VOL.39 • ISS. 14
June 26, 2020
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SALTWATER REPORTS:
CONTINUED FROM PG 25
MONTEREY BAY cont.
shared handling of equipment.
Hand sanitizer will be available both
on the boat and in the shop upon checkin.
Bathroom will be sanitized after each
use. Surfaces frequently touched will
be sanitized as much as possible. All
equipment and boat will be thoroughly
sanitized after each trip.
Note that passengers of a single
household do not have to maintain social
distancing with each other and can share
equipment and food and drink.
We are back at “A” dock so we will be
loading there. Trips are $125. for salmon
or halibut, $150. for rockfish. We will be
able to get back to normal pricing once
we can put more anglers on the vessel.
Thanks and please give a call to the shop
at (831) 633-2564 with questions.”
The boats out of Chris’ Fishing Trips
in Monterey are reporting topnotch
bottomfish action also. The 28 anglers
bagged 280 rockfish and 7 lingcod while
fishing aboard the Star of Monterey on
Saturday, June 27. The 17 anglers aboard
the Checkmate the same day checked in
with 170 rockfish and 7 lingcod.
Anglers going out of Stagnaro’s Fishing
Trips in Santa Cruz have reported superb
rockfish action and spotty salmon fishing.
The latest salmon trip produced 5 keeper
Chinooks, while the latest rockfish adventure
yielded limits of assorted rockfish.
“Salmon are still being caught near the
Soquel Hole,” said Todd Fraser of Bayside
Marine on June 26. “I spoke to one angler
who went out in the afternoon and caught
two salmon and lost two. The angler was
fishing on the east edge of the Hole in 200
feet of water. The salmon bite at the Sand
Plant was hit and miss. The halibut fishing
is still good from the Mile Buoy to Pajaro.”
- Dan Bacher
Limits of quality rockfish like this vermilion
have been the rule for anglers targeting
bottom fish along the central coast.
Photo courtesy of HULI CAT SPORTFISHING,
Half Moon Bay.
7 year old Luke Murray caught this huge 16
plus inch red tail perch while fishing north
of Crescent City during a recent fishing
adventure. He tempted the fish with a Berkley
Gulp! Sandworm.
Photo courtesy of Brian Lockshaw,
Rogue River, OR.
This happy angler spent a day
drifting live bait inside San
Francisco Bay this June and
scored a limit of big halibut and
added a bonus lingcod.
Photo courtesy of PACIFIC DREAM
SPORTFISHING, Berkeley.
“
Well, Amigos, I can’t tell you how
excited we all are to be open once
again. The hotels and fishing operation
reopened on Monday, June 15th and it
was quite a reopening. We had approximately
50 guests between hotels Palmas
De Cortez and Playa Del Sol. On the first
day of fishing we had 15 boats go out and
it didn’t take long to figure out that it was
going to be a special year!
The first group of the year was at Hotel
Playa Del Sol, which was the 54th annual
International Roosterfish Tournament.
They had 5 boats fishing in the 3 day tour-
Fishing Resumes At Van Wormer Resorts
nament and they were not disappointed.
On the first day of the tournament the 5
boats landed over 100 roosters, with the
high boat landing 31 in a single day.
It was something no one was expecting
or had seen in many years. It was an epic
tournament where even the boat with the
least amount of roosters was still able to
land 6 in one day. I want to personally
thank the organizers of this year’s tournament
Mike Hoffman and Karen Comstock
for all their hard and perseverance to
assure that this tournament would happen.
We look forward to seeing you all again
next year!
But that wasn’t all! It just got better
and better as the week progressed. Once
the crews were able to dial in the fishing
after a long layoff, things really exploded
quickly. Just in the first week we lots of
nice dorado with the biggest weighing in
at an impressive 55lbs., with many more
in the 20-40lbs. class.
The tuna bite as equally impressive with
large schools spotted about 30-40 miles
off shore. Those who made the 1-2 hour
runs were rewarded with lots of nice tuna
ranging from footballs to 50lbs. yellowfin.
The catch of the week was on the cruiser
El Regalo that landed a 222lbs. yellowfin
off a kite by angler Chase Mitchell from
San Diego California. This was one of the
biggest tuna landed over the last 10 years
here in the East Cape!
We believe that one positive that will
come from the closure is that with such
little pressure on the water up until now,
the fishing should be epic! We are seeing
lots of roosters, dorado, tuna, marlin,
wahoo, pargo, cabrilla, jacks and more
- Eddie Dalmau, Van Wormer Resorts.
Chase wanted to hook a tuna when he took a trip
to the East Cape this June, but he didn’t expect the
fish to weigh 222 pounds!
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS,
East Cape, Baja.
These folks traveled to the East Cape from Oregon this June and scored
these hard fighting yellowfin tuna.
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS, East Cape, Baja.
John Coleman caught this huge 55-pound dorado
while fishing off the East Cape on June 17.
Photo courtesy of VAN WORMER RESORTS,
East Cape, Baja.