Southern California Saltwater
Report for September 18, 2003 (Thursday)
Way Up North- Avila and Monterey
Chris's always seems to have a boat going out and catching the albies. Otherwise it rockfish.
Up North- Channel Island
Rockfish, Red Snapper City plus the usual shallow water rockfish.
LA Area- Catalina Island
Calico Bite picked up but the Yellows are few and far between. Plenty of room of the boats Hummmmm I wonder why?
Further South- San Clemente
Condtions at Clemente are terrible and have been so with water clarity and temperature like NOT!
San Diego- Local and Offshore
Outstanding Offshore fishing for 5 species is so good that it completely overshadows the local scene which is generally dismal as is the angler numbers on the local boats.
LA Local
Like shallow water rockfishing fishing? If so, you're in business with Sculpin, a few Lings, Red Snappers and White Fish being the majority of the catch. Scratching on the Sand Bass and Barracuda.
JapanRon
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Southern California Saltwater
Report for September 19, 2003 (Friday)
Today the big news is the increase in the Yellowfin Tuna counts going way way up. Albies and skipjack numbers good too!
Way Up North- Avila and Monterey
A good number of boats got the albies today. Chris's did pretty well as usual.
Up North- Channel Island
Those Red Snappers are saving the day.
LA Area- Catalina Island
Not much going on in the way of Yellowtail. Decent bite on Calicos.
Further South- San Clemente
Slow very very slow
San Diego- Local and Offshore
Offshore is very, very good with the local catches good on boats off the kelp but it's really hit and miss with a lot of travel time.
LA Local
Quite a few Rockfish, Red Snapper, Whitefish and vairous fish like the yellowfin croaker, ect. are being caught. Number of anglers is like some kind of joke. Boats taking 8, 9 15 anglers and that's it.
JapanRon
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Southern California Saltwater
Report for September 20, 2003 (Saturday)
Southern California landings are starting the change-over from Summer to their Winter schedules!
One of the big news stories is that the Premier with 72 anglers got 150 perch among a few other fish. (not sure if they were Catalina blue or Blacksmith)
I'll do a survey of the local landings and let readers know when and what landings/boats will change: 1) Species they are generally fishing for (Winter is shallow-water-rockfish season)and 2) Departure times (3/4's will start at 7am instead of 6am in Winter) which are one hour later than summertime.
Way Up North- Avila Beach and Monterey
Albies caught by anglers out of both Chris's and Virg's!
Up North- Channel Islands
Rockfish and Snappers but not much else.
LA Area- Catalina Island
Lots of different fish caught but no major yellow bite.
Further South- San Clemente
No info sorry.
San Diego- Local and Offshore
Local bite not bad with a good mixed bag. Blue Horizon did good the last time out. And.... Offshore is pretty good with yellows and tuna pelegics.
LA Local
Mostly rockfish but a few bass being caught at the south end of south bay grounds.
JapanRon
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Southern California Saltwater
Report for September 21, 2003 (Sunday)
Way Up North- Avila and Monterey
Albacore and rockfish number good for so few anglers.
Up North- Channel Island
Rockfish City.
LA Area- Catalina Island
Boring..... Few yellows, few Calicos lots of traffic.
Further South- San Clemente
Sorry very slow.
San Diego- Local and Offshore
Offshore multi-days doing good but local fishing is only good for those few boats in the know. Low angler numbers locally.
LA Local
Red Snappers and Sculpin are the mainstays with the very, very low number of anglers.
JapanRon
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Southern California Saltwater
Report for September 22, 2003
Virg's and Patriot's boats doing well on the Albies. 11 anglers got 120 Albies and the Pacific Horizon getting 100+ Albies, 12 Skippies, and 1 Bluefin Tuna.
Way Up North- Avila and Monterey
A few albies and rockfish were caught but the anglers numbers reflect blue Monday. Mix of various species.
Up North- Channel Island
Great Albie fishing! A couple of boats had anglers in the teens catching 100+ albies. Mix of other fish caught also.
LA Area- Catalina Island
Terrible fishing on whatever species.
Further South- San Clemente
No better than Catalina
San Diego- Local and Offshore
Offshore is pretty slow right now but the bright side is that some local boats are picking up a nice mix of fish including yellowtail, barracuda, etc.
LA Local
If you think Catalina is lousy just hop on a typical 1/2 local boat with less than 10 guys and have a ball catching near ziltch! Sculpin and Red Snappers to the lucky few.
JapanRon
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Southern California Saltwater
Report for September 23, 2003 (Tuesday)
The truth is that not enough changed today to make any real news break. Conditions are pretty much as they were yesterday throughout so cal.
Thanks
JapanRon
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Ron,
I DON'T want to hear this!! You wanna go tubin in the bay soon?? We still haven't had a chance to hook up and go. Not this sunday but maybe next??? The bay is still good fishing on plastics and if we got some half way decent smelt we will really do good. COME ON LETS GO!!! Haven't fished with you since that trip on the Pierpoint where I dumped the seabass/yellowtail
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But really lets go soon.
Ohh ya, next Friday I have a half day at school where I get out at 12:00pm you want to go then? I have drivers ed all this week soooooooooooooooooo.....
LETS GO FISHING!!!
Aaron
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Southern California Saltwater
Report for September 24, 2003 (Wednesday)
Way Up North- Avila and Monterey
Up North- Channel Islands
Virg's and Chris's landing had very good days on albacore today. Did pretty good on the yellows at Port Hueneme.
LA Area- Catalina Islalnd
Mix of Calicos, Barracuda, Sheephead and a few yellows.
Further South- San Clemente
Slow
San Diego- Local and Offshore
Local fishing is comprised of a really large variety of species. Numbers are low. Offshore doing OK
LA Local
Bite is mostly sculpin and rockfish with some whitefish, in the mix.
JapanRon
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