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

MONTEREY ROCKFISH/HALIBUT ... The rockfish action has been fabulous off the Monterey County coast, with anglers going to Big Sur on the calm days and to the local reefs when the wind comes up.

“Tinker, captain of the Checkmate, had no problem catching limits of rockfish off Carmel today, July 7,” said Chris Arcoleo of Chris’ Fishing Trips. “The Checkmate, Caroline and Star of Monterey came in with full limits of rockfish, along with a few lingcod, over the July Fourth weekend. They fished off both Point Sur and Carmel.”

“The rockfish action continues to be very good,” said Pete Bruno at Randy’s Fishing Trips. “We’re catching a mixed bag of olive, yellowtail, blue, vermilion, starry and other quality rockfish, as well as a few lingcod. There have been a few days with rough weather when we were short of limits, but otherwise anglers have been taking limits every trip.”

Rockfish anglers are enticing their fish with Super Flies, other shrimp fly rigs, King’s Tackle jigs, Diamond Bars, Fish Traps and other lures.

Off Santa Cruz, the fishing for halibut and rockfish has been “going good for some and slow for others,” reported Todd Fraser at Bayside Marine.

“The halibut are being caught from the Mile Buoy to Natural Bridges in 30-55 feet of water,” rated Fraser. “There are some nice lingcod and rockfish coming in from 100 feet of water off Davenport. The big fish in the First Annual Bayside Fourth of July Tournament. was a 23.95 lb. halibut that Josh Kendall caught the first day.”

The Velocity has been going on both day trips and weekend twilight trips. A twilight trip on Saturday, July 5 produced 208 assorted rockfish for 26 fishermen, according to Ken Stagnaro at Stagnaro’s Fishing Trips in Santa Cruz.

Friday’s fishing adventure aboard the Velocity yielded limits of red, yellowtail and blue rockfish. “The 28 fishermen on board fished on the south side of the bay,” said Stagnaro

A trip by 18 passengers aboard the Velocity on July 3 produced limits of copper, red and gopher rockfish. They fished a variety of jigs, shrimp flies and bars, tipped with swim baits, off Davenport in 100 feet of water.

 

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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.