An influx of tiny Spanish sardines and glass minnows provides new fishing opportunities in many areas. Out in the Gulf, schools of mackerel and bonito feed heavily on these tiny morsels. When the ...

The wildest way to close out our surface fishing season is with a wide-open local bonito bite. That is what we’ve got going on now, within a few miles of the Santa Barbara Harbor. The fish are in ...

False albacore and bonito are often mixed in with striped bass and bluefish. They can be caught from the boat and the shore with lures and even on the troll. Atlantic bonito are part of the same ...

Shaped like a torpedo they are built to go fast and spend their lives racing around terrorising shoals of bait at warp speed. Growing to a maximum of just 10 kilos they are one of the smallest members ...

However, things don’t always go to plan and we quickly discovered the slimey mackerel had all but vanished and if there is no bait then chances are there are no predators. We persisted for a couple of ...

Dock Totals Oct 22 – Oct 28: 3,370 anglers aboard 141 boats out of San Diego landings this past week caught 123 bluefin tuna, 2,945 yellowfin tuna, 595 skipjack tuna, 368 dorado, 3,271 yellowtail, 1 ...

It was a half hour before the wafer of yellow light would break the eastern horizon and not so much as a breeze inspired a ripple on the mirrored surface of the ocean. The only disturbance was the ...

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“What you need to do is get those big striped bass to the surface.” said Capt. Rob Taylor of Newport Sportfishing Charters, an expert using topwater lures for striped bass. He shared some tips and ...