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July 1
Good evening folks. After traveling up from Cedros we got on a spot of breaking
Bluefin. They did not bite very well but we did manage to hook and land three
fish. Beth Smith landed this big 262 pound Bluefin. John Vanderventer a 181 and
Sam Cornell with a 203 pounder. All the fish were hooked on mackerel
unbelievably Sam's 203 was caught on 50 pound Izorline. We are going to stick
around and try for the Bluefin tomorrow. Hopefully we get lucky again. Andy
Cates
July 2
Good evening folks. We had a fantastic afternoon of albacore fishing. Still that
big fish 35 to 45 pounders. We got on a school early afternoon and caught what
we needed. Everyone has enough fish so we are going to spend the rest of the
trip looking for the Big Bluefin. Not to much seen today in that department but
hopefully tomorrow. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
July 3
Good evening folks. We spent the day looking for Bluefin. It was a very long
frustrating day. When we would finally find a school they would not bite. Things
ended up pretty poor. We had a few yellows on kelps but we did not commit to
that until late. There were small schools of Bluefin on the kelps and they also
would not bite. No sign of the Giant Bluefin today. Tomorrow we are going up the
beach to fish yellows and Halibut.
Hopefully it works out after today's tough go. Andy Cates
July 5
Good morning folks. I am reporting for yesterday. The computer was down. We
spent the morning on the beach fishing Halibut. We were hoping for some
yellowtail action but the water cooled 2 degrees overnight. The yellows were not
to be found. The halibut salvaged our morning. Fish from limit size up to 25
pounds caught on the drift with 19 halibut and 4 yellowtail to show for our
efforts. I posted some pictures, take a look. We leave on a five day trip today.
Things sound pretty good as far as albacore go. We will report again tomorrow
night. Andy Cates
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July 6
Good evening folks, We had an epic day of albacore fishing. The same grade 25 to
40 pounds. In the evening we had enough. The guys were exhausted after an
afternoon of non stop action. What a great way to start out a five day trip. We
will be fishing yellowtail tomorrow. Hopefully it works out, Andy Cates
July 8
Good evening folks. We had another nice day of yellowtail fishing. We ended up
at Benitos in the evening for some sundown action. A few stand out fish like
this one posted. Tomorrow we are going offshore looking for tuna and albacore.
The trip has been a great success we are just hoping for a couple of trophies
for the Jack Pot, We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
July 9
Good evening folks, We spent the day looking for bluefin and ended up finding a
few schools that would not bite. We saw some bigger fish in the chum but no
takers on the ones with the hooks. We finished of with some action on albacore
and called it a trip. We will report then. Andy Cates
July 12
Good morning folks. The computer was down yesterday so I am reporting on our
awful day of fishing. We spent the better part of the day driving. Looking for
albacore that won't bite. Needless to say we caught very little for the day. So
far this morning we have caught some yellows on kelps but no albacore. Hopefully
later. Andy Cates
July 12
Good morning folks. We had another tough day. We managed to stay busy on kelps
in the morning. Picking off a few decent yellows. The afternoon brought an
encouraging sign. Unfortunately we could not find anything to bite. A couple of
the other boats had better samples so we were hopeful. As frustrating as it is
we will keep trying and hope they come up for everyone. P.S Happy birthday to
Beverly.
Andy Cates
July 12
Good evening folks. I wish I could say we finished off with a bang, but that was
not the case. Another day of slow fishing. The albacore are there they just
don't want to bite. We had a couple of better stops that made it tolerable but
that was it. I sure hope things go better for us on the next trip. The one good
thing is the fish we did put aboard were all nice grade. We will be leaving on
another 4 day trip tomorrow See you then, Andy Cates
July 15
Good evening folks Well things really turned around for the better. Great sunny
weather and great albacore fishing. The same big fish we have been getting. 25
to 40 pounders. A little more bluefin seen today and caught and even some school
size yellowfin in with the albacore. Tomorrow we are going to focus on Bluefin
in the morning and then some more albacore action in the afternoon. We will
report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
July 16
Good evening folks. We had a nice day today. We drifted on as school of bluefin
until after lunch and then hit a few different spots getting some smaller grade
yellowfin and a few dorado and yellowtail on kelps. Later in the afternoon we
finished up on the albacore and called it a day. I posted pictures of some of
the bigger bluefin up to about 60 pounds
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July 18
Good morning folks, today we departed on our annual five day Newell trip. We
took on a beautiful load of five to eight inch Sardines and cleared Point Loma
for points south at 1400 hrs. Very nice weather and a great group anglers with
high hopes so we are on our way to a Baja adventure. We will report tomorrow
with the progress of our trip and hopefully good fishing reports. John and
RR III crew.
