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June 2002

June 1 2001
Good morning folks
We got under way yesterday and so far things are doing great. The sardines look good and the weather is nice . The hurricane that we were worried about is slowly dying . Last report was 30 MPH winds and decreasing. Our first stop will be at Alijos rocks for possibly squid and if we have room , mackerel or small tuna for chunks. Our final destination being Hurricane bank. After a month of maintenance we will still have some work to do to get ready for fishing. Some of the highlight things we did for The Rooster are new propellers which gave us just a little more speed. More than anything it cut down the vibration to almost none. Those of you coming out this summer will hardly believe the difference. The boat is so much smoother and even more comfortable now with the new air conditioning unit in the galley. We really got things set up good for not only the summer but next winter with a different setup winch for lowering and raising both of our skiffs. A much faster motor will get the skiffs in the water faster and safer for chasing down big fish.
New carpet in the staterooms and galley, new upholstery I could go on and on, you will just have to come out and enjoy it for yourself. We are going to get our day started . We will talk to you later. Tom Jackson would like to wish his wife a happy 11th anniversary. He will miss you.

Andy Cates

June 2 2002
Good afternoon folks.
Our day started early with a 200 AM wake up call to try for squid. We did get some but we will have to try again tonight for more. We made a pass by Alijos rocks at daylight. We saw a couple of schools of 25 to 40 pound fish and sign of yellowtail on the Southwest area . The weather was a bit choppy so we decided to keep going down to the Alijos bank were we saw more sign of yellowtail and tuna. It looks like an 8 day trip to the Rocks would be a good bet. Water temp at 67 degrees and blue. With good weather reports from the Hurricane center we decided to keep rolling down in hopes of the Hurricane Bank. This is a one shot deal with the Islands being closed. Hopefully our timing is good and we see some decent fishing. It looks like the weather is going to cooperate, at least so far.
Andy Cates

June 3 2002
Good morning folks.
Our attempt for squid last night did not work out. After an our of drifting we picked up one squid and one Cuttlefish, not enough to stick around for. The event of the evening was the Basketball game that we pumped through the boat off the SSB radio.

Today we will go over a few things about Wahoo fishing. Mostly safety but with techniques shown in as well. We have a half dozen people that have not caught or seen a Wahoo. They are anxious and have a lot of interesting questions on that type of fishing. We will try for squid again tonight, get to the Bank at about 3:00 am and hopefully have a good report for you tomorrow. By the way the weather is nice now and no news of any new storms developing down below. See you tomorrow
Andy Cates

June 4 2002
Good evening folks, we had a nice day of wahoo fishing today here at Hurricane Bank. We stayed busy throughout the entire day. The weather was very nice today and with the action made for an enjoyable day. We ended up with day limits wahoo and 4 tuna. The tuna showed good today. We saw fish from 60 to 150 pounds jumping around almost all day. We do have a problem. The amount of sharks here right now is hard to believe. They were eating the smaller tuna in the morning and ate the wahoo bombs throughout the day. It is going to be very hard to put together a catch on tuna unless the sharks back off. There is no shortage of fish, and decent ones at that. Hopefully the sharks move off and we get a chance at some clean tuna fishing. At least a chance to properly fish on the anchor.

June 5 2002
Good evening folks. The action on the Wahoo kept us busy throughout the morning. We didn't see much sign of tuna until the afternoon. The most encouraging thing was the fact that the sharks were not a real problem today. We were able to fish on the anchor the entire day. We ended up with 40 wahoo and a dozen tuna. most of the fish were 80 to 100 pounds with the exemption of a 215 pounder caught by Earl Sandefur. Ralph Cox and Aaron Jackson also shown here with a couple of decent size fish. There was good sign again today, the fish just won't settle in and bite. Hopefully we can scratch a little better on the tuna tomorrow, there is definitely the potential to put together a nice trip.
Andy Cates

June 7 2002

Good morning folks, Yesterday fell apart completely. There was absolutely no sign of tuna or wahoo the entire day. What a let down that was. It was almost unbelievable, from what we saw and caught the day before to nothing. The sharks were even in force to top it off. For the day we ended up with 4 wahoo. Very poor, probably the worst I have seen out here. So far this morning we have 15 wahoo . Still no sign of tuna but, maybe later. One good thing is we still have very good weather . We will report again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

June 7 2002
Good evening folks. With another shark filled day and no sign of tuna, we decided to finish the last half of the trip in northern waters, starting at Alijos Rocks. We didn't leave Hurricane without scraping of the last of the Wahoo, 25 for the day. The sharks were just as aggressive and made it almost impossible to keep a kite bait out. With the good reports from the Rocks and also good weather, we just could not turn down the chance get up there to finish up. Here a pictures of Tom Davis and John Clark with a  couple of decent size wahoo
 

