Jan. 7th, 2005
We are having a nice trip so far, the guys have been spending the days rigging
up, getting to know each other and getting everything ready for Wahoo & Tuna
We stopped at Cedros yesterday and got an excellent batch
of Mackerel we also got some nice squid we are heading south and will be to
the fishing grounds Saturday morning. The weather has been just beautiful, and
calm. (Sorry to hear about all the bad weather you are having back home)
I hope things go this well for the rest of the trip. So
far we are off to a good start, everyone is really excited and we have a
really good group of anglers aboard.
Jan. 8-10
Good day everyone, Just a few updates. First, sorry that there are no
pictures to go along with the reports, we are having our sat phone serviced
and are therefore using a temporary replacement on this trip which does not
allow us to send any pictures. We will try to post some when we return.
We reached the fishing grounds yesterday and have been having great fishing
so far. Saturday we caught 33 tuna, 4 which tape out over 200lbs. The
average tuna we are catching are around 120-180lbs with a dozen between
180-190. We had another 4 over 200lbs on Sunday and another one today. We
also got a dozen nice size Wahoo both today and yesterday to go along with
our tuna catch.
The weather here has been good to us as well, so we count ourselves lucky.
Hope you are all doing well back home, we are having a great time out here.
Well try and keep you posted with more updates tomorrow.
Captain Andy Cates & Crew
Jan. 12th
Very good day for our anglers with 3 or 4 over 200 today. Lots
of 180 -190 lbs fish. We are just about full and have maybe some room
for just one or two cows. We have been keeping about a dozen to
dozen and a half wahoo per day. For the trip it looks like we have 15 fish
over 200 lb., and 249 lbs. is the largest one.
Jan. 16th
We are fishing the inner banks. We are trying to catch the last couple
of cows to fill the slammer.
A message to Tony from Don Rummey: "You should have come..."
Jan. 17th
We are on our way home. We should arrive in San Diego at @ 8 Am on the
19th. Looking back on this trip I think we have about 16 fish that
will top the 200 lb. mark. We will know more on Wednesday. Drop
by and check out our fish if you have the time.
FISH REPORT
FROM: RED ROOSTER III
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 TO
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2005
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
PASSENGERS: 23
AREA FISHED: HURRICANE BANK
FISH COUNT: 141 YELLOWFIN TUNA (14
TUNA OVER 200 LBS) 60 WAHOO
1ST PLACE 247.9 YELLOWFIN TUNA caught by,
DON DRUMMERY OF CANTON,CT
2ND PLACE 232.9 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA caught by;
FRED KNILLANS OF TUSTIN,CA
3RD PLACE 228.8 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA caught by;
RICK OZAKI OF GARDENA,CA
203.4 CHRIS KUGEL
204 HECTOR LOPEZ
206.3 RICK
OZAKI
208.4 WAYNE HONDA
219.5 MARK KAZMAC
216 MARK KAZMAC
221.5 ALLEN SMITH
225.7 FRED KNILANS
228.3 GORDON HOWE
228.5 KEN DAVIS
234 GEORGE NICIFORE
NOTES: This trip was
sponsored by Catchy Tackle. Fred Knilans the representative brought down
shirts and tackle for all the guys aboard. With a little luck and intuition
form the captain the trip turned out quite well for them he weather was
better then you could hope for. This is the third spectacular trip in a row
bring back top quality cows in numbers. Many of the guys commenting getting
of the trip how everything went so smooth and they really enjoyed the
company they were with.
Just so you know this is a verbal report; John Grabowski called into the
office, hopefully I won't miss anything.
John say's "We left san Diego Thursday morning, January 19. We went to
Cedros and picked up a nice catch of mackerel, then we headed straight to
the fishing grounds. We arrived at the fishing grounds at 7:00 am this
morning we have been fishing for about 5 hrs and now have at least 10 Tuna
so far over 200 lbs!
A few of the guys already have more than one over 200 lbs, Susan
Michener herself has a 200 lb tuna as well as two others in the 190 lb
range.
We have about 32 tuna so far including the 10 over 200 lbs with the
average size between 130-190 lbs. The weather is absolutely awesome with
10-15 knot NE winds, the perfect fishing weather. What more can I say
other then it has been a great start so far and were looking forward to
the rest of it."
" Today's fishing was similar to yesterday, with a
similar grade of fish. In today's catch we added 5-6 more tuna's over
200lbs which brings our total to 14-16 (there are a couple right on the
edge of 200 lbs) Not bad for a second day of fishing.
We have been saving our holding space for the cream
of the crop and not taking anything in under 100 lbs other then the 15
wahoo that were just to good to pass up. So our fish holds are still in
good shape, waiting to be filled with quality tuna cows.
As for weather, It rained pretty hard last night
but everything has cleared up today and weather again is back to normal.
Everyone is just loving it."
John Grabowski
January 27, 2005
Yesterday (January 26) was a bit slower the first
two days, which gave us a little time to rest and catch our breath, we
did still catch over a dozen tuna between 120-180 that day.
Today picked up a bit and we added another 25
tuna to the holds with two of those going into the 200lb pot.
Glenn Kerr joined the 200 lb club today by
catching a (estimated) 231 lb tuna. The weather is a bit breezy, but
not bad. We have four days left of fishing before we head back, so far
we are in pretty good shape.
January 28, 2005
Well we are winding down our trip are almost
completely full. So far we have between 20-24 tuna over 200 lbs and
186 tuna total. We didn't focus so much on Wahoo but we need get about
20 nice size Wahoo as well.
A worthy mention would be of Rich Rose who is
estimated to have 5 tuna himself over 200 lbs with his biggest taping
in at 266 lbs.
The wind had picked up a bit and is blowing at
20 kph with mild choppy seas (not the best traveling weather) We are
planning on cruising slowly up the coast and finding a little spot to
hang out in till our arrival date. I will call in the next report on
Monday. Have a good weekend everyone, see you soon.
John Grabowski
