Salmon fishing today was a lot of trying out different areas and no catching. We covered a lot of ground today, fishing at the Soquel hole, the Paharo, the northwest corner and even out in front of Santa Cruz harbor. No dice. We witnessed a small boat catch one that was too small just a…
Today was a great day for local fishing. Limits for 17 anglers with several nice Vermillions, Coppers, Canaries and Olives. Of course just like any local trip, we had to keep moving away from the small Rosy rockfish and we also had several small Lings. We ended up with nice overall bags. Only one keeper…
It took a little while for us to get into an area where the fish were biting but once we did it was lights out fishing. Big Vermillion and green spots. Not to mention some absolutely MASSIVE yellow tails. It was hard to decide who had the most impressive catch but the biggest fish wound…
Weather tried to make things tough but the fish made it easy. The first fish hooked up 30 seconds into the first drop and it was on from there. Quite a few big rockfish were pulled up including a 8 pound Vermillion, some big Bocaccio and as has been normal this year some very nice…