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December 2007

Dec. 1st,

Good evening folks, Our move down to the Jamie Bank was a bust with rain and wind most of the day we only caught 4 wahoo for our efforts. Running back up to the tuna grounds in hopes of some action which turned to be another challenging with very little big fish today. Should have been here yesterday. Our saving grace was a 310 pounder caught tonight by Archie Irons with another 195, and a dozen smaller grade fish for the day we were hoping for more. Not that the big fish wasn't great just when there is not much sign on the down days it is long and boring.

With 4 days left in here and plenty of sardines we are hoping there is a change and things get a little more consistent. Hopefully tomorrow

Andy Cates

Dec. 4th,

Good morning folks. The weather has turned in our favor. Yesterday we saw good sign of bigger fish with the better weather and picked up a couple of fish over 200 pounds. The sign was in the afternoon and if they were biting at all we would have had a spectacular evening. Unfortunately they were not.

Today is good weather and decent action on smaller grade fish. No big ones yet but we are hoping this afternoon. This area takes a lot of patience and the off days seem like they never end. With all the work we have done 13 of the 17 people on board have fish over 200 pounds, we are hoping to take care of the other 4 guys today and tomorrow. If we can find a school of biting fish everything will change in a hurry.

Andy Cates

Dec. 5th,

Good morning folks. Our last day here and this morning is showing better sign with a 206 and 216 and a few 100 plus pound fish to go with. We are hoping for a big day here to finish off with. Yesterday we had action on smaller fish in the morning and then later a handful of fish in the high hundreds up to 199 and a whopper of 337 caught by Bud Mauerhaun. Bud has had a great trip with a 273, 270 and now this 337 after a long skiff ride. Not bad for 81 years old. Congratulations Bud.

Nice weather today and hoping to finish off with a bang.

Andy Cates

Dec. 7th,

Good morning folks. The ride up is nice and it looks like good weather ahead. Maybe some rain but hopefully no wind.

The last day of fishing we had much better action including a few standout fish. A couple of 200 pounders in the morning and then the last stop brought in a 287 caught by Gerhard Ihde. Last fish of the trip actually hooked in the dark and lasted well after dark.

We will be home Sunday morning. I will give an updated ETA tomorrow Andy Cates

Dec. 8th,

Good morning folks. It looks like our stretch of good weather just ran out. With the reports of bad weather and what we have here, it looks like we will be late. Between 0900 and 1100 in the morning depending on the weather.

The visions of getting in on time are over.

Andy Cates

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP:  FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23 TO SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2007

LENGTH OF TRIP:     16/13 DAYS

AREAS FISHED:  MAY BAY TO CABO SAN LUCAS

FISH COUNT:   144 YELLOWFIN, 4 WAHOO  (18 TUNA OVER 200 LBS 2 TUNA OVER 300)           

1st PLACE JACKPOT             339.6 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BILL MAUERHAN 

2ND PLACE JACKPOT          318.9 LB YELLOWFIN CAUGHT BY ARCHIE IRON

3RD PLACE JACKPOT            278.1 LB YELLOWFIN CAUGHT BY BILL WALSH

OTHER TUNA OVER 200 LBS.

276.5 GERHARD IHDE

269.6 BUD MAUERHAN

267.5 MAKE ZAKAR

254.6 BUD MAUERHAN

225.5 JOHN KEELER

220.4 BILL MAUERHAN

220.0 BEN KITA

219.5 ARCHIE IRONS

218.9 ARCHIE IRONS

218.7 MIKE YAMAMOTO

217.8 STEVE BRANSCOMBE

215.6 LARRY MARTIN

213.2 GARY BRANSCOME

213.0 JIM KOKESH

212.0 JOHN KEELER

202.8 BILL WALSH

201.3 GERHARD IHDE

 

Dec. 11, 2007

Good morning folks, We had a little rain last night and now a clearing for hopefully a nice afternoon We are headed straight to Mag bay in hopes of big tuna. A travel day today and then again tomorrow will get us in the area the next morning. Izorline sponsored trip will be supplying us with the line for the trip with some giveaways as well.

A big fish trophy and sportsmen trophy will be awarded at the end of the trip. Norm Fugimoto is taking on the burden as spokesperson for the Izorline Team. Hopefully we can find some fish to put the test to it.

Andy Cates

Dec. 12, 2007

Good morning folks. We will be fishing tomorrow. Bait looks good and the people are ready to give it a try. The weather might be an issue but we will see how it goes. Another 180 miles to the grounds .

Andy Cates

Dec. 13, 2007

Good evening folks. Our first day of fishing started out good with the first stop bringing up a 294 pound tuna also another 10 fish from 80 to 160 pounds. With just a couple of other stops that would not stay with us we struggled all afternoon. Not as much sign as the last few days and we are hoping for better tomorrow. Butch Frazier was the lucky big fish angler today. It sure would be nice to get a few more chances tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Dec. 15, 2007

Good morning folks. Yesterday we drifted most of the day, after catching a 306 pounder in the morning we figured we should stick with it and see if big fish gets on us. Most of what we caught were 80 to 140 pound fish with just a couple of bigger ones. It was a slow pick that never really developed.

Mostly small fish here again today with a 120 pounder being a big one so far for the day.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Dec. 16, 2007

Good evening folks.

Today we saw the same action as yesterday on 50 to 100 pound fish with a few bigger mixed in. No fish over 200 for us but the stock grade provided good action and fishing throughout the morning. Biggest fish today was about 170 pounds . There still are chances at big fish they are just off the banks right now. Maybe tomorrow the black porpoise will drag in the cows to go with what we have already.

Andy Cates

Dec. 18th, 2007

Good morning folks. We finished off yesterday with a couple of big fish. A 253 and a 206 and more of that 50 to 100 pound fish. Also a few mid hundreds fish in the mix. Very good sign of fish just off the bite. With the great weather you could see for miles and get a good idea of what was around.

Hopefully on the next moon phase the big fish will start to bite again. Even off the bite there are still occasional big ones mixed in. Today we are fishing the 13 fathom spot. Just to break up the day and get a little action.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP:  FRIDAY DECEMBER 10 MONDAY, DECEMBER 20 2007

LENGTH OF TRIP:     10 DAYS

AREAS FISHED:  MAG BAY 13 FATHOM

FISH COUNT:     159 YELLOWFIN, 32 YELLOW TAIL, 4  DORADO

(3 TUNA OVER 200 LBS ONE TUNA AT 308.8)          

1st PLACE JACKPOT      308.8 YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY GREG BROOK OF YUCAIPA

2ND PLACE JACKPOT     297.6 YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BUTCH FRAZIER OF LONG BEACH

3RD PLACE JACKPOT     252.7 YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ANGLER TO BE NAMED LATER

213.0 BILL STRUM

 

 

CAPTAIN: JULIO OACHO

DATE OF TRIP:  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26 FRIDAY, JANUARY 4TH 2008

LENGTH OF TRIP:     9 DAYS

AREAS FISHED:  MAG BAY AREA

FISH COUNT:    209 YELLOWFIN, 65 YELLOW TAIL  2 CAUGHT OVER 200 IBS              

1st PLACE JACKPOT          274.3 YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ROBERT DREESEN OF BUENA PARK

2ND PLACE JACKPOT         190 YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY RAY MAESTRO OF WILLMINGTON

3RD PLACE JACKPOT         157.2 YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JEFF STEINHARDT OF SAN DIEGO

Additional catches of trophy fish

240.0 CHRIS STAVARIDIS

148.8 ED SCHEENSTRA