Up the coast for Jurassic Park trip today. Fog was thick! Got up a ways and dropped in. Slow bite with the south swell but we managed to find rockcod and lings. The post May 11 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Halibut trip today. Water was calm and no breeze. Fun group. The post May 10 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

What a difference a day makes! We set out again for a local potluck trip and things went a lot better than yesterday. We managed to pick up some live bait then after motoring to out lucky spot dropped in for lingcod and rockcod. Immediately we started catching rockcod and lings. Came home with a […] The post May 6 appeared first on Monterey Bay an...

Our first trip out this season for local potluck. With the storm that just passed winds were big and seas were uncomfortable. Our group worked real hard to get the fish to bite and were able to get a few lingcod and rockcod. Kept two of the lings and the rockcod. Hats off to our […] The post May 5 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fish...

We’re still waiting for the official word when fishing season will open. I expect May 1st we can fishing for everything except salmon. Salmon will probably remain closed for another season. The post February 5 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

That’s a wrap folks! We had a wonderful year of fishing and meeting up with both old and new friends. Lot’s of fish caught and lot’s of fun. Tyler Greg Rodney and I appreciate your business and very much look forward to fishing with you again in 2024. Fishing season opens back up May 1 […] The post 2023 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cru...

Big water today and big fish too for grandpa Tom and eight year-old grandson Tom (aka Hook). Great time. Lots of fish for the holiday. The post November 21 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Out to the deep for lings and things today. Got our bait then tried for lingcod but they weren’t biting. Ran up the coast for rockcod and did okay. Water was a wee bit bUmPy today. The post October 11 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Out to the deep today with high hopes of big fish. Mother nature had other plans for us. East wind made fishing difficult but we did manage to knock out limits of chili peppers and green spots. The post November 1 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Out to the deep again for lingcod and rockcod. Water wasn’t very nice so it was a bumpy day. Got to the lingcod grounds and the mackerel have taken over the area. Mackerel went for miles and the lingcod weren’t interested in what we had to offer so we headed up the coast for rockcod. […] The post October 29 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa...

Ran out for lingcod today and made bait but the mackerel were thick! Turns out the lings already had their meal for the day so we headed up the coast and got into the chili peppers and petrale sole. Perfect weather and water today and a little bit of a whale show too. The post October 28 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charte...

Out to the deep lingcod part of Jurassic Park today. After making bait we drop in our lines and picked away at the lings. Water and wind were ugly but we managed to get some lings to bite. Lost one big one too. Happy family with lingcod sand dabs and mackerel on the dinner menu. The post October 22 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fis...

The bluefin are now starting to show up in consistent numbers. My buddy Josh landed three and lost one in the past 48 hours. Other boats are also getting fish. We’re ready to roll out on another tuna trip. Book your trip now before the bluefin start going back down south. The post October 16 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Ch...

Our first bluefin tuna trip of the season. Water was perfect. Quite a few boats fishing but not a lot of fish caught today. Water looked good so maybe the big tuna bite will be soon. The post October 14 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Out to the deep again and we got into the fish right away. Variety of rockfish and a 17 pound lingcod. The post October 13 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Lingcod gear testing in the deep today. The lingcod were big too with an average of 15 pounds and the biggest went 18 pounds. The post October 12 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Out to the deep once again and the fish were waiting for us! Knocked out limits of big green spots chili peppers and reds today for five. Great time watching the youngsters 8-yo Margo and 10-yo Fin wind up their fish with mom dad and grandpa John. Good whale show too! The post October 9 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charter...

Jurassic Park is the best fishing we’ve seen in many years. Today we boated early limits of BIG chili peppers. Some of the fish in the pic. The post October 8 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Another epic day in the deep with chili pepper and green spot rockcod limts for five. Big fish! The post October 7 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Another awesome day at the deep. Limits of big chili peppers and green spots. Awesome weather with flat seas and 65 air temp. The post October 6 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Up the coast for Jurassic Park trip today. Fog was thick! Got up a ways and dropped in. Slow bite with the south swell but we managed to find rockcod and lings. The post May 11 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.