Good Fishing on the Backside

We've had multiple trips this year both front and backside and conditions are definitely improving. Lost the big yellows on more than one trip to sea lions and light 20lb test. Nice calicos, sheephead and yellowtail are around on various areas. Good fishing for halibut too. Weather has been the issue with wind picking up in the afternoon and gloomy conditions on the backside. The fishing will only get better as this improves.

We ran the boat out to Catalina overnight on a sea trial for the new motors. All was running great. We found squid on the backside, but could not get them to float. We should have enough frozen squid for the season to fish the kelp and close to shore. Halibut have been biting close to shore. We did land a couple bigger ones in about 50' and just legals very close in 20'. The surface action on the East End wasn't wide open like the summertime usually is. Bunch of barracudas. No yellows or white sea bass for us.....yet. Good news is that we are good to go this season.

Conditions on the backside of Catalian have been good. A bit of wind in the afternoon, but we have managed it. Yellowtail are being caught once we get through the massive amount of bonito around the boat. Such large scools of bonito that hook ups are just taking seconds. Plenty of action near the shorline kelp to keep the action going. Bass, sheephead and barracuda have been in the mix. Floating kelp paddies off the island have not been producing for us, but we still try for those nice yellows and dorado. The recent trips have been great fun. Join us. Capt.