San Diego boats split time between bluefin tuna and yellowtail action
Legend’s 76 bluefin on a 2.5-day run signaled real offshore opportunity, but Coronado yellowtail and mixed-bag trips kept San Diego boats busy.
The biggest signal in H&M Landing’s June 14 update was Legend’s 76 bluefin tuna on a 2.5-day trip. That kind of score says the offshore run still has real payoff for San Diego anglers willing to run hard and stay out longer, but it also shows why crews are hedging their bets instead of committing to bluefin only.
Old Glory backed that up with a mixed offshore haul that fit the current pattern: 16 bluefin tuna, 290 rockfish and 3 opah on a 1.5-day run. The rockfish count matters because it shows boats were not just scratching for tuna and heading home empty. Offshore trips were finding enough bottom action to keep decks busy while crews worked the blue water.
Yellowtail, though, remained the steadier option. Excalibur came back from a 3-day trip with 70 yellowtail, while Horizon’s 2-day run delivered 85 yellowtail, 52 calico bass, 27 barracuda and a sheephead. That is the kind of mixed bag that keeps a trip attractive even when tuna are the headline species. Anglers who wanted variety had it, and the counts showed it.
Tradition’s Coronado Islands trip looked especially useful for boats leaning nearshore instead of chasing bluefin offshore. That run produced 62 yellowtail, 65 barracuda, 27 calico bass, plus sand bass and whitefish in the mix. H&M Landing’s note that yellowtail fishing had been very good over the weekend matched the dock numbers and made the point plainly: bluefin were available, but they were not the only money fish in the game.
The wider dock totals showed the same thing across the fleet. San Diego boats were spreading time between offshore tuna and productive island yellowtail, and the results were broad enough to keep different trip lengths competitive. For the near term, the smarter play depends on what matters more, the higher-end bluefin shot on a longer run or the more reliable Coronado yellowtail with a better chance at a mixed bag.
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