About Us
Ownership & Operations
Fish Processing Hours
Holiday Hours
We are closed for winter holidays (December 23 – 29th & New Year’s Day)
Open 8am-2pm
Special arrangements & appointments call or text.
Fisherman’s Processing was established in 2009 to meet the growing needs of the San Diego sportfishing fleet and complement the RSW (Refrigerated Salt Water) methods utilized to maintain the prized catch. Our ownership team features iconic names in long range sport fishing and fish processing. Tim Ekstrom, Randy Toussaint, Brian Sims, Roy Rose, and Raymond Falante combine their knowledge and customer centric focus to ensure that Fisherman’s Processing clients conclude their voyage with a premier processing experience.
Directing operations at the facility are Merrilee Ekstrom and Raymond Falante. Dedicated to best serving our customers Merrilee, Ray, and our team of enthusiastic professionals are focused on efficiently providing a full suite of custom processing options for your catch. Long-range anglers, private boaters, tourists visiting San Diego, every angler taking short trips, fishing the rocks & docks are valued along with their catch. We create a personal connection with every customer wanting their catch professionally filleted.
Our shop is located at 4004 Taylor Street. Conveniently, adjacent to the Old Town San Diego entrance, close to San Diego International Airport and freeway access. We are open every day from 8am – 2pm. The shop offers a variety of items including FP gourmet poke mix and poke sauce, spices, rubs, brine, beer batter, panko breadcrumbs, smoked & flavored finishing salts, Palo Alto Fire Fighters pepper sauce, Anza fillet knives, Grunden’s gear, and Fisherman’s Processing logo wear. Appointments are available outside these hours of operation. Contact us at (619) 255-3128 & (619) 642-7145 or email info@fishermansprocessing.com
Reservations
Reservations with Fisherman’s Processing
Make a reservation today! We will schedule to meet every reservation at Dana Landing, Fisherman’s Landing, H & M Landing, Point Loma Sportfishing, Seaforth Landing, and our shop. Our goal is to process your fish in the timely manner you expect. Customers may request same-day service including table-ready fillets, trade for cans, jerky, or smoked fillets; next-day fresh or frozen table-ready fillets; and/or later pick-up frozen table-ready product.
Our online reservation system captures every reservation in the order received and prioritizes the sequence of service based on this timing as well as customer request. We require a $100 deposit for all reservations. This deposit is applied to fees incurred upon the completion of the customer’s order. Deposits are fully refundable if you do not catch fish and if cancelled prior to the trip departure. The deposit is forfeited if you choose to utilize another processor. If you choose to pay with a credit card there is a 3% (non-refundable fee) added to your transaction.
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- Same-day service; Next-day service; Later pick-up (processing fees due upon completion of order)
- Free ice and/or gel packs for all processed fish
- Custom Fillet Cuts vacuum sealed in 5mil bag.
- Loins
- Sushi Center Cut
- 2 lb. fillets (serve 4 people)
- 1 lb. fillets (serve 2 people)
- Saku blocks
- Bone in Steaks
- Sport Cut Slabs (Bone in halves)
- Heads and/or tails
- Blood Line for pets, garden, or bait
- Customer requests
- Custom Packaging vacuum sealed in 5mil bag
- Fish 12 Pounds & larger - $2.01 per pound
- Fish Under 12 Pounds - $2.89 per pound
- Fillets - $3.61 per pound
- .5lb bags (additional $.26 per pound)
- Gill, gut and/or head - $1.60 per pound
- Collars - $5.15 each
- Gourmet Custom Canning available for trade in with Bluefin and Yellowfin weighing 15 pounds or more - $5.67 per pound
- Bluefin and Yellowfin available in 3 flavors: Natural, Olive Oil & Jalapeño.
