Half Moon Bay California Fishing Reports

Half Moon Bay Squid on Huli Cat by Tom Mattusch (10/09/2009)
25 squid for 7 anglers. Water was excellent condition for fishing deep. What a Humpback whale show.

Hui Cat Farallon Island rockfish 9/18 by Tom Mattusch (9/18/2009)
13 limits of rockfish. Good Farallon Island quiality fish. Weatherman was wrong, thank goodness.

Huli Cat Rockfish 9/17 by Tom Mattusch (9/17/2009)
13 limits of rockfish & 5 lingcod. Live bait did best for the lingcod. Big roll from offshore wind.

Huli Cat tuna 9/5 by Tom Mattusch (9/06/2009)
7 albacore. Excellent weather, lots of bait marking. Too much bait in the water to cause them to come up.

Pescadero Fishing For Rockfish and Lingcod Using Squid by Tom Mattusch (8/08/2009)
24 limits of rockfish, 12 lingcod to 15.5 lbs, 8 Cabezon to 9 pounds. A little roll indicated wind on the outside. Rockfish novice wins the pool with a nice lingcod.

Good Rockfish, Friday 7/17 by Tom Mattusch (7/17/2009)
13 limits that included 6 lingcod to 14 pounds and 13 cabezon to 9 pounds. Day started foggy, the somewhat cleared. Flat calm, easy to fish drift.

Tough Squid Trip by Tom Mattusch (7/16/2009)
1 squid landed, 6 got away. Fast drift inspite of no wind to speak of. Great science

Lingcod, cabezon, rockfish for 7/12 by Tom Mattusch (7/12/2009)
11 good sized lingcod, 11 good cabezon and great quality rockfish. Lots of anglers, but the weather cooperated for them. Fished shallow, a juvenile grey whale swam up to the boat.

Saturday 7/11 Rockfish and Lingcod by Tom Mattusch (7/11/2009)
12 limits for 13 anglers, 6 lings, 6 cabezon. Not much wind, but the windoffshore made it a bit uncomfortable witha swell and roll. Shallow water did better.

7/7 Local Rockcod by Tom Mattusch (7/07/2009)
Limits for a family wanting a day out together. Weather calmed down, wind subsided. The drift was manageable, even for beginners.

Monday Rockfish - Martins to San Gregorio by Tom Mattusch (7/06/2009)
12 limits of rockfish. Windy and rolly, tough fishing conditions. 55 degrees to start, nice alternative to heat!

Fourth of July Farallon Islands Rockfish by Tom Mattusch (7/04/2009)
14 limits of rockfish, 4 lingcod. Extremely pleasant weather, especially for that far out. Nature also provided a whale show, white sided dolfins, tufted puffins & albatross.

Friday 7/3 Rockcod at teh Farallon Islands by Tom Mattusch (7/03/2009)
21 limits of rockcod with 4 lingcod. Slight southerly breeze, almost no drift. Caugth fish at many spots, some were better than others.

Live Bait Rockcod for 7/1 by Tom Mattusch (7/03/2009)
12 1/2 limits for 13 anglers. Live bait anchovies was the preferred method, but not exclusive. Slight southerly,not normal weahter pattern.

Sunday at San G by Tom Mattusch (6/28/2009)
13 limits of Rockfish. Came across a pod of 20 blue whales. The kind of weather to write home about (to start).

Local Rockfish Saturday June 27 by Tom Mattusch (6/27/2009)
14 limits of nice rockfish. Bite started slow but improved as the swell dimished. Foggy, rolly start, great bright ending.

6/26 local Rockfish & Crab by Tom Mattusch (6/27/2009)
5 limits of rockfish, 3 Dungness crabs. Huge rolly swell. Not much wind and a slow bite.

Purple Heart Veterans rockfish trip by Tom Mattusch (6/24/2009)
30 Purple Heart Veterans fished sloppy conditions for rockfish. Very rolly in the south wind. A great time (OK for most)

Huli Cat Rockfish for sunday 6/14 by Tom Mattusch (6/14/2009)
6 limits of rockfish, 1 lingcod. Fished less than 9 miles from the harbor. Weather was spectacular, flat, warm, just enough drift.

Farallon Islands Opening Day Rockfish by Tom Mattusch (6/13/2009)
22 limits of rockfish, 15 lingcod. Very flat weather. Fish that really wanted to bite.

Franklin Point Limits 6-7-09 by Tom Mattusch (6/07/2009)
Limits of rockfish. The catch inluded some great vermillions, lingcod and cabezon. Just enough breeze for a fast drift.

6/6 Halibut, rockfish, Cabbie, Lingcod by Tom Mattusch (6/06/2009)
Lingcod, Halibut, cabbie Rockfish. Utterly beautiful water. No reason not to be out fihsing!

Huli Cat Rockcod, lingcod & Cabezon by Tom Mattusch (5/31/2009)
12 Cabezon, 6 lingcod to 20 pounds, rockcod for all. Very little wind & swell. Water warmed up to 54 F.

Huli Cat Rockcod below Pigeon for 5/24 by Tom Mattusch (5/24/2009)
10 limits of rockcod with a ling around. Big swell but no wind. Bite was erratic, some got limits fast, some had to work for limits.

Season Opener at Pigeon by William Smith (5/05/2009)
Rock fishing season opens below Pigeon Point.

Day Two Rockcod Opener below Pigeon 5/3 by Tom Mattusch (5/03/2009)
A little better than half limits for 9 anglers. Thank goodness the weatherman was wrong, better water. Better rockfish bite. Some Dungeness as an added bonus.

Below Pigeon Point Rockcod Opener by Tom Mattusch (5/03/2009)
17 anglers averaged 4 rockfish, 3 lings. Slight Southerly and swell to make things tough. Water a bit cold.

Crab & Sandddabs on Huli Cat 4/4/09 by Tom Mattusch (4/05/2009)
Sanddabs cooperated and bit well. Ocean layed down after howling winds of the previous week. Crabbing picked up.

Huli Cat Sanddabs for 3/28 by Tom Mattusch (3/28/2009)
9 passengers out for Sanddabs. Wind was almost calm, a little roll. Great visibility and the fish bit.

Huli Cat Sanddabs by Tom Mattusch (3/21/2009)
5 anglers caught 118 sanddabs. Ocean was calm and flat before an incoming storm. Wind switched to southerly. A nice early, successful day.

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