Another good area to target halibut this time of year is just outside the submarine canyon, located off the Newport Pier, from 90 ft. Wintertime bass fishing has been fair as of late with some nice sand bass up to 5 lbs. The best reported area is from 1 to 3 miles off the coast starting at the Newport Pier working down toward the Dana Point Headlands. There was also a report recently about some good numbers of bluefin tuna and a few albacore between the West Butterfly out toward the Cortes Bank, and around Tanner Bank. read more

