This trip will be fished upon the near shore waters between Trinidad Head and Sue-meg (formerly Patrick’s Point), in depths ranging from 30 to 100 feet. This section of the north coast is incredibly prolific rockfish grounds consisting of highly variable benthic habitat.
We find high relief spire like pinnacles and massive crevasse laced rock formations, some of which reach near or above the surface and host colonies of bull kelp, muscles, barnacles, sea stars and abalone.
Interspersed among these major structural features are boulder fields and flats of sand, mud, gravel, and cobble. It all adds up to a very healthy fishery.
Many species of fish utilize the area, though 95% of the catch here will be black rockfish. Other fish commonly caught here include the blue rockfish, canary rockfish, copper rockfish, brown rockfish, vermillion rockfish, quillback rockfish, kelp greenling, and lingcod.
All of these fish are excellent table fare, yielding beautiful filets with low oil content, making them ideal for most styles of preparation.
The captain will identify species pulled so we remain active in protecting endangered species.
