Bluefin Tuna and Swordfish Are Still On The Holiday Season Offshore Menu!

The 2022 middle to late December Southern California offshore fishing picture is not what it was during the middle of summer, but we are now not far from the end of 2022 and we continue to be blessed and still have good numbers of bluefin tuna and a few swordfish biting in local offshore waters. With an absence of strong northern weather systems in the current 10 day forecast, there is reason to think that the 2022 offshore fishing season might just roll right into the New Year of 2023. The best bluefin fishing has been out at the Tanner Bank where boats have been anchoring and drifting in the region of the high spot and finding near limit-to-limit fishing for bluefin tuna. The bluefin at the Tanner Bank have been mostly 18 to 40 pound fish but recent catches have seen a better grade of bluefin enter the picture with fish to 65 pounds currently in the mix. Bluefin have been biting both day and night with sardines, live squid, Flat Fall jigs and knife jigs being productive. Live squid has been the best of those baits in recent days and squid have been able to be jigged for bait at...