The weather report indicated poor weather offshore so we stayed closer to Santa Cruz for a local rockcod trip. Nailed six limits of blues olives and reds. Dropped a couple lingcod. Weather was nice! The post August 27 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Nice weather today for our local rockfish trip. Was slow at first then after an hour or so the bite went wide open! Lost a few lings in the melee too 🙁 Came home with five limits of blues and olives. Half the blues were pretty big too. The post August 26 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Local rockcod trip today. With the impending effects from storm Hilary catching close to shore was slow (too much ground swell). We moved out a couple miles to deeper water and found lots of blues and olives. Kept the best 50 for Syvia and her family. Came back early and had a great picnic on […] The post August 20 appeared first on Monterey Bay a...

Flat as a pancake water again and nice cool 61 air temperature. Ran out deep and smacked the chili canary green spots and yellowtail today. Just some of the fish in the picture. The post August 19 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

WHAM!!! Red hot chili pepper bite today. Limits for six people. Picture shows just some of the haul today. The post August 11 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

This was another Jurassic Park WOW day. No wind and water as flat as a pancake. The fish bit as soon as we dropped in and was was pretty much non-stop action all morning. Limits of chili peppers and green spot rockcod. A dolphin show right at the boat for probably 15 mins too. Very […] The post August 10 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cr...

Beautiful water conditions again for our local potluck trip. As soon as we arrived on the fishing grounds we were pulling in quality blues. Also brought in a nice blue lingcod. Limits for six plus crew. Great day with whales in the background. The post August 9 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Nice easy water for our local potluck trip today. Got our limits of blue rockfish and a dolphin show of dolphins hanging around the boat. 7 year-old Cameron did great hauling in fish for his first ocean fishing trip with dad and grandpa. The post August 8 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Jurassic Park trip did not disappoint. Nailed 60 chili peppers and green spots today. Here is just a sample of today’s haul. The post August 6 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Another trip out to the deep for Jurassic Park. Current was still raging and the bite was slow. After an hour we decided to try some new fishing grounds and found the fish! Started nailing green spots reds and chili peppers. Happy campers tonight! The post August 5 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Out to the deep reef shelf today and as soon as we dropped in our lines we had four rods go off with big yellowtail. Dropped back in for more and got a few more then the current came and the bite simply died. Drove around testing other fishing spots but the raging current was […] The post August 4 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fish...

What a gorgeous day out on the deep reef today. Big whales and Orca show too. Easy limits for four plus crew fish of chili peppers yellowtail and petrale sole. Awesome day! The post August 3 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Flat calm water for our deep shelf Jurassic Park trip today. We had to look around a bit for limits for five of chili pepper red canary and petrale sole. Perfect day on the bay. The post August 2 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Out to the deep again but this time the catch was difficult. Probably caused by the full moon and the ripping current. Got some fish but not enough of a bite so came in closer and picked up some lingcod and a few more rockfish. Lot of miles today and some quality fish. The post August 1 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charter...

Great group fishing local potluck today. We combed the coast and found limits of blues and olives. Fish were a bit on the smaller size than usual. The post July 30 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Nice and breezy for our afternoon halibut drifting. Wasn’t long before we got our first bite and it was a keeper! No more bites after that. The post July 29 – Afternoon trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Wind was up so we decided to stay closer and fish local rockfish. Great day with limits for all and a special time for John to propose to Moria. She said yes! The post July 29 – Morning trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Another day at the deep and as soon as we dropped in it was game on! A lot of big doubles. After limiting out with 60 fish came in closer to shore to fish for halibut. Great day. The post July 28 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Perfect day for our local potluck trip with calm seas and a little overcast. Went to one of our honey spots and started hauling in fish two at a time for limits of quality olives and blues. Limited out early so came in closer to shore for a try at halibut and lingcod. Hooked three […] The post July 26 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz...

Great time fishing our local potluck today. Weather was perfect for short drifts and we caught well over 60 fish and kept the biggest 40 blues and olives. The post July 24 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.