Pete from Wilderness Outfitters gave me the low down on the halibut bite just tonight so here it is.
There are a lot of good fish right now down around the Santa Maria River / Oso Flaco area. This is 17 miles down from Avila so it's a ride in a private boat and I don't know if the Port San Luis party boats are going down there or what. The bite is supposedly pretty good all over right now but if I was going I would go out of Port San Luis not Morro Bay.