MONTEREY - Charter boat trips out of Chris’ Fishing continue to produce full limits of rockfish, along with some hefty lingcod.

The Checkmate checked in from a trip on November 21 with limits (110) rockfish and 6 lingcod for 11 passengers.

The boat ended up on the previous trip with limits (120) of rockfish and 6 lingcod, reported Chris’ Fishing. A previous fishing adventure aboard the Caroline yielded limits of rockfish (130) and 6 lingcod for 13 fishermen.

Anglers are using shrimp flies baited with squid strips, jigs, bars, swimbaits and other offerings to nail the bottomfish.

Anglers out of Santa Cruz are concentrating on Dungeness crab and rockfish. “There were some nice crab caught today in 110-130 feet of water,” said Todd Fraser of Bayside Marine on November 21. “The deep water rock fishing was good. The wind was not bad, but the swell is building.”

“The wind was not as bad as expected,” he reported on November 20. “There were some calm periods and anglers caught crab and rockfish. The lingcod were on the bite near the inshore rock piles.”

Recreational fishing regulations allow take of rockfish, cabezon, greenling and lingcod in all depths for state waters in the Northern, Mendocino, San Francisco, and Central Groundfish Management Areas through December 31, 2025: https://wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Ocean/Regulations/Groundfish-Summary