Calhoun's Coastal Fly Fishing Report 07/15/09
I've been really busy lately so I haven't sent out a fishing report for awhile. The water has warmed up all along the coast as well as the Islands. The customers I've been taking out have been interested in the coastal and Island fly fishing only, so I don't have a report for the harbors.
The temperature on the coast has been 65' degrees and the fishing has been very good. The temperature at the Island has been around 67' degrees and the fishing here has been excellent. Incredible numbers of calico are on the chew, most are small but there are a few quality fish in the mix. The numbers of fish is almost rediculous. Big barracuda have been taking flies on occasion and there are quite a few yellowtail breezing the Island. Quality bonito are also taking streamers. Periodicaly there have been some stellar bites on the white sea bass for bait fishermen. It's only a matter of time before a big one is caught on a fly.
Bryan Webb from Pacific Coast Fly Fishing fishes conventional as well and had a customer catch a 30lbs. yellowtail on a live squid at Catalina. He also had fly fishermen on the Huntington Beach flats yesterday catch lots of big barracuda.
Vaughn Podmore from Salty Fly Guide Service reported catching good numbers of quality sand bass on the Huntington Beach flats two days ago.
Bill Matthews on the Fly Time boat reports catching a 7.5 lbs. sand bass and a 5.5 lbs. calico in the same morning in Santa Monica Bay last Sunday along with other quality bass.
Starting Monday July 27 we will be in a new moon phase. I like this time because we get the good current as well as the low light conditions at night making it harder for predatory fish to find prey.
Once morning comes around the fish seem to be really hungry.
If anyone has any questions feel free to contact me.
All the best
Bill Calhoun
The temperature on the coast has been 65' degrees and the fishing has been very good. The temperature at the Island has been around 67' degrees and the fishing here has been excellent. Incredible numbers of calico are on the chew, most are small but there are a few quality fish in the mix. The numbers of fish is almost rediculous. Big barracuda have been taking flies on occasion and there are quite a few yellowtail breezing the Island. Quality bonito are also taking streamers. Periodicaly there have been some stellar bites on the white sea bass for bait fishermen. It's only a matter of time before a big one is caught on a fly.
Bryan Webb from Pacific Coast Fly Fishing fishes conventional as well and had a customer catch a 30lbs. yellowtail on a live squid at Catalina. He also had fly fishermen on the Huntington Beach flats yesterday catch lots of big barracuda.
Vaughn Podmore from Salty Fly Guide Service reported catching good numbers of quality sand bass on the Huntington Beach flats two days ago.
Bill Matthews on the Fly Time boat reports catching a 7.5 lbs. sand bass and a 5.5 lbs. calico in the same morning in Santa Monica Bay last Sunday along with other quality bass.
Starting Monday July 27 we will be in a new moon phase. I like this time because we get the good current as well as the low light conditions at night making it harder for predatory fish to find prey.
Once morning comes around the fish seem to be really hungry.
If anyone has any questions feel free to contact me.
All the best
Bill Calhoun
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