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Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA

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Fish Species: California Halibut, Chinook Salmon, Great White Shark, Lingcod, Thresher Shark



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8-19-2024
Matt Mitchell from Santa Cruz was surprised to haul in this bonita near Capitola from 47-degree waters. Mithchell says “It looked kinda skinny, but made two nice bowls of Poké"
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5-10-2024
130 lbs.
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10-8-2023
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11-13-2022
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Santa Cruz Whoppers

Species Weight Date Report
Bluefin Tuna 130 lbs. 10-08-2023 View Report
Bluefin Tuna 125 lbs. 10-16-2022 View Report
California Halibut 34 lbs. 8-28-2020 View Report
California Halibut 31 lbs. 9-21-2020 View Report
California Halibut 31 lbs. 9-30-2020 View Report
Chinook Salmon 31 lbs. 4-02-2022 View Report
Chinook Salmon 30 lbs. 6-20-2020 View Report
California Halibut 30 lbs. 8-05-2020 View Report
California Halibut 30 lbs. 10-25-2020 View Report
California Halibut 28 lbs. 10-06-2019 View Report

Latest Fish Reports

Date Report Author
12-12-2025 Christmas shopping for the avid angler
Happy Holidays! Selecting gifts for the angler in... more »		 Allen Bushnell
12-5-2025 Eventful outings for anglers on southern portion of bay
Weather and water conditions held steady this week,... more »		 Allen Bushnell
11-21-2025 Options still good when weather complies
Winter storms are here and that can limit... more »		 Allen Bushnell
11-14-2025 Winter weather brings swell, dangerous conditions
Welcome to wintertime. Seems like the season came... more »		 Allen Bushnell
10-24-2025 Rock cod bite remains solid for boating anglers
Fishing for rock cod remains very much a... more »		 Allen Bushnell

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