Fort Bragg Fishing Report

Ft Bragg
I got a second hand report (actually about three of them) from a very good source that a private boat came back into FT Bragg with 25 albacore in the 10 to 17 pound class on Friday 6-12. They were obviously trolling and it sounds like on the Noyo Canyon edge. Don Akins owner of several party and commerical boats out of Noyo confirmed the tuna counts reporting that most were fishing 25 to 30 miles NW of Ft Bragg off Gorda and counts were in the 10 to 20 range for most private boats. Rockfish is your sure bet this weekend with the local waters opening and they should bite with the warm water temps. Casper, Usal and all the reefs at least 5 miles outside of Noyo should be producing.

Shelter Cove:
Captain Trent Slate of Shelter Cove Sport Fishing said the halibut bite slowed down with only two fish to 50-pounds landed on Wednesday 6-10. Since the halibut bite was so slow, they had to fill out the rest of their day with limits of big rockfish and ling cod. Now, I guess that you could say that things were slow after four consecutive days of halibut limits, but it sounds like a bonus to me on top of the bottomfish limits.
On Friday 6-12 he also reported several Fort Bragg boats went out 20 to 35 miles to locate albacore, hooking up to 25 including several fish between 25 and 35-pounds. The report was that the fish were large and breaking off with a vengeance. He also heard about the Eureka boats heading out for albacore with lesser numbers of fish landed. Slate said the ocean has been flat calm for the past two weeks, and he thought this had the potential to be an excellent albacore season. He runs for tuna on Saturday.

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