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Updated July 2, 2025

Santa Barbara Is. — Banks around this island provide consistent bottom fishing, especially deep water stuff. The kelp areas to the west hold yellowtail but they’re tough customers typically. Squid nests show up outside the landing cove and that’s were biting seabass hold while shallow inshore waters near Sutil hold seabass at times but getting them to bite can be a challenge when they’re in there. 

Catalina Is. — Squid nests are all around the island at this point, and it’s late in the season for the volume too. Salta Verde-Silver Canyon continues to be the go-to for private boaters trying for big game, yellows and sea bass. The best chances continue to be in the wee hours while opportunities later in the day are better tight to the beaches. The calico bass are on the bite now and barracuda are widely scattered while the best bet on bonito is along the front side east of Long Point and there are lots. 

San Clemente Is — This island has become the go-to for the overnight boats more recently with ample squid nests, some great seabass fishing with good grade yellowtail in the mix. Bottom biters are an option but the bass fishing tight to the island is some of the best. There was a crowd of boats in the squid zone at the East End/Pyramid over the weekend. However there are other nests to be found, west end, back side.   Navy ops closure map/schedule at: http://www.scisland.org/schedules/safetyZoneUse/days/12.html   Navy island info links and kite regs: http://www.scisland.org/ 

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Tanner and Cortes banks, Outer waters — The offshore fleet has leaned on the great bottom stuff here some lately but not much word otherwise. Much of the bluefin tuna effort has recently been from the Tanner to a few miles off San Clemente Island and as far north as nearly to San Nicolas Island. However, in recent days it became more fish watching than catching. The night fishing slowed and the daytime action narrowed to kite-fish only. But before the weekend the Independence connected posting “Our Western Metal Straight Outta Indy 3-Day trip departed yesterday. We went directly to the tuna grounds, encountering a good opportunity for large tuna, and also caught a few halibut and white seabass during todays activities.

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