Legend is hard at the work offshore so far they have 26 anglers aboard with 25 yellow fin tuna from 20 to 40 pounds, and 2 blue fin tuna. Stay tunned as things are bitting and the offshore seen is alive with life.

The Legend has a 976-TUNA 2 day trip departing Monday for only 299$ call 310-328-8426

Also 1.5 day Lets Talk Hook'up trip leaves Wed September 8th with lots of giveaways.  call  619-722-6471

 The State of the Fish Address is here with Philip with all the very latest. Take a listen and check out all the HOT BITES as well as some great September 976-TUNA Adventures! Stay tuned for all the latest and click below for The Saturday, Labor Day State Of The Fish Address.

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Greg from the Dolphin II checking in this morning as he is staying in touch with the offshore fleet. All the boats are catching this morning with anywhere from 10 to 40 mixed tuna per boat.

The Dolphin II has a 1.5 day trip leaving tonight only $225 September 4 LIMITED LOAD.

Call 619-971-5941 for reservations or CLICK HERE to book right on line.

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   Skipper Ray Lagmay has just called in from the Toronado out of Pierpoint landing in Long Beach from Tanner Bank on a 2.5 day trip. He is busting a move for Cortez Bank; we will keep you informed.

1 1/2 day to 2 day boats have from 10 to 40 fish and are plunking away, some overnight boats have a hand full and or more and are plunking away, the weather is up a little but easly fishable at this time on the big sportboat fleet out of San Diego. We will keep you updated as the day goes on stand by to stand by.

The Pacific Star has 3 yellowfin tuna on board and is looking for more in one day range of San Diego. There has been more activity this morning so stay tuned.

   Skipper Ray Lagmay has just called in from the Toronado out of Pierpoint landing in Long Beach from Tanner Bank on a 2.5 day trip. A little breezy out there with no fish on deck so far. He has not been on the bank very long so stay tuned as we take you through the great trip.

Hello Anglers,

We had a nice afternoon of fishing on yellowtail at the island. Most of the yellows were in the 16-20 pound class with a few bigger ones mixed in. Now that everyone has a couple of fish and with the weather coming down, we will be looking for tuna below the islands next. Wish us luck... JUSTIN

CLICK HERE for a full Excel schedule then call 619-223-7493 to book your trip and Ride The Big Boat

Seaforth Landing checking in this morning as they heard from the Pacific Voyager. They have 20 yellowfin on deck to 45 pounds with 1 albacore as of 8:30 this morning. The rest of the fleet is having pretty much the same action with some boat doing a bit better.

Seaforth Landing has a 1.5 day trip leaving tonight and they have trips lined up for you daily.

Call 619-224-3383 for trip information and reservations.

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Shawn is busy so he had to yell at us real quick, they have been in a long plunker bite, and dropping down in line size has helped people get hooked up on some big yellow fin tuna 28 to 35 pounds. Stay tuned as we will have more reports right here on 976-TUNA.com

Another Fun Day

Today was a lot like yesterday, good fishing and good weather for the most part, as the wind has picked up a bit. With lots of big yellows and some calicos for all on board, we are going to look offshore for tomorrow. Please wish us luck, the Indy crew

We are still seeing nice size yellowfin tuna and they are not very far out. Some of the best fishing this week was right in the Bay of Palmas, directly in front of most East Cape resorts. Anglers could find schools of Dorado, Yellowfin, Pargo, Pampano and bonitas just a few miles from the dock.

As most know, that is not usually the case, but for several days this week anglers enjoyed the short boat ride to the fishing grounds. Not all the fishing was close enough to see land. The Marlin and Sails were tougher than usual this week. We did see some nice Striped Marlin and Sailfish out there, but with the inshore action being as good as it was this week, many decided to stay close. We are still seeing some nice Roosters near the beach at Punta Colorada, with the biggest this week coming in at 45lbs.

