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Beautiful beaches and weather make Santa Cruz a popular tourist destination. Fermín de Lasuén from Spain established Mission Santa Cruz in 1791. Some time after the Conquest of California, Santa Cruz was incorporated as a city. In 1907, the city constructed the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, and Santa Cruz soon became recognized as a seaside resort community. Monterey Bay and the San Lorenzo River are two major bodies of water, where you can go fishing.
Popular inshore species you may catch while Santa Cruz fishing include Bluefin Tuna, Cabezon, Flounder, Halibut, Lingcod, Rockfish and Sea Bass. King Salmon is a highly sought after fish that you could target nearshore. Other species that you have a good chance of catching while nearshore Santa Cruz fishing are Cabezon, Halibut, and Lingcod. Albacore Tuna and Bluefin Tuna are plentiful much of the season offshore. If you are in Santa Cruz during fall, you may want to head to the mouth of the San Lorenzo River to target Silver Salmon. In 2011, a record White Sea Bass was caught off of the Santa Cruz shore that weighed 79 pounds. It was also one of the largest Sea Bass to be caught on rod and reel.
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There is a 81.94% catch rate for Rainbow Trout, based on 1411 Rainbow Trout counted.
ENLARGE SANTA CRUZ RAINBOW TROUT COUNTS CHART
There is a 4.88% catch rate for Halibut, based on 84 Halibut counted.
ENLARGE SANTA CRUZ HALIBUT COUNTS CHART
There is a 2.67% catch rate for Lingcod, based on 46 Lingcod counted.
ENLARGE SANTA CRUZ LINGCOD COUNTS CHART
There is a 1.8% catch rate for Bocaccio, based on 31 Bocaccio counted.
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There is a 1.34% catch rate for Great White Shark, based on 23 Great White Shark counted.
ENLARGE SANTA CRUZ GREAT WHITE SHARK COUNTS CHART
There is a 1.22% catch rate for Coho Salmon, based on 21 Coho Salmon counted.
ENLARGE SANTA CRUZ COHO SALMON COUNTS CHART
There is a 0.64% catch rate for Anchovy, based on 11 Anchovy counted.
ENLARGE SANTA CRUZ ANCHOVY COUNTS CHART
There is a 0.64% catch rate for Bluegill, based on 11 Bluegill counted.
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There is a 0.64% catch rate for Striped Bass, based on 11 Striped Bass counted.
ENLARGE SANTA CRUZ STRIPED BASS COUNTS CHART
There is a 0.58% catch rate for Cabezon, based on 10 Cabezon counted.
ENLARGE SANTA CRUZ CABEZON COUNTS CHART
*** PLEASE NOTE *** Please check local, state/province, and federal laws before fishing for any species found on this site. All data is based on historical data found for this area, and in some cases as far back as the year 1600.
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The Top 10 Fishing Spots for Santa Cruz are the following:
Soquel Hole Soquel Hole 36.52.00 / 121.57.00 Popular King Salmon and Silver Salmon hole for trolling and drifting.
Mulligan Hill Mulligan Hill 36.44.98 / 121.52.
Soldier’s Club Soldier’s Club 36.41.14 / 121.52.28
601 South Rock 601 South Rock 36.55.00 / 122.01.00
Adams Reef
Three Trees
Manresa State Beach
Moonglow Point
Park Reef Kelp
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June 23 Wonderful day for our local potluck today. Fish were biting good too. 1st time on the ocean and first fish ever is Ami from Villanova PA with just a couple fish from her limi
June 22 Afternoon potluck and the boys had a blast. Came in with happy campers and their rockcod. The post June 22 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.
June 21 Great weather today for Jurassic Park. As soon as we dropped in our lines 13 year-old Julian hooked into nice big fish. After getting our cod we came in closer to port for ha
June 19 – afternoon trip Wind picked up for our afternoon local potluck trip. Headed to closer fishing grounds and dropped in our lines and wham! Fish are biting! Got all our fish and return early. G
June 19 – morning trip Weather was great for our local potluck trip and the bite was wide open! Got our fish and lots of laughs too. Great family from Utah and Colorado to fish with. The post June
June 18 Another trip up to Jurassic Park and the water was much nicer. Fish were biting good too! Got our rockcod and headed home. The post June 18 appeared first on Monterey Bay and
June 17 Pretty windy for our Jurassic trip but we got rockcod to bite. The post June 17 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.
June 15 Up the coast again for Jurassic Park. Water was pretty bad today and made fishing pretty difficult. As soon as we dropped in the fish bite was on! Came in closer to fish hali
June 14 Out to the Jurassic grounds today. We had a small window of weather so we needed to catch as fast as we could and get out of there before the winds showed up. No problem as s
June 12 Ran a bit offshore for our local potluck today. Water is still a little bumpy from the recent weather. As soon as we dropped in our lines it was a wide open bite! Got our fis
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