Chartle Charters Sportfishing Salmon Charter fishing Report for Santa Cruz California, serving the Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz, California

Salmon!
SALMON STILL GOING!!!!

Available dates for upcoming Salmon season
3 spots Sunday 5/20
4 spots Friday 5/25
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FISHING REPORT

5/17/12
The Salmon fishing remains the target species and the Santa Cruz area is the main spot. We will be running trips every Friday, Saturday and Sunday! Check us out on Facebook as well for latest photos, reports, recipes and more!

5/12/12
We tried again for Salmon but the fish were few and far between. Our 6 anglers boated 3 King salmon to 20 pounds and had a lot more chances. The conditions were excellent!!

5/11/12
The salmon are still around and the action was pretty consistent we boated 5 King salmon to 17 pounds for our 5 anglers The conditions were foggy and flat!!

4/29/12
Salmon starting to filter in the Bay!
We were South of Santa Cruz and found fish, We had limit style action just not catching! . We still managed to boated 4 King salmon to 14 pounds for our 6 anglers The conditions were foggy and lumnpy!!

4/28/12
Salmon on the Move!
We fished South Santa Cruz and found a few good grade fish and good bait sign . We managed to boated 2 King salmon to 16 pounds for our 6 anglers The conditions wre good but water was a bit cold.

4/25/12
Low pressure slows bite!
We were West of Santa Cruz and found a good grade of fish, but not the wide open fishing as of late . We still managed to boated 7 King salmon to 16 pounds for our 6 anglers The conditions were almost too perfect!!

4/24/12
Big Fish Day!
We were in front of Santa Cruz With bunch of big bruiser Salmon. The bite was great early but waned after noon. We boated 10 King salmon to 23 pounds for our 6 anglers The conditions were great!

4/23/12
Differnt Day Today
We were in front of Santa Cruz With lumpy South winds and lot of smaller fish mixed in making for a lot of work the crew and anglers we hooked over 40 fish for the morning. We still managed to boated 6 limits King salmon to 14 pounds for our anglers and a token crew fish for the smoker by 11am The conditions were good but less than perfect!!

4/22/12
WOW!!
We were in front of Santa Cruz and again had Non Stop action for 2 hours!! we could only get 2 to 3 rods out at a time, singles, doubles and triples were the norm. We boated 6 limits King salmon to 16 pounds for our anglers and 2 limits for the crew by 9am The conditions were perfect!!

4/21/12
STILL NO END IN SIGHT!!
We were in front of Santa Cruz and again had WIDE OPEN Salmon fishing!! We boated 6 limits King salmon to 14 pounds for our anglers and 2 limits for the crew by 9:20am The conditions were perfect with bait, water and mainly a whole new school of FISH!!

4/20/12We were in front of Santa Cruz and again had WIDE OPEN Salmon fishing!! We boated 6 limits King salmon to 18 pounds for our anglers and 2 limits for the crew by 10:00am The conditions were perfect with bait, water and mainly FISH!!

4/16/12
We were in front of Santa Cruz and again had WIDE OPEN Salmon fishing!! We boated 6 limits King salmon to 16 pounds for our anglers and 3 crew fish by 9;00am The conditions were perfect but the bait had moved so we will be looking for the main concentration of fish tomorrow.

4/15/12
We ran out to our Hot Spot in front of Santa Cruz and had WIDE OPEN Salmon fishing!! We boated 14 King salmon to 14 pounds for all on anglers on board The conditions were perfect and all system were a GO!! We were back at the dock before 10:00am.

4/14/12
We ran right back out to our Hot Spot in front of Santa Cruz and had Great Salmon fishing!! We boated 8 King salmon to 12 pounds for our 4 anglers The conditions were less than perfect but with the action like it is you've got to GO!! We were back at the dock by 10:30am.

4/11/12
We ran back to Santa Cruz to fish Salmon out of our Home port. We ran right out front and had WIDE OPEN Salmon fishing!! We boated 10 King salmon to 12 pounds for our 5 anglers within an hour's fishing time and back at the dock by 9:15am. This is a good body of fish and we have not seen this type of fishing in many years!!

4/7/12
Salmon Season opened with a Bang today!! We fished SW of Halfmoon Bay Harbor and found the first fish within minutes! Bait sign was nil but water color and temperature were good. The fish would come in flurries all morning and then stopped at 11:30am. We ended the day with 7 Salmon to 10 pounds!! for our four anglers and had the go "home fish" almost within netting distance 3 times plus a lot of shakers as well. Looks like it's going to be a great season coming up. We will be fishing out of Santa Cruz for the remainder of April and fishing was excellent out of there too!!

3/9/12
Salmon season opens April 7th with a 2 fish bag limit and 24" size limit. All systems are set to go and we are taking bookings for the month of April.

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