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returning with limit of both rockfish and lings on his combination trips .
Mike Aughney of the six-pack Reel Magic took out several invited guests on this past week for 6 limits of salmon mooching in 200 feet of water off of Bird Rock . Cat Kaiser , event coordinator for the Golden Gate Salmon Association , was one of the invitees , and she came through with a quality limit . Aughney said , “ These are second-year salmon in the 6- to 12-pound range , and they are holding in deep water around 200 to 220 feet . The big spawners that were along the beach have been scarce , but still catching salmon towards the end of October is a real surprise .”
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Big bags of bottomfish are on the menu for anglers fishing out of the Pillar Point Marina . This angler gave the smackdown to a cabezon and a couple super size rockfish during a trip this October .
Photo courtesy of HULI CAT SPORTFISHING , Half Moon Bay .
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The Reel Magic followed this up with a chrome salmon on Friday before switching over to rockfish for limits .
Captain Rick Powers of Bodega Bay Sport Fishing has been putting on a lingcod and gargantuan rockfish clinic over the past few months , and he posted 16 limits of big quality rockfish along with limits of ling cod to 19 pounds along with two bonus salmon .
He said , “ We trolled for the salmon for a short while before calling it a day . We are starting to fill up on the crab combination trips during the week , and there is plenty of room during the weekdays .”
A typical Powers trip on the New Sea Angler experienced by military veterans from the A to Z Foundation who returned with 24 limits of quality rockfish along with 33 lingcod to 19 pounds .
Out of Lawson ’ s Landing at Dillon Beach , a few halibut continue to be taken in Tomales Bay near Hog Island for those drifting frozen bait . Lawson ’ s no longer has a public pier .
The recreational Dungeness season starts on Saturday , November 7th with the commercial season anticipated to start quickly after this date on November 15th ..
- Dave Hurley
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Rockfish Bite As Fishermen Get Ready
EL GRANADA - It ’ s all about rockfish in the final weeks prior to the Dungeness crab opener on Saturday , November 7th , and light loads of anglers returning with limits of rockfish are the rule . Ling cod continue to be very scarce along the coast for boats out of Half Moon Bay and further south .
A few salmon from the Coastside Net Pen program are returning to the harbor , but the numbers have dwindled . The next big event is the Dungeness crab opener , and the recreational boats will only have 8 days prior to the start of the commercial season on November 15th .
Captain Tom Mattusch of the Huli Cat had 12 anglers out south of the harbor in 170 feet of water off of Martin ’ s Beach on Saturday , October 24 , for quick limits of quality bottom-grabbing rockfish . He said , “ We are gearing up for the crab opener , and we are sold out on the weekends in November , but there is plenty of room during the week . We have been preparing our gear for the past few weeks .”
Captain Dennis Baxter of the New Captain Pete is gearing up for the crab combination opener , but he took a coastal rockfish trip this week , saying , “ The rockfish bite was slow in the morning , but the bite switched on by mid-morning to a good action for good limits of rockfish . We only landed a couple of ling cod , and the lings don ’ t seem to be hitchhiking onto the rockfish .”
The Queen of Hearts out of Half Moon Bay Sport Fishing has also been consistently limiting out with rockfish on the light loads , but similar to the other boats , the ling
This young man dropped a pair of shrimp flies at the Farallon Islands and cranked up a pair quality vermilion rockfish .
Photo courtesy of HAPPY HOOKER SPORTFISHING , Berkeley .
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counts have been lacking .
Inside the harbor , the salmon bite has slowed down , and the Harbormaster has eliminated the ladders after an angler fell off of a ladder and broke both of his legs .
The New Captain Pete , Huli Cat , and Queen of Hearts will all be running the crab combination trips starting Saturday , November 7 , and the New Captain Pete will also run a crabonly the day prior to Thanksgiving as well as Thanksgiving morning . Crab-only charters are available as well .
Reservations are highly advised well in advance since the campgrounds and local hotels will be jammed during the first two weeks of the season before the commercial crab season begins .
- Dave Hurley
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