Hey Fishermen Here is today’s 1/2 day PM trip on Flash 2. They had a great afternoon. Limits of bass a halibut for every fishermen and crew got some fish. What a day! Enjoy the photos. Call me if you would like to get into the action.Captain Steve TalmadgeBoat mobile and booking Phone number 510 851-2500 The post Flash Fishing report 7/28/24 appea...

hey Fishermen Yesterday Flash 1 and Flash 2 had a 12 person company trip. We had some great action. most of the fishermen were 1st timers at fishing. The interesting thing was Flash 1 finished with 10 bass and 2 halibut. Flash 2 had 10 halibut and 2 bass. Not bad for beginners. We lost... Read more » The post Flash Fishing report 7/27/24 appeared...

Ran back out to our local honey holes this time the wind and seas we bigger. The fish liked it too. Slammed out our fish lickety split and got out of there pronto! Wild and fun ride. The post July 26 – Afternoon trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Flat as a pancake water this morning with fog. Wandered out to our local honey hole and as soon as we dropped in the fish started biting. Grandpa Marty and family back for their summer fishing trip. Seasoned fisherman 8yo Cameron did most of the heavy lifting and brought in most of the fish! This […] The post July 26 – Morning trip appeared first...

Hey Fishermen Flash 1 had a great time today on their 1/2 day trip. I have a little room. Call me on the boat phone. The tides are only getting better! Enjoy today’s photos.Captain Steve TalmadgeBoat mobile and booking Phone number 510 851-2500 The post Flash Fishing report 7/26/24 appeared first on Flash Sport Fishing Charters.

Three generations including first timer on the ocean 11yo Blake out to the local fishing grounds. Seas were flat calm had some fog that kept the air temps perfect and a wide-open rockcod bite. Blake got real busy hauling in most of the fish. Before you knew it we were done and it was time […] The post July 25 appeared first on Monterey Bay and San...

Out for a local potluck trip with a little fog but nice seas. Got into the fish right away and picked away till we were done. Nice quality fish too! The post July 22 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Hey fishermen Flash 1 and Flash 2 were out today. Flash 1 is back with 1/2 day charter. The fishing was challenging but they boxed 5 halibut and 1 bass. I don’t have a report from Flash 2 yet. The tides are getting better. Enjoy the photos from today’s morning 1/2 day. Call me on... Read more » The post Flash Fishing Report 7/25/24 appeared first...

Hey Fishermen Yesterday both Flash 1 and Flash 2 experienced some tough fishing due to the weather and tides. But we managed to land a fish per rod. Everyone had a great time. I explained the fishing conditions to my trips today and tomorrow and they elected to reschedule. The tides are improving so both... Read more » The post Flash Fishing repor...

Out to the rockcod honey holes again today. Seas were big and bumpy but that didn’t stop the fish from biting. In fact they were biting like crazy. Our group whooped ’em good today! The post July 21 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Hey Fishermen Today Flash 1 and Flash 2 both had 1/2day trips.I was running Flash 1 again. The morning tide was a tough one on the halibut but both boats had a fish a rod. 5 for 5 on Flash 1 and 6 for 6 on Flash 2. Starting Tuesday the tides are starting to back... Read more » The post Flash Fishing report 7/21/24 appeared first on Flash Sport Fis...

Hey Fishermen I got to run Flash 1 today. Large fleet at the flats. We struggled for a while. Then I left the area to find some new fish. We went through about 12 shaker halibut before we landed our first keeper. I had new halibut fishermen on the boat. We lost at least 6 good... Read more » The post Flash Fishing report 7/20/24 appeared first on...

Tried to get back out to our last good bite spot but the winds were up and so was the water. Looked around closer to shore and WHAM we got into a crazy bite of mixed sized blues. It was one of the best bite’s we’ve had this year. Lot’s of fun and the four […] The post July 20 – Afternoon trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing C...

With the red tide in town we decided instead to go out to the rockcod honey holes. A little slow at first then after moving around a bit it went to a wide open bite. Amazing fish. The post July 20 – Morning trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Water turned a little uglier with the south swell and fog that came in. We got to our fishing grounds and were pulling in the fish big time but… the group had enough rough water and pulled the plug early. The post July 19 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Big southerly swell in town so only thing worth fishing for was the rockcod. Ran out to our jumbo blues honey hole and it was non-stop action. Hooked into over 100 fish and only kept the biggest. Wide open bite again! The post July 18 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Weather was coming in so we opted to fish local reefs for lingcod and South Rock for the jumbo blues we’ve been getting lately. Ground swell pretty much put the kibosh on lingcod but South Rock kicked out the jumbo blues non-stop! 12yo Jay and 15yo Randy did most of the muscle work and filled […] The post July 17 appeared first on Monterey Bay and...

Local potluck on perfectly calm water today. Ran out to our honey hole dropped in our lines and started whacking the jumbo blues. 11yo Charlie from Ft Worth area was the star of the day bringing up jumbo doubles. The post July 16 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Perfect water conditions today for our combo trip. Halibut weren’t biting but the rockcod were hot! The post July 15 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Hey Fishermen Flash 2 had a great 1/2 day trip yesterday. Check out the photos. If you would like to get into the action give me a call. Captain Steve Talmadge Boat mobile and booking Phone number 510 851-2500 The post Flash Fishing report 7/17/24 appeared first on Flash Sport Fishing Charters.

Hey fishermen The fishing was a little tough for us last week but the weekend picked up. We had 4 half day trips morning and afternoon. The the weather was great and everyone had a ball. Tides are backing down so the halibut bite should continue to improve. Call me if you would like to get... Read more » The post Flash Fishing Report 4/14/25 appea...