species that have included reds, whitefish, salmon grouper, and an occasional lingcod. The best of the yellowtail fishing has been reported by boats fishing along the weather side of North Island and at the Middle Grounds with the weather side of South Island and the South Kelp below South Island also producing occasional yellowtail. Private boaters have been doing well on yellowtail while slow trolling or drifting with sardines.
The best spots for calico bass and barracuda have been at kelp bed areas at South Island and the Middle Grounds with the hard bottom at the north end of South Island also producing calico bass and barracuda. Sardines and surface iron have been good for the calico bass and barracuda. Good choices for surface iron for calico bass, barracuda and yellowtail include Tady 45’s and Salas 7X lights in the blue and white color combination, mint and sardine colors.
The fishing along the San Diego County coast has been good for a mix of calico bass, sand bass, reds, rockfish, sculpin, and whitefish along with a chance at catching a bonus yellowtail, lingcod, halibut, or white seabass. Good news is that the water conditions have improved in many areas to where there is now 73-degree clean green water reported at most kelp bed areas up and down the San Diego County coast.
Captain Joe Cacciola of Sea Star with Sea Star Sportfishing and the Oceanside Sea Center reports 72-73.5-degree water with improved calico bass fishing at kelp bed and hard bottom areas below Oceanside Harbor. He also said that the Chubasco II out of the Oceanside Sea Center recently caught a 45-pound white seabass incidental to fishing for calico bass while fishing a kelp bed area below Oceanside.
Cacciola says that they have had 5.5 to 7-inch sardines in their recent bait supply and that they have been chunking with sardines to help chum up a calico bass bite at various hard bottom and kelp bed spots. Cacciola says that the smaller sized sardines work well for bait for the calicos but says that they will often find their best calico bass fishing when baiting the hook with a sardine chunk. Cacciola mentioned a recent trip where they had 9 people aboard with just 4 people fishing and said those 4 anglers made a catch that included over 10 keeper sized calico bass.
Productive areas for calico bass include the Point Loma Kelp Beds, the La Jolla Kelp Beds, Del Mar, Leucadia, Carlsbad and the Barn. What has been a key to finding a good calico bass bite is to find a kelp bed area where you find your warmest and cleanest water with a moderate downhill current flow.
The upper end of La Jolla has been the best zone to try for a yellowtail along the San Diego County coast and yellows have been located anywhere from the kelp line on out to 25 fathoms. The yellowtail biting at La Jolla have been good-sized fish with a good percentage being up in the 15 to 20-pound range and with some bigger fish up to 40-plus pounds also a possibility.
Sardines, mackerel and surface iron have been good choices for yellowtail. Private boaters have also had success when slow trolling mackerel or sardines. Good choices for surface iron include Tady 45’s and Salas 7X lights in blue & white, sardine and mint colors.
Full story will be found online. Bob Vanian is the voice, writer, and researcher of the San Diego-based internet fish report service called 976Bite 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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