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Summer 2018

Sept. 9, 2018

1st place
Paul Mayerdick with a 209 pound Bluefin tuna
2 nd place
Allan Babashoff with a 202 pound Bluefin tuna
3rd place
Gary Shartsis with a 108 pound Bluefin tuna

Sept. 8, 2018

Spent the day on yellows and mid grade bluefin

Sept. 7, 2018

Windy offshore today
Are things tough but pick doff some small tuna and finished
the day with a kelp for some nice dorado

Sept. 6, 2018

We had a nice day today with good weather and good action
on dorado and school size tuna

The guys had a great time with stopping and going all day long
We are going to try it again tomorrow

Sept. 3, 2018

Bill with a 305!

Sept. 1, 2018

Charkbait 5 Day

 


Aug. 29, 2018

More Bluefin today

 

Aug. 28, 2018

Night time Bluefin

Bending on dorado

Aug. 27, 2018

Trip#14 Robert Michener Charter sailed today on a 3 day trip. Go get them guys!!

 


Aug. 26, 2018

Finishing on school size tuna, some nice flat and yellows.

 

Aug. 25, 2018

254lbs Bluefin Tuna 203lbs Caught
by Curtis Vandeburge
Jake Vermeer with
212lbs bluefin tuna
Steven Wesselink with a
201lbs Bluefin Tuna!
207lbs Bluefin tuna
caught by “dude”

 


Aug. 22, 2018

The mackerel we made
paid off for these yellows
Dennis with a real beauty Nice mornings morning
on these quality yellows
 Ralph with a nice fish Heading up the line now
with really nice weather

Aug. 21. 2018

Another nice day on these quality tuna
Anchored up and catching fish from sunrise to sunset

Aug. 20, 2018

Giving it another go tomorrow
Hope we have good conditions!
This size fish were on the popper. Larry picked off a few nice yellows
and tuna today
Dennis with a nice yellow The tuna were an average 25 to 40 pound fish Nice afternoon on these quality
tuna and yellowtail

Aug. 19, 2018

We left yesterday and headed South o the Larry Brown 6 day trip We will be fishing tomorrow after breakfast and hoping for a good start;. We had a nice raffle today and Larry and his sponsors made 2700 $ for charity. Nice job guy


Aug. 18, 2018

The action started early and was a great way to finish a nice trip
Thanks again Izorline and the Barnett family for putting together a nice trip

 

 

Guy with a nice fish Jason with contender for the Jack Po
Nice weather and long drifts for these nice fish Chuck with a nice one on the rail

 

Aug. 17, 2018

We had a nice day fishing these quality tuna yesterday
Picked from early morning until late afternoon

Aug. 16, 2018

Nick Cates with a nice yellow the other day  

Aug. 15, 2018

Rudy picked off this nice tuna
Tough fishing so we spent the last couple days in on the beach with nice yellowtail fishing in good weather

 

Aug. 12, 2018

Tough afternoon with a few chances and a few successful outcomes
We will see how it goes with a full day tomorrow
Nice fish for Rudy
Wingman free this trip!

 

Aug. 11, 2018

1st place goes to Kenny Philips
 with a 110 pound yellowfin tuna
James Miller with 2nd place
with a 75 pound tuna
David Wood earns 3rd place
with a 65 pound tuna

 

Aug. 10, 2018

The offshore fishing has been good. Action on smaller grade tuna and dorado.
The boat will be n tomorrow and out for another 7 days

Aug. 9, 2018

With the weather coming up the guys are going to take
there trophies and head off shore for some action on offshore fish

With prospects looking good

Aug. 8, 2018

So far things are looking nice with this really nice grade of fish

Aug. 7, 2018

The guys picked off a few nice fish today and now waiting for an evening shot like yesterday

Aug. 6, 2018

Red Rooster is back at it again with a couple of nice tuna and a hit on quality yellows this afternoon. Good conditions and off to a nice start

 


Aug. 4, 2018

Brian Hayes wins the first place jack pot on the
Seagar/Hyabusa sponsored 5 day trip with a 97.5 pound yellowfin tuna
Andy Perez comes in 2nd with an 82 pound yellowfin tuna Henry Seiler and Greg Martin tied for third with 78 pounders

 

Aug. 3, 2018

Lisa picked off a nice tuna Soda Pop with the last one caught.
Headed to fish kelp paddies tomorrow
and hoping to find a nice finisher

 

Aug. 2, 2018

We had a decent pick in the afternoon with some nice jack pot fish in the mix

Aug. 1, 2018

Fun first day on the little tuna. We started the trip offshore and had action on school size tuna until about noon

 

 


July 30, 2018

1st place Kyle Yoshimoto
with a 111.0 pound yellowfin tuna
Joshua Brown 2nd place
 with an 81.0 pound Yellowfin
Matt Schwarts
3rd place with a 71 pound yellowfin tuna

We had a nice finisher on school grade tuna to end the trip

July 29, 2018

Another nice day with our jack pot contender a 111 pound tuna. We picked most of the day and took off in the evening for the offshore grounds

 

July 28,2018

We had a real nice day today from breakfast until dinner. Nice fishing on quality tuna

 

July 27, 2018

Headed south to try for yellowfin tomorrow.  Nice to have a good start up day

 


 

July 25, 2018

Finished up at lunch time with very good action on yellowtail. All kelp paddy fish . Really a nice way to finish a nice trip. Thanks Blue Fin Jimmy and the folks for this 6 day trip.

