We have finished up our first day of fishing San Clemente this weekend. It was an effort to scratch out a decent catch but there is plenty of potential. Once again we had a few tanks of live squid to complement our sardine and anchovy mix. We fished tight to the kelp for bass, outside in deeper water for bottom fish, and late this afternoon the Shogun was chasing those early season yellows. The weather is a bit warmer than last week, but fluctuating sea temps have kept the bass bite down. Lingcod to 12# and a few nice reds came up from the bottom, but last weeks big bonito didn't show. Chasing yellowtail on the front side of the island this afternoon gave us a little hope for a larger game fish tomorrow. The yellows were up top for a while and a school feeding high and dry produced a 28# fish on surface iron. One can only hope that tomorrow there are more spots of biting yellows.

Fishing for a Living!


The Shogun crew