https://www.reeltemps.com/blogOffshore fishing guides and notes from ReelTemps.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/reeltemps-expands-into-central-americahttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/reeltemps-expands-into-central-america2026-10-19ReelTemps now covers four Pacific-coast Central America regions, from Guatemala's famous sailfish grounds to Panama's Hannibal Bank, on satellite SST and chlorophyll.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/reeltemps-expands-into-the-caribbeanhttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/reeltemps-expands-into-the-caribbean2026-10-19ReelTemps now covers six new Caribbean regions, from the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos to Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles, built on satellite SST and chlorophyll.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/reeltemps-expands-into-mexicohttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/reeltemps-expands-into-mexico2026-10-18ReelTemps now covers 11 new regions across Baja's Pacific coast, the Sea of Cortez and the mainland Pacific, built on satellite SST and chlorophyll.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/albacore-water-temperaturehttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/albacore-water-temperature2026-10-17The water temperatures albacore tend to favor, why the edge matters more than the number, and how to find albacore water on an SST and chlorophyll chart.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/farallon-islands-fishing-guidehttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/farallon-islands-fishing-guide2026-10-17A practical guide to fishing the Farallon Islands off San Francisco, what's out there by season, how to read the water around the islands, and the rules to check before you go.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/free-sst-chartshttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/free-sst-charts2026-10-17The free sea surface temperature sources the paid services are built on, from NOAA CoastWatch to NASA Worldview, how to use them, and when a paid chart is worth it.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/water-report-northern-california-2026-10-17https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/water-report-northern-california-2026-10-172026-10-17Where the warm water and temperature breaks were setting up off Northern California this week, from satellite SST and NOAA buoys. General conditions, not a forecast.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/water-report-sf-bay-2026-10-17https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/water-report-sf-bay-2026-10-172026-10-17Where the warm water and temperature breaks were setting up off Bay Area & Monterey this week, from satellite SST and NOAA buoys. General conditions, not a forecast.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/water-report-southern-california-2026-10-17https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/water-report-southern-california-2026-10-172026-10-17Where the warm water and temperature breaks were setting up off Southern California this week, from satellite SST and NOAA buoys. General conditions, not a forecast.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/when-do-bluefin-show-up-in-norcalhttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/when-do-bluefin-show-up-in-norcal2026-10-17When Pacific bluefin tend to show off San Francisco, Half Moon Bay and Monterey, the water they come in on, and how to watch for it on an SST chart.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/how-to-read-a-temperature-breakhttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/how-to-read-a-temperature-break2026-10-12A temperature break is the single most useful edge offshore. Here is how to find it on a chart, read which way it is moving, and fish it instead of hunting for it.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/getting-started-reeltemps-tourhttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/getting-started-reeltemps-tour2026-10-11A plain tour of every ReelTemps tool, SST, chlorophyll, true color, composite, cloud-free, compare, depth, buoys, routes and your own units.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/ground-truth-sst-with-buoyshttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/ground-truth-sst-with-buoys2026-10-10Satellite SST reads the skin of the ocean. Buoys read the water itself. Here is how to use buoys to sanity check your charts before you run.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/west-coast-upwelling-explainedhttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/west-coast-upwelling-explained2026-10-10Why the West Coast turns cold and green in spring and summer, how upwelling feeds the food chain, and how to read it on temperature and chlorophyll charts.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/composite-vs-single-passhttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/composite-vs-single-pass2026-10-08A single satellite pass is full of cloud holes. A composite blends several passes into one clean chart. Here is the difference and when to trust each.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/why-your-region-is-cloudyhttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/why-your-region-is-cloudy2026-10-08Clouds block the satellite, so some days a region reads patchy or blank. Here is why that happens and the composite and cloud-free views that get you a usable picture.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/plan-an-offshore-runhttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/plan-an-offshore-run2026-10-06A simple, repeatable way to plan an offshore trip from your couch using temperature breaks, depth structure and the route tool, before you burn a drop of fuel.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/shelf-breaks-canyons-seamountshttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/shelf-breaks-canyons-seamounts2026-10-06Structure turns a good temperature break into a great one. Here is how shelf breaks, canyons and seamounts feed the food chain from below, and how to read them.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/chlorophyll-charts-explainedhttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/chlorophyll-charts-explained2026-10-04Chlorophyll charts show where the ocean turns from green to clean blue. Here is how to read that seam and fish it alongside your temperature break.https://www.reeltemps.com/blog/ideal-water-temperatures-pelagicshttps://www.reeltemps.com/blog/ideal-water-temperatures-pelagics2026-10-04Typical temperature ranges that tuna, mahi, wahoo and marlin tend to favor, framed as general guidance. Conditions, seasons and regulations vary.