Legend logs 150 bluefin on 3-day San Diego trip
The Legend put 150 bluefin on deck with 25 anglers, and the bite was strong enough to roll straight into a Wednesday 1.5-day.
The Legend turned a 3-day San Diego run into 150 bluefin tuna for 25 anglers, a count that says the bite was holding across more than one stop and more than one session. For anglers watching the next 72 hours, that matters: this was not just a quick score on a passing pod, but a trip that kept rods bent long enough to build a real total.
The clearest signal came from day 2, when H&M Landing said the boat had already checked in with 98 bluefin tuna and was still fishing. That same update said many of the fish were over 100 pounds, which puts this trip in the rare lane where volume and size class overlap. A mixed bag of that kind is exactly what keeps San Diego offshore reports on the radar, because it means the school was not only reachable, it was producing fish worth hanging on for.
The next move on the schedule was just as telling. The Legend was set to leave again on Wednesday, May 27, at 6:00 p.m. for a 1.5-day trip, a fast turnaround that usually follows confidence in the zone rather than a one-off lucky hit. When a boat rolls directly from a productive multi-day into another offshore departure, anglers read that as a sign the fish are still around and still worth chasing.
That local momentum fits the bigger Pacific bluefin picture. NOAA Fisheries says the U.S. Pacific bluefin tuna commercial catch limit for 2025-2026 is 1,872.85 metric tons, nearly 80 percent higher than the previous biennial limit, after a stock assessment found the Pacific bluefin population had rebuilt a decade ahead of schedule. In California, the Department of Fish and Wildlife keeps Pacific bluefin fishery and recreational catch tracking pages active, underscoring how central the species has become on both sides of the fleet.
For San Diego anglers deciding whether to book now or wait, the Legend’s 150-fish haul is the kind of report that pushes hard toward now. The count was big, the fish were substantial, and the boat was already lined up to fish again. That is what a live bluefin zone looks like when it is still holding.
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