Northwind Charters Sportfishing offers charter fishing out of Eureka, California, led by Captain Matt Dallam, who brings more than 25 years of charter fishing experience in local waters. Trips run aboard the Fishy Business, a fast 35-foot RP lobster-style fishing boat with a 13.5-foot beam, huge deck space, a cuddy cabin, toilet, full electronics package, and creature comforts, docked at Woodley Island Marina.

Halibut Fishing (full day, 6:30am-2:30pm, $275/person) targets California and Pacific Halibut. Lost Coast/Cape Mendocino trips ($325/person) fish rockfish and lingcod a bit farther out. Albacore Tuna Fishing (dawn to dusk or later, generally starting late July, $400/person) chases albacore in deeper waters. Salmon Fishing ($275/person) runs seasonally based on quota (2026 season opens June 13-July 19, reopening in August, with a 3,900-fish quota). Sport Crab Fishing for dungeness crab ($100) runs weather and quota permitting. Private/Group Trips let guests book the whole boat for a day with friends, family, or coworkers. Every trip includes all bait and tackle.

Captain Matt holds a 100 GT Masters license and a B.S. in Natural Resource Sciences from Cal Poly Humboldt, and works closely with the CCFRP (California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program) tagging research out of Cal Poly’s marine biology department. The business maintains an active Instagram with frequent, detailed fishing reports.

Guest testimonials are consistently glowing, with reviewers describing a genuinely comfortable, welcoming experience even for first-timers, professional handling and care of the catch, and repeat visits from anglers with decades of fishing experience across California and Alaska.

For anglers near Eureka, California looking for a deeply experienced, more than 25-year established halibut, rockfish, salmon, tuna, or crab fishing charter, Northwind Charters Sportfishing offers a well-equipped, highly reviewed operation with Captain Matt Dallam aboard the Fishy Business.