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SOUTH SALT UPDATE: San Clemente gives up its best yellowtail count of the year...more on Dana Point, San Diego
BY BRANDON HAYWARD/WON Staff Writer Published: Jul 29, 2010
Southern CAL Salt Reports
LONG BEACH — With each passing week San Clemente Island has been kicking out better and better yellowtail scores, and last week was no exception, as the Toronado out of Pierpoint Landing in Long Beach had the best score the of year at Clemente when a Sunday trip did in 41 yellowtail to go with great bonito and bass fishing.
“It was all on the middle of the front. Most of it was on the squid, but there were a few fish on the surface iron,” said Don Ashley, owner of the Toronado and Pierpoint Landing. “The bonito fishing was almost too good, they were eating the squid and making it tough to get the yellows.”
So far as conditions go, the water at Clemente is finally where it should be for this time of year.
“The water is 66 degrees and purple. It’s complete different from a week ago when it was 61 and green,” added Ashley. “I’m optimistic that the best fishing is still coming.”
Saturday was a good day at Clemente as well for the Toronado. That was when the boat had 18 yellowtail and a white seabass to go with excellent bass and bonito fishing.
Clemente has not been getting much pressure. In fact, only three sportboats were at the island on Sunday. The Outrider out of 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro was one of them. It’s overnight trip scored 23 yellowtail, 2 white seabass, 30 calico bass and a mix of bottom biters.
Catalina is still holding white seabass and squid, and there have been some seabass scores coming from the six-pack fleet and for skiffs that are still into fishing Catalina for seabass. Santa Barbara Island has been the most overlooked island this summer, but the little island has been great. The Options had 6 white seabass from Santa Barbara Island on Sunday.
CRAIG AND GRANT YAMASHITA, both of San Jacinto, hold up a huge 371⁄2-pound catfish caught on shrimp at Corona Lake on July 23, 2010. This is the best fish landed during this year’s catfish season at this popular western Riverside County fishery.
The sand bass spawn is on for San Diego boats
SAN DIEGO — With the Coronado Islands in a summer funk that involves few yellowtail and plenty of show but little go on the islands’ notoriously fickle bluefin tuna, getting some sand bass to work with in the Tijuana Flats/Bullring area couldn’t have come at a better time for the 3⁄4-day fleet.
There have been sand bass biting on both sides of the border, making for some sand bass action in U.S. Waters for the half-day fleet as well. But the real volume has been over the border.
“Our summer sand bass have finally showed up… it’s typical ‘mud’ bass fishing, but it’s a really nice grade this year. There’s not a lot little bass. It’s mostly 2 to 4 pounders, with some bigger,” reported Malihini owner/operator Mikey Schmidt. “When they want to bite they are eating everything: dropper loop, plastic, flyline bait, surface iron…”
Schmidt was running the boat when 40 anglers had limits of sand bass (200) on Friday to go with 32 barracuda.
Boats have been starting along the coast fishing the sand bass in the flats, and then running over to the islands to try and get a yellowtail or bluefin tuna to settle the jackpot.
Yellows have been hard to come by, and the bluefin tuna have been hard to get a bite from and even harder to land.
“At times there are a lot of bluefin at the islands, all spread out from SKR (South Kelp Ridge) to North Island,” added Schmidt. “Most days we break them off or get spooled. We had a day where we went 0 for 9 on those things.”
Getting the bluefin to bite in the first place has been tough — and maybe landing them has been tougher — but there have been some bluefin in the counts. Sunday the San Diego out of Seaforth had a bluefin to go with its 132 sand bass from the flats. The 28 anglers on the trip also had 8 barracuda and 17 sculpin.
There has been a yellowtail here and there in the counts, like on Saturday when the Mission Belle found 2 yellowtail to go with 165 sand bass, 4 barracuda and 2 sculpin.
On the half-day front, sand bass have been part of the program for the fleet out of San Diego Bay, as they (and calico bass) have been for the Mission Bay fleet.
Sunday morning the Daily Double’s half-day out of Point Loma Sportfishing was good for 127 sand bass and 5 barracuda. On Thursday the Premier had an exotic on its half-day out of H&M Landing thanks to getting a yellowtail to go with 175 sand bass and 2 barracuda.
