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Summer Saltwater Fishing Heats Up

Local Summer Saltwater Scene Heats Up

As local water temperatures rapidly rise so does he local fishing

WON staffPublished: Aug 09, 2012

As the local saltwater temperature finally broke into the normal 70 degere summer range for the first time this season, the local offshore fishing also picked up signicantly on Wednesday. Things are really looking up heading into the coming weekend for the summer season to get rolling.

Just yesterday it was as if someone flipped a switch in many areas. Two overnight boats out of Seaforth Landing - The Endeavor and Pride - got limits and near limits on bluefin tuna. Overnight means close to home and in private boat range.

The Sum Fun out of Dana Wharf Sportfishing ventured offshore on a paddy hopping exploratory trip and ended up with a couple dorado, and lost a few more.

The 3/4 day and overnight boats fishing Catalina Island from all the local landings on Wednesday also showed better counts  with an increased number of Calico bass and most boats also managed a few white seabass. The Long Beach Sportfishing 3/4 fleet targeted the barracuda and were getting between 3-5 per angler.

Up at Channel Islands Sportfishing the great fishing continued to roll as 7 boats were out fishing full day or overnight trips. Almost every boat had a few white seabass in the counts, and many had great numbers of both Calico ( Kelp ) bass and /or rockfish.

Summer fishing is finally here and it's time to get out and do some local surface fishing. Let the games begin !

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Where are the bonito? A friend told me Mexicans are seining them.
Comment at 8/15/2012
C'est superbe, j'aime le cf4te9 bulbe des mgantones et les maisons sur pilotis donnent beaucoup de personnalite9 a ton concept. Les immeubles dans le fond ont l'air en bon e9tat, peut eatre qu'on pourrait sentir d'avantage l'effet de la se9cheresse sur ces structures? Peut eatre que l'un d'eux pourraient s'eatre affaisse9 ou pourrait eatre en parti effondre9? Juste des ide9es qui me viennent comme ca, au premier plan je verrais bien un conduit d'eau ou un abreuvoir a sec. Peut eatre qu'il pourrait y avoir un bidon en plastique dans le lit de la rivie8re? Juste des objets qui normalement evoquent l'eau mais qui sont devenus inutiles.J'espere que ca t'aide!J'ai hate de voir la suite de ton projet!
Comment at 8/29/2012
Along with the answers poestd above, there's a good chance that ya' might have your fishin' equipment confiscated! I witnessed some tourists in AK., that had that happen and these DOUGHHEADS were sportin' Lamiglass and G. Loomis rods $ $ $ w/ Daiwa, Shimano reels respectively!!! I'm sure though that it varies from state ta' state. Sooooooo better safe than sorry ~ get a license ; )
Comment at 8/31/2012


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