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Hot-Bites Fishing Report By the Fish Sniffer Staff	August 11, 2008 Updated Regularly

MONTEREY ROCKFISH/HALIBUT ... The recent windy weather has forced the party boats to fish closer to the harbor in the local reefs rather than going down to Point Sur. However, there’s no need to despair, since anglers are nailing limits of hefty rockfish on every trip, whether local or off the legendary Big Sur coast.

“The local fishing for rockfish has been pretty good,” said Chris Arcoleo of Chris Fishing Trips. “Anglers bagged limits of blue, yellowtail and red rockfish on a trip on Monday, August 4. On our last trip to Point Sur, our anglers landed limits of big vermillion, yellowtail and other rockfish.”

A trip by the Star of Monterey on August 3 yielded 30 limits of rockfish. “The weather has been nasty, with a big groundswell and wind,” said Arcoleo, “but it is calming down this week.”

Brian Cutting at Randy’s Fishing Trips confirmed the steady limit rockfish action out of Monterey. “The 9 anglers who fished aboard the Chubasco on August 4 landed limits of yellowtail, bocaccio and other rockfish and 2 lingcod,” he said. “They fished shrimp flies and bars, baited with squid strips, up to 240 feet deep.”

The 23 anglers fishing aboard the Chubasco on August 3 landed limits of rockfish and 2 lingcod while fishing from Point Pinos to Carmel, added Cutting.

The 11 fishermen aboard the Velocity on August 4 caught early limits of black and red rockfish in the Santa Cruz area reefs. A lucky fisherman boated a bonus 20 pound halibut, according to Ken Stagnaro of Stagnaro’s Fishing Trips in Santa Cruz.

Sunday’s twilight trip aboard the Velocity produced 210 assorted red, blue and brown rockfish for 30 fishermen in the local reefs.

Halibut enthusiasts continue to nail the flatties while drifting and trolling live and dead bait from Monterey to Santa Cruz on the calmer days. “The private boaters trolling or drifting frozen squid are bagging halibut in 70 feet of wate off the Monterey Bay Beach Hotel,” said Jim Franco at J & D Auto Gone Fishing in Seaside. “Surf fishermen are also landing a few perch and striped bass off the Monterey Bay State Beaches.”

“The halibut continue to chew bait in 30-80 feet of water here in Santa Cruz,” said Todd Fraser of Bayside Marine. “I weighed in a bunch of halibut today (August 3); it just takes some patience to find them.

The rockfishing was good near Franklin Point and there were limits caught on the local reefs as well. Anglers spotted the wary white seabass off the Pleasure Point area, but Fraser didn’t weigh any of them in.

 

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Area Fishing Maps Monterey Bay

The primary fishing in this area is ocean fishing, featuring a quality salmon and albacore season each summer, as well as shark and rock fishing. Ocean fishing here is year round. One of the nicest qualities of the area is its close proximity to the Bay area and the regions other travel destinations, such as Carmel and Santa Cruz. There are stocked reservoirs in the local hills but don't book a vacation to fish them.