At Catalina Island the bite offered mixed bag bass fishing around the back of that island with some bonito and barracuda there as well. Along the front of the island there was great barracuda action from above Avalon to Long Point, with a few yellowtail in that zone as well.
At San Clemente Island the yellowtail bite was back on tap and the Fury had 42 forkies on the 4th. Woolley reported both yo-yo iron and surface plug working well, with fish also hooked fly-lining live sardines.
While the bulk of the bass action south of Laguna Beach featured fish under the keeper mark, to the north the bite on bigger sand bass and barracuda really got going, growing some legs.
The Western Pride had 75 barracuda and 63 keeper sand bass for 41 fishing Saturday afternoon’s half-day run. This score was among several other similar scores posted.
Before the barracuda and bass bite was such a draw, the northern fleet continued to load anglers up on lots of scorpionfish and boat catches exceeded 200 of the red devils at a whack — limits or nearly so.
All this action was out on the San Pedro/Long Beach Shelf.
