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Salmon Season Aug29-Sep7 2009
Rockfish Season May15-Sep15 2009
Halibut Season May1-Oct31 2009
Date: 05.13.2009
Report: First Halibut charter of 2009.
The first halibut trip out of Trinidad for NorthWind
Charters produced limits of halibut (15 & 20 #'s). The sand
dabs where wide open. Crabbing was decent with 2-5 legal's per
pot Rockfish season opens in two days and it should be really
good.
Tight Lines,
Brendan
DATE: 05.15.2009
REPORT: Rock Fishing (Opening Day)
Terry and Clyde had such a good time they decided to
stay for opening day. Fishing was wide open with limits of
rock fish in about 1 hour. The afternoon trip was the
same with a nice grade of 40 black rockfish from 2-5 #'s.
Tight Lines,
Brendan
Date: 05.16.2009 REPORT:
Rock fish and Halibut Today
we had a 2 people for a half day, and 2 people for a full day of
fishing. So, we had to do our rock fishing first. After
getting to the fishing grounds we found huge schools of rock fish in
the 2-5 lb. range. It was common to see all 4 clients hooked
up at the same time with 2 fish at a time per rod! This is as
good as it gets folks! In just 1 Hr. and 45 min. we had
our 40 rock fish and were headed to the crab traps! After
retrieving 13 nice sized crab we returned to the dock to fillet fish
and back the crabs. The afternoon turned windy on us and the
sea was a bit s...ty! It was hard to keep the gear on the
bottom so the halibut did not co-operate for us this day.
Nevertheless the clients had a great time and have already rebooked
for 2 more trips in the future! Pic's to come.
Tight Lines, Matt
Date: 5.19.2009
Report: Rock Fishing
Fishing continues to be wide open. We had our first variety in
the bag limits with 3 vermilion, 2 canaries (released), 1 brown and
4 lingcod, 2 legal's and 2 shorts. We checked and pulled all
six pots and crabbing remains decent with about 3-6 legal's per pot.
The northwest winds are coming. It is going to be combined
seas of 9-11 feet for the next five days. Did I mention how
much I hate the wind !!!! Tight Lines, Brendan
Date: 05.29. 2009
Report: Halibut & Rock Fishing
We started today
with three people. We went for halibut first thing with high
hopes. Unfortunately we had a little sea sickness. After
returning one person to the dock with no halibut we went around the
corner and salvaged the day with limits of rock fish. Here is
Ed with a nice black rock fish. Tight lines, Matt---
Date: 05.30.2009
Report: Halibut
We had a full boat today for halibut. After
setting the gear it didn't take to long to find the first two
halibut. After landing a 14lb and a 16lber it only took
another few hours and our third one came---another 16 lber!
After high fives and some picture's we continued to look around for
our last one. At 3 o'clock we finally hook the last one.
This one hit the deck at 32 lbs.! Between the third fish and
the last fish we lost two others---ooops! Anyway, the halibut
are wide open in Trinidad right now with up to 45 lb fish coming
over the rail! Tight Lines, Matt----
Date:05.31.2009 Report:
Halibut and rockfish
Another full boat today for a combo trip. We started with
halibut and quickly missed two. By 10 o'clock we had one in
the box and the clients wanted to go rock fishing. We finished
by 2 o'clock with limits of rockfish and decided to check the crab
pots. After limiting out on crabs we called it a day with
happy clients. We had a great time and got lot's of meat for
the freezer. Tight lines, Matt-------
Date: 6.05.09
Report: Halibut & Rockfish
Halibut fishing slowed down a bit today for everybody. The
water color was on the dirty side and the drift was from the south.
We fished for halibut until about 11:30 and didn't get any bites so
we went rockfishing. We had to drop off a client so the time
was limited but we ended up with 25 rockfish and 1 lingcod about
17#'s and we also had around 20 crabs.
Tight Lines,
Brendan
Date: 6.06.09
Report: Halibut
I had two clients today that wanted to do nothing but halibut so we
had a better shot with more time on the water. I decided to
run a bit north because of the lack of bottom bait on the sonar the
day before. On the way north I found a big ball of sardines
and was able to make about 8 pieces in a half hour. With live
sardines and better water color my confidence was high. As
soon as we started fishing the spiny dog sharks where on our baits.
This prompted a move and with the help of a friend we moved
south and in about a half mile. Again more sharks and bycatch
like sable fish and hake. The clients said that once we caught
ten sharks we were going to get a halibut and they were right.
The rod went bendo and Kelly started to reel on what looked like the
right thing. The fish tangled all three rods and hit the deck
right at the 40# mark. Kelly was stoked and said that it was a
dream come true for her to catch a halibut. We fished the rest
of the day and caught a couple more sharks.
Tight Lines,
Brendan
Date 06.07.09
Report Halibut & Rockfishing
We decided to run to the same place as the day before because I new
there was more fish in that area. I picked up a dozen brined
sardines that my friend had on his porch step at 5:00 in the morning
(Thanks Brent). We started fishing and a 10 minutes into the
day we put about a 17# lingcod in the boat but had to let it go
becuase we were in the R.C.A. (Rockfish Conservation Area).
About an hour went by with a few small bites and all the sudden a
rod went down hard and we were confident we had the right thing.
While Dan was on the fish I made sure the other rods were still
fishing. About 1 minute or less into the fight and the other
rod got bit. I reeled down and stuck him. About five
minutes latter we had two 20#ers in the boat and we were on our way
to the rockfishing grounds. The day ended with limits of
halibut, limits of lingcod, as many rockfish as they wanted and 13
dungeness crab. Dan and Peter walked off the boat with about
500.oo dollars with of fish and memories that will last a life time.
