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YELLOWFIN TUNA AT 430 POUNDS CAUGHT: A 430-pound yellowfi n tuna was caught off Loreto, Mexico this past week by Robert Ross aboard his own Boston Whaler. If the fi sh had been weighed on a certifi ed scale, it would have beaten the current record by 3 pounds, according to outdoor writer Pete Thomas. The fi sh was weighed on a cattle scale and then cut up. More information and photos on Thomas’ website: petethomasout- doors.com.


GENERAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UPDATE: Transition time. We are seeing a meeting of two very different environmental conditions with the remains of El Niño running into normal, cooler water conditions for this time of year. There are a lot of squid starting to show in the cooler water, especially at the local islands (north and further


offshore than the Coronados). The squid are in cooler waters and they are attracting better fi sh- ing activity on white seabass at the local islands (40- to 60-pounders at Clemente and 20- to 30-pounders at Catalina), and even some salmon are in these cooler waters. At the same time, there are still lots of bluefi n on offshore spots, and these are all mostly big fi sh from 40- to 80-pound with fi sh to 200 pounds seen and hooked. We are also seeing wide variety of yellowtail all along the coast with most of the inshore and island spots jugged with fi ve to eight-pound fi sh, but still 30 percent of the fi sh in the bigger 15- to 25-pound class or even bigger. Calico bass are thick just about everywhere but few are bigger than the minimum keeper size. The size restriction doesn’t seem to be vaulting more fi sh into the bigger sizes, just keeping anglers from keeping the smaller fi sh that are cropped off by nature each year.


BLUEFIN TUNA STILL SHOWING: The bluefi n tuna are still offshore in decent numbers, but it has been hit and miss. The quality of fi sh showing


is what keeps anglers coming back, even if many are not being landed, especially for anglers fi sh- ing less than 60- or 80-pound test line. At least 75 percent of the fi sh are being lost. One of the best scores in the past week was aboard the Eclipse out of Seaforth Sportfi shing on its Tuesday over- night trip. The 19 anglers landed 12 bluefi n tuna to 70 pounds. Eclipse’s 1.5-day trip on May 8 with 28 anglers produced no bluefi n, but 16 yellowtail and 95 rockfi sh. Legend out of H&M Landing was on an overnight trip on May 10 with 15 anglers and landed just one yellowtail. Legend’s Saturday trip with 15 anglers produced one bluefi n and fi ve yellowtail.


MEXICAN YELLOWTAIL UPDATE: The yellowtail at the Finger Bank and points south saw the action slow down a little over the past week, and few overnight to two-day trips ran down the coast this week. But the rockfi sh action remains exceptional. Pacifi c Voyager out of Seaforth Sport- fi shing was on a two-day trip over the weekend of May 7 with 14 anglers and landed 35 yellowtail, 140 red snapper, one lingcod and one bonito.


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