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Sturgeon fishing for Hooked Up Sportfishing continues to be solid . Annie Payne from Fairfield had a great day on the water when she landed this solid fish for a quick photo before releasing it .
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MONTEREY BAY
Moochers , Trollers Bag King Salmon on Opener !
MOSS LANDING – Both moochers and trollers using anchovies successfully battled good numbers of king salmon on the opening day of salmon season in the Monterey Bay Region on Saturday , April 3 . “ it was another gorgeous day on the water for our first day of salmon fishing for the year .,” said Carol Jones at Kahuna Sportfishing . “ The 16 anglers landed 20 king salmon to 23 pounds . Now that ’ s a great start .” The rockfish opener was also productive , although the catch was mostly bottom-dwelling rockfish , due to the cold water temperatures off the Big Sur coast . ““ The weather could not have been
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Monterey had limits of rockfish and 25 lingcod on the rockfish opener . Friday ’ s trip also yielded solid fishing . The 13 anglers aboard the Checkmate caught 120 rockfish and lingcod , while the 24 anglers aboard
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Seth Hickox enjoyed limits of salmon when he fished the opener out of Port San Luis Obispo . Trolling about 3 miles out from the harbor proved to be productive .
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707-342-8481 • www . crocsport . com the Star of Monterey caught 240 rockfish and 25 lingcod . Boaters going out of Santa Cruz also reported surprisingly good salmon fishing in Monterey Bay on the opener . “ Fishing for salmon was not bad today for most of the anglers on the opening day of salmon season , “ said Todd Fraser of Bayside Marine in Santa Cruz . “ There were some limits reported at 36 ’ 50 / 122 ’ 02 near the west side of the Soquel Hole . The area near Mulligan Hill was good for the anglers who worked through the jellyfish in 260-280 feet of water . The best areas I heard of around Mulligan ’ s and Soldiers were 36 ’ 42 / 121 ’ 53 and 36 ’ 44 / 121 ’ 52 . There were some nice salmon caught on the edge of the canyon near Pajaro and Moss Landing .” “ I did not get any reports from Davenport , but there were a few boats below Pigeon Point who caught some nice salmon in calm conditions . The majority of the salmon were caught trolling 30-110 feet down . The Blue Kajikis , Krome Krippled Anchovies , Purple Haze Kajikis , and Glow F . B . R .’ s were doing well . All in all it was a good opener with salmon being caught in multiple areas . The winds were down and the swell was not bad .,” said Fraser . “ The rockfish action was decent in the shallow water . There were some halibut caught in front of the Harbor and off Capitola ,” he concluded .