This week saw a slight resurgence in a Yellowtail bite that had been dwindling over the past few weeks. The best numbers are currently coming off of the overnight or outer island trips. The quality of these Yellowtail is also much better as we were catching fish ranging from 10 to 25 pounds on average. This week they were considerably bigger, averaging 25 to 35 pounds. Besides Yellows, they are still seeing a lot of Yellowfin Tuna behind Santa Cruz Island on the local morning trips. Unfortunately, they seem to be keyed in on Anchovy and they have proved difficult for the bait company to catch. On most days we have had nice Sardine which everyone is normally clamoring over. Of course now that the fish want the Anchovy, so do anglers. With that said, we have had some success catching Tuna on the Sardine and other options like chunk bait or cut Mackerel. Trolling around here is also becoming the norm as not only our boats but the private fleet is towing lures of all sorts for Tuna, Marlin and the Wahoo that have ventured up north.

Big game aside, there is an amazing Calico Bass bite going on here. Also putting up big numbers this week was the Lingcod and Sheephead. Not only good counts but some big Lings and Sheep have been landed upwards of 15 to 20 pounds! Also in the shallows, out of nowhere, the Whitefish have come out to play. Often called "Poor Man's Yellowtail", these fish are super hard fighters and normally caught in big numbers this time of year. Up until now we had not seen any big Whitefish counts, so this is a bonus.

That’s this week’s wrap-up. We look forward to another week of excitement on the water as we come to the end of another month and another chapter in this El Nino season of 2015.

Today’s Fish Count:  9 boats and 221 anglers

67 Yellowtail, 204 Bonito, 5 Skipjack Tuna, 16 Calico Bass, 67 Perch, 1 Halibut, 104 Sheephead, 94 Lingcod, 1 Cabezon, 779 Rockfish and 1,207 Ocean Whitefish.

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