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July 1 2003
Good morning folks. Yesterday we spent trying for Blue fin tuna . The big ones
had popped up the day before and we were in position to be there in the
morning. For our efforts we got a school of 50 to 70 pound bluefin and
scratched up 33 and one 70 pound yellowfin in the bunch. We didn't get on that
school until well after lunch time and by 5:00 it had dwindled down to
nothing. We spent the rest of the evening looking but never found another
school. I posted some pictures of some of the guys. Today we are at Alijos
Rocks. There are 3 other boats here today so hopefully the fish spread out and
we all get some. The weather is flat calm . We are hoping for a little breeze
to get the kites up. We will report again tomorrow
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July 2 2003
Good morning folks. Yesterday was much slower at the rocks than we had hoped
for. After a morning of a lot of show but no bites we decided to go and look
at Alijos Bank. That sure didn't work out ,we did not see any sign of fish and
worked our way back up to the rocks for the afternoon. The afternoon brought
the same good sign of fish but still the problem of them not wanting to bite.
Anyway, we ended up scratching 15 tuna and 5 yellowtail in the afternoon. They
were all decent size fish , which keeps the interest high. I posted some
pictures of some Alijos yellowfin. Today we are back up looking for bluefin
tuna . Hopefully we have a good
report for you guys by the end of the day. Andy Cates
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July 3 2003
Good morning folks. We have a great report from yesterday, After breakfast we
got on a school of bigger size Bluefin, 85 to 150 pounders. We pulled out 19
really nice fish after 3 hours of drifting. Most of the fish were caught on
the sardine and a few on the mackerel and the kite. The live giant squid
surprisingly did not work all that hot on this school although we did get a
couple of our biggest fish using them on the kite. Later in the day more fish
came up and the fishing on 50 to 70 pound fish was very good. We did get on
the bigger fish one more time and picked up another 6 but they did not
want to bite that good. The fish put on quite a show and in the initial blast
everyone would have one on as the stern would explode with bluefin.
We ended our day with a nice load of Bluefin with quite a few of them over a hundred pounds. Everyone had several chances at these trophy grade Bluefin today. It was one of the better days I have seen in recent years on these bigger units. We went to the rocks last night and tanked up on mackerel and are out on the Bluefin grounds again today. Check out these pictures of some of these big bluefin. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
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July 4 2003
Good morning folks.
Yesterday was a long day behind the wheel. Lots of driving and really never
stopping the boat until the evening. The fish never came up to the surface
today which made your chances very low. We did finally get a school in the
evening. We picked up 7 nice size bluefin before sundown. 90 to 120 pounds
with one outstanding fish of around 160 pounds. The weather is still very nice
and we are headed in to the 13 fathom spot on the upper end of the ridge. We
will fish until after lunch and then call it a day. We will report again
tomorrow, Andy Cates
July 5 2003
Good morning folks. We spent half a day at the 13 fathom spot yesterday.
Although we saw excellent sign of 15 to 25 pound yellow tail we were unable to
get them to bite. We scratched 30 yellows and a hand full of grouper for our
efforts. With the amount of fish around you would have thought we had done
much better. It was a bit of a disappointment but maybe next time. With the
amount of big fish we have on the boat we just couldn't complain. We spent the
morning at the North end of Cedros and broke down our gear. We are on our way
home now and have fantastic weather. Fishing in the albacore grounds sounds
really good so the people that are on the next 3 day trip get ready. Hopefully
the weather holds up and the fishing sustains. We will be in tomorrow at 830
in the morning. We will see you then, Andy Cates
July 6 2003
Good morning folks.
Yesterday proved to be an impressive day at the way in scale. The 8 day trip
produced Jack pot fish of 170.01 pounds, 160 and 129.9 for top three places as
well as an additional 23 fish over a hundred pounds for a total of 25 over a
hundred. The trip we just left on is a three day so we are a little out of
range for that fishing. Although last night there were reports of more big
Bluefin being seen again. This morning we are going to target albacore and
then search for Bluefin. The weather is still nice and hopefully the great
albacore fishing will sustain. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates
July 8 2003
Good morning folks. Yesterday we spent fishing albacore and it was very good
fishing all afternoon. By evening we had all that we wanted and there were
biting in first class long range style. The grade of the fish is fantastic.