July 21
Good morning folks, the last few days I would say were good scratch albacore
fishing. The size of fish is still just excellent with a lot of the catch over
30 pounds and some over 40 pounds, we have had good weather the entire trip with
12 to 15 knots of northwest wind and clear sunny skies. We plan on fishing for
albacore one more day then moving in to the Baja coast and try to compliment our
catch with some yellowtail and coastal type species. We are exactly half way
through our 5 day trip and we are hoping to be able to scratch the next two days
and put this trip together. This is a very nice group of passengers and they
seem to be enjoying themselves very much. We will report again tomorrow night
with our days results. John and RR III Crew
July 22
ETA for Friday morning is 7:00AM
July 24
We departed on Friday for the three day Glenn's Alignment charter. We took on
one well of sardines and cleared Point Loma at 1330 hrs. The weather traveling
down the coast was absolutely perfect, a vast improvement over the twelve to
fifteen knots of wind and choppy seas we experienced last trip. We opted to
start this three day run off by catching yellowtail down the Baja coast, and
catch we did. What a very nice day of fishing and a much appreciated change of
pace from the offshore fishing we have been doing these past few weeks. The
yellowtail bit from the time we dropped the anchor until the time we pulled the
anchor to head back offshore. All the typical yellowtail type applications were
working well. The most productive outfit was either a flyline sardine or a 3/4
oz. sliding sinker above the hook. The yo yo jigs and surface irons were very
productive as well. We are now traveling as I said offshore for tomorrows
fishing in search of Albacore and Bluefin tuna. We are hoping that with the
good weather and favorable reports we can add a few tuna species to our already
very nice catch of fish. Wish us luck and we will report back tomorrow night
with
the trips final outcome.
John and the Red Rooster III crew
July 27
Good evening folks. We spent half the day in the albacore grounds. The first
part of the morning was encouraging and then at lunch time it seemed to die. We
left at 1:00 with 52 nice size albacore and started toward the yellowtail
grounds. We hit a couple of spots of better size Bluefin for nothing and kept
heading south.
We were hoping for a better show on the albacore but once again they were
reluctant to bite. Still plenty of fish around so hopefully on the last day of
the trip we will get a better shot. We will be fishing yellows first thing in
the morning. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates
July 28
Good evening folks. We had a great day of yellowtail fishing. they started to
bite at 9:00 in the morning and stayed steady until 5;00 in the evening when we
left it. Everyone had a great time. Fish caught on the surface iron, bait and Yo
- Yo jig. The grade of fish was nice as well.
Tomorrow we are going to Guadalupe. Due to our positioning I think it is our
best bet. The offshore scene below the one day area sounds awful. Hopefully we
get lucky tomorrow and get a few trophy yellowfin. We will report then, Andy
Cates
July 29
Good afternoon folks. We left at 100 with not much to show for. There was enough
sign they just don't want to bite. But then again lately that has been the story
with the tuna fishing. Now it sounds like the yellowtail fishing has slowed down
as well. We had our chances today with Jack Pot fish and lost them. We did pick
up one stand out fish a 60 pound yellowfin and 10 others but smaller grade. We
will be in tomorrow at 800 in the morning and then leaving on a 3day trip. We
will report again later, Andy Cates
July 31
Good evening folks. We had a nice day of albacore fishing and action on kelps.
Some nice grade yellowtail to go along with the big albacore. We ended the day
with 135 albacore and 32 yellowtail. Most of the action was in the morning and
very little in the afternoon. We are hoping for another nice day tomorrow. Andy
Cates