Big Sand Dabs today- taste great
April 27, 2025
Dana Point
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Trip Summary
Trip Summary
2 charters today- 6 hr charter 9am departure - caught 16 nice sand dabs, 3 makeral, 1 lizard fish. 3 hr charter started at 3pm- 3 sand dabs- smaller ones and one croaker. No sharks today.
Water temp 58
Metered lots of fish that would not bite. When the fish don't bite right away this time of year with the colder water you need to move. Lots of looking all over the region to find a school of fish that is feeding. When you find the right school everyone usually hooks up.
Please remember that during the spring it is hit and miss. The word fishing sometimes lives up to its name.
Local Fish reports give counts on trips ranging from 1/2 day to multi day trips so it's hard to compare a local 3 hour trip vs a 36 hour trip out to distant Islands and Mexico waters. I want potential clients to know that fishing has no guarantees that the fish will feed/bite. We do our best. We track the fish with Sonar and fish finders. Mother nature decides the rest.