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San Diego Fishing is Heating Up! by Chris Coletta (5/06/2024)
Bring the kids and entire family, we are caching fish and having a great time!

Tuna Fishing in San Diego is Full Force by Chris Coletta (8/05/2020)
We have been on a crazy good bite in San Diego both on our full and half day trips.

All You Want Whitefish & A Nice Yellowtail! by Chris Coletta (8/09/2019)
Captain Brian running the Wanu and first mate Trevor back at it again this afternoon.

Huge White Sea Bass Makes Afternoon Session Successful! by Chris Coletta (8/07/2019)
Huge White Sea bass caught in San Diego made for an epic day close to shore.

Hooray for May! The Bite is Here to Stay! by Chris Coletta (5/08/2019)
The San Diego Springtime bite has marched right into May and our anglers continue to experience fantastic trips and bountiful catches! Here at Coletta Sportfishing, we pride ourselves on delivering the San Diego fishing experience of a lifetime, especially to families that include children and junior anglers.

Jumbo Halibut Fishing in San Diego by Chris Coletta (2/13/2019)
The family fishing fun is about to go into full swing here in San Diego.  Each year we get some of the best families in the world fishing with us.  And because we are kid-friendly, you don’t need any experience and all ages are welcome aboard. 

Fall Fishing San Diego Yellowfin Tuna & Skip Jacks by Chris Coletta (10/23/2018)
The fall fishing season has been absolutely gorgeous with plenty of rod bending action. Now is the time take advantage of great fishing and better weather.

Ending the Summer in the Meat! by Chris Coletta (8/28/2018)
The fishing in San Diego has been awesome. While some days we have struggled, most days we are finding the fish.

Epic Season So Far! by Chris Coletta (8/03/2018)
We have hooked into marlin, mako sharks, tuna and dorado all lately and we are just getting started!

Mako Sharks Are Showing Up in San Diego by Chris Coletta (7/03/2018)
A huge variety of fish are in the San Diego area including makos, bonita, halibut, rockfish, bass and more.

Rockfish and Mako Sharks In San Diego by Chris Coletta (6/05/2018)
It's that time of the year again, where the mako sharks are on the tail of our catch. We are ready for them.

May Is Off To A Great Start In San Diego by Chris Coletta (5/08/2018)
The fishing has been a mixed bag daily, but one thing that is consistent is that our anglers are having a great time!

Offshore fish report 4-10-18 by Alan Clowers (4/22/2018)
Coranado island fish report for yellowtail and Rock cod . Good fish for both yelliwtail and Rock cod .. now is the time to book your private charter ... tight lines Captain Clowers .

Lake El Cap fish repot for March 2018 by Alan Clowers (3/18/2018)
The lakes are on fire right now with lots of numbers and some fish over 5 lbs on my 4 trips this month. We have been using dropshot rigs , Carolina rigs from 1 to 15 feet of water around spawning coves and Rocky areas . Now is the time if you want to experience some good fishing ... see you in the water . Captain Clowers

Offshore fish report for March 2018 by Alan Clowers (3/18/2018)
Epic style rock cod fishing off coranado islands . We have been fishing from 200’ to 300’ and getting limits of real nice reds and some lingcod as well on squid and sardeans .. the quality of thease fish are real good . There has been a few days we found good yellowtail fishing as well . The weather kinda pushed them down the last few days though but they should pop back up soon as we get some decent weather . Overall it’s epic style fishing for March 👍

Mixed Bag Each Day in San Diego by Chris Coletta (2/13/2018)
Now is the time to catch a wide variety of species her in San Diego. The temperatures are right and the fishing continues to improve as we get closer to the spring.

Fall Fishing Underway In San Diego by Chris Coletta (10/04/2017)
We are shifting gears for our fall fishing season in San Diego and ready to catch some fish!

Father & Sons Team Dance With A Mako! by Chris Coletta (8/21/2017)
1 for 3 on Mako Sharks on this wonderful father and son fishing trip.

Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna Showing Up in San Diego by Chris Coletta (8/04/2017)
The Coletta Sportfishing Offshore trips are seeing some great catches. This week we had great action on the beautiful and great tasting Dorado as well as Yellowfin Tuna and Yellowtails. Finding the birds or paddy has been putting us on the fish. Remember all Colleta Sportfishing charters include Live Bait at no additional charge.

March Yellowtail by Rob Mailly (3/26/2013)
This March has produced some much needed and very hopeful early season big homeguard Yellowtail (Jack)for the San Diego sportfishing fleet or open party and charter vessels.

San Diego's Late Summer Fishing! by Jeff Stock (9/21/2012)
The Late Summer Bite is going off!The weather out here is perfect and the water is still warm!

Stock Charters Fishing Report by Jeff Stock (8/21/2012)
This weeks fishing report from Stock Charters.

Malihini Fish Report 6-17-2010 Coronado Islands 3/4 Dayer by Rob Mailly (6/19/2010)
Here's the 3/4 day open party Malihini Sportfishing report out of H&M Landing on San Diego Bay in San Diego, CA. I post reports for the Malihini and other boats at my web www.sportfishsandiego.com

Albacore and Bluefin On Their Way! by Jame McDaniels (5/29/2008)
Our Memorial Weekend 2.5 day trip fished offshore the first day and the Baja coast on the second day. Not much to catch in our zone yet, but the Albacore and Bluefin are on their way!

Yellowtail fishing at Benitos Island by Andy Cates (9/05/2006)
Good morning folks, we are now on our way home leaving Guadalupe Island. The weather is little bumpy but it's going to get better as we get away from the Island we are going to be back at San Diego tomorrow morning at 0800 or 0830 hrs.

Guadalupe Fishing Report by Andy Cates (8/31/2006)
We left the island after scratching tuna and yellows for a day and a morning. Yesterday was once again challenging out her. With the white sharks and current changes to successfully catch one was quite a chore. 25 tuna and 8 yellows yesterday and 18 tuna this morning before we left.

San Pablo Fishing Report by Andy Cates (8/27/2006)
We started at San Pablo only to find Red Tide all over the shallow and 20 miles above. Clam Bay started our day with 45 yellowtail that seemed to just stop biting. A lot of junk mixed in that really didn't make it that good.

Tuna Long Range Fishing San Diego by Andy Cates (8/19/2006)
We spent the first 2 days out at the Island and scratched some nice size yellowfin. our positioning was not the best and the sharks made yesterday very frustrating .

San Diego Red Rooster Fishing Reports by Andy Cates (8/15/2006)
August fishing reports aboard the Red Rooster III, Long Range Fishing At It's Finest.

San Diego Fishing Aboard American Angler by Brian Kiyohara (7/29/2006)
Today we spent the day in search of the Mighty Longfin; we traveled a lot of water to find a few stops for our efforts. There still is a fair sign of Albacore in a few different areas but those stops are hard to come by sometimes. The weather is wonderful which made it great for looking around.