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Monterey Bay Fishing Report

Monterey Bay Fishing Report

Monterey Bay

Shallow Water Rockfish Bite On Local Reefs

MONTEREY – Anglers boarding party boats out of Monterey are catching limits of rockfish on most trips in shallow water reefs off the Monterey County Coast, along with a few lingcod.

The 9 anglers aboard the Checkmate landed limits of rockfish (90) and 3 lingcod aboard the Checkmate on their latest venture om the ocean. The 14 anglers bagged 105 rockfish and 12 lingcod on a previous trip aboard the Checkmate.

The anglers have been fishing in less than fathoms of water with shrimp flies, bars, jigs, swimbaits and Point Wilson Darts. Blues, blacks and vermilions are making up most of the rockfish bag limits. reported Steve Semler at...

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Volume 44 Issue 10 Out Now!

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