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Jan. 1st 2004
Good evening folks. We started on the 13 fathom spot this morning. We
were hoping for action on yellows and smaller grade tuna. We got very
little of both. Jeff Bruner landed the first fish of 2004 on the Red
Rooster , A decent yellowtail on the Iron. We fished various spots and
had a little action on yellows and a couple of keeper size tuna. We
decided to work offshore the rest of the day. Things seemed to be
scattered out today. We found a couple of different areas that had fish
but would not bite. We had one stop were they came up pretty good they
just didn't stick around. Trevor Stanland had this decent fish on the
iron.
Tomorrow we are going to fish the North end of Cedros in hopes of some
yellowtail action We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates
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Jan. 2, 2004
Good evening folks. We finished off with a bang this morning. Great
yellowtail fishing until 930 in the morning.
Nice weather and good iron fishing on 14 to 18 pound yellowtail. It was
a nice way to finish off the trip. I posted some pictures of the guys
with various yellows. We enjoyed a nice ride all day and will be home in
the morning at 930. We stretched it a little longer due to the good
fishing. We are leaving day after tomorrow on a 15 day trip. We will
report again then, Andy Cates
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Jan. 5, 2004
Good evening folks. We are at Cedros Island right now. We made a pass by
to see if there was any bait. We didn't find it so we are heading for
Hipillito tomorrow to try for mackerel. Today is our first day of a 15
day and our intentions are to fish the lower banks. We have a fair load
of sardine and are expecting some die off. Things sound slow on the
inside but good on the outside. We are going to try our luck inside and
if we have to then go outside. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
Jan. 6, 2004
Good evening folks, we decided to keep heading down. We will be in Mag
Bay tonight and try for Mackerel then decide on where to go. Our
sardines have cured up well and it looks like a very good load of bait.
The weather is nice and it has been an enjoyable ride so far. We will
report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
Jan. 7, 2004
Good evening folks. We spent the day offshore today. Bait went alright
last night We got what we needed for the day. Bait is going to be an
issue, we are going to try again tonight. We had a nice day on quality
fish . Only 8 tuna for the day. Four fish over 200 a couple of 150
pounders a 175 and a 160 pounder. I posted some pictures of some of the
bigger fish . Hans picked up the first big one, followed by Maurice, Art
Brown and Gary with the last one into the dark. We will report again
tomorrow. The weather is beautiful and everyone is feeling great. Andy
Cates
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Jan. 8, 2004
Good evening folks. Another day of quality fish. Not much until after
lunch when we got a school that boiled up and we got a few bites. The
fish are very hard to get to cooperate. Most spots don't boil up at all.
We ended up with seven fish for the day smallest one about 150 and the
two biggest caught by Hector Lopez a 192 and lucky Hans with a skiff
ride bringing back a 236. The fish Hans caught was on a new Avet reel
that we have been trying out, and it seemed to handle the load pretty
good. The drags were a little sticky after going in the
water, but they managed. We are on our way up to Mag Bay for bait. We
won't be fishing until tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully we get more chances
on big fish. We will report again tomorrow Andy Cates
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Jan. 9, 2004
Good evening folks., We fished in a different area positioning us for
bait at Mag Bay. We had action today on 40 to 140 pound fish. Most on
the smaller end of things. We had a handful of fish over 100 pounds and
biggest fish 140 pounds for the day. We got in the bay at 400 and have
had good mackerel fishing . We still need more and are hoping to load up
here tonight. We plan to be down below fishing the bigger fish tomorrow.
Lets hope the bait keeps biting. We will report again tomorrow, Andy
Cates
Jan. 10, 2004
Good evening folks. Today was as frustrating as it gets. Many stops on
fish and no bites. We did hook a couple of big fish this morning and
they both fell off. The rest of the day we spent stopping and going for
nothing, we were not the chosen ones. We did pick up 2 wahoo on the
troll. I posted our only picture of the only fish we caught of Ralph Cox
and Bob Michner with a couple of wahoo. We will report again tomorrow,
Andy Cates
Jan. 11, 2004
Good evening folks. We had a much better day today with Bob Michner
starting us out with this 192 on the iron early. After a flurry on
smaller fish 80 to 120 pounders, Ernie Wirth picked up a 209. With our
next biggest fish of the day, Hector Lopez with a 240 pounder that we
ended up chasing down with the big boat after it spooled
his 80 pound test. We had another two cows that were lost in the skiff.
Ralph Cox had a nice one on and the hook pulled. Hopefully we get some
more chances tomorrow. We will report again, Andy Cates
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Jan. 12, 2004
Good evening folks, What a great day we had. Fishing on the anchor today
brought great results. We had 26 tuna today any where from 80 pounds to
341 pounds. The two top fish were caught by Bob Michner a 341 pounder
And Art Green with a 302 pounder. The scale went down from there with a
251 caught by Gordon Howe
a 215 by Jerry Kopp, Walter Wood with a 215 pounder and Bud Prindle with
a 230 pounder. There were other nice fish caught as well. Another dozen
fish from 120 to 190 and another 10 fish in the 80 to 100 pound range.
