Hurricane Effect on Charter fishing out of SD?

[chalon9]

Hey all,
I was planning to o my first ever overnight charter boat out of Point Loma this upcoming Tuesday evening to Wednesday night, but now I see that the hurricane off he coast may be making landfall over the weekend. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience on how this will affect the prospective trip for me?

It is my first time doing anything more than a 1/2 day, so I am willing to wait if this may make the conditions unfavorable for fishing.

Related, but does anyone have any thoughts for how long this fishing boom from El Nino may last? I really want to catch my first yellowtail, tuna, etc before it ends! Thanks!

[foulhook]

I have been going on 1.5 to 2 day trips every 2 weeks for the last 2 months. The hurricane if any effect will hurt where you fish or cancel trip. But an overnight trip should not be bad. It usually only hurts boats going way out west, you should be fine. The boats will know where to go based on the weather that day. What boat are you going on?

[foulhook]

Everyday on YouTube Friedman Adventures gives an update on weather and what each boat will be targeting. Also the landings will have tons of information too

[chalon9]

@foulhook Sorry for the late response! I have not yet bought it, but my plan was for the Old Glory out of H&M, I have been following the fish reports and they seem to have been having the most luck. I was hoping to go the night of Tuesday the 13th and return Wednesday night. I seem to be reading mixed opinions on this, with some saying it will be clear by then, some saying the fish will not be biting due to the storm but overall conditions will be okay, and some saying that the wave swells could be up to like 7 feet (which is a bit much for my taste).

For what its worth, i emailed both H&M and Point Loma Sportfishing, they both told me that charters have been cancelled for Sunday, but that they are keeping an eye on conditons for later in the week

[foulhook]

Old Glory is a good boat, Kley is a good captain

[chalon9]

@foulhook Yeah, my bit of research led me to choose that one! I called H&M earlier today and they told me the storm has cleared up off of the coast and conditions are back to normal. Do you believe this is actually the case so soon? I want to give the benefit of the doubt, but the guy on the phone could just be saying that to sell tickets, so I want a second opinion

[foulhook]

@chalon9 I am not a weather expert so I don't know. All the landings have boats going out though. All the offshore trips I have done, even though the weather was calm and nice. The waves were rough because of El Nino. It makes fishing great but the bait and ocean suck. It looks like the Old Glory will be cancelled not enough people or it will be a really light load which is nice.