Insane offshore Yellowtail bite, with some hit or miss albacore in the mix. Wide open inshore bite. Decent but steady crabbing. The fishing can’t get more epic.

Bodega Bay Tuna Report 11-26-24

We headed west and found that the bait and life from the past few weeks of albacore action had scattered, we trolled further west for a few hours and out of the blue had 6 rods go off with several yellowtail leaping feet into the air on the hookup, we were all shocked since we were fishing in 58 degree water hundred of miles away from somewhere you would expect to see yellowtail in November. After boating all 6 fish we quickly hooked a double on albacore, and got one to the boat. The chaos was short lived but 15 minutes of crazyness the record books as a single norcal yellowtail is a once in a life time event, let alone a 6 way hookup, little did I know what was going to happen the week after. We returned to check crab gear and pulled 60 good quality crab. Capt. Josh did very well on the lingcod inshore with 8 lings for 5 clients.

Bodega Bay Fishing Report 11-27-24

Absolutely wide open lingcod fishing for both of our boats. We took clients and crew limits of lingcod within a few hours of fishing on the Sorta Salty and the Bigeye plus client limits of good quality Dungeness crab for thanksgiving dinner. Crabbing was ok, we averaged 3 per hoop, but the fast lingcod fishing allowed us more time to crab.

Bodega Bay Fishing Report 11-29-24

Lingcod fishing remained wide open, I took a day off and speared a couple lings and rockfish. They were very much out and about and the water was insanely clear. My dad fished hook and line and released dozens of lings. Capt Josh ran 3 crab trips and reported ok crabbing holding that 3 average per hoop.

Bodega Bay Fishing Report 11-30-24

Another Epic lingcod bite out of Bodega Bay. On Saturday, we finished out the inshore lingcod season strong with limits for clients and crew on rockfish and lingcod. Immediately upon arriving to the lingcod grounds in 30 feet water, it was wide open fishing with flat seas and clear water where we could see the lingcod swimming around the rocks from the surface. We fished mostly swimbaits the entire day, and We released several dozen fish and had a blast the entire time. We moved deeper for rockfish and quickly gathered a colorful limits of canaries, blues and others before grabbing our crab on the way home. Overall a epic day to finish the inshore season with a great group.

Bodega Bay Fishing Report 12-3-24

An unreal day out of Bodega chasing yellowtail and albacore. We ended the day with 23 yellowtail and 1 fat 30lb albacore. We headed west with yellowtail and albacore in mind and quickly found a log holding huge numbers of yellowtail, after a couple 6 way hookups on the troll , we decided to toss irons around the log and found a pretty steady jig bite. We picked up another 11 fish on the jigs and lost several more but had a blast hooking them on the spinning gear. On the way home, we picked up 50 jumbo crab to finish out the day. It’s one of the most epic days of the year fishing, and it will be pretty tough to beat this day for norcal yellowtails. Reports from the past few days had some really good albacore action with most boats landing 20 fish, but it seemed to slow down for everyone today which is pretty typical after a few good days of albacore action, most boats had single digit catches besides the yellowtail. We found the log at 17X33.