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Angler Scott Bachelder hopped off Shogun with this impressive 43-pound albacore early this year, after a five-day Christmas special aboard the San Diego- based sportfisher. Shogun Skipper Aaron Barnhill also reported another passenger caught a 51-pound albacore on the same trip.
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Winter Yellowtail Bite at Los Coronado Island Highlights Action
By Bob Vanian It does not happen every year but
every once in awhile San Diego area anglers are blessed with a wintertime run of yellowtail out at Los Coronado Islands. Skippers, such as Capt. Steve Peterson of Mission Belle out of Point Loma Sportfishing, are always keeping a lookout for signs of yellowtail while
out on winter rockfish trips. That was what happened on Jan. 3, when Capt. Peterson found an area of biting yel- lowtail while on a Los Coronado Islands’ trip. The trip was primarily focused on bottom fishing for an assortment of rockfish but the lucky anglers aboard Mission Belle got into some unexpect- ed, but welcomed, action on 20 to 30 pound yellowtail in addition to getting in on good fishing for an assortment of bottom fish. Twenty-three anglers caught 18 yellowtail, 200 rockfish and 4 lingcod. The yellowtail bite was no flash in the pan as yellowtail has been caught each day up to press time. Yellowtail counts on three quarter day sportboat trips have gone up into the mid 30s on some of the better trips and the most recent count was 22 anglers on a three quarter day trip on Mission Belle catching 22 yellowtail and 7 rockfish. Capt. Mike Hadfield of the 6 pack
Winter Bites – Pictured from top to bottom, anglers on Excelcaught a few yellowtail during a stop at the islands during a January trip. Susan Gentry caught her first Yellowfin during a trip on Royal Polarisearly this month. The fish toppled the scale weighing in at more than 300 pounds.
charter yacht Josie Lynn out of Point Loma Sportfishing was out on the one day during the past 10 days when the yellowtail did not bite very well but he did report seeing yellowtail via his scanning sonar that were holding around schools of mackerel found along the weather side of North Island. Capt. Hadfield was running an open party overnight trip and still managed to put together a nice fish count as his five anglers combined to catch limits of rockfish (25 rockfish), 10 lingcod, 10 whitefish and 1 cabezon. The good news was that the yellowtail bite rallied sharply the very next day. Yellowtail have been found by locat- ing sonar marks along the weather side of North Island with the Pukey Point area being the best within that zone. Schools of bait in that same zone have also been leading to some of the yel- lowtail action. Yo-yoed iron has been the best bet for the yellowtail and a few yellows have also been biting on sar- dines that are fished deep on a drop- per loop rig. Good choices for the yo- yo iron have been Salas 6X and 6X Jr. jigs in blue and white, scrambled egg
and blue and chrome colors. The best bottom fishing around Los
Coronado Islands has been reported from hard bottom areas into the north of North Island and a good depth range has been in 30 to 45 fathoms of water. Also worth a check for rockfish are the outer ridge areas ranging from the area outside of the Middle Grounds on down to the South Kelp Ridge. There has also been some excellent bottom fishing reported from boats fishing further down the Mexican coast in the Punta Colnett region and the Banda Bank. Big reds and jumbo sized lingcod have been highlighting catches coming from the Punta Colnett and some big reds have been highlighting
catches at the Banda Bank. The Mexican authorities continue
to enforce the FMM Immigration Form (Mexican Visa) requirement for boats within the 12 mile limit. Boats fishing around Los Coronado Islands and else- where have been told to return to U.S. waters if they do not have an FMM Immigration Form, Passports and Mexican Fishing Licenses for each per- son aboard. You also need to have the boat’s registration papers, a FCC Ships Station License for your VHF radio and an FCC Operator’s License for the operator of the radio. There is a way to obtain the FMM Immigration Forms and to submit and print out a list of the See YELLOWTAIL page 24
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