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February 2004

Feb 27, 2004
Good afternoon folks. We have had a decent ride home so far. Only a little bump yesterday and then smoothed out for the night. Big swell here today but not to much wind. Hopefully we make it through with good weather. We will be in tomorrow at 9:45 if all goes well at customs. See you at the dock, Andy Cates

Feb 25, 2004
Good afternoon folks. We just left Cabo and are on our way home. It looks like we will be at customs at 800 and then the dock at 900. The guys spent the morning in town shopping and having a couple of Margaritas. They also picked up a few special things for the way home. We did a group picture and awarded Francios Mangeot the good sportsmen award for the trip. We still have the biggest fish award but that will be decided when we get in. Chances are it will be Bill Depriest Jr. The guys had a great day on the beach today and are now looking forward to a nice relaxing ride home. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates

Feb 24, 2004
Good evening folks. Our weather going to Cabo has been nice. We got everything cleaned up and ready for tomorrow. We will be at Cabo at 700 in the morning. That will give the guys plenty of time to catch their flights and the rest of the guys time to go in and do some shopping. We will leave tomorrow and head up at 11:00 in the morning .
The weather fax shows good weather all the way up. We are hoping it sustains. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates

Feb 22, 2004
Good evening folks, Our day started just after midnight when we hooked our first fish. We hooked one every now and again until daylight and ended up with 8 tuna for our efforts. Steve Pettibone and Larry Bennet had the bigger fish. Larry with a weighted sardine and Steve with one 192 pounds on the chunk. The rest of the day we spent on the anchor. We never hooked another tuna all day. We did have good action on the wahoo that kept the guys busy most of the day. The wahoo were reacting well to the sardines flown out with a balloon. The surface action was a lot of fun. They were biting the Bombs and the fly lined sardines as well. We scratched 30 wahoo and just the 8 tuna, but we are hoping for a few more tonight. We are going to fish until midnight and then head to Cabo. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
 

Feb 21, 2004
Good evening folks. Last night after dinner we started hooking tuna. We picked away until 1:00 in the morning getting a dozen fish . Most were all nice size, 100 pounds or better. Bill Depriest Sr. landed this fish around 190 pounds on a sardine with an 8 ounce sinker. Dale Sommers picked off a decent fish here showing it with a pose. Really the only fish we got in the morning was caught by Brian Atkinson There were couple other smaller grade fish but really a disappointment. Brian's fish, around 190 pounds as well. Nothing over 200 pounds for us but hopefully tonight. We trolled up another 24 wahoo the rest of the day and only had one tuna so far this evening. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates
 

Feb 20, 2004
Good evening folks. We had no night bite last night, but we did get a shot in the morning on decent size fish. John Loftus and Norman Fujimoto got a couple of nice size fish. Norm had his on the kite and John on a sardine. Nothing over 200 for us this morning but maybe tonight. We spent the day fishing wahoo and had pretty good action finishing the day with 37 wahoo and 17 tuna. The wahoo fishing was done trolling around the bank. Only a few caught on the anchor. We spent busy most of the day. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
 

Feb 19, 2004
Good evening folks, last night things looked up for us. We got a chance at some bigger fish and pulled out a couple of nice ones. Bill De Priest Jr. picked a 230 pounder and Larry Martin one right at 200. A few other decent fish throughout the night Francios Mangeo started the bite off with this decent fish. We had a few chances at big ones and lost them due to heavy tangles. The fish were caught using 8 ounce sinkers and sardines. There was no current and the baits and lines were all over the place. Really frustrating but we are thankful for the chances.
The rest of the day was pretty slow with the exception of a few stops on wahoo. We are hoping for a shot on big ones tonight Chet Mondor picked off this nice fish in the evening about 190 pounds with a few other fish caught giving us 18 tuna and 13 wahoo for the day. We will report again tommorow. Andy Cates
 

Feb 18, 2004
Good evening folks. Still slow on the tuna fishing. We had a couple of nice fish in the morning up over a hundred pounds and then one here and there throughout the day. The wahoo bit a little today and kept us busy. We picked up 25 wahoo but only 10 tuna for the day. Conditions were much better and there was more sign of fish, they just would not bite. The weather is very nice now and we are just hoping that things turn for the better. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates

Feb 17, 2004
Good evening folks. Very poor here today. We did pull out a few decent fish, but a lot of moving around. We are hoping for better tomorrow. It looks like there is plenty of fish, they just don't want to bite. We will be more patient tomorrow and hopefully it will pay off. Brian Atkinson grinded in this decent fish caught on a flyer flown out with a balloon. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates

Feb 16, 2004
Good evening folks. We started fishing around 1:00 in the afternoon and had decent action on 70 to 90 pound tuna. We did get a few nicer fish a hundred pounds or better but not what I would call a good showing on big fish. Chet Mondor picked up the biggest fish of the afternoon about 180 pounder. I also posted a picture of Norm Fujimoto and Tom Jackson with a couple of evening caught wahoo. We did not troll for wahoo today we were plagued with high winds and rough seas. Hopefully the weather gets better and makes it easier to work.
We are hoping for a few big ones tonight and tomorrow. We will report then, Andy Cates
 

Feb 15 2004
Good evening folks Not much to report today. We spent some time rigging up for wahoo and finished up on some tuna things. We had another nice raffle from the sponsors I posted yesterday . It really does break things up with the giveaways. Everyone likes free tackle and accessories.

The weather is still nice and getting warmer. We will be fishing tomorrow at lunch time. We will report again, Andy Cates
 

Feb 14 2004
Good afternoon folks. Another day of travel and another day of great weather. We stopped at Cedros and picked up some Mackerel. We got about a half a deck tank and then left. They just didn't want to bite. We had plans of going to Mag Bay to top off, but changed our plans and are now going to the outside.

We started the morning with a seminar on tuna fishing and had another raffle. Dennis Rogers was the lucky winner of the Graphite USA rod wrapped by SmittyG custom rods. The prizes continued to be doled out with thanks to Norm Fugimoto from Izorline,

Larry Martin From Graphite USA and John Loftus from Catchy Tackle. Other sponsors of the trip include: Ballyhood International, Tady Lures, Bandit Lures, M and M custom rods, Motion Imprints Kens custom reels, and Izorline.

We did five different raffles and everyone was a winner. It was a great way to break up the ride and everyone had a great time. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
 

Feb. 13, 2003
Good afternoon folks, We are on our way down on an Izorline sponsored 16 day fly-back trip. Our sardines look great and the weather is epic. The hard part is deciding to go outside or try inside. With the Excel heading outside we are entertaining the lower banks and even Puerto Vallarta. A little more research and we will decide. The water temp sounds like it is back up, around 74 degrees that sounds encouraging. Tonight we are going to make a stop at Cedros and try for bait. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates
 

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