The big decision from the boats out of Seaforth has been whether to run down and fish sand bass, or post up in the kelp off La Jolla and fish calicos. The Dolphin elected to fish sand bass Sunday morning when its 47 anglers nailed 98 sand bass and 21 barracuda. The New Seaforth stayed local on Sunday afternoon and La Jolla gave up 48 legal calico bass for 41 anglers.
Sea Horse is back online for nightly overnight trips
Dana Wharf Sportfishing focuses on local, island bass
DANA POINT — Dana Wharf Sportfishing coins itself “The bass capital of the west” so it should come as no surprise that calico bass have been the name of the game for the half-, 3⁄4-, and full-day runs out of the landing.
After a short stint in the boat yard, the Sea Horse is back online, and there are some yellowtail to work with over at San Clemente Island.
“There was good sign of fish over there,” said Apollo Kollias, who was running second ticket on the boat on Sunday. The boat went through some hook ups on yellows to get its 3 yellowtail for just 7 anglers on Sunday. There was also a white seabass in the mix to go with 40 calico bass and 20 bonito. The boat is online to run nightly. As proven by running with 7 anglers on Sunday, the boat is willing to go with light loads as things look like they are turning around at Clemente.
Closer to home, the calico bass fishing has been good both along the local coast and over at Catalina.
“The bass fishing has been good at times in the kelp that has popped up on the artificial reefs below the San Clemente Pier,” said Cory Leiser, captain of the Clemente. “If you can cast a bait in the kelp, you can do really well on the bass.” Sunday morning the half-day on the Clemente had 40 mixed sand and calico bass. Leiser said that the flylined baits have been the way to go, although it’s been tough at times to get anglers to cut off their sinkers. The Sum Fun also had right around 40 mixed bass on its Sunday half-day trip that was good for 23 sand bass and 19 calico bass. The 3⁄4-day trip on the Dana Pride found 33 sand bass, 21 calico bass and a sheephead. Twilight fishing has had its good moments. On Friday night the Sum Fun found 46 calico bass and 23 sand bass for 31 anglers.
Boats have been looking in the mud flats below San Mateo for sand bass most every day, but there have yet to be any spawning aggregations showing up.
The Fury has been fishing Catalina on its 5-to-5 run, and the calico bass and bonito fishing has been worth the run. A Saturday trip with 29 anglers turned up 98 bonito, 59 calico bass, 4 barracuda, 1 sculpin and 6 sheephead.
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Southern CAL Salt Reports LONG BEACH — With each passing week San Clemente Island has been kicking out better and better yellowtail scores, and last week was no exception, as the Toronado out of Pierpoint Landing in Long Beach had the best score the of year at Clemente when a Sunday trip did in 41 yellowtail to go with great bonito and bass fishing.“It was all on the middle of the front. Most of it was on the squid, but there were a few fish on the surface iron,” said Don Ashley, owner of the Toronado and Pierpoint Landing. “The bonito fishing was almost too good, they were eating the squid and making it tough to get the yellows.” So far as conditions go, the water at Clemente is finally where it should be for this time of year. “The water is 66 degrees and purple. It’s complete different from a week ago when it was 61 and green,” added Ashley. “I’m optimistic that the best fishing is still coming.” Saturday was a good day at Clemente as well for the Toronado. That was when the boat had 18 yellowtail and a white seabass to go with excellent bass and bonito fishing. Clemente has not been getting much pressure. In fact, only three sportboats were at the island on Sunday. The Outrider out of 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro was one of them. It’s overnight trip scored 23 yellowtail, 2 white seabass, 30 calico bass and a mix of bottom biters. Catalina is still holding white seabass and squid, and there have been some seabass scores coming from the six-pack fleet and for skiffs that are still into fishing Catalina for seabass. Santa Barbara Island has been the most overlooked island this summer, but the little island has been great. The Options had 6 white seabass from Santa Barbara Island on Sunday. CRAIG AND GRANT YAMASHITA, both of San Jacinto, hold up a huge 371⁄2-pound catfish caught on shrimp at Corona Lake on July 23, 2010. This is the best fish landed during this year’s catfish season at this popular western Riverside County fishery. The sand bass spawn is on for San Diego boats SAN DIEGO — With the Coronado Islands in a summer funk that involves few yellowtail and plenty of show but little go on the islands’ notoriously fickle bluefin tuna, getting