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March 2007

March 14th, 2007

Good morning folks, Yesterday was our first day at the bank and unfortunately we did not have what we were hoping for. With only 6 tuna in the 100 pound range and 14 wahoo. The sharks in the afternoon were horrible, although it didn't really matter because we didn't see any sign of fish. The best sign we saw was mid day and we are waiting to see if it shows again today. So far this morning the sharks have dominated the field, I hope they back off.
Andy Cates

March 15th, 2007

Good evening folks, We left the Bank yesterday after a tough day with no tuna 15 wahoo and plenty of sharks. We spent the day outside the 6 mile zone at Clarion for 19 tuna from 80 to 150 pounds. The weather was not ideal which made it tough but it does look like the wind is backing off this evening. We're hoping for better conditions and from what we saw here today with the right weather I think we will do alright. The sat. phone has been weak so this should update things.
Andy Cates

March 17th, 2007

Good evening folks. Today was less productive than yesterday with really only one school that bit a little ending the day with 19 tuna from 90 to 170 pounds.  We found some wahoo action on a dead whale 25 miles below the Island. That made for some excitement after hitting a lot of schools of tuna that would not bite. But none the less another nice day and the weather was better today. Hopefully there is more to come.
Andy Cates

March 20th, 2007

Good morning folks. The last couple of days were very poor for tuna outside the 6 mile zone. Occasional school of small fish and anything good we found would not bite. Our dead whale offshore produce more action on wahoo which saved one of the days but yesterday we lost it and caught nothing.
With the shark factor heavy outside we decided to use the 6 mile zone on the inside Islands. so far Roca Partida was a bust but heading in towards San Benedicto, we have high hopes. We have tomorrow left and will have a full day at the Island and looking to finish off with some action.
So far with the catch we have we are very thankful but a few more tuna would be nice.
Andy Cates

March 23rd, 2007


Good morning folks. The last couple of days on the inside failed to produce fish. We scanned the 6 mile areas for nothing. A couple of areas had Black porpoise that looked similar to the fall time fishing just very little fish with them. We left San Benedicto and headed home. Stopping along the beach for a few yellowtail and miscellaneous coastal species.
The weather has continued to favor us with the exception of a little bump yesterday but now we are enjoying the perfect coastal weather.
Tomorrow is our last day of travel

CAPTAIN:                   ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP:          FRIDAY, MARCH 9, SUNDAY , MARCH 25, 2007

LENGTH OF TRIP:  16 DAYS

AREA FISHED:        HURRICANE BANK, OFFSHORE

FISH COUNT:           100 YELLOWFIN TUNA, 248 WAHOO & 60 YELLOWTAIL

1ST PLACE                  268.4 LB  YELLOWFIN TUNA caught by, AL BABASHOFF OF MONTEBELLO, CA

2ND PLACE                 198.5 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA caught by, BILL SCHNIDER OF POWAY, CA

3RD PLACE                 171.6 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA  caught by;  ART GREEN OF NEWPORT BEACH, CA