Spring fishing is here and the fleet usually focuses on straight Rockfish. But this year, fishermen have already caught a bunch of White Seabass , Yellowtail and a few Halibut.
Rockfishing continues to be excellent and the White Seabass showed up again.
Early season game fish continue to bite at the Channel Islands even with the cool sea temperatures.
White Seabass fishing is ON! Boats from all over the area have been filling up because of the bite, and while the limit is only one White Seabass at the moment, that's not stopping anyone.
Things are starting to get interesting at the Channel Islands with a few Yellowtail and White Seabass being caught at Santa Cruz Island
White Seabass are not gone like we thought as we had a full day boat catch limits of White Seabass and 55 Yellowtail for only 11 anglers. We are still catching Calico Bass, Barracuda, Yellowtail, and even a few Halibut at the local islands.
Fishing has remained solid for all kinds of species. We are seeing a lot of Barracuda and Calico Bass in our counts as of late, with of course, the Yellowtail and White Seabass headlining the show.
As we enter the month of July, the game fish bite seems to be holding steady, though towards the end of the weekend, boat pressure slowed it down.
White Seabass at the Northern Channel Islands have finally gone off and are biting full speed!
Island fishing is getting hot and that has been where all the boats have been focusing their attention, fishing Yellowtail, White Seabass and Rockfish.
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.
Fishing the Channel Islands is definitely starting to heat up as boats are bringing in Yellowtail and White Seabass with regularity.
The week started strong with the boats catching White Seabass and Yellowtail at Arch Rock, Anacapa Island and then the weather changed.
This week was tough due to weather but good rockfishing and even a few white seabass were caught despite the weather.
The White Seabass and a few Yellowtail were in the fish counts this past week. Still not steady yet.
Fishing was tough as the weather wreaked havoc on our plans of catching game fish like White Seabass and Yellowtail.
Fish Report for this week confirms that the first White Seabass bite of the 2017 season has begun in the Channel Islands
The fishing report for this week includes a pending world record for a California Halibut.
Some windy weather hindered the fishing some this past week but we did get to take many Father's out fishing for Father's Day.
White Seabass, Yellowtail, Halibut and Rockfish for this week. The weather was nice until it turned a little breezy on the weekend.
Those elusive white seabass made a bit of a showing this week and has created a bit of excitement.
White Seabass Fishing Fever! The White Seabass bite is ON!!! We
The conditions are ripe and the white seabass plump. Captain Shawn Steward on the Aloha Spirit once again put his anglers on a few lunker white seabass today along with some mix rockfish and barracuda
The white seabass fishing has been amazing at Channel Islands Sportfishing aka CISCOS, they have been bringing in some monsters so they asked me to bring my cameras out on one of their fishing charter trips.
With a little north wind this week slowing things down a little, Capt Shawn on the Aloha Spirit made the decision to speed things up.
Overnight fishing at Santa Rosa Island aboard the Mirage produces White Seabass!
The Ranger 85 is the areas leader in multi day trips. Next trip departure is May 25th