Most fish are at least 20 pounds with some bigger ones mixed in. We had some
newcomers on the trip and they were ecstatic with the amount of action and
size of the fish. Today we are at San Martin in hopes of some yellowtail. We
have good conditions and see sign they just don't want to bite. It is still
early, hopefully they settle in and start to go. We will report again
tomorrow. Andy Cates
July 10 2003
Good morning folks. We are heading down on a 4 day trip. We picked up a nice
load of bait yesterday and enjoyed an afternoon of beautiful weather. We
decided to go down to the 220 mile area rather than the 140 mile area in hopes
of connecting on not just the albacore but Bluefin as well. We still have
another 50 miles to get in the area but maybe we will bump into something on
the way down. We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
July 11 2003
Good morning folks
Yesterday turned out to be a real nice day. In the morning we started with
yellowtail on kelps. To our surprise the kelps were holding good size yellows.
The average was 15 to 18 pounds with a few in the 20 pound range. It is good
to see the better size yellows it sure is a bonus when you stop on a kelp. The
rest of the day we hit scattered albacore and put together a couple of nice
stops. In the late afternoon we got on a spot of 25 to 35 pound Blue fin that
was biting good. We drifted for about 3 hours. Every bait that hit the
water was a bite. The albacore took over on the drift and we got our limit of
nice size albie to go with it. Some up to 35 pounds. We hit a few more spots
of the same grade bluefin into the evening and finished the day with 70
Bluefin , limit of albacore and 25 yellowtail. I posted a couple of pictures
of the group. Today we are going to look around for bigger Bluefin and more
yellows on the kelps. We will start practicing catch and release on the
albacore. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
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July 13 2003
Good morning folks. We spent the morning at the south end of Guadalupe Island
and later at the North end Pilot Rock. We saw signs of good size tuna at both
places. We hooked one nice one in the morning and lost him and picked up 3
decent size yellowtail. The grade of tuna ranged from 50 to what looked as big
as 90 pounds. Unfortunately they are not ready to bite. On the north end we
saw the same size tuna and scratched a dozen decent size yellows and no bites
on the nice size tuna. We did pick up a few smaller tuna on a spot of puddlers
going into Pilot
The weather was very nice at the Island and the guys had a nice relaxing day
after two days of offshore action. It was a nice way to finish up the trip. If
only the tuna would have bit just a few baits. Maybe next time Today we are
leaving on a 3 day trip. If things hold up like they have it should be good.
We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates
July 14 2003
Good evening everyone, today's report is as follows. We rolled on down to the
grounds, and arrived early enough to get in on some of the best albacore
fishing I have ever seen in my life. The fish were very eager,
and we had an outstanding day overall. The grade of fish is a beautiful 20 to
30 lbs. We did manage to pull 8 bluefin tuna from the foaming schools of
albacore, and they were 50 to 70 lbs. the weather is nice, and the people
really had a great time today. We are going to concentrate on trying to locate
some bluefin tuna tomorrow, so wish us luck. sea ya then, Jeff and crew
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July 14 2003
Hello everyone, here is a quick rundown. We departed San Diego yesterday on a
3 day extravaganza with a perfect load of bait and perfect weather. We have a
good mix of fisherman aboard, some novice, and some with quite a bit of
experience. things sound pretty encouraging on the fishing grounds, and we
have high hopes for our first day of fishing. Wish us luck, and we'll have a
report tonight. Sea ya, Jeff DeBuys
July 15, 2003
Good evening folks, here is a rundown for today. We spent the day offshore
looking for bluefin, and we never saw any to speak of. We had some decent
looking kelps that had some 15 to 20 lb. yellowtail on them, and we scratched
around 50 fish. We released some albacore as well. I must say we had a fairly
epic 3 day trip, and the guys had a ball. We will be back to San Diego in the
morning at 0830. talk to you later, Jeff DeBuys.
p. s. Tad wants Allen to come on down, he has fish.
