Tom Mattusch

I had booked the trip as going to the Farallon Islands. Point & Click weather forecast insinuated only a fool would try. After the sun came up, I'm not sure that was correct, but the alternate trip to Pescadero was great, anyway. Nice lings to 15 pounds, cabezon to 9 pounds, vermillion to 8 pounds. Started shallow, then moved out to 70 - 80 feet of water. The fish bit shallow, the fish bit deep. A little further south, I got a call about a boat losing a 25 pound hailbut at the rail followed immediately by a 21 1/2 incher that needs a couple more weeks before it rides home in the fish box.

Rachel caught 24 rockfish for the day, Amy caught 29. Rachel won the pool with her 15.5 pound lingcod.

Fish Species: Rockfish & Lingcod
Bait Used: Squid
Tackle Used: Shrimp flies, lead heads, bars
Method Used: Drifting
Water Depth: 46 - 85 Ft
Water Temperature: 58
Wind Direction: NW
Wind Speed: < 6 kts
The two top anglers of the day
The two top anglers of the day

Mary's Vermillion went over 8 pounds
Mary's Vermillion went over 8 pounds


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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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