Heading up the line after a picky morning and finished with a few chances and this 162 pounder for the Jack Pot

July 23, 2018

Slower day today but still managed to put on some nice grade tuna. Conditions were a little off today so hopefully tomorrow

July 21, 2018

We had a nice day today on these Quality tuna. Nice fishing from lunch time on. We will try it again tomorrow

July 20, 2018

The WiFi has been down but back on line now.  With our string of 4 day trips finished .We are now starting up the 6 and 5 day trips. This will let us stretch our wings a bit and make for other destinations. We will be back on line and fishing tomorrow and keep you updated on the 5 and 6 day success we are hoping to have!


July 11, 2018

1st place Jack Pot goes to Alex Schwartz with a 35.5 pound yellowtai Tim Harlan wins second place with a 33.5 pound yellowtail Mike McElroy wins third place with a 33.0 pound Yellowtail

July 10, 2018

July 9, 2018

July 8, 2018

LENGTH OF TRIP:​ 8 DAYS

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: JORGE NICIFORE MEMORIAL "BEEFER XVIII"

1st PLACE JACKPOT 32.5LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DAVE ​ SNYDER ​

2nd PLACE JACKPOT 32.0LB YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY CLIFF CLARK ​

3rd PLACE JACKPOT 30.5LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY MARK ​ ESCALLE ​

​30.5LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY RICARDO ​ROSANO​​

4th PLACE JACKPOT​29.5 YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BEN IVY

July 6, 2018

Spent the day running up and stopping on various kelp paddies. Mark picked off this s nice 30 pound kelp paddy yellow. We had a sign of small tuna but nothing to really spend much time on.

 

July 5, 2018

We had a nice morning on these quality Yellows. Headed up the line this afternoon and going to spend the last couple days offshore

July 3, 2018

Started the morning off with a shot on nice grade yellows

Spent the rest of the day offshore picking off dorado on kelp paddies. Flat calm weather today made for easy spotting of some big kelps

 

July 2, 2018

Really nice grade of yellow. Everyone over 20 pounds up to 32 pounds. And great surface action snaking across the stern.

Headed south tonight to get into position for tomorrow

July 1, 2019

We left yesterday on another 8 day trip. This time with the Jorge Nicofore memorial group. Great to see all the same guys out with us. Nice load of bait and headed south


June 30, 2018

CAPTAIN: Andy Cates
DATE OF TRIP: 6/22/18-6/30/18
LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFFSHORE & RIDGE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: MAHONEY & MCVEY "TUNA & TAILS"

FISH COUNT: LIMITS YELLOWTAIL
13 BLUEFIN TUNA
43 YELLOWFIN TUNA
2 SHEEPHEAD

1st PLACE JACKPOT 37.4LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY CHRIS EVANS

2nd PLACE JACKPOT 37.3LB YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY FRANKLIN RILEY

3rd PLACE JACKPOT 37.1LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY STEPHEN PAULIC

NOTES:
TROLLING JACKPOT 34.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PATRICK PARDEN

 

June 29, 2018

We put together a few drifts on these nice grade Bluefin to settle our Jack Pots
We had a couple chances at bigger fish but light line is the call for these tough to hook fish.

June 28, 2018

We had a stop and go day with these school size yellowfin 15 to 25 Pound fish.  We stayed busy most of the day running and gunning on various spots.  Headed up tonight to try for Jack Pots tomorrow.  Hoping to get a few Blues

June 26. 2018

Today was really some nice fishing on these quality yellow!

June 24, 2018

We had a real nice afternoon on quality Yellowtail. Conditions have really made a change for the better with warmer cleaner water. Hopefully some tuna move in with these conditions

 

Really nice weather here this morning. Yellows are on the menu today and we will be fishing after breakfast
We have had a nice ride down on this 8 day trip. Everyone seems real anxious to get the fishing started

 


 

June 19, 2018

Another picture from yesterday. The Cook boys. Raffle this morning. Roll out of bed. Win an accurate valiant.

June 18, 2018

Left the ridge this afternoon and are making are way north. We will be offshore the next few days to add some variety to our catch.

June 17, 2018

Happy Father's Day.  Yellows are biting!

June 15, 2018

Tough day offshore here. We'll be traveling down tomorrow keeping our eyes open. Be starting on the ridge Sunday morning

June 14, 2018

Good afternoon, we have departed on our 8 day Seeker Rods Charter with a fantastic load of bait. Great raffle prizes given away including Seeker rods, Bomber sunglasses, and Accurate fishing reels.