Summary Fish Report—July 29, 2016 at 2:35 PM

 Provided by Bob Vanian of 976-Bite Fish Reports at www.976bite.com

     The 2016 Southern California fishing season continues to impress with lots of good choices for anglers to pick from in choosing what they would like to target be it fishing offshore, at local Islands, or along the coast.

On the offshore fishing grounds on the United States side of the Mexico border there continue to be big bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna, yellowtail and dorado to target.  The bluefin tuna have been the highlight fish with most of the bluefin falling within the 50 to 150 pound range and with some jumbo sized fish to 270+ also being hooked and caught.  The bluefin are usually finicky biters and it can be very challenging for anglers to get a bluefin to bite and even more challenging to land one.  There has been one story after the next of anglers looking at massive schools of bluefin right along side the boat that are not at all interested in the baits and lures anglers are presenting them.  There are some hookups to be found though and there are plenty of stories about an angler getting wrapped up in a battle with a big bluefin that lasts for many hours and goes into the night.

The yellowfin tuna in U.S. waters have been ranging from 12 to 100 pounds and they have been acting similar to the bluefin in that it is more often than not very challenging to get them to bite.  Most of the kelp paddie yellowtail on the U.S. side of the border have been the 3 to 12 pound fish and most of the dorado caught from the same kelp paddies have been in the 8 to 20 pound range.

The productive areas for the bluefin, yellowfin, dorado and yellowtail on the U.S. side of the border at the time of this report are the 209 Spot, the 312 Spot, the 181 Spot, the 43 Fathom Spot, the 289 Spot and 10 miles off La Jolla.  Last week there were good numbers of tuna showing 3 to 15 miles off the coast at spots between La Jolla and San Onofre but most of that zone has quieted down over the past few days.

There is an occasional bluefin caught from a trolling strike or kelp paddie but the vast majority of the bluefin have been biting from working spots of fish found at or near the surface via locating breaking fish, breezing fish, puddling fish, shiner spots of fish, meter marks or sonar marks.  The yellowfin found in the same areas as the bluefin have been fished in a similar fashion as the bluefin.

As tough as it can be to get the bluefin and U.S. waters yellowfin to bite, there are some biting bluefin and yellowfin to be found and most have been caught on slow trolled, drifted or kite flown live sardines and mackerel as well as on surface iron, yo-yo iron, poppers and kite trolled Yummy Flyers.  The Flat Fall, Colt Sniper, Megabait, Laser Minnow, Tady 45, Salas 7X light, JRI 4T and JRI 5T jigs have been some of the best for those fishing iron.

On the Mexico side of the border, there is an area of yellowfin tuna, dorado and yellowtail that has been producing some pretty good to very good overall fishing for boats working the region below the 425 Bank, the area outside of the 475 Knuckle and the Upper Hidden Bank.  The fish down this way are mostly 12  to 20 pound yellowfin tuna, 6 to 25 pound dorado and 8 to 30 pound yellowtail.  There are some good bait stops to be found and there have been occasional limit catches of yellowfin tuna coming from down this way.

The best zone has been while fishing the area from the west of the 475 Knuckle out to the Upper Hidden Bank.  There has been a chance at finding some action once you get below the 425 Bank and the action has been spread  from 27 to 40 miles 175 to 185 degrees from Point Loma.  Kelp paddies, blind trolling strikes, porpoise schools, sonar and spots of breaking or puddling fish have been leading to action down this way.

One of the better counts coming from this zone on Thursday, July 28, 2016 was on the Old Glory out of H&M Landing that had 28 anglers on an overnight trip catch 59 yellowfin tuna.

The Coronado Islands have been providing excellent fishing for a mix of yellowtail, barracuda, bonito and calico bass with some limit yellowtail catches being reported.  There is good action  to be had at various locations around the Islands with the best spots being the weather side of North Island, the Lighthouse at the south tip of South Island, the South Kelp, the Ribbon Kelp and the area inside of the north end of South Island.

Pukey Point at North Island and the weather side of North Island have been the best zones for the larger sized yellowtail. This is the zone where Captain Billy of the private boat Efishnsea and the 6 pack charter yacht Tailblazen fished on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 aboard the Efishnsea. Captain Billy reported excellent fishing while catching limits of yellowtail for the 3 anglers aboard by 10:30 AM and said they also caught and released calico bass of 8 pounds, 4 pounds and 3 pounds.

