Capt. David Bacon-Charter Captain/PCS Senior Editor
Fabulous Rockfishing Throughout the Santa Barbara Channel
Mar. 17 2010, 6:08 PM
Mar. 17 2010, 6:08 PM
Fabulous Rockfishing Throughout the Santa Barbara Channel
Weather windows provide opportunities for sampling the fabulous rockfishing throughout the Santa Barbara Channel. The fish have had a couple of months off and they are anxious to eat. Shallow-water rockfishing along the coast often results in limits of medium-size chocolates, reds, johnny bass and ocean whitefish, while at the Channel Islands, the catch is whopper size reds, chucklehead, bocaccio and blue rockfish. Hotspots this week are gap between Anacapa and Santa Cruz islands, the west end of Santa Cruz Island and the north side of Santa Rosa Island. Big lingcod are coming up too, but get to swim back home until their season opens up on April Fools Day.
Weather windows provide opportunities for sampling the fabulous rockfishing throughout the Santa Barbara Channel. The fish have had a couple of months off and they are anxious to eat. Shallow-water rockfishing along the coast often results in limits of medium-size chocolates, reds, johnny bass and ocean whitefish, while at the Channel Islands, the catch is whopper size reds, chucklehead, bocaccio and blue rockfish. Hotspots this week are gap between Anacapa and Santa Cruz islands, the west end of Santa Cruz Island and the north side of Santa Rosa Island. Big lingcod are coming up too, but get to swim back home until their season opens up on April Fools Day.
Calico bass are shaking off their winter lethargy earlier than usual this year. Practiced casters are scoring good counts of the checkerboards in the boiler rocks around the Channel islands and in the deep pockets of coastal kelp spots of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Out a little deeper, sand bass are already chewing swimbaits and live baits at wrecks and reefs in 50 to 120 foot depths.
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