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Topic: Bayside Reports BFT  (Read 3119 times)

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✊ Respect! Damn that must of been fun.

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BFT foamers recorded out of HMB today.

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Fish report for Monterey Bay this week.

10/1/21
Monterey Bay is enjoying the best bluefin tuna fishing in memory right now. Roving schools of feeding tuna are ranging from below Big Sur then north to the Davenport Fingers area. And, boats are starting to catch them with some consistency. Some bluefin schools are as close as six miles to the beach in the southern regions, while a large body of bluefin near Davenport is about ten miles from shore. Still, unbelievably close for tuna fishing in Northern California. These are big fish. While some caught were reported in the 40-pound range, many are fat fish in the eighties, and a number have been reported now reaching the triple-digits. Bluefin expert Cody Rodenbaugh from Santa Cruz weighed in a 160-pound bluefin at Bayside on Saturday, which is the largest bluefin recorded so far during this epic bit. Captain Stever Guittérrez and crew hauled in a 180-pounder near Point Sur on Sunday.

Last week we wrote, “If the tuna stick around and enough people try for them enough times, we’ll see the catch rate numbers go up.” Sure enough on Wednesday, Todd Fraser at Bayside Marine in Santa Cruz reported the catch rate increased dramatically. “Bluefin went on the bite today at the Sur Canyon. There were several fish caught on cedar plugs and Nomad DTX Minnows. The anglers who did the best were slow trolling mackerel on the surface and 50-100 feet down. There are boats hooked up as I write this at 5:15 pm,” Fraser noted.

Since then the news has been better and better in terms of bluefin. Multiple fish were boated through the weekend of September 26, with some boats counting multiple fish landed as well. While the main schools are located near the Sur and Davenport Canyons, bluefin were reported caught straight out from Santa Cruz as well. Saturday evening, Fraser reported, “The bluefin continue to be caught by the anglers who are putting in the time. There were multiple fish caught in front of Santa Cruz up to the Davenport Fingers. There is another school of bluefin being caught near Point Pinos and the Sur Canyon.” A flood of bonito are trailing the big tuna and were “biting good” about 4-6 miles straight out of Santa Cruz, according to Fraser.

A month of southerly flow, wind and swells combined has created the conditions favorable for bluefin feeding. The tuna will go where the food is. Two weeks ago, we saw a huge influx of mackerel in and around Monterey Bay. Along with that bait came the bluefin. This bite should continue until we get some major disruption in the conditions as they stand now. This is a remarkable situation for area anglers to enjoy. Make the most of it, and do not go out undergunned. Heavy duty tackle and long-handled gaffs are recommended. Besides the quantity of fish and the large size overall, another major positive factor is that these fish will BITE. In years past the bluefin code was to troll mackerel as slow as possible. That technique is working well these days, but the big tuna are also responding to fast trolled tuna jigs, diving stickbaits and cedar plugs. Throwing iron jigs or drifting live bait near tuna boils has produced results as well. If the weather holds up and the fish stick around we could be looking at the epic bite of the decade, at least.

Also, Some Bonito in close Ed Burrell reports Conor (former dock rat) catching them just outside SC3 Buoy. Could be FUN!!
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Fish report for Monterey Bay this week.


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There's a picture of a 145 lb opah on Bayside today...
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There's a picture of a 145 lb opah on Bayside today...

Every time we get the BF showing up, there are some big opah that hang with them.  I wonder ... I don't see a whole lot of opah reports coming from the SoCal BF tuna fleet, or am I missing them.  Why do they show up here?

Fun fact, opah are slightly warm blooded, able to maintain a temp of about 5C above the ambient water.  Could be they hang out in the colder water than what they see down in SoCal.

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OMG so crazy.  huge bones, BFT, and it don't get more exotic than Opah!! 

wish they were NOT being caught bc i can't help its indicia of other bad climate things.  Making that lemonade ...