Fishing for Calico Bass mixed with Barracuda and the occasional Yellowtail, has been the focus of almost all the boats here at Channel Islands Sportfishing.

Summer is here and the surface fishing is heating up! Yellowtail in the counts!

Calico bass fishing this week was outstanding! Yellowtail still biting some. Weather was good.

Surface fishing at the Channel Islands for Yellowtail and Calico Bass, has become a reliable bite as all the boats are gathering up and catching fish side by side.

The time for surface fishing at the Channel Islands is here! Calico Bass fishing, Yellowtail and White Seabass are biting, along with a few halibut.

With a hot Yellowtail bite, along with the bass fishing, this summer's anglers continue to experience better than average fishing.

The Yellowtail are still running hard and peaking the interest of our anglers but there is so much more going on. Calico Bass fishing is outstanding

A red hot Yellowtail bite continues here at the Channel Islands. For several weeks it has been a consistent that all the boats have been able to enjoy.

El Nino 2015 keeps bringing fish to our islands in abundance. This year is seeing an endless Yellowtail bite while Calico Bass fishing is basically wide open.

Fishing on the Island Tak has always been fruitful, fun and full of adventure. Every trip is different and I always come off the Tak smiling.

August was a great month at Channel Islands Sportfishing. The white seabass and halibut bite continued through the middle part of the month...

Here are a few testimonials shared by our fishing friends aboard the Sea Jay, Cobra and Ranger 85.