Out to the local fishing grounds today and the water was a wee bit bumpy. Made fishing a little more challenging but that didn’t deter John and his crew from nailing nice blue rockfish. Awesome trip. The post August 3 – Morning trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Wind came up a bit but that didn’t stop the fish from biting. We whacked ’em good with double hook ups the norm. Great day for our family from Kansas The post August 2 – Afternoon trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Since halibut has been slow we opted for rockcod. Short run out to South Rock for a steady pick of mixed olives and blues. The post August 2 – Morning trip appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Flat as a pancake water today and just a slight breeze for our local potluck today. Got to the fishing grounds dropped in our lines and started bringing up the cod. Awesome catching today. The post July 29 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Prefect flat calm water and no fog for our local potluck trip today. Ran out to South Rock dropped in our lines and just started hauling in fish. Incredible how much this area is still producing fish. The post July 28 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

Out for another day of local potluck fishing. Wind was up a bit and so were the seas. That didn’t deter our group of six from bringing quality fish over the rail non-stop. Great fun and early back to the barn. The post July 27 appeared first on Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Fishing Charters.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.