mrkarn

Transferring to San Diego in June, hows the fishing? Type, where, seasons, bait, etc....Any info would be greatly appreciated. I have no problem going 30 miles offshore, pending weather, so anything inshore and within this range. Thanks

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welder

Dude its a little differant on the west coast .

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Whole diff. ball game , if your taking the Sea Hunt you will be rocking.

Just a 1/2 mile off shore you will be in water 100's of feet deep.

Work the coast line [ kelp ] and jetties. In time youcould drag up the coast and hit diff. islands.

All diff water , lot more calmer days than the gulf of mexico and a LOT less chop.

You WILL LIKE IT.

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kiko

Im in San Diego. You have one of the perfect boats for our area, a 20' CC. Guys fish them as far as 80 miles offshore. Lots of fishing closer though. We are hearing rumors of a mild El Nino, so it could be ready to go off! Like Welder said, our water is deep just off the coast. We fish for Tuna, Dorado{dolphin}, yellowtail, Makos , Threshers, Striped Marlin and Swords offshore. Too many species inshore to list.

The most popular type of fishing is fishing the kelp patty. Find a floating patch of kelp holding fish, toss a live sardine out and hang on. Heres a pic of fish boiling on a patty.


Heres a pic of the underside of another


We do get Threshers out here, not a big one but they taste great.


2005 warm water brought these guys


Check out Bloodydecks...com , for more local reports.

mrkarn

Thank you guys, what the hell is that last pic?

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Broke'n'English

Squid.
The smaller models are moving into the islands (Catalina, Clemente, Santa Cruz, etc.) in some numbers now as the water cools off.

The bigger ones (as in the pic) are typically found offshore in the warmer Summer water but last year huge numbers of decent sized ones were caught close in by small boaters and 1/2day cattle boats.

Just don't fall overboard when there's a bunch of bigger ones around. You'll probably get pecked to death.

kiko

Id rather swim with sharks then get in the water with those guys. Beaks like parrots and the suckers are ringed with teeth.

Evenflo

I've fished outa' there a couple of times. We were noobie's to process, so we followed the fleet outa' Seaforth Landing. We had good luck of free-spooling live Anchovies & Sardines over a school of Yellow Tail. Got some Albacore too!!!

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Evenflo

I think that's a Humbolt Squid that Kiko is holding. I've heard stories of Mexican fisherman perishing whilst getting into a school of those evil creatures. Once one is hooked, the rest go berserk and will attack the hooked squid and the boat that hooked it.

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bc22

Humbolt squid are voracious predators. They get about twice as large as the one in the pic here.
Amazingly, they get that size in their short life cycle of just one year. So it is little wonder they are eating machines.

They also are great eating and perhaps the tenderist squid you'll find!

Almost exclusively fished at night.

I just seen a TV show (discovery?) on these magnificent beasts -- pretty cool!

finlanderr

Fishing out of San Diego can be awsome. It has so many different types of fishing. Inshore, offshore, bays, islands. etc. Your Seahunt will get you most places that are productive. We get alot of nice ocean days as well as some ruff stuff.
I fish a center console offshore all the time. You can expect to catch a wide variety of fish. Their is a reason we have the worlds largest sportfishing fleet. Check out some local websites like Bloodydecks.com, allcoast.com, and you will see and get some great info. Good luck! Jeff

fishnsouth

I will be in the area in a few weeks and hope to get in on some good fishing.