June 8 2002
Good afternoon folks. Traveling up today with perfect weather. A little cooler of course but very nice. We went over a few things today about fishing Alijos Rocks. Spent the day changing our gear to suit a different type of fishing. Everyone seems excited about the move, the last couple of days were pretty brutal and the fact that there is an option to fish the rocks has brought a new thrill to the whole trip. We feel fortunate for what we got at the Bank, the good Wahoo fishing and a few shots at some decent size tuna. It was hard to believe how fast things could change. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates

June 10 2002
Good morning folks. After a couple days of travel we were ready for fish. The Rocks paid off well for us. Steady action all afternoon on 30 to 40 pound fish with a few bigger mixed in. Only a few decent yellows mixed in. Shown here are Aaron Jackson, Dan Kogut, Bud Mauerhan and John Clark with one of the better size fish at the Rocks. The move from the Hurricane Bank to the rocks worked out well, with limits of yellowfin and 15 yellowtail who could argue. The group really enjoyed the day and worked very well together. So far this morning nothing. Only 1 yellowtail last night on the Alijos bank. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
 

June 11 2002
Good morning folks. We never did much on the 42 fathom spot. A few nice yellowtail shown here . Alec Jackson, Mike Faulkner ,and Larry Martin shown here with the better grade yellows on the "iron". We looked around outside the bank and below for nothing. We decided to go back to the rocks for the afternoon. The afternoon brought steady action on 30 to 50 pound yellow fin. Al Nubling shown here after a tough battle on 30 pound test. The fish were still biting when we decided to leave at about 530. We are on our way to the 13 fathom spot "uncle sam" area. Today we are going to focus on yellowtail. Hopefully we find good action on decent size yellows in here . The weather is still very nice, even now the sun is out and beginning to warm things up.
We will report again tomorrow. Andy Cates
 

June 12 2002
Good morning folks. Yesterday didn't work out to well. Only a dozen yellows to be had on the 13 fathom spot. Then all the way down to the 23 fathom spot for only a couple of yellows. Conditions were very poor, 63 degree water was the warmest and the color wasn't right. Unfortunately we had to plow all the way back up and the weather got rough, needless to say yesterday didn't go to well. So far this morning we have 50 yellowtail at Cedros Island. The grade, 12 to 20 pounds. Hopefully we will continue to pick on the anchor. The weather is much nicer, but still windy. Tonight we will try for bait and then fish Chester's Rock in the morning for trophy yellows. We will report again tomorrow

June 13 2002
Good morning folks. Yesterday was a decent day. The only drawback was the wind. Windy almost all day and the current going up in the wind made it a bit uncomfortable. The afternoon brought great action on yellowtail. Spots under birds were everyone would hook up at the same time was exciting. The spots themselves were really a sight. The yellows were all up on the surface actually rolling on top of each other in a huge ball. They didn't stick around for to long but it gave each guy a chance to get a couple on each stop.
This morning we will start at Chester's Rock. Hopefully we get a few trophy yellows. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates

June 14 2002
Good morning folks. Yesterday we finished up on more yellowtail action. Starting the morning at Chester's rock. We did get some Yellows there , but not the grade we are used to catching. Much smaller fish 18 to 25 pounds. The weather was nice which made for a comfortable morning and we did get chances on some of the bigger fish. After breakfast we went back to the South end of Cedros for a few drifts on more yellowtail. As the weather kicked up we went in for lunch in the lee of the island to enjoy some sunshine. We went out for one last go around on the yellows in the afternoon. After some action we went back inside to the island and spent the evening breaking down our gear and enjoyed a nice dinner on the anchor in front of the salt factory. I sent in pictures of yellows we got at Chester's. Tom Reynolds, Bob Cherry and Dan Kogut were showcased here. Today we are traveling home we will be home tomorrow. We will be home at 800 am. SEE YOU AT THE DOCK  Andy Cates
 

June 20th
Good morning to all. Today is the second day of a 5 day trip. We started out yesterday at the 200 mile area for albacore, and there was not very much sign for those of us out there. The weather has been a little bit choppy and cold. We did manage to get 25 albacore and a few yellowtail for our efforts. Today we are at Benitos Island trying for yellowtail, and having some decent action on 15 to 25 lb. fish. Most of these fish taken on the yoyo jigs. We hope we can scratch at the yellows today, they are good grade fish. We have just installed a new satellite TV. system, and are already enjoying the baseball games, movies, and news programs like CNN. The new larger screen TV. is really great for viewing anywhere in the galley. We will update this report later tonight with all the latest info. Talk to you all then. Jeff DeBuys

