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Strange Year
Fishing options range from epic reds and lings to wide-open calico bites around island boiler rocks to yellowtail behind the islands to tuna well offshore.
Fishing options range from epic reds and lings to wide-open calico bites around island boiler rocks to yellowtail behind the islands to tuna well offshore.
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You can't go wrong fishing the Santa Barbara Channel this week. The weather is mild and the fishing is wild. At Anacapa and Santa Cruz islands, the three B's (bass, bonito and barracuda) are hammering lures and baits. White seabass and yellowtail strike our baits when the mood strikes them. Halibut haunt the coves along the north shores of Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands. Huge rockfish and lingcod the size of your leg are available at San Miguel Island.
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Thresher shark action is widespread along the mainland; however Rock Island near La Conchita remains the most revered local hotspot, where jumpers are seen and hooked regularly.
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Stabilizing water temps, increased presence of forage food, spawning activity and the excitement of summer… all ingredients to a giant fish stew around the Channel Isles and Santa Barbara Channel.
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Successful white seabass anglers are adapting to seasonal changes. There is no doubt that the Channel Islands (especially Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands) are choked with big white seabass, but normal techniques aren’t accounting for many of the elusive grey ghosts.
Between sporadic squid spawns, schools of WSB are feeding on baitballs throughout the island kelp beds. Divers are spotting plenty of 40+ pounders. Anchoring up and baiting them isn’t working very often, as fish counts suggest. The successful trick is to
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Between sporadic squid spawns, schools of WSB are feeding on baitballs throughout the island kelp beds. Divers are spotting plenty of 40+ pounders. Anchoring up and baiting them isn’t working very often, as fish counts suggest. The successful trick is to
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The destructive Jesusita Fire and strong sundowner winds kept most
fisherfolk off the water for more than a week. Now the fire is nearly out,winds have returned to normal patterns and our focus is shifting seaward once again.
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While most open-party boat action of late has targeted lingcod and rockfish, a few of the party boats and many private boats are now beginning to target halibut and white seabass. When the glory fish won’t respond - or when limits are reached - rockfish and lingcod come through in a big way with limit-style fishing for reds, chucklehead, bocaccio, honeycomb, chilipepper, blue rockfish, and, of course, lingcod the size of your leg, at the deeper areas (250 to 360 feet). Shallower structure spots are giving up good numbers of sheephead this season, along with ocean whitefish, sculpin, cabezon, and brown rockfish. Some of the best bottom-fishing right now is between Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands and off of the north side of Santa Rosa Island.
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The king of groundfish – the raging “lingasaur” – is now in season. Conditions were rough at the wild, west end of the Santa Barbara Channel, but along the mainland coast and off of Santa Cruz and Anacapa islands, there was action to be found on lings to 15 pounds. Bigger ones will come to gaff by the end of the coming weekend.
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You'll learn more in a day from a charter captain than in a year on your own.
Mar. 18 2009, 8:56 AM - 0 Comments
Mar. 18 2009, 8:56 AM - 0 Comments
Early season water temps are surprisingly high this year, so while you concentrate on the fresh groundfish season, keep a watchful eye out for surface activity: birds working, hordes of marine mammals feeding, fish chasing bait-balls to the surface. Keep a surface jig rigged and ready to grab and cast for barracuda, bonito, and maybe even yellowtail.
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