July 16, 2003
hello and good evening everyone, we departed on a 4 day trip this afternoon
and other than a great group of anglers, nice weather, and a choice load of
bait things are going well. We will be at the fishing grounds around 0800
tomorrow, and have high hopes for the trip. Wish us luck, we will report
later. Jeff Debuys
July 17,2003
Good evening folks, here is the rundown for today. We fished down around 210
miles for most of the day, and had an outstanding day on bluefin tuna and
albacore. We saw a lot of fish today, and the pace was absolutely perfect,
with 5 to 7 going for most of the time, and we had some lulls to regroup and
retie hooks. the grade was almost the same, bluefin were 25 to 35 lbs. and a
few bigger, as the albacore 25 to 35 lbs. Today was really fun fishing, as we
had some novices who did really well. We plan on being around here tomorrow
someplace, to try again for some more action. Today's final tally is as
follows, day limits on the bluefin, and almost day limits on the albacore,
with 1 big eye tuna for good measure. The weather is flat calm. sea ya later,
Jeff and crew
July 18, 2003
Hello everyone, here is the latest report for July 18. We had a great early
morning with wide open action on the 25 to 40 lb. bluefin tuna. After a while
we left them and went looking for some bigger bluefin. We hit a few kelps
along the way and had excellent action on 18 to 25 lb. yellowtail. We did
manage to get a spot of bigger tuna late in the day, and it was all mixed up
at first. We had yellowfin tuna 30 to 40 lbs., and then it turned to big
bluefin. We managed 14 of the bigger fish, from 80 to 150 lbs. What a
afternoon, as we also got a few bigeye tuna and a couple of handfuls of 35 to
40 lb. albacore. Things right now are as good as it ever gets out here. The
Weather is excellent, and we hope it continues. Here are a couple of pictures
, I wish we could put all the big ones up , but we only can send so many. We
are going to try for albacore the last day, so wish us luck. Jeff Debuys
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July 19,2003
Good afternoon everyone, we have just finished up on our last day of fishing.
We had a pretty productive morning, with some good albacore fishing, along
with good bluefin tuna fishing. We drifted by a kelp and
got some more quality yellowtail also. We are headed back to San Diego, and
will be docked around 0930 tomorrow Sunday. As for this trip, all I can say is
the fishing was epic, and the weather was just as good. We surely hope that it
continues for everybody. We depart on a 5 day Newell sponsored trip tomorrow.
sea ya then, Jeff DeBuys
July 21 2003
Good morning folks. We left yesterday on a five day trip. Newell sponsored
with Yo-Zuri . We had a great raffle last night that included a handful of
reels and some All Star rods. Also other items thrown in there. Everybody was
a winner. So far this morning not much to report. The fleet is spread out in
search of fish. We have a lot of boats out looking today so hopefully between
us we can get on the fish. The weather has picked up a little. We have about
15 knots of wind. Still pretty nice weather, but a shock compared to how it
has been. We will report again later and give you the progress of our hunt.
Andy Cates
July 22 2003
Good morning folks. We spent the day fishing Bluefin and albacore. Things
started off slow for us until we got on a school just before lunch. Things
were fast and furious at first and then turned into a nice easy
pick. We had two other schools throughout the day that responded the same way.
Start of fast and then go into a slow pick. There are some really nice
albacore mixed in. Not a lot,18 for the day but with day limits of
Bluefin we were plenty busy all afternoon. The weather has picked up and we
were on the Sea Anchor all night. The sea anchor makes all the difference in
the world. We are going to fish in this same are a today hoping for the same
success as yesterday. We will report again tomorrow.
July 23 2003
Good morning folks . Yesterday we spent the day fishing bluefin and albacore.
In the morning we had some action on albacore but not much on the bluefin.
After lunch we found a school and picked at the bluefin until evening. They
never did want to bite but we scratched 70 bluefin and 30 albacore for the
drift. After that we scratched at albacore until dark finishing off with a
little over a hundred on them for the day.
