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Catalina, SBI and SCI Fish Reports

Fish Report from Saturday, August 25th: (Yes, I missed yesterday. I was fishing!)
Local Offshore Scene: I started at Dana Harbor yesterday morning, and got a shot of some surprisingly good sardines. I had checked the SST’s and there was a gradual break that ran straight off shore from just below Dana, out across the 209, and curved back to the east at around the 181. All the warm water was on the south side of the break, but it was the break itself that held plenty of kelps.

Kelp with no boats is what you are looking for.
As long as we stayed ahead of the pack (of boats) we had bites. Start the drift well upwind and flyline baits on light line. 12# got bit great, and 15# flouro only got one bite all day.

Hammerhead
Saw a hammer head, a big blue whale

Blue whale.
and lots of porpoise and Rizzo’s. Also saw kelps with 8-20 boats on them. That baffles me. Why would you want to share a kelp? Why would anyone drive towards a kelp with another boat on it? Please, don’t do this…..

Local waters are good!


CATALINA: SLOW. Plenty of blueperch and short calico bass. Still some squid in the Isthmus at Lions Head, and around back at Little Harbor. Is there a chance you might hook a yellow? Yes, but not likely. Get some live squid from here and head offshore.
SCI: Open, and a great place to spend the night for the guys fishing out that way. Some squid inside Pyramid, where the best anchorage is. SOme decent halibut fishing in the Cove as well. Catch some of that and try it on the bluefin just below the Cove towards the 43. Fair calico bass fishing along the front, and some yellows. The stuff on the “9″ either swam off and got on the kelps, or just moved.
BLUEFIN: Still some good scores on the BFT’s. The area off the back of SCI is good, look at the 381. Trolling Rapalas and X-Raps WAY back might get a bite. Fish those on 30# tied straight with no swivel or leader. Otherwise it’s the long soak on meter marks or kelps. Chumming may be a problem, so try a chum bucket. Light line, small hooks and a little luck is what is needed. Any bites could turn into a plunker, so stay on the drift as ling as you can stand it. Other areas include just below the 43, the Eastern Wing on the Butterfly, and Clemente Basin.
Coastal: Some squid off HB at Barge Rock has the sand bass all ganged up in that area. Of course, live squid would be the best bait. Twilight has consistently been the best time. Down off La Jolla and Del Mar Kelp there has been some fair to good yellowtail/seabass/halibut action. The bait is at Del Mar Kelp, and the seabass/yellowtail fishing has been around Crystal Pier, near La Jolla.


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