Captain Billy was fishing with a couple of friends that work for the Fred Hall Shows that included Tim Baker and reported that they had all their action on slow trolled sardines while working up and down the weather side of North Island. He said that there were about 15 private boats and 1 sport boat fishing the area and that he found success by working areas where there was some open water with no boats. Captain Billy said he was getting a lot of meter marks in the areas where he was getting bit.

Private boater Tom Parnakian of the Ambush reported about fishing aboard the San Diego out of Seaforth Sportfishing on Wednesday, July 27, 2016. He said they fished the weather side of North Island, the south tip of North Island, the Lighthouse at the south tip of South Island, the Rockpile and the Ribbon Kelp and they had a fish count of  54 anglers on a three-quarter day trip catching 30 bonito, 20 barracuda, 20 calico bass and 135 yellowtail.

Parnakian said they caught yellowtail at each stop but that their two best stops were at the south tip of North Island and at the Ribbon Kelp in the lee of South Island.  He said the yellows they caught at North Island were the larger grade fish that went from 15 to 30 pounds.  The yellowtail that were biting at the Ribbon Kelp were plentiful but were smaller 3 to 12 pound fish.

Tom ended up the day with 4 yellowtail that went to 20 pounds, a good sized calico bass and a log barracuda. He said most of the fish on the trip were caught on flylined sardines with a bit of action to be had for those fishing with surface iron as well.

Most of the sportboats have been fishing while sitting on the anchor and private boaters have also done well while drifting or slow trolling.  Once you get a strike on the slow troll you can drift and fish with sardines and surface iron.  Good choices for surface iron are Tady 45’s, Salas 7X lights, JRI 4T’s and JRI 5 T’s in blue and white, sardine and mint colors.

The fishing along the San Diego County coast has been producing some good mixed bag fishing for calico bass, bonito, barracuda, yellowtail and white seabass.  Calico bass have been making up most of the catch and the fishing has been excellent with most of the kelp bed areas up and down the coast producing lots of calico bass action.

The Point Loma Kelp Beds have been producing very good numbers of calico bass along with an occasional flurry of action on bonito, barracuda or yellowtail. An occasional white seabass has been biting at the Point Loma Kelp Beds as well.  Productive areas have been he hard bottom and kelp stringer area to the northwest of Buoy #3, the Dropoff, the Lab, 5 Tanks, Green Tank and Point Loma College.

Up at La Jolla, the upper end of La Jolla is providing some good mixed bag fishing for yellowtail, calico bass, bonito and barracuda.  Most of the fishing is being done while sitting on the anchor on the outside edges of the kelp beds or while fishing outside of the main kelp beds at the kelp stringer and hard bottom area of Northwest. The yellowtail at La Jolla have been mixed size fish that have gone from 2 to 30+ pounds.

In North San Diego County waters, Captain Joe Cacciola of the Sea Star with Sea Star Sportfishing in Oceanside reports that there has been very good calico bass fishing to be found at kelp bed areas such as the Barn, Yellowtail Kelp, Carlsbad, Leucadia and Solana Beach.  In addition to calico bass, Cacciola reports that they have also been seeing occasional action on mixed size yellowtail that go to 30 pounds.  They have also seen occasional action on white seabass and have been catching and releasing an occasional big black seabass as well.

Cacciola says that 5 to 6 inch sardines have been great bait for the fish they have been catching and says that the small mackerel that have been mixed in their bait supply have also worked for the yellowtail. Cacciola says they have also done well for calico bass on Berkley Gulp plastics that are rigged with a 3/8 ounce dart head.  Surface iron is also reported to be working well for the calico bass.

On Thursday, July 28, 2016 Cacciola reported having a trip that included a lot of kids that had fantastic fishing while working kelp bed areas between Carlsbad and Solana Beach.  They caught and released loads of short sized calico bass and Cacciola said there was also a decent percentage of legal sized calicos in the mix with the short sized fish.

In addition to the fantastic calico bass fishing Cacciola said they caught a 30 pound yellowtail on a mackerel and that a 10 year old caught a 42 pound white seabass! There was even more to their day of fishing than all the calicos, the big white seabass and the big yellowtail as they also got to catch and successfully release a 200+ pound black seabass.  The water temperature was very warm and was ranging from 78 to 79.5 degrees.

