SoCal Friday docks: Seaforth 468 yellowfin, H&M adds 7 bluefin

Friday’s Southern California dock sheet is a tuna day in San Diego and a groundfish day farther up the coast. SoCal Fish Reports’ Oct. 16, 2026, totals show Seaforth Sportfishing with six boats, six trips, and 163 anglers: 468 yellowfin tuna, 101 dorado, 60 skipjack, 36 calico bass, 10 wahoo, 6 yellowtail, 3 sand bass, 2 bonito, 2 whitefish, 2 striped marlin, 1 sculpin, and 1 sheephead, plus 100 calico bass released.

H&M Landing ran six boats and six trips with 115 anglers: 228 yellowfin, 84 bullet tuna, 75 dorado, 63 spiny lobster, 34 skipjack, 24 yellowtail, 12 wahoo, and 7 bluefin, with 21 spiny lobster released. Those are the Friday landing totals, separate from Thursday’s dorado-heavy H&M count already on the desk.

North of the tuna fleet, Morro Bay Landing had one boat and one trip with 23 anglers: 110 rockfish, 60 bocaccio, 46 red rockfish, 17 lingcod, 14 copper rockfish, and 2 mako shark. 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro had one boat, 14 anglers, and a bass mix of 22 calico, 14 sand bass, 10 whitefish, 8 sheephead, and 4 bonito. Oceanside Sea Center had one boat and 17 anglers: 5 sand bass and 3 calico kept, with 30 sand bass and 20 calico released.

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

Source: SoCal Fish Reports — dock totals (Oct. 16, 2026).