Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3906 Feb 28- Mar 13 | Page 28

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Feb 28-Mar 13, 2020
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Further north in Pacifica, the pier has closed
during periods of rough weather, but the size of
the crowd on the pier has diminished, particularly
during the week. Rock crab along with the
occasional Dungeness crab are taken on snares
loaded with squid, anchovies, or sardines. The
pier is open daily from 4:00 a.m. through 10:00
p.m., weather depending.
Surf perch are the other option, and there is
increased interest in working the beaches below
Half Moon Bay such as Pescadero, Bean Hollow,
and Pigeon Point with Berkley Camo Sand
Worms along with Lucky Craft Flash Minnows.
The Sand Crab Surf Perch Derby out of Santa
Cruz on March 14th, and surf anglers will head
as far north as Half Moon Bay.

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and weather conditions.
Tom Mattusch had a full boat on a sand dab/crab
combination trip on Saturday. February 15, and he
said, “Last year we did really well on finding petrale
sole with around 2 to 5 fish per trip, but we have
yet to land a petrale this year despite fishing in the
same areas and depths from 280 to 300 feet. We
are still batting 100% percent on crab limits this year
since the opener, and most of the commercial crab
fishermen have stacked their gear and vacated the
area.”
Out of Half Moon Bay Sport Fishing, the party
boats will focus on nature trips along with whale
watching in the interim months before the rockfish
and salmon seasons are anticipated to open in
April. Captain Jerad Davis of the Salty Lady will also
be running whale watching trips on Saturdays and
Sundays through April.
Dungeness crab are still available from the
commercial boats in the harbor.
MONTEREY BAY
Sanddabs, Crabs and Perch Top
Prospects Until Rockfish Opener
MOSS LANDING - Charter boat captains are
Rough Weather & Light Crowds Limit Fishing
“Not much of anyone out fishing this past week with mostly windy, rough days outside,” reported Jonathan Roldan of
Tailhunter International in La Paz. “Most of the fishing was confined to inshore species as anglers hugged the coastal
areas seeking calmer water and protection from the north winds and choppy ocean.”
“Using Rapalas, stripped bait, squid and live bait (when it could be found), produced a mixed bag of pargo, snapper,
triggerfish and cabrilla as well as some bonito, sierra and jack crevalle. Slowly dragging smaller dark Rapalas over the
rocky spots were especially productive for a variety of species. Some yellowtail popped up as well and hopefully, this is
the vanguard of our yellowtail,” said Roldan.
“Despite the winds, it’s been sunny with highs in the mid to upper 70’s and nights
Don Smith landed this
down to the mid-50’s, but it looks
impressive 214-pound
like more wind will hit later this week,”
yellowfin tuna while fishing
Roldan concluded.
Mexican waters this January.
Tuna Tips For The Baja
Bound Angler
Yellowfin tuna (“Ahi” in Hawaiian)
are a beautiful and tasty fish found
throughout the world in warm waters.
They are probably the most commonly
caught offshore gamefish.
Yellowfin tuna swim great distances
during their lifetimes. They attain sizes
in excess of 300 lbs, although fish
this size are only found in the Eastern
Pacific and are generally caught in
Mexico.
You should scale your tackle to the
size of fish targeted. Small schoolies
in the 10-15 lb. range are great fun on
light tackle in the 15 lb. range, while
the large ones require heavy gear
Bob Michener won the trolling jackpot aboard
and 100 lb. braided line. For the big
the Red Rooster III on January 13 when he
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In terms of bait, anchovies and
sardines work well for the smaller
school size fish. pacific mackerel work
well for the larger ones, while the biggest
ones can be targeted with large live skipjack
Cedros Island • La Bocana • La Paz tuna in the 2-5 lb. size. Many baitfish work;
just try whatever is in the area that the tuna
• Mag Bay • Loreto • San Quintin
might be feeding on. They also eat squid if
those are around.
• Bahia de Los Angeles
Very large yellowfin tuna can be caught
• Erendira • Ensenada
fishing baits below a kite. The kite keeps
• Bahia Gonzaga • San Felipe
the baits right at the surface. The baitfish
splashing on the surface often works
when nothing else will. I believe this works
because the splashing attracts them and
they can’t see the line because it’s out of the
water. Goggle eyes work well for kite fishing;
you rig a three-way swivel and fish two at
once and that really gets the tuna going. If
you are trying for giants, you can try slow-
trolling a live Skipjack.
If live bait is not available, you can try
“chunking.” This entails cutting chunks of
a large bait fish (perhaps a skipjack) and
then tossing them over the side like chum.
In one of the chunks hide a circle hook and
let it drift down naturally with the rest of the
chunks. Make sure you let out a lot of line so
that the chunk can drift without any drag. If
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