Took the fam to San Diego for a week and managed to squeeze in a fishing trip out of seaforth landing. I used to make a trip down to SD once a year to bag yellowtail at the coronado islands with a couple bros, but after we had the kid that all got put on hold.
Fishing down there is pretty hot in june - july. Sept - oct can be hit or miss unless you go way out on the multi day trips. The 3/4 day and 1 day boats were pretty slow the whole week, but the 1.5 day and 2 day boats were getting into some good dorados and up to 200lb bluefin!
Our captain said it was tough fishing all week and we were going to have to work hard to find the fish and he was not kidding, boat went out 40+ miles into mexican waters. We left the dock @ 05:30 and did not get back until 19:30.
The best way to describe offshore fishing is you drive around open water and try to find anything on the surface. Its kind of high risk reward - you could end up driving all day and not see anything, or you can find a magic kelp paddy loaded with tuna. There is no bottom fishing as you are in 4,000 feet of water. Fly lined live bait is the name of the game.
We found a fair number of kelp paddies, but the fish were skiddish. We would get one shot at tossing bait and the fish would scatter - if you didnt get bit right off the bat it just wasnt going to happen. A random pallet floating on the surface produced a couple dorado and some small yellowtail, but had the same same thing happen after one drift they all scattered.
On the way back home the deckhand spotted some birds and that turned into a full on feeding frenzy. There were foamers all around - tuna busting on the surface, birds diving, a fin whale diving in the middle of the bait ball - it was an amazing sight to see. It produced the majority of our fish but again, one good drift and everything scattered. I wish I could have gotten a picture or video but catching fish takes priority!
Good times!
Fishing down there is pretty hot in june - july. Sept - oct can be hit or miss unless you go way out on the multi day trips. The 3/4 day and 1 day boats were pretty slow the whole week, but the 1.5 day and 2 day boats were getting into some good dorados and up to 200lb bluefin!
Our captain said it was tough fishing all week and we were going to have to work hard to find the fish and he was not kidding, boat went out 40+ miles into mexican waters. We left the dock @ 05:30 and did not get back until 19:30.
The best way to describe offshore fishing is you drive around open water and try to find anything on the surface. Its kind of high risk reward - you could end up driving all day and not see anything, or you can find a magic kelp paddy loaded with tuna. There is no bottom fishing as you are in 4,000 feet of water. Fly lined live bait is the name of the game.
We found a fair number of kelp paddies, but the fish were skiddish. We would get one shot at tossing bait and the fish would scatter - if you didnt get bit right off the bat it just wasnt going to happen. A random pallet floating on the surface produced a couple dorado and some small yellowtail, but had the same same thing happen after one drift they all scattered.
On the way back home the deckhand spotted some birds and that turned into a full on feeding frenzy. There were foamers all around - tuna busting on the surface, birds diving, a fin whale diving in the middle of the bait ball - it was an amazing sight to see. It produced the majority of our fish but again, one good drift and everything scattered. I wish I could have gotten a picture or video but catching fish takes priority!
Good times!
