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UPDATED: June 16, 2026

VENTURA/OXNARD — Barracuda have officially invaded the local island waters as counts pushed past the hump (100-plus) on the skinnies for some partyboat runs recently. Those putting effort into the sonar hunt have found schools of huge seabass and have been successful at getting them to bite at times, along with some good numbers of big halibut. Expect lots of whitefish and rockfish as bag fillers but also bonito and sheephead in the mix. 

OCEANSIDE — The SEA Center boats fishing local waters continued to find fast fishing along the kelps for bass, with big numbers released, over 100 per trip at times, with some kept too. It seems the junior barracuda have joined them in the kelps too. The ¾-day runs put a lot of rockfish in the bags too, up to 10-fish limits. It’s amazing how much better the fish counts have gotten in recent years since the SEA Center got going. 

SAN DIEGO — The big news was two-fold. First, the island yellowtail bite went off full-steam in the past week as boats reported high double-digit scores on the forks. The day Capt Jason Diamond and son Max from Santa Barbara went out on the Point Loma they each got 5 and the boat had over 50 for 18 anglers. The Mission Belle posted the high score for the day with 77 for their 30 anglers. Second, the offshore fleet connected with the tuna again, this time just south of the outer banks and the scores included some big rockfish numbers and yellowtail too. The bluefin bite was better at night on the jigs and there were lots of fish into the 100-plus pound class. The Old Glory hooked and landed a trio of big opah as well. 

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