The Squid have moved on and most anglers are now using sardines, mullet, frozen ballyhoo, and lures. This week’s picture is from Jim Gallivan of Santa Clarita, CA who landed this nice 35lb. Dorado while fishing out of Hotel Palmas De Cortez. Jim was on the super panga Splash II with captain Ernesto. The dorado was landed while in a tuna boil near Punta Pescadero. Having landed 5 medium size tuna, Jim threw back another sardine and to his surprise hooked this nice Dorado. That’s it for this week amigos! Eddie Dalmau/Baja’s Van Wormer Resorts

Call 877-777-8862 for information on any of the VanWormer Resorts and book the trip of a lifetime today.

The Mardiosa checking in with good action at Catalina today. 4 anglers out today went 3 for 9 on the yellowtail with good calico fishing, 4 barracuda, and 1 sargo.

For charter or open party information on the Mardiosa call 949-305-0165 and book your trip today.

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The Pacific Quest checking in from their overnight trip with some nice albacore and yellowfin on deck and a little more time left to fish.

The Pacific Quest has a 2 day trip going tonight September 3 with another overnight trip ging Sunday night.

To reserve a spot call Greg 951-491-1004 or Fisherman's Landing 619-221-8500.

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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT!!  

Persons planning on going Twilight Fishing on the New Del Mar tonight and over the weekend are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to bring a SWEATSHIRT OR LIGHT JACKET.    

Marina del Rey daytime temperatures have been hovering in the MID to LOW SIXTIES during the day, DROPPING INTO THE UPPER FIFTIES in the evening under cool, overcast skies.   Persons accustomed to the recent BLAZING HEAT may find the COOL,MOIST SEA AIR  uncomfortable and even if FISHING IS RED HOT there is no substitute for ADEQUATE CLOTHING to remain comfortable during outdoor activity.  

For further information it is suggested you call the MARINA DEL REY SPORT  office 310 822 3625 (822 DOCK) for latest updates.   Thank You and Good Luck

Circle hooks have been used by fishermen around the world for many years. But it is only in the past 15 years that it has caught on amongst the recreational anglers. Numerous studies have shown the benefits of using circle hooks. From an increased hook up ratio to the high probability of survival of the fish upon release, there is no good reason NOT to use circle hooks in all methods of fishing.

When fishing with live or dead bait, traditional methods have entailed using a "J" hook and allowing the fish to swallow the bait. This is great if you're going to keep the fish, but what if you intend to release the fish? The idea behind releasing a fish is that it survive, as unharmed as possible, after release. A fish that has swallowed a bait with a J hook is likely to either be gut-hooked, or damaged internally by the hook as it makes its way out of the body when the angler applies pressure with the rod and reel.

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Just got off the line with John at Seaforth Landing, the Pacific Voyager with 16 anglers had one hell of a trip. They returned today to the docks of Seaforth Landing with 16 very happy and tired anglers.

16 anglers had a epic drifts with 73 yellow fin tuna from 20 to 40 pounds, 22 blue fin tuna from 15 to 30 pounds, 1 albacore, and 6 skip jack. 102 mixed fish for the anglers aboard the Seaforth landing vessel, and Seaforth has boat on line for you.

Call Seaforth Landing at 619-224-3383

 The Friday, Labor Day State Of The Fish Address

It's time to find out whats biting and where so you can spend your sportfishing dollar more intellegently. Get all the latest by clicking below. 

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Hello everyone;

Our weather was a bit windy today, with 15 to 18 knots of breeze, clear skies, and sunny.

Our morning started out with a decent Calico bass bite, (early morning). Most of the bass were in the 3 to 4 pound range. Around 05:00 Roy moved the boat, and the rest of the morning was slow. Around lunch the dinner bell went off. We had one drift for over 2 hours. It was steady, but not wide open. We would have a good afternoon of Yellowtail fishing. Most of the fish were in the 12 to 15 pound range.

