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UPDATED October 22, 2026

Catalina Is. — Some furious bites on yellowtail just off the island, mixed with yellowfin tuna on kelp paddies. At the island lots of bonito and a few bass and the occasional yellowtail or barracuda.

San Clemente Is — Expect decent bass fishing and yellowtail on the front side but most effort is in offshore waters out this way, looking for pelagic species in open water  Navy ops closure map/schedule at: https://www.scisland.org/schedule.html Navy island info links and kite regs: http://www.scisland.org/

U.S. OFFSHORE

Tanner and Cortes banks — It was a little scratchy out on the banks for a few days. The bluefin, bigger yellowfin zone extended north.

Inner and outer pelagic waters — Both inner and outer waters had similar scenes with a wide-ranging hunt for kelp paddies holding dorado and yellowfin or yellowtail. The Super El Niño effect has been super, recently with some 40- to 80-pound yellowfin tuna in the mix out west most recently. We’re still seeing more marlin that ever and some wahoo too. The bigger bluefin tuna remained way out west towards San Nicolas Island, but numbers landed were few.

MEX TERRITORIAL<12mi (Mex license, passport and FMM)

Coronado Islands region, 3/4- full-day range — Not a lot of looking around the islands lately.

MEX PELAGIC>12mi (Mex license only)

Open waters to full-day range — Recently Some great kelp paddy stops had, with a combination of yellowfin and skipjack tuna, as well as shots at wahoo. The Pacifica spent a 1.5-day looking for them and got 5. Others like the boat San Diego kept on the prowl for the kelps and put 181 yellowfin on deck plus 27 skipjack tuna.

Open waters 1.5- to 3.5-day range — Those running south and out found the larger grade yellowfin tuna, 30-pound class and up. Weather has been a challenge with the recent hurricanes rolling through. Four of the fleet were spotted tucked into Cedros Island one evening with rods stowed just trying to hide from the seas.

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