Fish Sniffer Magazine Volume 41 Issue 10 | Page 17

VOL . 41 • ISS . 10

SALTWATER

June 24 , 2022
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SALTWATER REPORTS

This father and son duo ( Harry and Nicholaus ) teamed up to land these nice sea bass while fishing the Channel Islands with Aloha Sportfishing .
Photo Courtesy of Amy Wellenkamp
BODEGA BAY
Rockfish and Lingcod Provide Great Action Until Salmon Season Reopens
BODEGA BAY – Before salmon fishing in the San Francisco Management Area from Point Arena to Pigeon Point reopened on June 23 , Bodega Bay captains reported top-notch fishing for rockfish and lingcod off the Sonoma County Coast . The 18 anglers aboard the most recent trip by the New Sea Angler landed 180 rockfish and 17 lingcod , reported Rick Powers of the Bodega Bay Sportfishing Center . The 10 anglers aboard the boat on the previous day caught 100 rockfish and 5 lingcod . “ The rockfish are excellent quality brown , vermilion , China , canary , tiger and other bottom-dwelling rockfish . The fish hit squid-baited shrimp flies in 170 feet of water off Point Reyes ,” said Powers “ It was slow today … until we found them ,” said Merlin Kolb of Reel Magic Sportfishing . “ Then it was wide open !. We fished in 150 ’ -170 ’ of water between Tomales Point and Elephant with squid tipped shrimp flies . We used # Pitbull Tackle swim baits and vertical jigs and some awesome bait from # BodegaTackle .”

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Photo Courtesy of Happy Hooker Sportfishing
“ Our clients caught limits of vermilion , canary , yellowtail , brown and yellowtail rockfish . Al Velikan from Reno , Ryan Sutherland and Bodega Bay Local Philip Smith also ended up with two bonus lingcod ,” he reported . “ The weather was a little bumpy in the morning , but the weather came to us and the trip in was very nice ,” he added .
- Dan Bacher
FISHERMAN ’ S WHARF / BERKELEY MARINA
The Epic Halibut Season On The San Francisco Bay Continues
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Bay continues to kickout a tremendous amount of halibut for both trollers and anglers drifting live bait . Anglers can expect to catch 2
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