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Capt Tyler’s first rockfish trip!

by JASON DIAMOND / Stardust Sportfishing
Good evening, stuck around the local grounds and scratched a day together If you guys want to come out our next available trip is Monday the 6th. You can call the landing at 805-963-3564 or book at www.stardustsportfishing.com  23 anglers  126 rockfish  17
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Lake Jennings Fishing Report

by LAKE JENNINGS STAFF / Lake Jennings Staff
Stocking: The lake was stocked with 1,500 pounds of Rainbow Trout last week. The next stocking of 1,500 pounds of Rainbow Trout is this week. Back to back stockings! We will continue to stock trout until the end of April for
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The fish are biting!

by SANTA MARGARITA LAKE STAFF / Santa Margarita Lake
Zachary had a great day fishing catching five bass!!! Way to go Zachary!!! Tahedah Nelson and friends camping out back also had an awesome day of fishing. Its safe to say the fish are biting!!!
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Our First Trip Was a Success!

by FREEDOM CREW / Freedom Sportfishing
We headed out to **San Nicholas Island** and kicked things off looking for a gamefish. We ended up landing a nice **halibut** and missed a few others, but that didn’t slow us down. After that, we ventured out a bit deeper
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Lake Casitas Fishing Guide Report

by RICH TAUBER
Southern California Lake Casitas Fishing Guide Report 04/01/2026 - Stefan and John with me today at Lake Casitas, Ventura, California, Big numbers of fish today...we have a bunch of shad that have moved into shallow water, and a Basstrix swimbait has
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Successful rockfish opener

by GUS GUTIERREZ / Pursuit Sportfishing
Successful rockfish opener with lots of action on the bottom fish and a few opportunities at some yellowtail in nice weather. Final count for our 38 passengers 3 yellowtail 76 reds (limits) 172 rockfish 130 whitefish 3 lingcod 8 calico bass 1 cabezon 15 sheephead 16 sculpin 6 blue perch We
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Opening Day 2026

by VIRG'S LANDING STAFF / Virg's Landing
Opening Day 2026 was an exciting day out on the water, the boats saw a huge variety of fish coming over the rails with enjoyable weather. RITA G was on a 12 hour trip, 17 anglers brought in limits of Lingcod
(More...) (Wednesday, April 1, 2026)

Opening Day at Morro Bay Landing

by MORRO BAY LANDING STAFF / Morro Bay Landing
2026 Rockcod opening day had our boats buzzing with excited anglers ready to get back on the water. Eager to get out there, we had our boats loaded up and out of here by sunrise and the bite was impressive
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Loaded bags!

by JASON DIAMOND / Stardust Sportfishing
Happy rockfish opener everyone!! Matt checking in from the Stardust, we had an epic trip today starting in shallow loading the bags with whitefish and a few sheephead. Later on in the day we went out deeper looking for giant rockfish
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Mirage Fish Count!

by JOE VILLAREAL / Mirage Sportfishing
Todays Opening day fish count! 21 anglers: 8 Sheephead, 19 Lingcod, 88 Whitefish, 210 Rockfish We have trips coming up if you would like toget out with us to fish the Northern Channel Islands. You can visit our website at www.miragesportfishing.com view and
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Rockfish Opener San Nicholas Island

by TJ SCHLICK / Eldorado Sportfishing
Sponsored Trip by Hook up Bait sold out rockfish opener to San Nicholas Island worked the western side of the island today 300 feet of water Limits of reds couple of handfuls of linking card limits of sheep pad rounded
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Lake Cachuma Fishing Guide Report

by RICH TAUBER
Lake Cachuma Fishing Guide Report 03/30/2026 - Here's Matt who came out with me yesterday to scenic Lake Cachuma, in Santa Barbara, California, to enjoy a beautifiul day catching some quality largemouth bass on a variety of baits. A great
(More...) (Tuesday, March 31, 2026)

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