Saturday outside San Diego: 18 white seabass at Channel Islands, a marlin at Davey’s Locker

Saturday’s counts away from the San Diego landings already on the desk were a mix of white seabass, inshore bass, and a tuna stop at Newport. SoCal Fish Reports’ Oct. 17, 2026, dock sheet puts Channel Islands Sportfishing in Oxnard at 2 boats and 64 anglers: 18 white seabass, 176 calico bass, 145 whitefish, 30 rockfish, 19 sheephead, 7 bonito, 4 sand bass, 3 halibut, 3 sculpin, and 3 yellowtail.

Hooks Landing, also in Oxnard, stayed on the bottom with 2 boats and 37 anglers: 302 whitefish, 297 rockfish, 45 calico bass, 16 lingcod, 11 sheephead, 2 sand bass, and 1 sargo. Newport Landing’s single boat, 42 anglers, kept 64 yellowfin, 62 yellowtail, 8 dorado, 2 bullet tuna, and 1 skipjack.

Dana Wharf’s 4 boats and 146 anglers kept 68 yellowfin, 37 calico, 17 sand bass, and 5 dorado, and released 290 calico. Davey’s Locker, 3 boats and 131 anglers, kept 161 bullet tuna, 128 bonito, 61 yellowfin, and 1 striped marlin. Farther up the Central Coast, Patriot Sportfishing in Avila listed 403 rockcod, and Morro Bay Landing listed 438 rockfish and 45 lingcod. H&M, Seaforth, Point Loma, and Fisherman’s Landing are on separate Saturday notes.

This is a The Gillnet news desk summary, not a reprint.

Source: SoCal Fish Reports — dock totals, Oct. 17, 2026.