Tom Mattusch

Huli Cat ran down below Pigeon for rockcod today. Big swell on our stern for the trip down. At times, 18 knots, just with the push from the swell. Throttles were only set for 14 knots. Rockcod limits and a fair number of lings, boat average was about 1 ling around, some had limits, some had no lings. One angler had limits of gophers, I never had a single gopher. Pacific Hooker Capt. Mike Velasquez had a very hot rod early, with a mixed rockfish limit before 10AM. One angler limited on lings with only a diamond bar and got his rockfish limit as well. I never had a hit on my diamond bar (before losing it!) and switched over to shrimp flies and started catching fish after a fishless 3 hours of hard fishing. Some anglers used squid for bait, I did not. Water temperature was 51 degrees. The bite was not red hot, but a nice long day on the water and lots of fish to go home with.

Fish Species: Rockfish & lingcod
Bait Used: Squid strips
Tackle Used: Bars, rubber squid, shrimp flies, Berkeley
Method Used: Drifitng
Water Depth: 35 - 78 feet
Water Temperature: 51 F
Wind Direction: NW
Wind Speed: 6 - 8 knots

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Tom Mattusch

About The Author: Captain Tom Mattusch

Company: Huli Cat Sportfishing

Area Reporting: Central California, San Francisco Bay area

Bio: Tom Mattusch is currently the owner/operator of the Huli Cat, a 53 foot charter boat operating out of Pillar Point Harbor and has fished the West Coast since 1967. Tom holds positions on the Salmon Stamp Committee for California, the California Department of Fish and Game License Agent Advisory Committee and NOAA's California Sportfishing Action Team. He's an IGFA Certified Captain. In an effort to contribute to research, Tom works with NOAA's PFEL tagging chinook salmon. He also worked with NOAA's Santa Cruz field office gathering stomachs and beaks of Humboldt squid. He recently completed a study with the Point Reyes Bird Observatory collecting lingcod, salmon and halibut stomachs and is currently involved in a study with Scripps to gather albacore stomachs. Tom holds Board of Director positions with the Golden Gate Fishermens Association, Coastside Fishing Club and Fishery Enhancement and Research Foundation. He can be heard on four radio stations giving fish reports or discussing fishing politics. He has worked closely with the Recreational Fishing Alliance, PCFFA, the Half Moon Bay Fishermans Marketing Association, United Anglers of Southern California and United Anglers. Tom ran the first trip out of Half Moon Bay to take anglers to catch Humboldt squid and the first white shark viewing trip to the Farallon Islands. He is the first charter boat Captain out of Half Moon Bay to get certified to marry people and has married people on the Huli Cat. Tom ran the first albacore trip out of Half Moon Bay to demonstrate the albacore were again reachable by boat off the Central California coast in the mid 1990's. Tom held a seat on the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative as a Central Coast Regional Stakeholder group Member.

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