We departed the area around 18:00 hours and now we are headed northwest. We will try our luck at offshore fishing tomorrow. So wish us luck and we will keep you posted on our daily events. The R/p crew.

For a complete season schedule on the Royal Polaris CLICK HERE then call 619-226-8030 for more information and to book your trip.

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Hi friends. Our weather got a little bit better throughout the duration of the night and currently our weather as of now is just some breeze with a light sea state. We kept on motoring up the line today and found ourselves at our familiar yellowtail spot to do a little fishing for some cows before calling it a trip. The afternoon bite or lackthereof didn't really materialize but we gave it a good shot up until dinner time. We managed to capture a few nice one and some calicos in absolutely prisitine weather but the hot bite here was nonexistent. Back to the weather, it honestly seems like with the exception of the days traveling down that we haven't had a nice weather day the entire trip. Bottom line, we were ecstatic to be out of the weather and it was a nice day for "change of pace" fishing. What I mean by that is for the past 5 days we've been doing some hardcore angling for large tuna and wahoo so to just wet a line and not worry about making a huge catch was a breath of fresh air. We weren't worried about trying to yank on a big yellowfin or trying to catch up with a fast paced wahoo bite that gives us the adrenaline rush that we all desire. The day was reminisent of when you're on the bicycle at the gym and you do the 2 minute cool down after the intense pedaling session is complete. This afternoon was the 2 minute cool down. Don't get me wrong, we would've loved to have pulled on some premium yellowtail's but it never happened so we took it in stride and enjoyed our last hours of fishing with our good friends. Just like when you go to the pond as a kid and hope to catch a blue-gill or something like that. Nice way to wrap this trip up that's for sure.

So we're done. We anchored up and enjoyed a tasty pork loin dinner before we pushed the throttles forward and set her on course for San Diego. We'll be traveling all day tomorrow and hopefully the weather will cooperate. The forecast looks OK, we'll see if there is any truth to that. Hopefully the weather man is wrong but in a good way. We'll check back with you tomorrow and thanks for checking in.

Back on the World Famous EL BUDSTER. Yancy Nichol catches and releases a 150 lb. STRIPED MARLIN. It is caught on a live Caballito. The fighting time was 40 minutes. His party also catches eight DORADOS ( 15 - 20 lbs. ). They keep four and release four. Fishing on the EL BUDSTER II. The Kurt Schill party from Detroit, MI catches nine DORADOS ( 15 - 20 lbs. ). They keep five and release four. All the fish were caught at the Lighthouse Reef. The water temp. was 81 - 82 degrees.

Ryan from the San Diego checked in last night as they went offshore on their 3/4 day run. The 7 anglers pulled in 6 yellowfin and 3 yellowtail.

The San Diego will be going offshore as long as there is a sing of fish.

They leave daily at 5:30. Call 619-224-3383 for reservations.

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The Condor 90 Feet of Sportfishing Thunder

The Condor checked in last night as they finished up their 1.5 day trip. They ended up with 30 mixed bluefin, yellowfin, with 10 albacore to 35 pounds, and some skipjack to go with it.

The Condor goes again tonight for a 1.5 day trip then again on Sunday night.

Call 619-221-8500 for reservations.

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Hello anglers,

For our 1.5 day trip, we came 120 miles on reports of a few yellowtail on kelps and a few tuna on common dolphin. Unfortunately we didn't find any kelps and found no tuna on dolphin. We ended up going in to the coast to try for some rockfish and fish a little,instead of driving around all day for nothing.

We managed to catch around 80 rockfish, a mixture of red rock cod, ling cod, sheepshead and whitefish.
The weather is calm and I think everyone enjoyed a few hours of fishing.
The offshore scene is still unpredictable and so we are unsure of what we are doing next trip.

Stay tuned,
Capt Art

Plenty of room on some great upcoming trips.

For a full Searcher 2010 schedule CLICK HERE then call 619-226-2403 to book your spots.