32 • October 10 - 23, 2014 • The Log
As nimble as a catfish
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In late September, Leon Nguyen of Santa Ana caught and released an 18-pound cat- fish using mackerel in the Big Lake. Also catching catfish in separate instances were Paul McCarver, of Los Angeles, who caught a 17 pounder using mackerel at Sandy Beach and Mark Lansang of La Habra, who reeled in an 8 pounder using shrimp at “The Road.”
SAN DIEGO REPORT
Yellowfin, bluefin, dorado, marlin and yellowtail season rolls on!
action have been the Cortes Bank, the Tanner Bank, San Clemente Island, the ridge that runs outside of the stretch between Cat Harbor and the West End of Catalina, the 277 Spot, the 209 Spot, the Corner, the end of the Ridge below the 182 Spot, the 224 Spot, the 302 Spot, the 230 Spot, the 371 Bank, the San Salvador Knoll, the 390 Bank, the 213 Bank, the Airplane Trench, the 1010 Trench and the 1067 Trench. Capt. Scott Meisel of Condor out of
Fisherman’s Landing has regularly been reporting catches that include limits of yellowfin tuna and on his last trip he reported limits of yellowfin tuna that were caught by 9 a.m. along with 25 dorado. A hot kelp paddie bite provided the early morning yel- lowfin action and on his prior trip Meisel had reported catching limits of yellowfin tuna from stops that originated from trolling strikes. Meisel has been finding his good fishing while working the region of the 213 Bank and 1010 Trench. Private boater Sean
By Bob Vanian
The 2014 offshore fishing season had a slight hiccup late in September and in early October when a period of windy weather and large swells disrupted what had been outstanding fishing. The pause in the hot action was only temporary though as the bite has since rebounded strong and is again provid- ing some very good action. Good fish- ing continues for a mix of yellowfin tuna, bluefin tuna, yellowtail, skipjack and dorado. Striped marlin and blue marlin have been providing excitement for those targeting billfish and every- one fishing offshore has reason to hope that a wahoo might come by and bite for them and make their day. The yellowfin tuna have been run-
ning from eight to 40 pounds with most in the 10 to 15 pound range. Bigeye tuna are a species that could
make a late season run and the Marlin Club in San Diego reports weighing in a 63.7-pound bigeye tuna on Saturday, Oct. 4. The bigeye was caught aboard the private boat Royal Slam by Sally Kurz while fishing to the south of the 302 Spot. Bob Kurz was at the helm and the fish was reported to have been caught on the troll when it bit a marlin jig.
The dorado have been in the 7 to 40
pound range and most of the kelp pad- die yellowtail have been 3 to 5 pound fish with an occasional larger fish to 20 pounds found in the mix. Bluefin tuna have been biting out at the Cortes and Tanner Banks have been in the 15 to 22 pound class. There have also been some yellowtail biting at the Cortes Bank and Tanner Bank and those yel- lows tend to be the larger 15 to 25 pound fish. Most of the recent yellowfin tuna action has been found by locating kelp
An angler catches a yellowtail in early October (Far left), while another pair of anglers show off their dorado catch (top). October was off to a great start for a trio of fisherman who proudly pose with some wahoo.
paddies. There has been a recent increase in yellowfin action found by trolling around porpoise schools as well. Also look for an occasional blind jig strike on the yellowfin with sonar marks and meter marks leading to action as well. Areas that have produced tuna
Rooney of Reel Busy reported about a recent trip where he was out fishing with his father Mike, his son Keegan and their friend Andrew. Rooney reported get- ting into a hot yel- lowfin tuna and dora- do bite from a kelp paddie that was found between the 230 Spot and the 371 Bank at 30 miles 217 degrees from Point Loma. He reported a three hour
bait stop where the fish stayed with the boat and bit until they limited out. Rooney reported stopping on a lot of empty kelp paddies around the 302 Spot before finding the good one that made their day. They had some excite- ment at one of the kelp paddies they stopped on around the 302 Spot when
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