Tight Lines,
Brendan
Date: 06.10.09
Report: Halibut & Lingcod
We fished the same grounds again today and started the day with a
double ( 18 & 12 #'s). We spent another 2 hours and nothing
but a couple of sharks. We decided to go to Redding Rock which
was a 16 mile run. We arrived at Redding Rock at about 12:15
and left at 2:00 with a limit of eight lingcod. This place is
awesome. We saw a pod of Killer whales come right by the boat.
What a cool sight. The first Tuna where caught today 40 miles
out of Eureka 1-3 fish per boat. This is very early, who knows
what's going to happen the rest of this year.
Tight Lines,
Brendan
Date: 06.07.09-06.21.09
Report: Halibut, Rockfishing and Crabing
Fishing has remained wide open for the last two weeks.
This is the longest spell of good whether for this time of the year
that I can remember. The halibut fishing has remained good
with limit style fishing for about 75% of the trips.
Rockfishing is still limit style fishing but it takes a little
longer to find the fish. Crabing is still good with about 4
legal's per pot. Lingcod fishing has been average with about
1-3 per day on the local reef. The lingcod fishing at Redding
Rock is wide open with limits in 1-3 hours for 4 people and fish up
to 30#'s.
Tight Lines,
Brendan
Date: 06.21.09-7.01.09
Report: Humboldt Bay
The wind has been blowing 15-40 miles per hour and the swell has
been big for the last 10 days. We have been running our
charter trips inside of Humboldt bay with success on all species.
This is an option for the people who want to fish on windy days.
These trips start early at about 5:30 am and run to about 1:30 pm.
We do this to get our fishing in before the northwest winds start.
We are fishing much lighter tackle with live bait and it is a lot of
fun. Plus there is no swell which is really nice for people
who get sea sick. If you are interested about trips in
Humboldt Bay give us a call and we can talk more about the details.
Tight Lines,
Brendan
Date: 07.01.09-07.10.09
Report: Halibut & Rockfish
The wind finally calmed down and we were able to get out and fish
halibut and bottom fish. The halibut bite is still decent but
seems like it has slowed down a little bit. We had 6 buts for
6 days and the big one was 40 lbs. The biggest halibut I have
ever heard of on a rod and reel out of Trinidad was caught by a
first timer and weighed 93lbs. The rock fishing is taking a
little more effort but with enough time limits are possible.
Lingcoding is averaging out to 2 fish per day. Crabing is
still good with about 3-6 legals per pot.
Tight lines,
Brendan
Date: 07.10.09-07.20.09
Report: Halibut & Rockfish
Matt has been fishing halibut and rockfish and doing good.
Average take on halibut has been about 1-2 fish a day. The
rockfishing slowed way down with poor water color and a bad drift at
the beginning of the week but showed some signs of improving towards
the end with limit style fishing. The wind is making its
return and Matt motored the boat down to Eureka for California
Halibut and Rockfish trips in the bay.
Tight lines,
Brendan
Date: 07.20.09-07.26.09
Report: Bay Trips
I have been fishing in the bay and doing well.
I have been seeing a lot of sturgeon and have been thinking about
adjusting my technique to target them as apposed to the other fish.
I think most of them are green sturgeon but it is hard to tell.
Impressive fish either way. Every group has been happy
at the end of the day. Some people have said that they enjoyed
their bay experience more than past open ocean trips. If you
are interested in a bay trip or what is available to catch give us a
call or send and email.
Tight lines,
Brendan
Date: 07.26.09-08.09.09
Report: Halibut & Rockfish
Fishing has been really good for both halibut and rockfish. We
have been making trips to Redding Rock (17 miles north of Trinidad)
and getting limits of Lingcod up to 25 pounds. I got my first
4 rod hook up on Pacific halibut the other day. We landed
three of the four and caught the last one for a four fish limit
about 15 minutes later. The water is really warm on the out
side but there is very few Albacore being caught. We have been
really busy and every day has been good. We are seeing some of
the best weather of the year. Salmon season is right around
the corner and it is going to be crowded. There is lots of
signs of salmon and fishing should be good.
Tight Lines
Brendan
Date: 08.09.09-08.12.09
Report: Halibut & Rockfish
Fishing remains really good. I have caught halibut on 6 of the last
7 charter trips. In addition, I have been doing some half day
rockfish trips and getting limits of black rockfish. The
lingcod are also on the bite. On one of my half day trips I
had five lingcod, four legals and one that was 20#s. Not
bad!!!! We are dusting off the salmon gear and looking forward
to putting some chrome in the box.
Tight Lines
Brendan
Date: 08.12.09-08.19.09
Report: Windy Ocean
The ocean has been windy and we have been canceling trips:(
The whether is coming down today and looks good for a little while.
The salmon season is going to be out of control with boats.
The word on the street is that their is going to be lots of charter
boats from out of the area. The good news is that their has
been lots of salmon showing so fishing should be good.
Tight Lines
Brendan
Date: 08.19.09-08.25.09
Report: Rockfish & Halibut & Bad Whether
Fishing has been tuff due to bad whether. The ocean seems to
be confused on what it wants to do. One day you have good
conditions and the next day it is unfishable. Rockfishing
remains decent even through the bad whether and Halibut is a hard
scratch with the drift being fast. We are really hoping that
the ocean gets all the bad whether out of its system before the
Salmon Season. Salmon starts on the Saturday August 29th.
We have been full on the Salmon Season since May but we just had a
cancelation so their is one seat available for the 6th of Sept.
This should be a interesting ten days of salmon fishing.
Tight Lines
Brendan |
