Channel Islands Sportfishing offers California deep sea fishing charters and whale watching trips out of Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, California, a genuine landing hub providing fast access to the productive fishing grounds around the Northern Channel Islands — Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and San Nicolas Islands — as well as the coastal waters between Santa Barbara and the Ventura County line near Malibu.
The fleet consists of individually owned and operated sportboats, including the Aloha Spirit, Cobra, Gentleman, Graylight, Indicator, Island Fox, Island Tak, Mirage, Ranger 85, and Speed Twin — each with an experienced, independent captain. Target species include world-record class Halibut, White Seabass, Sheephead, Barracuda, Yellowtail, Rockfish, Lingcod, and Salmon, along with surface species like Calico Bass and Sand Bass; during El Niño warm-water conditions, Yellowfin Tuna, Wahoo, and Marlin have also been caught. The business is a Certified IGFA Weigh Station, with 4 recorded California Halibut records and 1 White Seabass record logged here.
Whale Watching Trips run each December through spring, timed to the annual Gray Whale migration to and from Mexico, passing directly through the Channel Islands area. Private fishing charters, harbor cruises, and dolphin adventures are also available.
The business maintains an actively updated fishing report blog with frequent season and species updates, and serves Oxnard, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Fillmore, Westlake, and Camarillo. Since each boat is individually owned and operated, Channel Islands Sportfishing itself does not hire, train, or employ boat crews directly.
For anglers and whale watchers near Oxnard/Ventura County, California looking for a well-established, genuinely record-holding deep sea fishing or whale watching charter, Channel Islands Sportfishing offers a comprehensive, multi-boat operation at Channel Islands Harbor.
