Fishing Report : White Sea Bass School Turns Up on Catalina Backside
With bait tanks full of live squid, skipper Gary Norby on Wednesday took the L.A. Harbor Sportfishing’s Outer Limits to test the waters off the backside of Santa Catalina Island, fished primarily during summer months.
The results were surprising to his 12 passengers, who found themselves in the middle of a large school of white sea bass. Norby was unavailable for comment Thursday, but in a Wednesday night telephone interview said the fish were “in the 12- to 24-pound range with some upwards of 40 pounds.”
A spokesman at the landing said one angler caught one sea bass weighing 52 pounds.
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