Saltwater – How to book the best fish-filled Channel Islands white seabass trip

February 28, 2023

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CHANNEL ISLANDS cisco aloha wsb ALOHA — CHANNEL ISLANDS seabass success! PHOTO COURTESY OF ALOHA SPIRIT SPORTFISHING

BY MERIT MCREA

It’s the time of year for booking charters and spots on charters, even open party reservations for the coming spring season. But how do you pick the best day? There’s a confluence of factors to strive for.

The Santa Barbara Channel Islands are famous for phenomenal rockfishing, white seabass bites and huge halibut. While the rockfish opportunity is basically weather based – calm weather, broadest choice of fishing locations, seabass bets hinge on the ebb and flow of weather plus many other factors.

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This story appears in the March 3, 2023 print edition of Western Outdoor News. To get early access to every info and feature-packed issue of the West Coast’s biggest and best outdoor sporting newspaper, click here