TOMAHAWK BLUEFIN – The bite on this grade fish picked back up full speed between the outer banks over the weekend. PHOTO COURTESY OF TOMAHAWK SPORTFISHING
The Mustang also had yellowtail limits. So did the Condor, but on a 1.5 dayer with the range to tackle the yellowfin tuna too. The 14 anglers making the trip added 30 yellowfin tuna and 10 mahi.
The Pacific Queen ran south on their 1.5-day and put on 120 yellowfin tuna for 24 fishers – limits – as well as limits of dorado – 48 flat-heads too.
Out of Oceanside Harbor at Helgren’s Capt. Rick Slavkin’s Oceanside 95 got into that Mexican waters action and put up a 1.5-day catch for 27 anglers of 57 yellowfin, 7 dorado, full limits of yellowtail and a skipjack.
Local 1/2-day action along the coast was all about rockfish and the bite was pretty good. A morning trip on the Sea Watch took 24 anglers double dropper fishing, landing a pair of yellowtail and 165 rockfish with 130 reds in that.
Top local catches out of Oceanside this past week included a 3/4-day trip on the Pronto for limits of rockfish plus 20 whitefish.
From San Diego Bay the Daily Double, Point Loma Sportfishing’s 1/2-day, included good numbers of sand bass to go with whitefish and/or rockfish. Sunday morning it added up to 59 sand bass, one calico, a ling, 13 rockfish and 47 whitefish.
Now that it’s officially Christmas Season boats ran less than COVID capacity and the landings tended to put a single boat on each run as the charter and back-up boats’ crews started shutting down for the winter season.
At H&M Landing Sportfishing Heather Ferrari said the Mustang and Grande were wrapping it up, while the Relentless remained online for 1.75-day trips targeting bluefin, the Old Glory remained online for overnight trips offshore, the Producer was on 1.5-day runs and both the Jigstrike an Alicia continued to offer nightly lobster hoop-netting trips in the calm waters of the Bay each evening.
The Malihini will cover 7 a.m. extended 1/2-day fishing rockfish.
At other landings the situation was similar, with a full open party schedule but fewer secondary boats backing up their first line open party offerings.
At Point Loma Sportfishing the Mission Belle was on the Coronado Island full-day run, so we’ll have to see what results that will bring. Saturday 18 anglers loaded up on limits of rockfish including limits of reds, plus added 30 bonito.
