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.

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.