So far this morning we are picking away at the albacore . Hopefully they will
bite for us some time today. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates
July 25 2003
Good morning folks. We spent our last morning chasing the big bluefin. We
found several different spots, they just wouldn't bite. Really nice schools ,
fish up to 150 pounds would come flying out of the water after our chum and
then settle in around the boat. They would stick for about 10 minutes going
crazy on the sardines. Its really hard to believe we never hooked one.
Although we did get 3 Big eye in the may lay so it wasn' t for nothing. Boy
what a show !. So we left for home at about 1000 and had beautiful weather all
the way, Today we are leaving on a three day trip and things sound good for
the shorter range trips. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates
July 26 2003
Good morning folks. We are on a 3-day trip that left yesterday afternoon. We
are traveling down to the 200 mile area to try for albacore and bluefin.
Yesterday fishing sounded very good down here so we are hoping for it to
sustain. The water is warm down her and makes things very tricky. The
concentrated area of albacore are hard to predict . The fish seem to move
around a little more or just not come up until certain times of the day. It
sounds like the smaller grade bluefin is still around and we are hoping to get
in on that as well. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates
July 27 2003
Good morning folks. Yesterday was a very good day of albacore and bluefin
fishing. The size of the albacore was the best we have seen all year. Most of
the fish were 25 to 40 pounds with possibly a few bigger mixed in. The bluefin
were the smaller size 25 to 40 pounds. The albacore were fast and furious were
as the bluefin came slower drifting keeping 2to 4 going with better flurries
at times. In the evening the bluefin were biting
good into the dark. Most of the guys had enough fishing for the day by then,
but those that were out there were having a great time. This morning we are
starting up above where we were yesterday. There has been bluefin seen in this
area from boats coming and going from the areas below. This will give us more
time to fish and prospect some new water. We will be focusing on bluefin and
yellowtail on the kelps and releasing the albacore. We will report again
tomorrow Andy Cates
July 28 2003
Good morning folks. Yesterday was spent stopping on kelps for yellowtail and
small spots of bluefin. The bluefin did not want to bite. After 3 different
schools we only caught a couple of 35 pounders. Most of our efforts went to
the kelp paddies. We hit a lot of kelps throughout the day keeping only the
yellows that were 14 pounds or better, and there were definitely some better
ones mixed in. Some of the kelps had fish 20 to 30 pounds. Not many though
most of the fish averaged 14 to 18 pounds. We scratched all day and had a lot
of released albacore to claim. We ended up with just about limits of
yellowtail for the day and just a couple bluefin .
We managed to stay busy all day with plenty of action the kelps had to offer.
After the smoke had cleared we ended up with a nice scratch on the yellows. We
are leaving today on a 4 day trip. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
July 29 2003
Good morning folks. So far this morning things are pretty tough. It sounds
like the fish are down. I know there not up were we are. Reports from the
other boats below us sound grim as well. Hopefully some time today things come
up. The weather has come down so that is making visibility much better there
is just nothing to look at yet. We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates
July 30 2003
Good morning folks. We spent some time in the morning looking for albacore on
the way down. It really didn't work out. We saw no sign up were we finished
off our last trip so we continued to head down. We arrived at the 200 mile
area after lunch and got on a school of 25 to 40 pound bluefin . They bit good
at first and then backed off. We got 55 fish out of that one . Later in the
evening we found a school of 70 to
90 pound fish and that lasted in to the dark. We finished with 15 of those
nicer fish. They really put on a show boiling around the boat and bit a little
for a change. We put up a group photo of the guys fortunate enough to catch
one. We are in the same area again today hoping for a few schools. We will
report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
July 31 2003
Good morning folks, Well Yesterday we started in the area where we caught the
better size bluefin tuna. We spent until lunch time in that area. We saw three
different schools that would not bite. A report came in of albacore and
bluefin 50 miles above us. Discouraged with what we had caught we decided to
make the run.
We arrived at 400 in the afternoon And had action until dark. It ended up
being a good move. We picked up 10 25 to 40 pound bluefin in the mix.
Today we are going to pound it out up here. We have our trophy fish aboard we
would like some more albacore and bluefin. We are starting to get albacore as
we speak. We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates