Go deep when fishing in the fall
Hunt for 'ghosts' is on in Monterey
The northwest ground swell that hit last week has persisted. Fish seemed to have gotten used to it, because the bite is not bad at all. Rule of thumb for fall fishing season is “go deeper.”
Rockfishing provided most of the action this week. Anglers are getting consistent limits while fishing the rocky areas north of Santa Cruz and south of Monterey. While shallow spots from 30- 60 feet of water can produce enough rockfish for dinner, heading towards the deeper reefs will result in bigger fish, and quicker limits. Lingcod are slowly making their way in toward their shallow spawning grounds, but that bite has not gotten hot yet.
Charter boats around the bay all posted limits for the rockfishing they did this week.
Chris’ Fishing Trips in Monterey counted up to 200 rockfish and up to four lingcod across multiple trips. The Kahuna took a full day trip last Friday and found quality fish while fishing towards Point Sur. Carol Jones reported, “Fifteen anglers aboard the Kahuna came home with limits, including 15 canary rockfish, 12 copper rockfish, and 52 vermilion rockfish.”
Chris Arcoleo from Chris’ Fishing Trips posted the usual rockfish limits for all their trips last week with scores ranging up to 200 rockfish and four ling cod. In Santa Cruz, Stagnaro’s Sportfishing counted limits for their full day trip with 20 anglers aboard.
Go Fish Santa Cruz continues to travel toward Davenport to fish the deeper reefs up there for big bottom fish and jumbo variety yellow rockfish. The Mega Bite fished closer to Santa Cruz on Wednesday with good re