Summer Fishing Season Providing Anglers with Lots of Memories!

SAN DIEGO— The summer offshore fishing season keeps getting better with bluefin tuna, dorado, yellowtail, and yellowfin tuna providing memorable action that continues to improve. The past couple of weeks have seen the bluefin tuna and yellowtail bites continue to be strong and have also seen the dorado change their habits and start biting much better than they did when they first invaded our local offshore waters. In similar fashion to the dorado, better numbers of yellowfin tuna have been moving in and if they settle down and start biting better that would make what is already very good fishing a whole lot better. Bluefin tuna continue to grab the spotlight with fish in the 40 to 200-plus pound range making up most of the catch. Bluefin tuna have been biting best for boats fishing the Catalina and San Clemente Island regions and productive areas have included the deep water inside of the Ridge that runs above the West End of San Clemente Island, the deep water around 499 Spot off the back side of Catalina, the deep water around and about the Mackerel Bank, the deep water outside of the ridge between the 277 Spot and the 152 Spot, the...