Sports
Video: Late-Season Seabass, Yellowtail
Plus, a Newport couple sees humpback and minke whales from a private boat. .
Summerlike weather has some late-season white seabass and yellowtail biting at Catalina Island. Over the weekend, several boats took white seabass to 40 pounds, along with a few yellowtail to 28 pounds. The weather has been beautiful with flat, calm seas.
The local bite also improved a bit with calico and sand bass along the coast as well as a couple of halibut. Live squid has been the best bait; there seems to be more market squid arriving on the coast as well as at many of the Channel Islands.
Excellent rockfishing has been the rule along the coast. Boats from San Clemente north to Marina del Rey continue to be very productive. The best fishing has been in 240 to 300 feet of water.
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Other tidbits:
- Joe and Dawn Davis of Newport Beach were out on a private boat Monday and saw lots of humpback and minke whales. The extraordinary whale watch season of 2011 is still going strong in some areas.
- Philip Friedman Outdoors hosts a special trip on the Toronado out of Pierpoint Landing in Long Beach on Nov. 13. There will be instructors on board, special prizes, seminars and lots of fun. The trip departs at 7 a.m., returns at 6 p.m. and costs $67. Email PhilipFriedmanOutdoors@gmail.com or call 424-237-0250 for more info.
- In this week's Patch fishing video: sand crabs, dolphins and lots more.