Private boater Bill Parker of the Cabo reported about fishing at the kelp beds at San Onofre on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.  Parker was fishing aboard Steve Mote’s private boat Ahhasalot and said they had tremendous calico bass fishing in catching and releasing over 50 calico bass that were in the 11 to 13 inch range.  Parker said the calicos were so plentiful that at times you could look into the water and see clouds of them below the boat.  They had their good fishing on a mix of sardines and anchovies that they got for bait at Oceanside Harbor.

The summer fishing season continues to provide some great fishing.  Do not let the season pass you by.  If you have the chance, make sure you get out on the water and get in on the fun!

      It is my goal to provide you timely and accurate information in these Summary Reports containing news from right off the water.  If you require more frequent reports with more details that include the specific location of where catches have been made, I refer you to the daily Member’s Reports at www.976bite.com .  Those Member’s Reports contain additional specifics that include latitude and longitude coordinates and other descriptive references about where and how fish are being caught.  Make the most efficient use of your precious time on the water with the use of timely and accurate information.

Summary Fish Report—May26, 2016 at 4:40 PM

 Provided by Bob Vanian of 976-Bite Fish Reports at www.976bite.com

     The early part of the 2016 spring fishing season has seen unseasonably good fishing with yellowtail, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna and albacore all making news from local offshore waters.  For the most part there have not been big numbers of the tuna species biting but most of what has been caught has been of quality size.  The bluefin tuna have ranged in size from 40 to 120 pounds, the yellowfin tuna have been up in the 20 to 60 pound range and the lone albacore caught was reported to be in the 20 pound class.

Yellowtail have been producing action every day out around the Coronado Islands and there have been some yellowtail to be caught at spots along the San Diego County coast as well.  It is still early in the fishing season and anglers are hoping that having tuna in local offshore waters far earlier than what is traditionally considered to be normal is an indicator of another banner year of the summer and fall fishing seasons to come.

The tuna fishing has been grabbing most of the headlines with the big news of the past week being that an albacore was caught aboard the Producer out of H&M Landing.  Ollie at H&M Landing reports that the albacore was a 20 pound class fish and reported that other fish were seen boiling around the boat while the albacore was hooked.  The albacore was caught in an area where a few 20 to 60 pound yellowfin tuna have been biting within 35 miles of Point Loma while fishing between the Kidney Bank and the Corner.

The Producer’s fish count was 20 anglers on a 1.5 day trip that fished on Saturday, May 21, 2016 catching 1 albacore and 2 yellowfin tuna.  The best yellowfin tuna count was on the 6 pack charter boat Joanna out of H&M Landing that had 6 anglers fishing on Friday, May 20, 2016 catch 6 yellowfin tuna.

The bluefin tuna have been biting at areas within 35 miles or so of Point Loma in the region of the 302 Spot, 371 Bank, Upper Hidden Bank and 390 Bank.  With the bluefin it has been quality over quantity with most of the bluefin being up in the 40 to 120 pound range.  A recent fish count from the fishing on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 was the Daiwa Pacific out of H&M Landing that had an overnight trip with 9 anglers catch 5 of the 60 to 80 pound class bluefin tuna and 1 yellowtail.

Captain Kenny Baruch of the Daiwa Pacific reported that the 5 bluefin they caught were quality sized fish that were in the 60 to 80 pound class and mentioned that they had quite a few lost hookups in addition to the fish they boated.  The action was coming on flylined sardines that were presented to the bluefin after stopping on spots of breaking fish that were found under working birds.  He said the bluefin were responding well to the chum and that the fish came to the corner on more than one occasion.

In general, the tuna have been biting from stopping on spots of breaking fish, puddling fish, sonar marks and meter marks along with an occasional trolling strike.  Once located, best bets for yellowfin have been sardines, poppers and thin blade style yo-yo iron such as Flat Fall, Colt Sniper, Megabait and Laser Minnow jigs.  The bluefin have been biting on sardines, mackerel, surface iron and on those same thin blade style yo-yo mentioned that have been effective for the yellowfin.  The most effective method for presenting live baits to the tuna has been flylining with some bluefin also being caught on mackerel that have been fished from kites.

