I originally booked Capt. Shannon for an inshore trip with the hope of catching yellowtail and whatever else was biting. He recommended upgrading to the Catalina trip instead because the inshore bite hadn’t been very strong.

The trip was great. It started off slow, we got to a spot that Capt. Shannon likes to fish as early as we could and caught a few small calico bass. We had trouble with the sea lions stealing our bait. After not having much luck Capt. Shannon kept us on the move and away from the sea lions for the rest of the day.

We caught one little yellowtail on our trip. Not in the size range we were hoping for, but that’s fishing. The bonito were biting pretty consistently and they were very fun to catch, and also very good to eat.

I would recommend Capt. Shannon to anyone interested in booking a fishing trip to Catalina. We had some novice anglers that had never caught a fish before our trip, he was extremely patient and helpful with everyone on board and everyone caught fish.