Deep Water Rock Fish Outing - San Diego Fishing Charter Report

Dan McGonagle • October 18, 2025

On today’s half day fishing charter, we went 12 miles out to the nine mile bank to fish deep water rock fish. It is closed shoreward of 300 ft currently and the only way to load up on taco meat is to get in the deeper water...

We were bottom fishing using swim baits and live sardines and ended up doing some trolling and casting as well. 


Fishing the deep water rock fish this time of year is very effective and a great way to load up on delicious rock cod at our secret spots. 


When we got to the fishing zone, we did our fishing seminar and dropped our lines down to the bottom. As soon as we made it to the bottom and I had a minute to take a look around, I noticed large bird schools all outside of us about a mile.  With that being said we reeled in and went to investigate.


Once we made it into the bird school area, we noticed bluefin jumping around everywhere on the surface and we’re seeing them all over the sonar.  Once we started casting into them, we hooked one and realized they were large. We then decided to put the heavy gear out with the trolling lures, and we managed to land three bluefin tuna and lost another two within about an hour. We were loaded up with three bluefin up to 100 pounds within two hours of starting our trip. We rounded the trip off with some rockfish and headed to the dock to meet the fish processor. What an epic half day. You never know what you’re going to catch out there!


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