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Hot-Bites Fishing Report By the Fish Sniffer Staff	April 30, 2008 Updated Regularly

ROCKFISH/HALIBUT... Charter boat skippers and private boaters out of Monterey, Moss Landing and Santa Cruz were gearing up for the rockfish and lingcod opener on May 1 as this publication went to press. Meanwhile, halibut are starting to make a showing off the Capitola Wharf.

Ken McKeever of San Jose landed a 5 lb. halibut while fishing a frozen anchovy off the Capitola Wharf. "Anglers also released two undersized halibut," reported Frank Ealy at Capitola Boat & Bait.

The sanddab fishing was good on the last two flatfish trips of the season over the weekend of April 26-27. "Fourteen anglers fished for sanddabs aboard the Caroline on Saturday, while 20 anglers fished aboard the Checkmate on Sunday," said Chris Arcoleo of Chris' Fishing Trips. "They averaged 20 to 30 fish per rod while using jigs, tipped with squid strips, in Monterey Bay."

"Rockfish season should be really good off the Monterey County Coast this year," forecasted Pete Bruno at Randy's Fishing Trips, "based on the excellent fishing that we saw last year. We haven't fished for sanddabs over the past week."

 

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Area Fishing Maps Monterey Bay

The primary fishing in this area is ocean fishing, featuring a quality salmon and albacore season each summer, as well as shark and rock fishing. Ocean fishing here is year round. One of the nicest qualities of the area is its close proximity to the Bay area and the regions other travel destinations, such as Carmel and Santa Cruz. There are stocked reservoirs in the local hills but don't book a vacation to fish them.