Author: Bill Roecker

About two hours before the Day At The Docks opened to the public, I saw Wendy Tochihara, who gave me a briefing on pending offshore fishing near San Diego. “I was out on an exploratory trip with Chuck Taft yesterday,” she remarked. “Did you see any bluefin?” “We saw good sign. We fished out by the Dumper, and we could see bluefin on the meter, at about 30 fathoms.” “Did you see any jumping up on the surface?” “No, I didn’t. We didn’t have any sardines. We had mackerel and anchovies for chum. It was bumpy in the morning and…

The 35th annual Day At The Docks put on by Catherine Miller opened under cloudy skies with an enthusiastic crowd. Early birds (people, not the wild parrots squawking in the ficus trees at Fisherman’s Landing) were all over the place, even before the vendors got set up. The morning was cool but not uncomfortable, a good time for a walk through a couple hundred displays, booths and demonstrations. I don’t know what the total numbers for the day were, but there were more folks around early in the day than I’m used to seeing. There was a lot of food,…

A Better Day! Excel Sportfishing, the boat’s office, posted this item March 23: “Captain Justin Fleck called in early this morning with an update from the Big X. The fishing was slow in the morning yesterday but things turned around in the afternoon. We ended up with 35 tuna yesterday up to 185 pounds. We have a couple more days and then we will be heading back to the Cape. Sailing Along Intrepid’s skipper Kevin Osborne posted March 22: “We are back on the water heading down with Tony Garza and our Soft Steel Ultra gang. Today we are busy…