The Bigger fish were caught with the kite or on the balloon with squid.
The sardine caught cows were on small balloons and mackerel fly line
brought in a couple of nice ones as well. We are going to fish here
again tomorrow and we will report again then, Andy Cates
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Jan. 12, 2004
Good evening folks. The weather here today was horrible. Rain and wind
all day long. Lucky for us we were able to get the anchor to hang and
stay put all afternoon. With the weather we had less guys fishing but
still managed four fish over two hundred pounds. Ernie Wirth started us
off with this 225 on the kite. Hector Lopez scored again with a 280
pounder on the balloon with squid. Gordon Howe had a 258 on a sardine
and balloon and Hans finished us off with a 236 on balloon and squid. We
are going to try here again tomorrow we are hoping the weather is
better. Andy Cates
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Jan. 13, 2004
Good evening folks. A slow day for us and no big fish today. The weather
got better and we are hoping for a better day tomorrow. We are going in
for bait tonight and be back on the grounds tomorrow. We will report
again then, Andy Cates
Jan. 14, 2004
Good evening folks. A slow day for us and no big fish today. The weather
got better and we are hoping for a better day tomorrow. We are going in
for bait tonight and be back on the grounds tomorrow. We will report
again then, Andy Cates
Jan. 15, 2004
Good evening folks, bait fishing was very tough last night. The area
were we had it the other night was dry. We fished it until 400 in the
morning and then went out to the fishing grounds. We picked up only a
couple of fish , a 120 pounder and 150 pounder and then started to head
up towards Mag Bay. If we would have seen more sign we may have stuck
around longer. We are going to be in the bait grounds tonight at 1030 .
The bait fishing
depends on where we fish tomorrow. I would like to get down to an area
where there has been good sign of 60 to 100 pound fish to finish off
with some action . It all depends on how long it takes to get mackerel.
We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
Jan. 16, 2004
Good evening folks. We finished up with good action anchored up on one
of the lower banks. The grade of fish were 60 to 100 pounds and mostly
caught on the mackerel. They didn't have much interest in the kite but
the balloon and sardine worked well. The guys had a great time and was
much less impact than some of the other fishing we did. It was a great
way to finish of with action. We will be traveling up tonight and the
weather reports sound good, hopefully it sustains, We will report again
tomorrow, Andy Cates
Jan. 17, 2004
Good evening folks. We had a nice day of travel. We had good weather and
smooth seas. We got the boat all cleaned up in the morning and the rest
of the gear stowed . We spent the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying
the day. We are all looking forward to watching football on the
satellite TV tomorrow with disputes on favorite teams. It looks like we
will be in right at 900 Monday morning . We will have an updated ETA
tomorrow. Andy Cates
Jan. 20, 2004
FISH REPORT
FROM: RED ROOSTER III
LEE PALM SPORTFISHERS
SAN DIEGO, CA.
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: SUNDAY, JANUARY 4 TO MONDAY JANUARY 19, 2004
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
PASSENGERS: 15
AREA FISHED: OFF SHORE, BAJA CALIFORNIA
2 YELLOWFIN TUNA OVER 300 LBS, 16 OVER 200 LBS
1ST. PLACE JACKPOT: 327 LB YELLOW FIN TUNA caught by:
BOB MICHENER OF OXNARD, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT: 312. 2 LB YELLOW FIN caught by:
ART GREEN OF NEWPORT BEACH, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT: 263.4 LB YELLOWFIN caught by:
GORDON HOWE OF JAMUL ,CA
260.1 LB HECTOR LOPEZ OF SAN DIEGO
214.6 LB GARY GRIMAUD OF SAN DIEGO
256.7 LB HECTOR LOPEZ OF SAN DIEGO
251.1 LB GORDON HOWE OF JAMUL
238.6 LB HANS RUEKERT OF GRANADA HILLS
236.8 LB ERNIE WIRTH OF BONSALL
235.1 LB MAURICE GRIMAUD OF CORONADO
228.4 LB HANS RUEKERT OF GRANADA HILLS
224.7 LB BUD PRINDLE OF DOWNEY
223.8 LB WALTER WOOD OF IRVINE
214.6 LB GARY GRIMAUD OF SAN DIEGO
210 LB HANS RUEKERT OF GRANADA HILLS
209 LB ART GREEN OF NEWPORT BEACH
208.1 LB JERRY KOPP OF ALTA LOMA
203.2 LB ERNIE WIRTH OF BONSALL
203 LB BOB MICHENER OF OXNARD
REMARKS: EXCELLENT TRIP ON THE GIANT YELLOWFIN TUNA WITHOUT GOING TO “THE ISLANDS”.