- FP Gourmet Smoking Mesquite smoke after 6-hour soak in proprietary FP Gourmet Brine - $3.61 per pound
- Available for same-day trade in on Ono/Wahoo, Yellowtail, Bluefin, and Yellowfin weighing 15 pounds or more
- Your personal catch will have a 7–10-day turnaround timing
- Custom smoking available on request (Salmon, Trout, Meats & Cheese) – 7–10-day turnaround timing
- FP Gourmet Jerky Mesquite smoke after thinly sliced fillets soaks in proprietary FP Gourmet Brine - $4.64 per pound
- Four (4) flavors, our Best-Selling Teriyaki and Spicy, plus *New Improved Recipe* Pepper, and *New Flavor* Mango Habanero
- Available for same-day trade in for Bluefin and Yellowfin tuna weighing 15 pounds or more
- Your personal catch will have a 7–10-day turnaround timing
- Custom Jerky available on request (Salmon & Meats) – 7–10-day turnaround timing
- Cold Storage
- Cold Storage (2 weeks free of charge)
- Cold Storage (Day 15–30) - $6.18 per day per bread rack
- Cold Storage beyond 30 days must be arranged.
- Day 31 failure to make prior arrangements results in order being forfeited and the fish becomes property of Fisherman’s Processing.
- Boxes
- $10.30 - 28x16x7 - Box lined with bag & ice
- $51.50 - 15x14x11 - Tiny
- $56.65 - 19x13x14 - Small
- $66.95 - 21x17x14 - Medium (up to 50 lbs.)
- $82.40 - 25x17x16 - Large (50 lbs. to 70 lbs.)
- Shipping & Handling - Price varies with each shipment. Will quote for every customer.
- Southwest Cargo & Alaska Cargo - ship to your local airport.
- Federal Express to your door.
- $77.25 handling fees applied for every location (up to 2 boxes), additional $10.30 handling fees for each additional box.
- Same-day service; Next-day service; Later pick-up (processing fees due upon completion of order)
- Free ice and/or gel packs for all processed fish
- Custom Fillet Cuts vacuum sealed in 5mil bag.
- Loins
- Sushi Center Cut
- 2 lb. fillets (serve 4 people)
- 1 lb. fillets (serve 2 people)
- Saku blocks
- Bone in Steaks
- Sport Cut Slabs (Bone in halves)
- Heads and/or tails
- Blood Line for pets, garden, or bait
- Customer requests
- Custom Packaging vacuum sealed in 5mil bag
- Fish 12 Pounds & larger - $1.95 per pound
- Fish Under 12 Pounds - $2.80 per pound
- Fillets - $3.50 per pound
- .5lb bags (additional $.25 per pound)
- Gill, gut and/or head - $1.55 per pound
- Collars - $5.00 each
- Gourmet Custom Canning available for trade in with Bluefin and Yellowfin weighing 15 pounds or more - $5.50 per pound
- Bluefin and Yellowfin available in 3 flavors: Natural, Olive Oil & Jalapeño.
- FP Gourmet Smoking Mesquite smoke after 6-hour soak in proprietary FP Gourmet Brine - $3.50 per pound
- Available for same-day trade in on Ono/Wahoo, Yellowtail, Bluefin, and Yellowfin weighing 15 pounds or more
- Your personal catch will have a 7–10-day turnaround timing
- Custom smoking available on request (Salmon, Trout, Meats & Cheese) – 7–10-day turnaround timing
- FP Gourmet Jerky Mesquite smoke after thinly sliced fillets soaks in proprietary FP Gourmet Brine - $4.50 per pound
- Four (4) flavors, our Best-Selling Teriyaki and Spicy, plus *New Improved Recipe* Pepper, and *New Flavor* Mango Habanero
- Available for same-day trade in for Bluefin and Yellowfin tuna weighing 15 pounds or more
- Your personal catch will have a 7–10-day turnaround timing
- Custom Jerky available on request (Salmon & Meats) – 7–10-day turnaround timing
- Cold Storage
- Cold Storage (2 weeks free of charge)
- Cold Storage (Day 15–30) - $6.00 per day per bread rack
- Cold Storage beyond 30 days must be arranged.
- Day 31 failure to make prior arrangements results in order being forfeited and the fish becomes property of Fisherman’s Processing.
- Boxes
- $10.00 - 28x16x7 - Box lined with bag & ice
- $50.00 - 15x14x11 - Tiny
- $55.00 - 19x13x14 - Small
- $65.00 - 21x17x14 - Medium (up to 50 lbs.)
- $80.00 - 25x17x16 - Large (50 lbs. to 70 lbs.)
- Shipping & Handling - Price varies with each shipment. Will quote for every customer.
- Southwest Cargo & Alaska Cargo - ship to your local airport.
- Federal Express to your door.
- $75 handling fees applied for every location (up to 2 boxes), additional $10 handling fees for each additional box.