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November 2005

Nov.3rd, 2005
Good morning folks. We left on a 10 day trip yesterday. A nice load of bait and good weather to start with . Today we are going to spend the day rigging up . A seminar and then back to the line winding machine. Charkbait is the sponsor for the trip and it looks like there is a nice giveaway for the morning as well.  We are heading south with big fish on the menu. Hopefully the weather sustains and the big ones keep biting. We will report again tomorrow.

Nov. 4th, 2005
Good evening folks. A nice day of fishing on the upper end of the ridge. School size tuna biting well enough for everyone to have a good day. Decent size fish as we have seen on the ridge and a welcome for loosening up for the bigger fish down below. Good weather and good fishing so far, hopefully tomorrow we experience the same. We will report again.
Andy Cates

Nov. 5th, 2005
Good evening folks. What a day. 200 pound fish on a 10 day trip? Well not only but quite a few chances on cows over 200 pounds. The fleet enjoyed great fishing on quality size tuna yesterday.  Our best action was in the afternoon with for a short period of time was wide open on these monsters. For the entire group that had never seen fish this let alone catch it was amazing. 8 fish just at and over 200 pounds. Not bad for first timers. We will be in the area again tomorrow after we try for bait tonight. Andy Cates

Nov. 6th, 2005
Good evening folks. Another day of quality size yellowfin tuna. A long drift almost all day produced 18 tuna . 7 of which were hitting or over the 200 pound mark. the other fish were very nice grade from 150 to 190 . A slower day but definitely more casual at the rail. We never did see the sign of fish later like we did yesterday but maybe tomorrow. We will report again then. Andy Cates

Nov. 7th, 2005
Good evening folks. Big day today for the San Diego fleet. Great fishing on big yellowfin tuna. Action all day on fish that were mostly 175 pounds and better. The sign here today was pretty spectacular with the Black porpoise moving back in. We ended our day a little early to head up for more bait but finished off strong with 38 tuna. 10 of those estimated over 200 pounds. What a unreal fishery right now for 10 day trips. Those of you coming out this year make sure you bring plenty of 135 pound Izorline. Hopefully you will need it. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates

Nov. 9th, 2005
Good afternoon folks. Yesterday was yet another good day of tuna fishing.  We finished off in the evening with mostly all big fish. The general all around report from all the boats in the area was excellent. Some of the best big tuna fishing any of us has ever had. the people on the trips this week have seen and experienced historic sportfishing to say the least.  Our last two fish in the evening were really nice ones . One estimated at 287 and another at 290 . It was really a treat to finish off looking at those monsters..

Today has been more or less a day of winding down. We fished up the ridge for just a few wahoo and we are going to finish our trip off tomorrow on the ridge hoping for a few more wahoo. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates

CAPTAIN:             ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP:    WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2 TO SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2005

LENGTH OF TRIP:     10 DAYS

PASSENGERS:            30

AREA FISHED:         THE HOT SPOT

1st PLACE JACKPOT       306.3 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY

                                                HOWARD KONISHI OF BOTHELL,WA

2ND PLACE JACKPOT       255.4 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA

                                                JOHN THOMPSON OF QUANTICO, VA

3RD PLACE JACKPOT         253.7 LB YELLOWFIN CAUGHT BY

                                                  PAUL HAGGESTAD OF LAGUNA MIGUEL,CA

FISH COUNT:           

1) 292.2 RICHARD GRIMES

12) 220.5  ROBERT COBB

23) 212.9 BOB LOWES

2) 253.8 SCOTT JOHNSTONE

13) 219.6 MICHAEL POTTS

24) 212.2 MARLIN SANDERS

3) 249.6 MARK MADSEN

14) 218.7 MARLIN SANDERS

25) 209 DENNIS DAVIS

4) 242.5 WAYNE SEBREN

15) 218.5 MIKE READER

26) 204.6 GREG HENRY

5) 238.7 GREG HENRY

16) 218 DON DAY

27) 204 JAY SHIVERS

6)235.8 DAVE MOTTER

17) 217.7 SCOTT JOHNSTONE

28)203.6 JOHN THOMPSON

7) 232  MIKE PARENT

18) 217 GREG HENRY

29) 203.5 MARK MADSEN

8) 231.5 WAYNE SEBREN

19) 216.5 HOWARD KONISHI

30) 203 LEE PUTMAN

9) 228.8 GREG HENRY

20) 216 MIKE PARENT

31) 202  SCOTT JOHNSTONE

10) 224.7 RAY MORALES

21) 214.4 LEE PUTMAN

32)201.5 PAT WOLLENBERG

11) 221 DAVE MOTTER

22) 214 DON DAY

 

Comments:  Unbelievable!  34 tuna over 200lbs on a 10 day trip and one over 300lbs! Plus a dozen Wahoo.

