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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Soquel Hole 12/31/2012 1:02:37 AM - Soquel Hole 36.52.00 / 121.57.00 Popular King Salmon and Silver Salmon hole for trolling and drifting.
Mulligan Hill 12/31/2012 12:40:32 AM - Mulligan Hill 36.44.98 / 121.52.
Soldier’s Club 12/31/2012 1:01:17 AM - Soldier’s Club 36.41.14 / 121.52.28
601 South Rock 12/31/2012 12:19:04 AM - 601 South Rock 36.55.00 / 122.01.00
Adams Reef 5/19/2018 10:29:13 AM -
Three Trees 10/31/2018 10:51:32 PM -
Three Trees 5/19/2018 10:29:09 AM -
Moonglow Point 5/13/2019 10:19:44 AM -
Manresa State Beach 5/4/2013 12:16:40 AM -
Park Reef Kelp 5/19/2018 10:29:10 AM -
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There is a 51.62% catch rate for Rainbow Trout, based on 286 Rainbow Trout counted.
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There is a 9.75% catch rate for Lingcod, based on 54 Lingcod counted.
There is a 9.21% catch rate for Bocaccio, based on 51 Bocaccio counted.
There is a 6.68% catch rate for Cabezon, based on 37 Cabezon counted.
There is a 6.5% catch rate for Giant Sea Bass, based on 36 Giant Sea Bass counted.
There is a 6.5% catch rate for Kelp Bass, based on 36 Kelp Bass counted.
There is a 3.43% catch rate for Halibut, based on 19 Halibut counted.
There is a 1.44% catch rate for Largemouth Bass, based on 8 Largemouth Bass counted.
There is a 1.26% catch rate for Great White Shark, based on 7 Great White Shark counted.
There is a 0.72% catch rate for Striped Bass, based on 4 Striped Bass counted.
*** 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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September 17 9/18/2022 11:15:12 AM - Ran up the coast for our Jurassic Park trip (deep reef not fishable with the high winds) and found some nice fish. Ended up with three nice lingcod and a lot of olive canary
September 16 – Afternoon trip 9/18/2022 11:13:56 AM - Another fun local potluck trip. Wind came up pretty strong and the water was a wee bit bumpy but the fish didn’t mind. We nailed the big canary blue black brown olive and red
September 16 – Morning trip 9/18/2022 11:12:38 AM - Nice weather for our local “lingcod only” trip. Was able to boat a big lingcod and some rockcod. Not stellar but lots of fun. The post September 16 – Morning trip appeared fi
September 4 – Afternoon trip 9/5/2022 11:23:57 AM - Fun fun fun local potluck trip with our post-grad students from Stanford. Lots of fish lots of laughs and great memories. Betty is determined to get the big lingcod that got
September 4 – Morning trip 9/5/2022 11:19:07 AM - Another great local potluck trip for our group from San Jose. Lots of fish and lots of laughs. Happy Birthday Alex! The post September 4 – Morning trip appeared first on Mont
August 28 8/28/2022 7:27:14 PM - Headed up the coast for our Jurassic Park trip today with flat calm seas. After picking up some live bait we dropped in an immediately got lingcod. Finished up with good qual
August 26 8/26/2022 7:56:47 PM - Went out to the halibut grounds but found no takers. Came back into the rockcod grounds and finished the morning with brown blue olive canary and red pacific snapper. Happy f
August 24 8/24/2022 3:56:54 PM - Awesome local potluck trip today with flat seas and plenty of fish including Ramsey’s lingcod. The post August 24 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charte
August 22 8/22/2022 1:31:40 PM - Happy happy family up from orange county. Local potluck today and the catching was non stop! Olives blues browns canary and red pacific snapper (rockfish). The post August 22
August 20 8/20/2022 6:13:51 PM - Headed out to the deep reef for Jurassic Park today. Fish were big! Canaries green spots coppers yellowtail and red pacific snapper. Fish getting packed and taken back to Ida
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