The fishing in the waters around and about the Coronado Islands and below has been producing pretty good mixed bag fishing for yellowtail, barracuda, bonito and rockfish.  The yellowtail bite has been pretty good most days but has generally been falling short of providing near limit to limit fishing.  Barracuda and bonito have been biting in fair numbers and when Skippers turn their attention away from the surface fishing to trying for rockfish, they find the rockfish bite to be good.

As an example of the recent fishing, on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 H&M Landing had a 3/4 day trip on the Malihini out fishing with 11 anglers that caught 14 yellowtail.  Wednesday’s fishing also had Seaforth Sportfishing with a 3/4 day trip out to the Coronados aboard the San Diego that had 17 anglers catch 15 yellowtail, 2 barracuda and 1 bonito.

Productive areas for the yellowtail have been the Coronado Canyon, the weather side of North Island, the area inside of the north end of South Island, the Ribbon Kelp, the Rockpile, the 27 Fathom Spot, the Finger Bank and the area outside of and below Punta Descanso.  The past two days have seen the best of the yellowtail fishing coming from the area of the Coronado Canyon and the weather side of North Island.

The yellowtail have been biting from stopping on sonar marks, meter marks and occasional spots of fish found working on the surface.  The yellowtail have been mixed sized fish that are running from 5 to 25 pounds with most in the 15 to 20 pound class.

Surface iron, flylined sardines, yo-yo iron and sardines fished on dropper loop rigs are producing yellowtail action.  Adjust your bait or jig selection based on where the particular school of fish you are working is situated in the water column.

Good choices for yo-yo iron have been Salas 7X heavy, Salas 6X, Salas 6X Jr. and JRI 66 jigs in scrambled egg, blue & white and orange & red color combinations.  For surface iron, try Salas 7X lights and Tady 45’s in blue & white and sardine colors.

Barracuda have been biting around the Rockpile and also at kelp bed areas such as the Ribbon Kelp.   Some of the barracuda action has come from stopping on spots of breaking fish and some of the barracuda action has come from fishing on the anchor at the kelp bed or the hard bottom structure spots.  Try flylined sardines or surface iron for the barracuda.  Look for bonito along the weather side of North Island, at the Middle Grounds and around the Rockpile.

A good zone for the rockfish has been at hard bottom areas to the north and northwest of North Island while fishing in 25 to 45 fathoms of water.

The fishing along the San Diego County coast has been producing some good mixed bag fishing for rockfish, sculpin and bass and there has also been a chance at catching a bonus yellowtail, white seabass or halibut.

The upper end of La Jolla has been best for the coastal yellowtail fishing.  The bite has been scratchy most days but the yellows that have been biting have been mostly quality sized 20 to 30+ pound fish.  The yellowtail have been found by locating meter marks, sonar marks or spots of breezing fish and have been biting on surface iron, yo-yo iron, flylined mackerel and mackerel fished deep on a dropper loop rig.  Anglers need to adjust their bait and lure selection and their presentation based on where the particular school of fish they are working is located in the water column.

The fishing for sand bass, sculpin and rockfish up and down the San Diego County coast has been best at hard bottom and structure spots.  Productive areas have been the Imperial Beach Pipeline, hard bottom areas around the Whistler Buoy at Point Loma, the hard bottom to the northwest of Buoy #3 at Point Loma, the hard bottom outside of the Green Tank, the 270, Torrey Pines, Del Mar, Leucadia, the Anderson and Buccaneer Pipelines, the artificial reefs outside of Oceanside and Box Canyon.

Calico bass and what have been mostly short sized barracuda have been biting along the edges of the coastal kelp beds.  Productive kelp bed areas have been at Point Loma, La Jolla, Del Mar, Leucadia and the Barn.

White seabass are also a possibility at spots along the San Diego County coast.  La Jolla and Point Loma seem to be the areas where an occasional white seabass has been reported during the spring season.  John Campbell of the 2016 Yellowtail Derby reported that private boater Jeremiah Brown caught a 54 pound white seabass on Thursday, May 19, 2016 while fishing iron by the Whistler Buoy at Point Loma.  Brown’s report was that he was metering yellowtail and said that when he dropped his jig down to the yellows the big white seabass found the jig and decided to bite.

