Offshore Bluefin reports

[Bluewater2150]

Hey everyone, I’m not sure if you have heard or not but there’s been some word about bluefin being around our waters right now, if anyone has any word about seeing them or what class they are it would be greatly appreciated if you would spread the news!

 

[Long Beach Bob]

West of RPV just beyond the inshore shipping lane..rumors....not confirmed...

 

[dunfishin]

Probably some hanging around tanner/cortez banks

 

[SDWaterman]

A crew of big wave surfers went to the cortes last month and got epic waves but also reported “lots of fish”, no idea what type though, based on the area it’s very possible they were bft

 

[Cactus Chris]

I talked with someone on FB who reported they had been out to Tanner and Cortez recently and saw no tuna signs, but you know everything people say on FB is true

 

[anemic]

. . . reported “lots of fish”, no idea what type though, based on the area it’s very possible they were bft

Stab Magazine reports on 16 January 2023:

“At one point, a big shark came up and bit a tuna in half right next to us,” remembered Garret. “The water safety was talking about big fish — I didn’t even wanna go look. “

White Sharks And 60-Foot Perfection At The Cortes Bank Session Of The Decade

“Friday was the best big day from dawn to dusk that I’ve ever seen as far as conditions go. It was 60-foot and flawless the whole day.”

stabmag.com

 

[Jefffish]

They are always on the tanner Cortez area but not always up foaming or in the same areas as the early season these fish are usually smaller ones that like to eat squid they are still there but that isn’t worth the drive for 20-50 lb tunas and rockfish is closed so no backup plan is a bad idea…

 

[IronMikeAC]

The commercial fleet caught their yearly quota in 2 weeks about 100 miles south of SD. They reported lots of big schools of 100 to 200lb tuna all over.

 

[anemic]

 

[godo]

@anemic what is this showing us?

 

[anemic]

@anemic what is this showing us?

According to marine traffic, one boat was fishing today.

 

[irob2]

I talked with someone on FB who reported they had been out to Tanner and Cortez recently and saw no tuna signs, but you know everything people say on FB is true 



Well i can tell yoi work out there weekly on the Rsc boats we have tons of time a meeter all over the banks there has not been fish there in over a month

 

[Cactus Chris]

Sounds like I'm going out to Cat tomorrow and we'll be on the lookout. Hope to come back with some bragging but not getting my hopes up. I love catching bonito too and the offshore ones are usually the bigger models, so that's good fun for me. Could just be dolphin out there too for all I know

 

[Invictus]

@anemic what is this showing us?

Where boats are, that are probably fishing, tuna.

 

[Cactus Chris]

So you're telling me they're already in the Catalina Channel?

 

[cws1017]

Pacific Dawn is running a bluefin or bust trip Feb 24 if you're feeling lucky

 

[bazzturd]

There was some plane dope on Facebook of some foamers out of DP a week or two ago. One moth prior there was some talk about them off Palos Verde. No doubt in my mind there are some schools of BFT cruising around crushing massive swarms of bait. If they run in these temps back east, there is no reason they wouldn't do it here. It's a shame fishdope doesn't run random hot laps once a month in the winter and spring for this exact reason. It seems like they wait until there are fish everywhere to fly around looking for them only if someone already flew around successfully before them. I don't think I could look anyone in the eye if I ran a business and only did things when they were convenient for me and that benefit me before my customers.

 

[Invictus]

You want numbers?

 

[Cactus Chris]

Pacific Dawn is running a bluefin or bust trip Feb 24 if you're feeling lucky

Yeah I saw that. I feel lucky but I ain't that much of a gambler

 

[anemic]

So you're telling me they're already in the Catalina Channel?

from JD's Big Game Tackle - Fish Report:

"San Clemente Island looks open for the weekend-- several boats out the harbor today to Catalina-- dark of the moon should help in making squid and should be those halibuts in the shallows, bonito off Pebbly Beach and there was a report of a school of tuna seen mid channel ( why not) Have a great weekend-- JD"

JDs Big Game - Fish Report

 

[rodngun762]

this all sooo dumb. There's not any foaming schools of tuna in US waters. There are a lot of whipped up fishermen all circle jerking to the same 1 or 2 reports. Instagram and tackle shop talk converge to spread this type of bullshit. One or two people were in planes at 5,000 feet over a pod of surface active dolphin and calling it tuna foamers. Until someone who actually knows what they are looking at (Carl @ airpilikia) or we see a cell phone video from a boat this is all just fishful thinking.

 

[anemic]

“The key recommendation we have suggested to people looking to cut back is to gradually reduce caffeine consumption over a period of days . . . "

 

[Cactus Chris]

Ran out to Cat today. No tuna signs out there that we saw but we weren't looking super hard. Slayed some buts and bones though

 

[Jmoon915]

Ran out to Cat today. No tuna signs out there that we saw but we weren't looking super hard. Slayed some buts and bones though

How was the swell and wind?

 

[Cactus Chris]

How was the swell and wind?

It was absolutely beautiful. On the back side the wind picked up for just a little bit mid morning and we had a few isolated larger swells. Front side was calm and beautiful with nearly wide open bonito