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Though far from being wide open, the tuna bite is getting better by the day for boats fishing out of…
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Erik Landesfiend is a well versed fishermen in SoCal. He regularly shares his knowledge and opinions via his BD column, SoCal Scene. From how to tips, local weekly fishing reports and well thought out articles on many aspects of fishing southern California’s diverse fisheries. Erik gladly shares his thoughts and welcomes yours too.
Fishing Anchovy It’s been a long time since any of us has had to fish with anchovies as bait. In…
The word on the tuna scene south of San Diego is that there are a lot of fish being seen…
As they do most years, the Channel Islands are beginning to kick out their spring stock of white seabass, halibut…
More wind over the weekend kept most boats from venturing offshore in search of tuna, but those that made it…
Windy conditions offshore have put a bit of a damper on the tuna bite south of San Diego, but the…
Here it is the last weekend in May and the fish are biting like it’s the middle of July. It’s…
Early season tuna catches in previous weeks, coupled with reports of more fish moving into range, had captains excited about…
Fishing got really good along the Southern California coast before the little bit of weather that came through earlier this…
The big news this week is the yellowtail that were caught off kelp paddies in US waters. The Eclipse was…
It seems like I’ve spent a good part of the last month talking about wind. Every week I’ve been forced…
For most private boaters, fishing for yellowtail consists of heading out to a spot, like the Coronado Islands, finding the…
This has definitely been a strange week weather-wise. Santa Ana winds in April, temperatures in the 90’s along the beach…
With the wind forecast to blow like hell this weekend, it looks like we’re going to get a chance to…
Wind is the biggest factor in deciding how the fishing is going to be at this time of year and…
Judging by the reports that have been coming in over the last few days it looks like the bite has…
On an August afternoon in 2009, SWBA tournament director Eric Bent was fishing tight to the beach at Point Fermin…
There’s really not much to report in the way of fishing this week as the wind has been blowing almost…
Pacific Coast Sportfishing is hosting its 5th Annual Tackle, Boat, and Travel show on April 5th and 6th at the…
At the time of this writing (Wednesday morning), there’s a weather system rolling through Southern California. Along with it bringing…
This being the first day of spring, we can finally start referring to the great fishing we’ve had the last…
The Coronado Islands already kicked out a teaser late winter yellowtail bite this year, but the real bite has yet…
Yellowtail Bite Disappear Again For the second full moon in a row, the yellowtail bite at the Coronado Islands has…
Rockfish Tackle Rigs The combination of depth and tackle restrictions and the availability of braided lines have completely changed the…