Nov. 13th, 2005


Good morning folks. We have left again, this time an 11 day trip sponsored by Accurate fishing products. The boat is loaded up with rods and reels from accurate for all the guys to use. We definitely will have the gear in the event we find some big fish to use them on.
After the smoke cleared yesterday we ended our final tally of big tuna with 35 fish over 200 pounds with one being over 300 . A 306 and next biggest fish a 293 . What a trip. We are headed to the ridge in hopes of starting the trip with some action on smaller tuna and maybe a few wahoo.
We have a nice load of bait and are on our way. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates

Nov. 14th, 2005


Good evening folks.
We spent the afternoon fishing school size tuna on the upper end of the ridge. The action was good for guys to loosen up after the travel. The fishing definitely had more skip jack involved than the last trip , but still good enough for all the guys to get a few and just have a good time. Tonight we are trying for mackerel and then heading down in search of the trophy tuna. Hopefully we have a good report for tomorrow.
Andy Cates

Nov. 15th, 2005

Good evening folks. Our first day of fishing the big tuna brought surprise, as it did last trip to the anglers. A great show once again on good size fish, breaking all around the boat brought a lot of excitement. We didn't experience the cow tuna as we did the last trip but still its early and the day was a success with 24 fish from 130 to 215 pounds. We are heading up for more bait and be back in the grounds tomorrow. We will report again tomorrow

Nov. 16th, 2005


Good evening folks  Today was a bit slower starting in the morning with a slow pick until lunch. The afternoon came and we were hoping for results like yesterday but found that most of the porpoise and fish were spread out around the area. Very hard to get things to bite and pin point any grouped up fish. For the grade of fish it was a decent day and hopefully tomorrow things straighten out. 13 tuna today from 120 to 180 pounds . Really quite nice for a 10 day trip but slower than usual. We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates

Nov. 19th, 2005

Good evening folks. Yesterday we started on one of the deep water banks off Cabo. We did not see the sign we were looking for so we made a 65 mile run back up to where we were fishing the day before. An evening hit paid off big with 10 fish from 206 to 245 just before the sun went down. What a great hit after such a long run. We really pulled that one off. Today things were a bit scratchy. It was hard to find the right bunch of fish that would stay with the boat. None the less we ended up with 7 fish from 205 to 280 pounds. Not a bad day
Tomorrow we will be in Cabo dropping off the people that are flying home. We will report again later
Andy Cates

CAPTAIN:             ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP:    SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12 TO WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 23, 2005

LENGTH OF TRIP:     11/8 DAYS

PASSENGERS:            30

AREA FISHED:         CABO BANKS

 

1st PLACE JACKPOT       263.7 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA

                                                LEW GORDON OF PALM DESERT, CA

 

2ND PLACE JACKPOT       261.2 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA

                                                 IVAR CARLSON OF ESCONDIDO, CA

 

3RD PLACE JACKPOT         239.2 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA

                                                MIKE LIBERERO OF SAN RAFAEL, CA

 

FISH COUNT:: 251 TUNA (18 OVER 200 LBS) 20 DORADO   

         

4)263.7 LEW GORDON

15) 207.8 IVAR CARLSON

5) 236.4 GORDON DE JAGER

16) 205.0 LEO REIHSEN

6) 235.5 KARL KHOE

17) 204 MIKE LIBERERO

7) 231.8 TRENT SLATE

18) 203.1 GARY TERAOKA

8) 230.8 BOB FECHNER

 

9) 229.3 GORDON DE JAGER

 

10)223.7 GORDON DE JAGER

 

11) 221.0 DEL MARSH

 

12) 216.6 BOB NELSON

 

13) 212.8 JOHN SANTELLA

 

14) 211.4 JOHN BRAUNM

 

 

   

Nov. 26th, 2005
Good morning folks. Yesterday we left on a 15 day fly-back option long range trip. The second of our trips scheduled  for the Hurricane Bank. With all the epic fishing on the beach this year, it made a hard choice for us to start at the bank. we are headed that way and the weather is choppy and cold. Probably the same weather as at home. After the fishing we had in October at the bank we are happy to have a chance to do it again. Hopefully weather and conditions make it possible for many chances at big tuna and wahoo.

Tomorrow will be another day of travel and getting things rigged up. We will report again then.
Andy Cates

 

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