San Clemente Island has been producing some pretty good numbers of yellowtail along with some good numbers of calico bass, bonito and rockfish. Productive areas for the yellowtail have been the ridges outside of Pyramid Cove and China Point as well as while fishing along the front side of the Island around the structure of Purse Seine Rock and White Rock.  Yellows have also been biting from sonar marks and spots of breezing fish found between the Purse Seine Rock and White Rock areas.

There have been squid available at Catalina Island and the squid have worked well for the yellowtail at San Clemente Island and at Catalina and have also worked well for white seabass at Catalina.  The Salta Verde area has been a good squid zone at Catalina and at times, squid boats have been offering squid for sale while anchored off Avalon.  Try to raise the squid boats on VHF channels 11 or 72.  Mainland bait receivers at some of the Los Angeles and Orange County area harbors have had squid available for sale at times as well.

Productive areas for white seabass at Catalina have been Salta Verde, Ben Weston, Sentinel Rock, West Cove and Eagle Rock.  There have also been yellowtail biting at spots along the front side of Catalina while fishing spots from Arrow Point on down to Hen Rock. Live squid have been the best bait for the yellowtail and white seabass at Catalina.  The yellowtail have been mixed size fish that have ranged in size from 5 to 25 pounds.  The white seabass have been nice sized fish that have gone up into the 40 pound class.

It is my goal to provide you timely and accurate information in these Summary Reports containing news from right off the water.  If you require more frequent reports with more details that include the specific location of where catches have been made, I refer you to the daily Member’s Reports at www.976bite.com .  Those Member’s Reports contain additional specifics that include latitude and longitude coordinates and other descriptive references about where and how fish are being caught.  Make the most efficient use of your precious time on the water with the use of timely and accurate information.

Summary Fish Report—April 20, 2016 at 4:40 PM

 Provided by Bob Vanian of 976-Bite Fish Reports at www.976bite.com

     We are well into the spring fishing season and El Nino is still present and we are seeing it’s ongoing effects via a very early start to the Southern California offshore fishing season.  The past several weeks have seen bluefin tuna biting in what have at times been in good numbers and we have even seen a few yellowfin tuna biting as well.  In addition to the offshore tuna fishing there has been additional early season excitement with yellowtail biting at some of the local islands and at spots along the coast.  The coastal and island fishing has also provided some good mixed bag catches of rockfish and sculpin along with a few halibut and occasional flurries of barracuda action.

The bluefin tuna have been biting for several weeks but the bite has been hit or miss from day to day with some days seeing near limit to limit fishing (a limit of bluefin is two bluefin per angler) and other days providing scratchy fishing.  We are currently in a phase of recent days that have been providing mostly scratchy bluefin fishing but there are still bluefin being caught most every day.  For example, the most recent sportboat count was from the Legend out of H&M Landing that fished on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 and had 13 anglers on an overnight trip catch 3 bluefin tuna and 7 yellowtail.

The productive areas currently are the 60 Mile Bank, the Hidden Bank and the 475 Knuckle.  The deep water outside of the Banda Bank was a good area a few days ago but has since slowed down.  There were also bluefin biting closer to Point Loma for boats fishing around the 9 Mile Bank, 182 Spot, 181 Spot, 209 Spot, 312 Spot and 178 Spot but the bluefin fishing has been rather quiet in those areas for the past week.

The bluefin have been ranging in size from 15 to 80 pounds.  There are also occasional yellowfin tuna in the mix with the schools of bluefin and the few yellowfin that have been biting have been in the 50 to 60 pound class.

The bluefin out at the 60 Mile Bank have been mostly the 15 to 25 pound fish and have been biting by drifting live sardines over meter marks or sonar marks.  In other areas much of the action has originated from stopping on spots of breaking fish and the best bet has been to try and cast iron into the spot of breaking fish as you first approach them.  Some productive iron jigs have been Salas 7X lights, Colt Snipers, Flat Falls, Megabaits and Laser Minnows.

The fishing at the Coronado Islands has been good for a mix of yellowtail, barracuda and rockfish.  The yellowtail attract most of the attention and the yellowtail bite has been pretty good most days but has generally falling short of providing near limit to limit fishing.  Barracuda have been biting in some fair numbers and when Skippers turn their attention away from the surface fishing to trying for rockfish, the bite has been good.

