Bluefin Tuna Bite Right Through Breezy Weather Conditions!

SAN DIEGO⸺ The past several weeks has brought windy weather to Southern California and Northern Baja offshore waters. But the unsettled sea conditions have not slowed the bluefin tuna fishing which continues to produce near limit-to-limit fishing on fish reaching up to 265-plus pounds.   For example, we are currently in the middle of a stretch where either Small Craft Advisories or Gale Warnings have been and are still posted. The recent weather pattern has kept a lot of boats at home and has often presented anglers with challenging conditions to deal with when out on the fishing grounds. The great news is that when boats do get enough of a break in the weather to venture out onto the tuna grounds, they continue to find good bluefin fishing.   The windy weather spell has been going on for weeks and it makes me wonder if we might be going through some sort of underlying change in our weather pattern that might transition us into a cycle to bring albacore back to our local offshore waters? Wouldn’t that be fun!   The bluefin ranged in size from 15 to 265 pounds with most fish in the 25 to 40-pound range. In recent days the numbers of...