2022 Fishing Season Off to a Good Start!

SAN DIEGO一 Southern California offshore anglers saw a series of storms move through Southern California during the late part of December, but the weather cleared as the New Year approached allowing anglers to get back out on the water and do some fishing over New Years weekend. I know of no boats that tried to fish offshore waters for tuna and swordfish.  Before the series of recent storms, there were good numbers of 20 to 35-pound bluefin tuna biting at the Tanner Bank and there was also a chance at catching a swordfish via the deep drop method while fishing at the 9 Mile Bank and the 178 Spot. The water temperature in areas producing bluefin and swordfish took a hit from the recent series of storms and the drop in temperature might well have been enough to have sent the fish packing and headed to warmer waters for the winter months. Before the recent series of storms, the water temperature out at the Tanner Bank was 61.5 degrees and has dropped to 58.5 degrees. It is a similar story out at the 9 Mile Bank and the 178 Spot with what was 61.5-degree water before the storms dipping to 59.5 degrees.  Maybe...