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December 2003

Dec. 3rd
Good morning folks. Yesterday was another nice day of fishing. Picking at the bigger fish throughout the day and then a nice hit in the evening on 140 to 180 pound fish. A couple of fish over 200 in the evening. Some chances in the day on the kite and balloons with fish up to 240 pound on the kite with squid or flyer. Releasing fish under 150 pounds we ended the day with 35 tuna and 3 wahoo. I do have some pictures but the signal has been weak and they will not send. We will report again tomorrow,  Andy Cates

Dec. 4th
Good morning folks. Yesterday was frustrating, in the fact that we had some chances at real nice fish. It was a slow pick on the big fish and after the morning we just seemed to lose one after another. In the evening we had a hit and squeaked through two more fish over 200. Looks like 6 fish 200 or better for the day. We have room for 2 more big fish and then we are on the wahoo mission. With only today and tomorrow left to fish it works out fine. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates

Dec. 4th
Good evening folks. We finished off this morning with room for just two more big fish and then trolled around. The wahoo sign was disappointing with just 13 wahoo for our efforts.. We decided that our best chance for finishing the trip off with wahoo was to go up to the 10 day area and look for kelps that might be holding. Finishing one day early gives us a chance to pursue some wahoo before heading to Cabo. Another fantastic trip so far and hoping to top it off with some hoos. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates

Dec. 5th
Good morning folks. Traveling today and the weather is nice. We will be in the wahoo area tomorrow hoping to finish off. Here are some pictures of some of the guys . Andy Cates
 

   
 

Dec. 7th
Good morning folks Yesterday's wahoo mission didn't work out to well. We found plenty of kelps but only one had a little bit of fish on it. We did have decent weather with a growing ground swell from the North
west. We decided to head into Cabo and spend the day there. Those who want to fly home early are more than welcome to. The rest can enjoy the day in town and then we will head up tonight and get a jump on the ride home.

Dec. 8th
Good evening folks, we departed Cabo San Lucas this morning at 0700 hrs.  We dropped off some of our passengers and Cap. Andy Cates so that they can fly home.  We are going to try for some Wahoo tomorrow morning on the Ridge, we hope to catch a few for lunch, as you guys very well know the boat is full.  We had very good fishing on very good grade Yellowfin Tuna it was as good as it was last time we were at the Bank. The Tuna we had at the bank were one hundred and fifty to two hundred and forty pounds.  On the last day we were at the Bank we were releasing fish that were one hundred and fifty to one hundred and eighty pounds, we only gaffed the ones that were two hundred pounds and better we ended up with a few over the two hundred pound mark and we cut off quite a few fish that morning including a one hundred and eighty pounder that I caught.  We will report again tomorrow wish us luck.

Julio and RR III crew
 

Dec. 9th
Good evening folks, today we came across some weather we had fifteen to eighteen knots of wind and it was very choppy as well.  We arrived on the upper end of the Ridge at 0600 hrs. and the water was cold and off color so we decided to take off and try San Martin Island the following morning, hopefully we can catch a few Red Snapper and some Ling cod as well.  We will report again tomorrow.

Julio and RR III crew

Dec. 10th
Good evening folks, it was a very cold day today but we had no wind and only had a very big north west swell, the swells were far apart so they didn't really bother us.  We had very good fishing on Ling Cod this morning out side of San Martin Island, we kept a few for dinner.  We left San Martin Island at 1400 hrs. and heading to San Diego our E.T.A. is 0900 hrs. so if you guys want to come down and check out our catch you're more than welcome.  Our next trip leaves on Monday December 26th on the annual New Years special for eight days, until then good night and Merry Christmas from the Red Rooster III.

Julio and RR III crew

 

FISH REPORT

TO:  RICH HOLLAND

FROM:  RED ROOSTER III

              

CAPTAIN:                   ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP:          FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26 TO SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2004

LENGTH OF TRIP:    15 DAYS

PASSENGERS:            17

AREA FISHED:         HURRICANE BANK

 

FISH COUNT:            140 YELLOWFIN TUNA (29 TUNA OVER 200 LBS)

                                      32 WAHOO

                                      

1ST PLACE                  255.2 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA caught by;

                                     BRYANT FONSECA, ESCONDIDO, CA

 

2ND PLACE                240.4 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA caught by;        

                                     MIKE FAULKNER, OCEANSIDE, CA

 

3RD PLACE               237.9 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA caught by;

                                  MIKE YAMAMOTO. HEMET, CA

 

227.9 LB          GERHARD IHDE                    210.5 LB          BEN KITA

227.0 LB          BUD MAUERHAN                 210.0 LB          BUD MAUERHAN

224.5 LB          BEN KITA                               208.9 LB          GERRY MILLER

224.4 LB          BEN KITA                               207.9 LB          GERHARD IHDE

221.6 LB          DON FUJIU                             207.0 LB          ALAN ETO

221.3 LB          DON FUJIU                             206.0 LB          SAM VALDEZ

219.7 LB          ALAN ETO                             206.0 LB          JORGE NICIFORE

218.8 LB          BEN KITA                               205.6 LB          BEN KITA                              

218.0 LB          BRYANT FONSECA               204.3 LB          GERHARD IHDE                               

217.0 LB          BRYANT FONSECA               202.6 LB          PAT WOLLENBERG

215.6 LB          SAM VALDEZ                         201.6 LB          BILL GHISELIN

213.3 LB          BRYANT FONSECA               200.0 LB          TED ANTASEK

212.7 LB          BEN KITA                               200.0 LB          PAT WOLLENBERG

 

NOTES:  This action all took place in 4 days at Hurricane Bank. Over 100 yellowfin under 150 lbs released.  Trip was sponsored by ROD AND REEL RADIO. Spent an extra day in Cabo.  OUTSTANDING TRIP

 

 

 

Next trip departs Dec. 26th


Dec. 28th, 2004
Good morning folks. Yesterday was a day of travel. Working our way down through the stormy weather on our way to Alijos Rocks. We will be there in a couple of hours and give a report tonight.  The water has been cool all the way down and looks to be about 67 degrees at the rocks. Choppy windy and rainy last night and today. Hopefully it gets more comfortable as the day goes on.

Dec. 28th, 2004
Good evening folks. Just enough sign of tuna here to stay. We caught 12 tuna and 5 yellowtail 18 to 50 pounds and two other bigger fish were eaten by a shark. It looked awful here today but hopefully tomorrow things straighten out and the storm passes. South east wind and rain all day made conditions very poor. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates
 

Dec. 30th, 2004
Good morning folks. We left the rocks last night and are working our way into the ridge. Only a few tuna yesterday and conditions were very nice. We had nothing to blame except the fact that the fish that were around did not want to bite. We will spend the day on the ridge and then go from there. We did manage to get some Jack pt fish up to 80 pounds so were feeling good about that. We are looking to ad to them. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates