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As summer officially began this week the fishing continued to heat up as well! This week we cover: my recent trip to Bahia de los Angeles in Baja, offshore fishing for bluefin, yellowfin, yellowtail, and dorado, yellowtail all over the local islands from the Coronados to the Channel Islands, bass and barracuda lighting up the inshore fishing, La Jolla kicking out some consistent yellowtail, surf fishing for corbina and spotfin croaker, excellent king salmon and halibut fishing for the NorCal boats, and more!

There is really amazing fishing happening right now all over the state, from 150# bluefin off Mexico to limits of King Salmon out of San Francisco. This week we cover that as well as: yellowtail fishing at the local islands, inshore fishing reports (YT, calicos, barracuda, bonito), sight fishing corbina, big spotfin croaker, another North SD county striped bass, spotties chewing, halibut fishing, and more!

We're back with lots of exciting fishing stories to cover, including; surf fishing heating up for both SoCal and NorCal anglers, the BIG Bluefin are back and hungry, yellowfin are already being caught in May, yellowtail on paddies and at the islands, WSB being caught, King Salmon and Halibut fishing for SF Bay area anglers, and the eastern sierra trout season officially re-opening for Mono and Inyo counties!

Spring is (almost) here and the fishing is turning on! This week we cover: my run in with a great white shark, the bluefin showing back up in numbers, rockfish, yellowtail, and white sea bass being caught, surf fishing and grunion runs, lobster season coming to a close, halibut and stripers in the SF bay, largemouth moving into the prespawn/spawn, and trout fishing winding down for Southern California.

Super excited this week as bluefin tuna made their reappearance in Southern California waters. Hopefully this is a good omen for another epic offshore season. That's the main story this week, but also touched on winter yellowtail fishing, surf fishing, halibut fishing, largemouth going into the prespawn, and more.

Some excellent fishing happened this week! Topics covered include: excellent surf fishing happening for barred surf perch, halibut, and other assorted species, inshore halibut fishing continues to roll right along, yellowtail pulling another no show at Colonet over the weekend, local sportboat fishing including a 1800 fish day for one boat, largemouth fishing after the recent cold front, a solid largemouth being caught while catfishing, this weeks catch of the week, and Pacific Coast Sportfishing Magazine's event this weekend at the OC fairgrounds. 

Another quick episode this week! Topics covered include: more perch, halibut, and even a striper being caught out of the surf, more inshore halibut being caught, winter yellowtail, some party boat scores from Colonet, the south 9 mile bank, and the Coronado canyon, local boats still catching perch, sculpin, sandbass, and calicos, partyboats putting trips online for the rockfish opener, the Coronado islands getting looked at, NorCal dungeness crabbing, largemouth moving up shallow (including a 11 pound beast caught), trout fishing rocking throughout the state, and a very rad Catch of the Week I had never seen before.

Another quick episode as we wait for the waters to warm! Still plenty of info covered though, including; how to tell the difference between a male and female barred surf perch, using sidewinder crabs for bait, inshore halibut fishing, local winter yellowtail, yellowtail showing up again at Colonet, how to see what your local landing is catching, largemouth bass starting to move up in Southern California, some Tactical Bassin YouTube videos, a 47lb white sea bass being caught, how the offshore water is looking, and the catch of the week!

Another week where surf fishing stole the show with BIG perch being caught along with halibut, yellowfin croaker, corbina, and a couple SoCal exotics! Other topics covered include: halibut fishing, winter yellowtail fishing in San Diego, party boat trips to Colonet, rock fishing on the south 9 mile bank, local sand dab, sculpin, and sand bass fishing, Lake Berryessa conditions, Clearlake conditions, and fly fishing on the Upper Owens River. Tune in to find out what this week's catch of the week was!

After a little hiatus we're back with the first CFN of 2020! Topics covered include; winter surf fishing in Southern California, your options with rockfish being closed, 1.5 day trips to Colonet getting rockfish and yellowtail, dungeness crab fishing for central/northern California anglers, trout and bass fishing, and more!

This week we talk about the never ending tuna season, my 3.5 day trip, and the delay of commercial dungeness crab season.

Despite it being almost halfway through November, the weather and fishing hasn't shown it a bit! The tuna bite has still been good to epic, and the crab and rockfish combo trips have been getting full limits, daily, for the Northern part of the state. All this, and more, in this weeks California Fishing News.

Another week of epic fishing in California. Topics covered include; big yellowfin tuna bite rebounding, bluefin from 50-300+ pounds still around San Clemente Island, Catalina Island yellowtail fishing, Santa Rosa Island rockfishing, Coronado Islands being looked at, inshore and surf fishing, Dungeness crab opening weekend, freshwater trout, steelhead, and salmon fishing, and more!

It's the time of year the fishing shifts across the state! Topics covered include; the yellowfin tuna bite has dwindled but the big bluefin are making a good showing for the SoCal fleet, salmon season is coming to an end for the SF landings but NorCal anglers are excited for Dungeness Crab season to begin, and freshwater fishing remains good throughout the state as we wait for winter to kick in.

A local 221# yellowfin tuna tops California Fishing News this week, but that shouldn't overshadow the other amazing fishing that's happening all over the state. Bluefin tuna, king salmon, and eastern Sierra trout have also been biting well! Listen to find out more!

The start of the FishLife Interview series! This interview is with deckhand Nicky Vu. We discuss his recent 2.5 day trip on the Pacific Voyager, bass fishing, how to go about becoming a deckhand, and more. 

Subjects covered this week include: Yellowfin tuna continue to bite; the bluefin tuna show back up in multiple places; more CA deep drop swordfish were caught; inshore kelp fishing; yellowtail at Catalina, Clemente, and Cortez bank; surf fishing; lobster fishing; SoCal offshore weather forecast; long range fishing; striped bass in the CA delta; rockfish, lingcod, and salmon out of San Francisco; dungeness crab season; albacore caught out of Bodega Bay; MLF buying FLW; trout fishing in the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains; Eagle Lake in CA; king salmon, trout, and steelhead in Northern California Rivers; BDoutdoors pumpkin carving contest; H&M Landing's kids fish free month; and Fisherman's Landing tackle day Nov. 4th. 

The BEST yellowfin tuna fishing of the season! The big bluefin disappeared!? Yellowtail GO INSANE at the Cortez Bank! These are just a few topics I cover in this week's episode of California Fishing News.

It's been another week of awesome fishing across California! In this episode I cover; yellowfin, skipkjack, and bluefin tuna fishing, swordfish, yellowtail, white sea bass, largemouth, trout, steelhead, salmon, lobster, and more!

In this episode of California Fishing News I cover the yellowfin and skipjack tuna bite that continues to roll along, the BIG bluefin fishing, swordfish being caught, surf fishing conditions, white sea bass fishing down at San Quintin, salmon fishing out of SF, albacore out of Bodega Bay, and even touch on trout!