some sand bass to work with in the Tijuana Flats/Bullring area couldn’t have come at a better time for the 3⁄4-day fleet. There have been sand bass biting on both sides of the border, making for some sand bass action in U.S. Waters for the half-day fleet as well. But the real volume has been over the border. “Our summer sand bass have finally showed up… it’s typical ‘mud’ bass fishing, but it’s a really nice grade this year. There’s not a lot little bass. It’s mostly 2 to 4 pounders, with some bigger,” reported Malihini owner/operator Mikey Schmidt. “When they want to bite they are eating everything: dropper loop, plastic, flyline bait, surface iron…” Schmidt was running the boat when 40 anglers had limits of sand bass (200) on Friday to go with 32 barracuda. Boats have been starting along the coast fishing the sand bass in the flats, and then running over to the islands to try and get a yellowtail or bluefin tuna to settle the jackpot. Yellows have been hard to come by, and the bluefin tuna have been hard to get a bite from and even harder to land. “At times there are a lot of bluefin at the islands, all spread out from SKR (South Kelp Ridge) to North Island,” added Schmidt. “Most days we break them off or get spooled. We had a day where we went 0 for 9 on those things.” Getting the bluefin to bite in the first place has been tough — and maybe landing them has been tougher — but there have been some bluefin in the counts. Sunday the San Diego out of Seaforth had a bluefin to go with its 132 sand bass from the flats. The 28 anglers on the trip also had 8 barracuda and 17 sculpin. There has been a yellowtail here and there in the counts, like on Saturday when the Mission Belle found 2 yellowtail to go with 165 sand bass, 4 barracuda and 2 sculpin. On the half-day front, sand bass have been part of the program for the fleet out of San Diego Bay, as they (and calico bass) have been for the Mission Bay fleet. Sunday morning the Daily Double’s half-day out of Point Loma Sportfishing was good for 127 sand bass and 5 barracuda. On Thursday the Premier had an exotic on its half-day out of H&M Landing thanks to getting a yellowtail to go with 175 sand bass and 2 barracuda. The big decision from the boats out of Seaforth has been whether to run down and fish sand bass, or post up in the kelp off La Jolla and fish calicos. The Dolphin elected to fish sand bass Sunday morning when its 47 anglers nailed 98 sand bass and 21 barracuda. The New Seaforth stayed local on Sunday afternoon and La Jolla gave up 48 legal calico bass for 41 anglers. Sea Horse is back online for nightly overnight trips Dana Wharf Sportfishing focuses on local, island bass DANA POINT — Dana Wharf Sportfishing coins itself “The bass capital of the west” so it should come as no surprise that calico bass have been the name of the game for the half-, 3⁄4-, and full-day runs out of the landing. After a short stint in the boat yard, the Sea Horse is back online, and there are some yellowtail to work with over at San Clemente Island. “There was good sign of fish over there,” said Apollo Kollias, who was running second ticket on the boat on Sunday. The boat went through some hook ups on yellows to get its 3 yellowtail for just 7 anglers on Sunday. There was also a white seabass in the mix to go with 40 calico bass and 20 bonito. The boat is online to run nightly. As proven by running with 7 anglers on Sunday, the boat is willing to go with light loads as things look like they are turning around at Clemente. Closer to home, the calico bass fishing has been good both along the local coast and over at Catalina. “The bass fishing has been good at times in the kelp that has popped up on the artificial reefs below the San Clemente Pier,” said Cory Leiser, captain of the Clemente. “If you can cast a bait in the kelp, you can do really well on the bass.” Sunday morning the half-day on the Clemente had 40 mixed sand and calico bass. Leiser said that the flylined baits have been the way to go, although it’s been tough at times to get anglers to cut off their sinkers. The Sum Fun also had right around 40 mixed bass on its Sunday half-day trip that was good for 23 sand bass and 19 calico bass. The 3⁄4-day trip on the Dana Pride found 33 sand bass, 21 calico bass and a sheephead. Twilight fishing has had its good moments. On Friday night the Sum Fun found 46 calico bass and 23 sand bass for 31 anglers. Boats have been looking in the mud flats below San Mateo for sand bass most every day, but there have yet to be any spawning aggregations showing up. The Fury has been fishing Catalina on its 5-to-5 run, and the calico bass and bonito fishing has been worth the run. A Saturday trip with 29 anglers turned up 98 bonito, 59 calico bass, 4 barracuda, 1 sculpin and 6 sheephead. |
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