Ran back out to south rock to see if we could locate the fish schools from earlier today. And we did! WHAM!!! Nailed the big blues again and had our fish within 90 minutes. Great fishing today. The post July 14 – Afternoon trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Local potluck this morning and the bite was red hot for about an hour then things went quiet. Fished another couple hours and the bite turned on again. Big blues olives browns and a lingcod. The post July 14 – Morning trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Another awesome day out at sea. Our bay area techies got real busy hauling in the fish today. Even had a whale show in the distance. Great time. Thank you Ji. The post July 13 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Local potluck today with a couple dad’s and eight year-olds. As soon as they dropped in their lines it was game on! Big blues olives and brown. Early limits and first time on the ocean smiles. The post July 11 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Great water today for our Jurassic Park trip. Ran up the coast looking for lingcod and rockcod. Water still a little off for lingcod (bottom stirred up) but the rockcod were biting crazy. Came home with canary brown red olive blue and black cod. Great time. The post July 9 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Flat calm water for our local potluck this morning. In the beginning fish were a little on the small side. 30 minutes later WHAM! Fish got bigger stronger lots of doubles and a fat 15 pound lingcod. Kids won’t forget this for a long long time. The post July 8 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Since halibut fishing has been so good lately we all decided it was worth a shot. And it was rhe right choice! Hooked into 9 halibut and kept the biggest two. Weather was flat calm. Great catching in the halibut fishing grounds. The post July 7 – Afternoon trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Ran up to Jurassic Park for lings and rockcod today. Slow Lingcod bite and great rockcod bite. Here’s a pic of Kerry and her trusty fish buddy Mia and their ten-pound lingcod. The post July 7 – Morning trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Up the coast today for Jurassic Park today. Fog is still in town and the water turned a bit rough from yesterday. After we got our rockcod we headed home for halibut. Really nice grade of reds blues olives and browns today. The post July 6 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

The weather stayed perfect and the fish were hungry! Went for halibut and we had a halibut slug fest all afternoon. Five year-old Ben and seven year-old Finn got to haul in a few halibut too. Fantastic day. The post July 5 – Afternoon trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Gorgeous day on the water. Flat seas no wind and a wee bit foggier than usual. Ran out to South Rock for a local potluck trip. Took some time to get the fish to bite but after an hour or so the bite went wide open! A couple hours into the trip we had a […] The post July 5 – Morning trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charter...

Happy Fourth of July!!! Took out our good friends from Maryland and Watsonville for local potluck. Got our rockcod plus a nice Lingcod and back in time for the 4th festivities. Even cruised the wharf for a great sealion photo op. The post July 4 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Hey Fishermen Flash 2 had a great day with mostly kids on board. It was a shark/live bait combo.They had a blast with a lot of action. They also had a 36in 20+ pound bass!!! Enjoy the photos. Call me on the boat phone if you would like to get into the action. Captain Steve... Read more » The post Flash Fishing Report 6/28/24 appeared first on Flas...

Hey Fishermen The tides are getting better. Check out today’s 1/2 day trip on Flash 2. It is just going to get very good on the weekend. Call me if you would like to get onto the action.Captain Steve TalmadgeBoat mobile and booking Phone number 510 851-2500 The post Flash Fishing report 6/26/24 appeared first on Flash Sport Fishing Charters.

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 limit. The post June 23 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

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.

Hey Fishermen Flash 1 has 2 half day trips today. They experienced the poor am conditions as I did on Flash 2. Although they had over a fish a rod. I think they will do much better on the pm trip as the tides are a lot better. Enjoy the photo.Captain Steve TalmadgeBoat mobile and booking... Read more » The post Flash Fishing Report 6/22/24 appeare...

Hey Fishermen Today I ran Flash 2’s 1/2 day am trip. The tides were not good for halibut but we gave it a shot. Then the wind came up. But all in all we had a great time and my charter went home with a fish and a half a rod. Enjoy the photos. Captain Steve... Read more » The post Flash Fishing report 6/22/24 appeared first on Flash Sport Fishing C...

Hey fishermen Flash one had a slow start again today but wow did they end up great. Limits of bass limits of quality halibut. I have two spots that opened up on Sunday if you’d like to join the fun give me a call Captain Steve Flashfishing 510-851-2500. The post Flash Fishing Report 6/21/24 appeared first on Flash Sport Fishing Charters.

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 halibut. No takers but a ton of rockcod. Picture shows “some” of their catch. The post June 21 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.