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BY MERIT McCREA
SAN DIEGO/OCEANSIDE — All eyes were offshore, eager to see how the bite would weather the first front of the season. In recent years, these late-fall approaches of the first frontal systems of the season quickly fade and the situation switches to dry offshore conditions for the bulk of the winter, lasting well past New Year’s. We’ve enjoyed extended offshore bluefin fishing lasting past the holiday season in recent years.
Indeed, first reports were modest but auspicious. The Legend was back Sunday morning with 26 bluefin to 140 pounds, and the word was sinker rigs on 60-pound tackle.
The Pacific Queen was back from a 3-dayer with 75 bluefin, 3 over 100 pounds, and the Liberty had 33 for 17 folks on a 1.75-day.
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