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Trip reports from captains, landings, and anglers up and down the coast. What bit, where, and on what. Fish counts give you the numbers. Reports tell you the story.

Updated September 1, 2026

From the boat's Instagram · Long Beach · September 1, 2026

Withdrawals on the bank as seas ramp up

Out on the bank making withdrawals this morning, a couple fish already on board. Weather's up and the wind's blowing, seas ramping up with wind against current. Fly lining…

From the boat's Instagram · Long Beach · August 31, 2026

Enough anglers aboard, boat heading out now

Good afternoon taking a stroll on the freeway just heading back to the boat now because we have enough people to go fishing here we go

From the boat's Instagram · Long Beach · August 30, 2026

Giant Bull Dorado at the Island

Do you think you’re the coolest in town and then this guy shows up

From the boat's Instagram · Long Beach · August 30, 2026

Handful of yellowtail and a dorado at the island

Good morning we'll probably be at the island due to the weather, we caught a handful of yellowtail and a massive Dorado

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From the boat's Instagram · Long Beach · August 29, 2026

Yellows, bonita and dorado at San Clemente Island

Good evening, guys. Roundup on what we did today: we managed to catch nine more yellowtail for our guys, I think 15 or so, plus bonita and dorado. We covered a lot of water and…

From the boat's Instagram · Long Beach · August 28, 2026

Bluefin, yellowfin, dorado and 24 yellowtail on day one

Day one of our two day trip is in the books. We started at the bank and got into yellows, bluefin, and some tuna, then made our way to San Clemente Island, picking up a couple…

From the boat's Instagram · Long Beach · August 28, 2026

Picking at yellowtail and bluefin on the banks

Morning check here on the Eldorado. Left on a two day trip last night and we are out on the banks, picking away and catching some yellowtail, losing a few, catching a few, little…

From the boat's Instagram · San Pedro · August 27, 2026

Solid wack on yellowtail and calico bass at the island

Great day of island fishing nice wack on the yellowtail and calico bass with lots of taco meat to go with em every day is different back out tonight!

Calico Bass × 81Bonito × 40Yellowtail × 30

From the boat's Instagram · Santa Barbara · August 26, 2026 · half_day

Half day bass bite keeps anglers busy on the Stardust

Matt checking in from the Stardust, fun half day with biting bass for those who wanted to fly line or throw artificials You can book online or by calling the office at…

Calico Bass × 193Bonito × 3Rockfish × 1

From the boat's Instagram · Long Beach · August 25, 2026 · multi_day

August 25 Report

Fun group on this 2 day trip!

From the boat's Instagram · Santa Barbara · August 25, 2026 · three_quarter_day

Whitefish and rockfish pile up on 3/4 day trip

Open Party 3/4 Day Trip 22 Anglers 220 Whitefish 172 Rockfish 7 Lingcod Next available trips are next week Tuesday-Friday 3/4 day trips. You can call the landing at 805-963-3564…

Whitefish × 220Rockfish × 172Lingcod × 7

Angler report · San Diego · August 25, 2026

Yellowtail smack down

took about 1-2hrs to get to the grounds. We searched around the tuna pens till we finally found a school wanting to play. The 6xJr was my go to. I later used the dropper loop.…

Yellowtail × 6Bonito × 1

From the boat's Instagram · Santa Barbara · August 25, 2026

Lingcod limits again with giant reds aboard the Stardust

Matt checking in from the Stardust, limits of lingcod again, giant reds and some other enormous rockfish to go with it today!! You can book online or by calling the office at…

Rockfish × 133 · limitsLingcod × 30 · limitsWhitefish × 2

From the boat's Instagram · Santa Barbara · August 24, 2026 · custom

Lingcod, whitefish and rockfish pile up for charter group

Had a great day of fishing with one of our regular charter groups put together by our good friend Shig Chiba. Thanks again to everyone that came out. 25 Anglers 15 Lingcod 95…

Rockfish × 250Whitefish × 95Lingcod × 15

Angler report · San Diego · August 24, 2026

Half day trip w/ FIL and BIL. Limits of sculpin. 3 reds and a couple of white fish.

Bait was mostly anchovies with a few sardines mixed in. Luckily we had squid because that’s what the fish were keyed on.

Sculpin × 15Rockfish × 3Whitefish × 2

From the boat's Instagram · Santa Barbara · August 23, 2026

Limits of lingcod and reds highlight Stardust trip

Matt checking in from the Stardust, limits of lingcod, reds and some other rockfish to go with it today!! You can book online or by calling the office at 805-963-3564. 31 anglers…

Rockfish × 202 · limitsLingcod × 62 · limitsWhitefish × 7

From the boat's Instagram · Long Beach · August 23, 2026 · multi_day

Variety day on the Eldorado: bluefin to rockfish

Good times on the Eldorado @longbeachsportfishing wrapping up 2 day with quite the variety with bluefin, yellowfin, yellowtail, Dorado, halibut, sheephead, bass, whitefish, and…

Whitefish × 385Bonito × 70Rockfish × 55bassBluefin TunaDorado

From the boat's Instagram · Long Beach · August 23, 2026

Yellows, bluefin, dorado and a white shark eating a sea lion

Good morning, gang. We're on day two of a two day trip with our Filipino mafia group. Pretty good fishing yesterday with 15 yellows, 26 blue fin, a couple handfuls of little…

From the boat's Instagram · San Pedro · August 22, 2026 · overnight

Overnight trip nets 172 yellowfin, 46 bullets, 7 yellowtail

Fishing has been interesting the past couple of trips nice volume of mixed grade yellowfin tuna have been moving in our zone with some dorado and for our bait situation every day…

Yellowfin Tuna × 172Yellowtail × 7bullet tuna × 46

Fish City roundup · Berkeley · August 22, 2026

NorCal Update: Rockfish, Lingcod, Sanddab

NorCal boats have been loading up on Rockfish, with many over 10 fish per angler! Watch out for Lingcod and King Salmon in Berkeley as well.

From the boat's Instagram · Santa Barbara · August 21, 2026 · three_quarter_day

Limits of rockfish highlight 3/4 day trip

Open Party 3/4 Day Trip We had a repeat as yesterday trip for the guys and gals today. Limits of cod with a few lings and a handful of whitefish. 25 Anglers 250 Rockfish 3 Lingcod…

Rockfish × 250 · limitsWhitefish × 7Lingcod × 3

Angler report · San Diego · August 12, 2026

Cortez Bank big Yellowtail

Family and Friends joined me on a fishing trip, we chose Ocean Odyssey 1.5 day trip. Leaving Wednesday, returning Friday morning. Got to the landing at 2:30pm, walked the shops to…

Rockfish × 10Bonito × 5Yellowtail × 4

Capt. report · Freedom · San Pedro · August 20, 2026

20 mixed grade yellowfin tuna!

20 mixed grade yellowfin tuna! 1 dorado 9 yellowtail up to 30 pounds 1 halibut Handful of bass and barracuda please be sure to ad a 20 pound stick capable of flylining small…

Capt. report · Pursuit · San Pedro · August 20, 2026

Steady yellowtail bite for about 3 hours

Split the day between the local fishing and the island once again and gave our guys plenty of opportunities. Had a steady yellowtail bite for about 3 hours, hooking close to 70…

Fish City roundup · Dana Point · August 19, 2026

Yellowtail Top the Charts in SoCal

Top 5 fish in SoCal for the past 7 days: 1. Yellowtail (Eldorado, Fury and long range Pacific Queen been on 'em) 2. Calico Bass (Fury, Clemente, Reel Fun) 3. Rockfish (Eldorado,…

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