Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3626 Dec 8- 22 2017 | Page 29

crabbing from the pier with snares loaded with anchovies or squid . He added , “ Striped bass are still landed from the beaches and shore areas at Mussel Rock and Mori ’ s Point with big topwater lures such as Pencil Poppers or subsurface lures like Miki ’ s . Snares continue to be very popular for crabbers .”

- Dave Hurley

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MOSS LANDING – Charter boat anglers are catching rockfish and lingcod off Carmel , Point Sur and further south off Point Lopez when the weather cooperates with anglers . The boats weren ’ t

able to make it out of the Moss Landing and Monterey Harbors with the arrival of a storm on Sunday , November 26 , but found solid action before the storm

The 21 anglers on the latest trip by the Kahuna to Point Lopez caught 18 canary rockfish , 42 copper rockfish , 41 lingcod , 45 assorted rockfish and105 vermilion rockfish , reported Carol Jones of Kahuna Sportfishing . The anglers hooked the bottomfish on an array of shrimp flies , bars , jigs and swimbaits .

On a trip to Point Sur on November 24 , the 20 passengers landed 4 cabezon , 20 copper rockfish , 12 lingcod , 139 rockfish and 35 vermilion rockfish aboard the Kahuna . J & M Sport Fishing in Monterey also reported solid rockfish and lingcod fishing .

Sturgeon fishing has been hot in Suisun Bay . This handsome keeper was landed on November 9 .

Photo courtesy of DRAGON SPORTFISHING , Pittsburg .

This happy lady angler shows off a pair of big crabs that were caught aboard the Bass Tub on November 12 .

Photo courtesy of BASS TUB SPORTFISHING , Fisherman ’ s Wharf .

The 29 anglers fishing aboard the Chubasco on Friday , November 24 , landed 10 lingcod and 279 rockfish .

Six anglers bagged 60 rockfish and 20 Dungeness crabs on a trip by the Sur Randy on November 22 . The 25 anglers aboard the Chubasco landed 10 lingcod , 198 rockfish , and 30 Dungeness crabs on November 21 .

“ It was another great day on the Monterey Bay today ,” said Todd Fraser of Bayside Marine in Santa Cruz on November 25 . “ There were all kinds of rockfish and lingcod caught up the coast . I saw two different halibut from Davenport caught in 80 feet of water .

“ The crab fishing improved near 4 Mile . The weather was flat calm again ,” said Fraser .

Ken Stagnaro of Stagnaro ’ s Fishing Trips reported that the 28 anglers on his most recent half-day trip aboard the Velocity landed 200 rockfish off the Santa Cruz County Coast while enjoying calm seas .

- Dan Bacher

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PENINSULA SHORELINE

Dungeness Crabs Top City Scene

SAN FRANCISCO - Angling pressure inside the bay was non-existent , while others tried for Gungeness crab along city beaches .

“ Wish I could tell you something ,” exclaimed Stefanie Scott at Gus ’ Discount Bait and Tackle in San Francisco .

“ We ’ ve got lots of guys coming in here , but they ’ re not after fish , just after crab . They ’ re going to Baker or Ocean Beach with snares , or to Pacifica Pier with hoops . The crabbing is a little slow . Maybe we need a full moon ,” she related .

Anglers belonging to the More Than Fishing Facebook group found good success on perch along Ocean Beach this week , with grubs and sandcrabs both producing .

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