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Ranger 85 Sunday Report Check In
by JACOB HENSLEY(SAN DIEGO) / Ranger 85 Sportfishing
The Ranger 85 returned from a 1.5-day trip with 21 anglers aboard. Anglers landed 29 California Yellowtail and 7 Dolphinfish.
(More...) (Sunday, August 23, 2026)

Recap 08/23/2026

by ENTERPRISE SPORTFISHING / Enterprise Sportfishing
With heavy weekend boat traffic sea lions and lack of bait we managed to make a day out of it . 1 shot at quality yellowtail with mixed bass bonito and lots of taco meat summed up our day .
(More...) (Sunday, August 23, 2026)

Fishing has been interesting the past couple of trips
by FREEDOM CREW / Freedom Sportfishing
Fishing has been interesting the past couple of trips nice volume of mixed grade yellowfin tuna have been moving in our zone with some dorado and for our bait situation every day has been different one or 3 days out
(More...) (Sunday, August 23, 2026)

Aloha Spirit Fish Count
by SHAWN STEWARD / Aloha Spirit Sportfishing
Today’s fish count. 25 passengers 4 Dorado 2 Yellowtail 90 Calico Bass We will check in tomorrow
(More...) (Sunday, August 23, 2026)

Mirage Fish Count!
by JOE VILLAREAL / Mirage Sportfishing
Todays fish count! 21 anglers: 6 Barracuda, 3 Halibut, 4 Lingcod, 43 Whitefish, 210 Rockfish
(More...) (Sunday, August 23, 2026)

Overnight charter Calicos
by JASON DIAMOND / Stardust Sportfishing
Had a great time with our group that strictly wanted to bass fish. Looked around for some game also but nada.  12 Anglers  60 Calico Bass (80+ released)  20 Rockfish  5 Whitefish  2 Sheephead  Still a couple spots available next Tuesday and Wednesday. You can call
(More...) (Sunday, August 23, 2026)

2 day wrap

by TJ SCHLICK / Eldorado Sportfishing
Good variety on our 2 day trip fishing offshore banks and  nic for our 26 passengers 
(More...) (Sunday, August 23, 2026)

Direct AV 7 day
by BRIAN PIFER / Independence Sportfishing
We departed yesterday morning on our annual Direct AV 7-day trip. We've been traveling south while getting everyone on board fully rigged and ready to target yellowtail, yellowfin, dorado, and wahoo. We will be working our way down the line,
(More...) (Sunday, August 23, 2026)

Nice start to our Brown 4-day
by EXCEL LONG RANGE SPORTFISHING / Excel Sportfishing
A very nice start to our Brown 4-day. Fast paced yellowtail action that lasted into the dark. Also picked up a wahoo, a tuna, and lots of marlin(all released). El Niño 2026 is here.
(More...) (Saturday, August 22, 2026)

🎣 CATFISH ARE BITING AT LAKE SKINNER! 🐟
by LAKE SKINNER MARINA STAFF / Lake Skinner Marina
Jose and Johnny had an awesome day on the water today, bringing in two nice catfish weighing in at 13 lbs and 5 lbs! Their secret? Shrimp + garlic spray — and of course, getting out on the lake in a
(More...) (Saturday, August 22, 2026)

3lb rainbow caught from a kayak
by TWIN LAKES RESORT STAFF / Twin Lakes Resort
Leon Gilbert From Louisiana with a 3lb rainbow caught from a kayak.
(More...) (Saturday, August 22, 2026)

Departure
by DUKE EKSTROM / Royal Star
We departed today on our annual David Lam 7 day voyage. Unfortunately we did not exactly top off on bait at the receivers so we will be targeting bait at some point this trip. But what we did get is
(More...) (Saturday, August 22, 2026)

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