Local potluck today and flat calm seas. Headed out to one of our honey holes and it was game on! Caught a lot of fish but only kep the best 60 blue rockfish (pacific snapper). Then headed close to shore for halibut drifting. Great group of guys and lots of good fishing action. The post May 29 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing C...

Hey fishermen Flash 2 had a half day trip with a group of teenagers They want to catch sharks but their parents wanted good eating fish. Captain David took them out and they landed some halibut during the first couple of hours. Then they went after sharks. it was tough going at first but they... Read more » The post SF Fishing Report 5/29/23 appea...

Hey Fishermen Today was another great trip on Flash 1. They had a full boat open load of fishermen. I got the call at 10:30 this morning that they were on their way back to the dock with limits of halibut and some very nice striped bass. I have some room later in the week.... Read more » The post S F Fishing Report 5/29/23 appeared first on Flash...

Hey Fishermen Today was a great day Flash 1 had 2 half day charter trips and Flash 2 had a short day charter.Both boats had limit style fishing except Flash 1 as the afternoon kids trip did not get limits they had a blast and landed a fair share of fish see photo. The fish... Read more » The post S F Fishing Report 5/28/23 appeared first on Flash...

What an awesome Jurassic Park trip today. Weather held good for us and we knew we had to fish hard and fast before the winds showed up. These pictures are just some of the fish these guys brought up from the deep today. 10 year-old Sawyer aka Chili brought in the biggest chili pepper rockfish […] The post May 28 appeared first on Monterey Bay and...

Hey Fishermen Yesterday was a little tougher for Flash’s 1/2 day trip. But everyone got to pull on fish. Stay tuned for today’s trips as they were great. Enjoy yesterdays photos. Captain Steve Talmadge Boat mobile and booking Phone number 510 851-2500 The post S F Fishing Report 5/27/23 appeared first on Flash Sport Fishing Charters.

Local potluck today and we got lucky! Caught over 100 fish but only kept the best 60 rockcod two lings that we let go to grow and a very nice 15# halibut. Weather was perfect. Even got a little whale show. The post May 27 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Hey Fishermen Flash 1 really killed it today! They had early limits of halibut and bass. To their credit they released most of the bass. Especially the ones around 15lbs. Ben said they had more than limits of bass. What more could you ask for. Call me if you would like to get into the... Read more » The post S F Fishing Report 5/25/23 appeared fir...

Our first halibut trip of the season and it was a great one! Hooked six halibut and kept three. Let the other three go back to grow. Also boated a nice lingcod. Wonderful group and a whole lot of fun! The post May 23 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Hey Fishermen I had the pleasure of running Flash II today. I had 3 people from China and one man from New Zealand. We were on a half day shark trip. The shark fishing was great. By 9:00 am we had 5 large Leopards 2 bat rays and 3 very nice bass. All on the... Read more » The post S F Fishing Report 5/22/23b appeared first on Flash Sport Fishing C...

Hey Fishermen I just got the photos from Flash II’s trip from yesterday. They had limits again! The halibut season is still off the hook. Call me to get into the action. Enjoy the photos. Captain Steve Talmadge Boat mobile and booking Phone number 510 851-2500 Flash Sport Fishing   The post S F Fishing report 5/22/23a appeared first on Flash Sport...

Out to the deep again with our family of first responders. Water was a bit bumpy and made fishing more challenging than usual. We caught fish on the ledge but opted to go up the coast and try for some ground fish. Put in a lot of time and energy but not as many fish. […] The post May 22 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charter...

Hey Fishermen I had the pleasure of running Flash I today. The boat was chartered by one of my long time fishermen. He brought his family. This was there first time fishing. Giovanni wanted them to have a great time so they would take an interest in fishing. I have to say mission accomplished. No early... Read more » The post S F Fishing Report 5/...

Out to the deep for another Jurassic Park venture. As soon as we dropped in our lines it was game on! We picked up fish throughout the morning but not the bite we’ve seen for the past week. Seems like a lot of current came into the area. Brought home a lot of reds canary […] The post May 21 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Cha...

Hey Fishermen Flash I and Flash II were back at the dock with halibut limits again today. There was a few bass also. These were short 1/2 day trips. Very good action! Also very good table fair fish! Both boats are full through the weekend. I do have some room next week. Call me on the... Read more » The post S F Fishing Report 5/19/23 appeared fir...

What a day at Jurassic Park! Out to the deep again and put in 170+ pounds of chili peppers and reds and petrale sole. Got a nice whale and dolphin show too! Water was challenging but our group of five handled it like pro’s! The post May 19 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

The fishing continues to be great. Flash I and Flash II are booked though the 21st. Except Flash II may have be available on the 21st. Call me on the boat phone if you would like to get into the great action. Enjoy today’s photo from a short trip. Captain Steve TalmadgeBoat mobile and booking... Read more » The post S F Fishing Report 5/18/23 appe...

Out to the deep again and we whacked ’em good! Filled the boat with 150 pounds of chili peppers green spots canaries and other rockfish (pacific snapper) and petrale sole. The post May 16 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Jurassic Park in the deep today and after landing over 170 pounds of fish all I can say is Wow. Long and productive day today. The post May 15 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Afternoon local potluck trip. Was breezy and slow at first then after an hour we ventured out into deeper water for a feeding frenzy of blues. We nailed four limits (40 fish) in less than 30 minutes. It was mayhem! Since we had limits of snapper already and still had time to burn we came […] The post May 13 – Afternoon trip appeared first on Monte...