Tornado Fishing Charters runs a full seasonal lineup of Pacific Ocean fishing trips out of Westport, Washington, captained by Dwight and a well-reviewed deckhand crew. The boat, docked at Float 12, offers bottomfish, deepwater, salmon, halibut, combination, and multi-day albacore tuna trips throughout the year, giving anglers a range of options depending on the season.
Bottomfish season opens mid-March, targeting rockfish and lingcod with a limit of seven rockfish and two lingcod per angler, priced at $230 per person including bait, tax, gear, and a derby ticket. A limited deepwater special runs during the first two weeks of June, targeting larger lingcod and rockfish, including now-legal Canary Rockfish, in previously closed offshore waters, priced at $320 per person. Salmon season opens in mid-April, also priced at $230 per person, while combination trips pairing salmon and rockfish run $320 per person for a longer, more productive day on the water. Halibut trips run in May and June, fishing depths up to 700 feet roughly 35 miles offshore, priced at $400 per person, with lingcod and rockfish often rounding out the catch after the halibut limit is reached.
Albacore tuna trips run Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings from August through early October, boarding at 7pm and taking up to 10 anglers per trip aboard a boat equipped with an RSW refrigeration system to keep the catch fresh. For serious tuna anglers, an extended trip includes two nights aboard with 1.5 days of fishing, running $930 per person by credit card or $900 for cash or check, limited to one trip per person per year due to demand.
Reviews consistently praise Captain Dwight and the crew for hard work finding fish and putting groups on their limits, whether bottomfishing, halibut fishing, or chasing tuna offshore. Every trip includes bait, gear, tax, and a derby ticket in the listed price.
For anglers looking for a well-established, highly reviewed Westport charter covering the full range of Washington coast fisheries, from bottomfish to multi-day tuna trips, Tornado Fishing Charters offers a season-long lineup out of Float 12.
