Walter Corbler and freinds of Costa Mesa Ca.  fished aboard K&Ms 25 Parker with Capt. Kelly on friday.  We had flat glassy seas so we decided to check out the high-spots before heading to isla San Martin to make bait.  As we came near the reef we could see clouds of birds working and we knew there were fish here. We saw big schools of yellowtail on the surface as we slid to a stop. We all had iron/jigs and it was Walter who hooked up first, then myself.  After chasing yellows we headed to San Martin to find some bait for halibut and lingcod, once armed with live bait we headed to Bens rock for Lings anf rockfish.
The weather changed the next day and after rounding the point we got blasted by 25 knot gusts, some rain and a growing south swell....we headed for the barn.

April has been great this year with some really fun shallow water coastal fishing just outside the bay.  Theres been halibut,lots of red rockcod and lingcod as well as calico bass out at the island.
Good freind and fellow fishermen Noel Huelsenbeck was down twice this month and we fished calicos out at San Martin on the south side and had a great surface bite up tight in the kelp, fish were 5-8 lbs and taking the 6 inch weedless baits with fury!.......very fun.
On Noels last trip (Easter week) we camped out at the "Punta" surfed and fished each day. We had a small skiff and caught our food each day.
We had Oysters from the bay,crabclaws from local fisherman and fish just caught right in fron of our campsite.  Capt George (K&M skipper) ran the skiff and foud some great bass and rockfish.   On Easter Sunday we fished on the Parker and ran out to the Island where we fished just outside the edge of the kelp and had huge whitefish, sheephead,calico bass. and various other rockfish.   Weather has been really good for April this year so far with much less wind and warmer water temps.   Yellowtail are year round in San Quintin and this time of year although the bite slowed since march.    Water temps have been in the low 60s around the highspots like Bens Rock-the 340-6 Fathom and Isla san Martin and cooler 57-58 water hanging close to the bay.   This is a great time of the year for family fishing as the bigger bottomfish are in close and you dont need to fish 200ft deep, plus you can use lighter tackle.        We have 1/2 day  Full day  and Offshore trips to meet everyones budget