Inshore Boil off mission beach Jan 27, what could it be? Airplane report

[Jaru22]

Taking off out of San Diego airport this morning around 11a. On the turn left I notice about 5-6 miles outside the mission beach jetty a large boil. Was probably 100ft in diameter. It was for sure a circular boil not dolphins making a run up the coast. It was static. But full feeding frenzy! I saw a boat full gas heading straight to it as well.
What could that be this time of year that close to shore? Dolphins feeding? No way that's tuna is it? Or? Maybe the one on the boat reads this and chimes in what was going on?

 

[Cactus Chris]

I don't know but I want to throw a jig in it!

There's still bluefin around. Still lots of bonito around

 

[strackle99]

Most likely Bonito or mackerel

 

[yakdout]

I have seen yellowtail in that area boiling this time of year. In fact some of my biggest are late winter surface iron fish. Between mission bay and La Jolla out to 3-4 miles .

 

[surfgoose]

Very good odds that strackle99 called it right. That is classic bonito and mackerel feeding behavior. I've seen that many times.

If you were interested, you could catch a couple and then slow troll about fifty yards away around the school. It is an excellent way to catch mako sharks. They often hang around those feeding schools and pick off stragglers.

 

[OutFishing2]

Please don’t do that man

 

[OutFishing2]

I have seen yellowtail in that area boiling this time of year. In fact some of my biggest are late winter surface iron fish. Between mission bay and La Jolla out to 3-4 miles .

Oh man stop you guy’s can talk about it when I get my super panga back!!!

 

[the SLIDER]

It is Dolphin. I see the litle guys puddling in a circle regularly in winter.

Calm down.

 

[lowprofile]

Yellowtail Tuna

 

[Aggro]

This time of year bust out a flyrod for those smaller bones.

 

[OutFishing2]

Taking off out of San Diego airport this morning around 11a. On the turn left I notice about 5-6 miles outside the mission beach jetty a large boil. Was probably 100ft in diameter. It was for sure a circular boil not dolphins making a run up the coast. It was static. But full feeding frenzy! I saw a boat full gas heading straight to it as well.
What could that be this time of year that close to shore? Dolphins feeding? No way that's tuna is it? Or? Maybe the one on the boat reads this and chimes in what was going on?

I went out there on hour after your post and I got this

 

[the SLIDER]

Yah, me too . . .

Told you they were Dolphin

 

[lowprofile]

I went out there on hour after your post and I got this

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Look a little small for this time of year

 

[Cactus Chris]

I went out there on hour after your post and I got this

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throw a dorado in and I'd believe you

 

[RodRage]

Please don’t do that man

Why not?

 

[SMYLEE]

Bonito are around

 

[ChoeMan]

Albacore

 

[andrewr]

Lizard fish school boiling on sewage debris

 

[finlander11]

I went out there on hour after your post and I got this

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winner

 

[Blackfish]

I spotted some Corbina yesterday.

 

[the SLIDER]

Nice one Blackfish



That is the official FD spotter plane, right?

 

[Tin Pangas]

I spotted some Corbina yesterday.

and got some 'up the nose' too lol