June 20th
Good afternoon everyone, we spent the day at Benitos Island and scratched at the yellowtail. The fishing was not red hot, but there was enough action that everyone got a handful of fish. The grade is excellent, with most fish going 15 to 25 lbs. pictured here are some lucky guys with 30 to 40 lb fish. They are Carlos Higareda and Ko Tamura, Loren Hemer, and Tim Cann  with some trophy yellows. We ended up with just over 100 fish for our efforts. 90 % of the fish were taken on yoyo jigs. we are going to try to catch mackerel tonight for tomorrow. We are going to try it again here again tomorrow. The weather is good also. we will have another report tomorrow. take care. Jeff DeBuys
 

June 21st
Good evening everyone, we have a fishing report for today. We tried for bait last night, but it was hard to find, and we only got a little bit of mackerel. Today at Benitos island we scratched at the quality yellowtail, slower in the a.m., and showing better in the afternoon. The seal lion problem is absolutely out of control. We did manage to catch 95 yellows, from 15 to 30 lbs. The weather is still cold and windy. For our last day of fishing, we plan to try for albacore our last day. We will have another report at the end of our trip. see ya then. Jeff DeBuys

June 22nd
good afternoon to all. Today was the last day of our 5 day trip. Things on the offshore scene are really tough. We covered miles upon miles of water for only a couple of handful of albacore. Really brutal for all the boats out here. We had choppy weather all day as well. We will be back to San Diego Sunday around 8 am. All in all we had a fun time and had some decent fishing at Benitos. sea ya later. Jeff DeBuys

June 23-29 Six day trip

June 24 2002
Good morning folks. This morning we are in route for B3nitos Island. We are trolling and looking for albacore. But it sounds like from reports that we want to be further south. Our plan is to fish the Island today and then go west to an area that has produced good fishing the last couple of days. We will spend the morning getting rigged. Quite a few first timers this trip. Hopefully we can get them broken in on some yellowtail action this afternoon. The weather is much better. Very nice here right now. The weather reports from various places sounds much better. Not much else to report right now, we will see you tomorrow, Andy Cates

June 25 2002
Just a quick note today, as Andy and the crew have been busy with limits of albacore and also 60-70 Bluefin tuna in the 18-35 pound range.  They are fishing @ 370 miles from San Diego.  Sorry that this is not a detailed report but Andy barely had enough time to call this report today.  Just to busy catching fish.

June 26 2002
Good morning folks. Yesterday worked out very well for us and most of the other boats that decided to make the long haul. Albacore were eager and Bluefin tuna were still to be had. The Bluefin we got on were a little smaller than the days prior , but still a welcome sight. The grade of albacore is fantastic 20 to 30 pounds with some bigger mixed in. We almost got all the Albacore for the trip so it will give us chance to focus on the Bluefin here today. After a taste of some 85 Bluefin the anglers are eager for more. Maybe we can get back on those big ones. We will report again tomorrow

June 27 2002
Good morning folks. Yesterday was considerably slower than the day before. We did manage some better size Bluefin today. Pictures shown here of the guys with some Jack Pot contenders.  Zero albacore and 26 Bluefin for the day. A lot slower than yesterday but still not to bad. This morning we are at Cedros Island and we have 32 yellowtail. Things seem to have died here but maybe this afternoon. See you tomorrow, Andy Cates

June 28 2002
Good morning folks. We ended up at Bonitos yesterday and it was not very good. Same deal as in the beginning of the trip. Lots of sea lions. It looked like there was plenty of yellow tail around it was just impossible tot get through the seals. We ended up with 42 yellows for the day. We had dinner on the anchor before heading up in the nasty weather, which turned out to be not all that bad. This morning we are looking around for albacore. So far we have nothing. We are 200 miles from home so we can only give it half the day. We will report again tomorrow, Andy Cates

June 30,
Good evening everyone, we departed San Diego yesterday for a 6 day extravaganza. After stopping off to fill the boat with choice sardines and anchovies, we had our onboard tackle seminar to go over the different ways we will  rig our gear for the trip. The weather has been absolutely beautiful since we left, and continues to be excellent. We started fishing today at about 250 miles from the point. We scratched away at the albacore today and we might have 250 or better for our efforts. Most of the fish is 14 to 16 lbs, with
some better ones up to 25 lbs. mixed in. We had some good fishing right at dark. We are going to fish further south tomorrow, with the hopes of running across some Bluefin tuna and albacore. Wish us lots of luck. Until then , take care. Jeff DeBuys

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