Bluefin back on the menu while deep water rockfishing starting October 1

THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES –Sunday’s scores ranged from 4 fish per boat to principally zeroes, however the crew of the Codfather out of Alameda got here dwelling with a deuce. – Picture courtesy of Codfather Sport Fishing.

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BY DAVE HURLEY

BERKELEY – After per week of blustery offshore climate, a window broke out mid-week, and the boats have been on their method offshore seeking bluefin tuna. The winds modified the water sample, and the albacore have vacated the shelf, however the bluefin got here into play. Personal boaters landed as many as 4 huge blues on Sunday whereas different scores ranged from 2 to 0. A lot of the fleet targeted upon the world across the Half Moon Bay Climate Buoy, however there have been bluefin splashing about on a line north exterior the Farallon Islands to Bodega Canyon. The stress was intense over the weekend, and bluefin are very shy on the subject of boat site visitors.

Captain Jerad Davis of the Salty Girl out of Sausalito picked up a bluefin earlier within the week, however on Sunday’s whale watching journey exterior the Farallons, he mentioned, “The tuna placed on a present with huge fish within the 150- to 200-pound vary leaping inside yards of the boat. My deckhand needed to go downstairs and chunk his palms to maintain from letting out a MadMac.’ Deep water rockfishing begins on October 1, and if the climate is cooperative, Bay Space boats will likely be making the lengthy 33- to 38-mile run to Rittenburg Financial institution.

Presently, Captain James Smith of the California Daybreak 2 has been turning left on the Golden Gate to journey south of Pigeon Level for high quality coastal rockfish, lingcod, and some bonus halibut. Thoughts you, Pigeon Level is eighteen miles south of Half Moon Bay, making for an extended boat experience for the very best quality within the area.

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The California Daybreak 2 returned with 25 limits of lingcod to 22 kilos on Sunday together with 28 limits of rockfish, together with crew, and a halibut whereas the California Daybreak 1 posted 23 lings to 12 kilos, 23 limits of rockfish, and three halibut to 14 kilos. Contained in the bay, striped bass stay keen to chunk, and Captain Ron Koyasako of Nautilus Excursions out of San Francisco sat on a faculty and tossed out some anchovies to load up with 10 limits of striped bass earlier than working the sand for 3 halibut on Saturday.

He mentioned, “We went trying to find ghosts at first, however they have been absent. Nonetheless, I’m optimistic for white sea bass to be displaying up throughout the subsequent few weeks in larger numbers.”