Monterey Fish Counts

Name: Fish City
Author: Fish City

Recent sportfishing catch counts from Monterey charter boats, by landing and boat. See the statewide fish counts, this city’s charter boats & landings, California fishing seasons, or the species guides.

Over the last 7 days (through October 6, 2026), Monterey charter boats reported 983 fish across 1 landing and 2 boats.

Monterey landings

1 reporting, most fish first

Chriss Fishing Trips fish counts983
2 boats · 5 trips
942 Rockfish 41 Lingcod

Species by Day

Monterey fish counts by species and day
Species	Sep 30	Oct 1	Oct 3	Oct 4	Total
Rockfish	80	170	460	232	942
Lingcod	5	11	6	19	41
Trips	1	1	2	1	5

Sep 30 – Oct 6: 983 fish across 5 reported trips. Same dates last year: 1,700 fish across 9 trips (-42%).

Monterey fish stats

Last 7 days · Sep 30 – Oct 6

Range total

983

Range

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Species

Landings

Trip types

Boats

Recent Trips 5 trips

Check Mate · Chriss Fishing Trips, Monterey

Oct 4, 2026 · Full Day · 25 anglers

251

10.0 per angler

232 Rockfish 19 Lingcod

Caroline · Chriss Fishing Trips, Monterey

Oct 3, 2026 · Full Day · 24 anglers

245

10.2 per angler

240 Rockfish 5 Lingcod

Check Mate · Chriss Fishing Trips, Monterey

Oct 3, 2026 · Full Day · 22 anglers

221

10.0 per angler

220 Rockfish 1 Lingcod

Check Mate · Chriss Fishing Trips, Monterey

Oct 1, 2026 · Full Day · 17 anglers

181

10.6 per angler

170 Rockfish 11 Lingcod

Caroline · Chriss Fishing Trips, Monterey

Sep 30, 2026 · Full Day · 8 anglers

10.6 per angler

80 Rockfish 5 Lingcod

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Monterey Fish Counts by Year

Fish City records for Monterey begin January 2023. Through October 5, 2026 they show 192,484 fish across 1,034 reported trips.

Year

Fish

Trips

Top species

2026(through Oct 5)

15,338

11,871 Rockfish 2,010 Sanddab800 King Mackerel

Monthly totals, 2026

Month	Fish	Trips
January	2,849	5
February	110	1
August	4,258	26
September	6,365	43
October	1,756	11

2025

53,100

292

46,283 Rockfish 4,350 Sanddab 2,001 Lingcod

Monthly totals, 2025

Month	Fish	Trips
January	1,751	5
February	1,373	5
March	1,332	3
April	5,715	35
May	4,736	30
June	4,947	32
July	6,171	31
August	5,751	31
September	4,425	25
October	7,625	41
November	4,892	28
December	4,382	26

2024

54,259

307

50,726 Rockfish 1,850 Sanddab 1,080 Lingcod

Monthly totals, 2024

Month	Fish	Trips
January	1,520	5
February	620	2
April	4,167	21
May	6,222	38
June	6,631	40
July	6,705	38
August	6,442	36
September	5,015	32
October	9,647	47
November	4,083	26
December	3,207	22

2023

69,787

349

52,435 Rockfish 9,570 Sanddab 2,345 Pacific Mackerel

Monthly totals, 2023

Month	Fish	Trips
January	1,326	5
February	3,555	12
March	3,897	9
April	3,234	11
May	8,770	45
June	9,694	47
July	9,046	48
August	7,043	39
September	6,512	39
October	7,484	38
November	4,980	30
December	4,246	26

Trips are the fishing sessions reported to Fish City for this city.