Half Moon Bay California Fishing Reports

Half Moon Bay Salmon 7/29 by Tom Mattusch (7/30/2011)
2 salmon for six anglers. Jellyfish made it difficult to fish. Calm seas made it a pleasure to be out.

Rockfish, mackeral, sanddab potpoourri by Tom Mattusch (7/23/2011)
23 limits of rockfish, lots of sand dabs and mackeral. Good fishing conditions, weather was laying down. Cooks and food bloggers on today.

Friday rockfish & Mackeral by Tom Mattusch (7/23/2011)
Limits and rockfish and all the mackeral you wanted. picked up two old crab pots. Not too bad weather, but not calm.

Salmon for Wednesday 7/20 by Tom Mattusch (7/20/2011)
4 salmon, more shakers, silvers, mackerel. More wind and swell but a sunny day.

Huli Cat Salmon 7/19 to 23 pounds by Tom Mattusch (7/19/2011)
14 salmon to 23 pounds. Great bite, lots of action, shakers, silvers. Water started to get a little snotty.

Huli Cat Salmon 7/18 by Tom Mattusch (7/18/2011)
29 salmon to 19 pounds. Some of the best slamon fishing I have seen in years. Flat calm water and a whale show to boot.

Mid July report by William Smith (7/18/2011)
Wide open salmon and rock fishing along the San Mateo coast.

Huli Cat Salmon Sunday by Tom Mattusch (7/17/2011)
6 salmon to 26 pounds for 5 anglers. Great amount of feed, whales, bait, birds. Incredible weather to enjoy being out on the water.

Huli Cat Salmon, er, combo for Saturday 7/16 by Tom Mattusch (7/16/2011)
Started out for salmon at Deep REef, bite slowed. Caught two salmon, then opted for rockfish. Very nice weather.

Huli Cat 7/14 Salmon outside Half Moon Bay by Tom Mattusch (7/14/2011)
10 salmon for 10 anglers. Rough in early morning, settled out during the day. Lots of action, shakers, silvers.

Deep Reef Salmon by Tom Mattusch (7/11/2011)
After rockfishing all day, we heard salmon talk on the radio. After dropping off rockfish group, we gathered a gruop to try for salmon. 2 kings and numerous silvers.

Huli Cat Rockfish & Lingcod by Tom Mattusch (7/11/2011)
30 limits of rockfish, 1 lingcod. Horrible weather forecast did not materialize. Early limits under tough conditons made for good fishing.

Wednesday 7/6 rockfish by Tom Mattusch (7/07/2011)
Limits for passengers and crew. All nonretainable fish were successfuly released using descenders. Tremendous weather to be on the ocean.

Canary's Released by Tom Mattusch (7/05/2011)
TV crew out to film sustainable release of canary rockfish. South wind usually inhibits the bite. All's well that ends well.

Huli Cat rockfishing beats the heat by Tom Mattusch (6/21/2011)
Limits of rockfish and 6 lingcod. Slow to moderate fishing, but steady bite. Tremendous weather, what a day to beat inland heat.

Huli Cat Combo for 6/18 by Tom Mattusch (6/19/2011)
29 poiund salmon, good rockfish. Trifecta of fishing. Weather settled down for a nice finish.

Sunday 6/12 rockfish & lingcod Half Moon Bay by Tom Mattusch (6/12/2011)
Weather was a great day to go rockfishing or anything else today. Rockfish were finicky, but then the bite turned on. Lingcod on homemade bars.

Saturday Huli Cat Rockfish by Tom Mattusch (6/11/2011)
Rockfish opened early out of Half Moon Bay. Weather was not on the side of the anglers. Caught assorted rockfish, not limits.

Thursday HMB Salmon by Tom Mattusch (5/26/2011)
lots of shakers and silvers. Great weather and water conditions. Lots of Whales.

May 1 Salmon on Huli Cat by Tom Mattusch (5/01/2011)
4 salmon for 7 anglers. Lots of action. Dungeness crabs as well.

4/20 Half Moon Bay Salmon Report by Tom Mattusch (4/20/2011)
3 salmon to 16 pounds for 10 anglers. Weatherman was not very accurate today. Rain, wind and sloppy conditions.

Huli Cat Sunday Salmon by Tom Mattusch (4/17/2011)
Good water conditions, good fishing. Keepers and shakers keep the morning and afternoon alert. Krill in top 40'. Everyone had lots of shaker action. 6 fish to 18 pounds for 10 rods in the water. Things are picking up. Every boat down there I heard had fish.

Sunday 1/16 Huli Cat Crab by Tom Mattusch (1/16/2011)
16 limits of Dungeness crab. Crabs are clutching, slowing down the catch rate. Windy, foggy & cool.

Friday & Saturday crabbing out of HMB by Tom Mattusch (1/08/2011)
16 limits of crab. Lovely water, despite the weather forecast. We could have gone for sanddabs anyway.

Chilipepper & Yellowtail Rockfish trip by Tom Mattusch (1/06/2011)
Loaded up on Chilipepper & Yellowtail rockfish on a Scientific Collection Trip. Tremendous weather out 24 miles. Grat sealife as well.

12/28 Dungeness crab by Tom Mattusch (12/28/2010)
First ten pos were slow, another area did better. 9 limits of crab. Very calm, flat and enjoyable day.

December 27, 2010 crab trip by Tom Mattusch (12/28/2010)
8 anglers went out for crab limits. 5 pots were all we needed. Slight lump on the ocean.

Dungeness Crab 12/23/10 by Tom Mattusch (12/23/2010)
Excellent conditions even for beginners. 27 limits of crab. Excellent day after recent storms.

Chilipepper Rockfish Study by Tom Mattusch (11/20/2010)
Scientific Collection trip with recreational anglers for chilipepper rockfish. Yellowtail and bocaccio were also sampled.

Southside Anglers Rockfish Crab Combo by Tom Mattusch (11/15/2010)
The rockfish were no on the bite. Crabbing was excellent. Weatherman was off on forecast

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