July is finally here and with it high hopes of true summer conditions and biting Yellowtail. On this, the first day of July we had warmer than normal temperatures but the sun was reluctant to come out. Patchy cloud cover only held the heat in and made for very muggy conditions. The water temperatures are also on the rise because one of our captains reported 70 degree surface temps at one of the islands. As for fishing today, it was reported to be highly productive. Most of our trips were private charters in search of some fish to take home and eat, thus we took them bottom fishing for nice Reds and other species like Whitefish and Lingcod. Some of our anglers were hoping for a big Yellowtail or White Seabass bite but we saw few bites this morning. Conditions are changing for the better though, so stay tuned and be ready for it to “go off” again. The summer is young and with every passing day we are seeing more and more fish show up at out islands. Today’s Fish Count: 10 Boats and 236 Anglers 1,337 Rockfish, 64 Lingcod, 823 Ocean Whitefish, 11 Sheephead, 7 Sculpin, 32 Perch, 5 Sand Bass, 40 Calico Bass, 10 Barracuda, 6 Sole, 1 Halibut, and 2 Yellowtail. For a detailed boat by boat count, Click Here--> http://www.channelislandssportfishing.com For Sunday we are almost sold out, but there is a hand full of spots open on our ¾ day trip aboard the Gentleman leaving at 6AM and returning at about 4PM. If you can get away, give us a call or you can always book tickets online by visiting our website. BOOK ONLINE at https://ciscos.fishingreservations.net/sales/ RESERVATIONS & GENERAL QUESTIONS (805) 382-1612 #FishCiscos