As an example of the recent fishing, on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 H&M Landing had a 3/4 day trip on the Malihini out fishing the Coronados with 8 anglers that caught 18 yellowtail.  Tuesday’s fishing also had Seaforth Sportfishing with a 3/4 day trip out to the Coronados aboard the San Diego with 30 anglers that caught 42 yellowtail.

Productive areas for the yellowtail have been the Rockpile, the area inside of the north end of South Island and the weather side of North Island.  The yellowtail fishing around the Rockpile has been slowing some over the 2 days due to some off color water moving into the area with today’s best reports coming from boats fishing up and down the weather side of North Island.

The yellowtail have been biting from stopping on sonar marks, meter marks and occasional spots of fish found working on the surface.  The yellowtail have been mixed sized fish that are running from 5 to 25 pounds.  The nicer sized yellows tend to come from the Rockpile and the weather side of North Island and the smaller yellows tend to come from the area inside of the northern part of South Island.

Surface iron, flylined live baits, yo-yo iron and sardines fished on dropper loop rigs are producing yellowtail action.  Adjust your bait or jig selection based on where the school of fish you are working is situated in the water column.

Good choices for yo-yo iron have been Salas 7X heavy, Salas 6X and Tady 4/0 jigs in scrambled egg, blue & white and orange & red color combinations.  For surface iron, try Salas 7X lights and Tady 45’s in blue & white and  sardine colors.  A surface iron with red and orange might also be worth a try with all the red crabs around and with the orange and red color combination working for yo-yo iron fishing.

Barracuda have been biting around the Rockpile and also at kelp bed areas such as the South Kelp and the Ribbon Kelp.   Some of the barracuda action has come from stopping on spots of breaking fish and some of the barracuda action has come from fishing on the anchor near the high spot at the Rockpile as well as at the South Kelp or the Ribbon Kelp.  Try flylined sardines or surface iron for the yellowtail.

A good zone for the rockfish has been at hard bottom areas to the north and northwest of North Island while fishing in 25 to 45 fathoms of water.

The fishing along the San Diego County coast has been producing some flurries of yellowtail action off La Jolla and there has also been good mixed bag fishing for rockfish, sculpin and bass.  There are also a few halibut starting to bite for some of those who have been drifting the area below the Imperial Beach Pier.

The upper end of La Jolla has been best for the coastal yellowtail fishing.  The bite has been scratchy most days but catching a single yellowtail can make your day a memorable one as they have been mostly quality sized 20 to 30+ pound yellowtail.  The yellowtail have been found by locating meter marks, sonar marks or spots of breezing fish. They have been biting on surface iron, yo-yo iron, flylined mackerel and mackerel fished deep on a dropper loop rig.  Anglers need to adjust their bait and lure selection and their presentation based on where the particular school of fish they are working is located in the water column.

The fishing for bass, sculpin and rockfish up and down the San Diego County coast has been best at hard bottom and structure spots.  Productive areas have been the Imperial Beach Pipeline, hard bottom areas around the Whistler Buoy at Point Loma, the hard bottom to the northwest of Buoy #3 at Point Loma, the hard bottom outside of the Green Tank, the 270, Del Mar, Leucadia, the Anderson and Buccaneer Pipelines, the artificial reefs outside of Oceanside and Box Canyon.

San Clemente Island has been producing some pretty good numbers of yellowtail along with some good numbers of calico bass and rockfish.

The ridges outside of Pyramid Cove and China Point have been good for yellowtail and rockfish.  The boiler rocks in Pyramid Cove have been productive for calico bass.  The Runway and 9 Fathom Spot at the west end of San Clemente Island have produced a few yellowtail and good numbers of rockfish and also look for some improving numbers of yellowtail and some bonito along the front side of the Island from spots of breezing fish found between Purse Seine Rock and White Rock.

Good choices for yellowtail can be surface iron, yo-yo iron, flylined sardines and sardines fished on a dropper loop rig.  Anglers need to adjust their bait and lure selection and presentation from the surface to down deep based on where the particular school of fish they are working is located in the water column.

It is my goal to provide you timely and accurate information in these Summary Reports containing news from right off the water.  If you require more frequent reports with more details that include the specific location of where catches have been made, I refer you to the daily Member’s Reports at www.976bite.com .  Those Member’s Reports contain additional specifics that include latitude and longitude coordinates and other descriptive references about where and how fish are being caught.  Make the most efficient use of your precious time on the water with the use of timely and accurate information.