Sorry for the lack of reports, we have had a hard time getting the phone to send out our information to this point. We spent our first day of fishing trying for yellowtail along the Baja coast, the fishing was very good on mixed grade fish from 8 to 20 pounds and we did a lot of catch and release, as we  weeded thru the small fish we did put together a nice day.

Day two and three found us fishing the ridge area for classic fall type variety fishing on multiple species including tuna, dorado, yellowtail, pargo, grouper and wahoo. The action was just incredible all three days to start the trip, we have a good catch of the beach and ridge fish aboard and everyone had an opportunity to tug and pull until their hearts content.

With the action on school size fish behind us we are presently fishing for larger tuna and wahoo at Alijos rocks hoping to compliment the catch already on board with quality tuna and the highly coveted wahoo, the action has been fair but the quality is not disappointing as these Alijos Rocks tuna are in the 60 to 120 pounder class and real crowd pleasers. With three days of fish left and good weather to work in we are hoping to finish the trip off putting quality fish aboard and end the trip on a high note, time will tell what the fishing has to offer and in the mean time we will keep working hard at catching these beautiful grade tuna and wahoo and enjoy the fantastic weather.

We will report back in a few days and give an update on how the final days of fishing have gone. One quick note everyone here on board would like to say "hello and wish you where here" to Richard Hightower and thank him for all the wonderful product he provided to everyone on board in the raffles and giveaway's, it's all getting put to good use. Thanks for checking in with us and we will report back in a day or two.

                                            

Red Rooster III Crew and Passengers  

October 11, 2006

     We have been here at Alijos Rocks for three day's and are having good fishing on beautiful grade Yellowfin Tuna averaging 70 to 125 pounds with a hand full of stand outs we are hoping to weight in the 130 to 140 pound range back at the dock, the action is not red hot but we are scratching out a nice quality catch of tuna. The Wahoo action is basically slow with our first day here proving to be the best opportunity to hook and land one of the highly sought after species, but even at that it was not good fishing with the amount of Wahoo here at the Rocks being minimal at this time. We see good sign of the larger tuna around the area and feel good about finishing our trip here trying to compliment our already nice catch with a few more of these trophy fish. The best techniques for a chance at one of the larger tuna has been 50 or 60 pound line and a shot piece of fluorocarbon with a 3/0 to 5/0 circle hook using a live sardine or a chunk bait. These fish are too big to fish 40 pound line, we have had several anglers spooled each day on 50 and 60 pound line and even one person got spooled on 80 pound today. It has been typical scratch tuna fishing and changing your live bait and staying in contact with your bait has been the key to getting bites, we have also had several opportunities on the kite's each day flying the live squid and the flying fish. Please wish us luck as we continue to hunt these trophy tuna and try to finish off our trip  with this quality grade of tuna. We will report back as we make our way towards San Diego with the final results of our last day and an ETA back at home on Saturday October 14, 2006.

                                               John G.and the Red Rooster III

It was the perfect way to finish the trip with a very good morning of fishing on the large Yellowfin Tuna at Alijos Rocks, perhaps the best biting fish we saw in our three and a half day's at Alijos. We had four people going into our last morning who had not yet successfully landed one of the larger Yellowfin Tuna and our goal to finish the trip was to get them their large Tuna so everyone on board had a trophy to show for their efforts, we not only succeeded in the task at hand but put together a beautiful catch of the large Yellowfin Tuna on our last morning of fishing as well. This type of big game fishing is not a fast process by any means, it truly takes a lot of patience and perseverance by the passengers and crew over an extended period of time sitting on the anchor for day's and scratching out a quality catch of these beautiful fish. Looking back over the past week of fishing we are pleased with the results of the catch we have put on board, classic fall Long Range fishing with exceptional action for multiple species in on the beach and down the ridge with a good opportunity to catch a trophy Yellowfin Tuna at Alijos Rocks along with a few Wahoo. This trip is the perfect example of what these fall trips where designed to target a variety of fish in different areas up and down the very prolific Baja coast. We are currently traveling up the coast in perfect weather and expect to make our targeted arrival time back in San Diego of 0830, anyone who is meeting the boat can give Lee Palm's office a call Friday afternoon for any updates in our ETA but as of now we are on schedule.

The crew and myself would personally like to thank David Rocchi for hosting this fine group of passengers on yet another successful Newell sponsored 10 day fall voyage, we all missed Mr. Richard Hightower this year and look forward to fishing with Richard again in the near future but "Rocky" was a great host and truly a pleasure to work with. I would like to mention the sponsors who provided all the great product for everyone on board on this annual 10 day trip, of course Newell Manufacturing for the reels they give away in the raffle's and all the loaner tackle they provide to anyone on board who would like to fish with this fine gear. Their was free line from Yo-Zuri Hybrid and Yo-Zuri H.D. fluorocarbon available along with Seaguar fluorocarbon, the fluorocarbon proved to be a key element in our catch of the large Yellowfin Tuna from Alijos Rocks. Other sponsoring companies where Catchy Tackle who provided Spinner Bombs for Wahoo fishing along with Sea Strike Jigs and Yo-Zuri Hydro Mag Trolling lures. Hayabusa Hooks, Hayabusa (Sabiki) bait catchers where also provided and everyone on board received a Hayabusa hat and Newell T-Shirt. Thank you Newell, Catchy Tackle, Hayabusa, Seaguar and Yo-Zuri for all this wonderful product and Richard and Rocky for taking the time to put it all together, the gear was put to the test this trip and came thru with flying colors. We hope to see everyone back next year on this annual Newell 10 day trip and other trips in 2007 aboard the Red Rooster III.

                                                   Captain John Grabowsiki and the Crew of the Red Rooster III

Good morning folks. Yesterday was another great day with lots of chances at big fish. All applications from chunk to the kite. The mackerel have seen more than half the bites on big ones so far. Finishing the day with 30 tuna 20 estimated over 200 pounds. Good weather has also been a treat, with a stable platform it is easier to work on the bigger fish.

So far this morning we have 5 tuna , 4 over 200 and pulling on one now. The best action is after lunch so we have the day ahead of us. We will report again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Better sign up for November 16 day trip while there are spots this fishing is going to last for a while.

Good morning folks. Over the weekend we continued to have amazing fishing out here. With lots of chances of big fish. Some days were better on the kite and big balloons and the last couple of days has moved over to fishing the sardines. Guys are using the heaviest gear they have and flylining baits. Very good conditions allowing the baits to easily get away from the boat.

With just room for a couple more fish here the rest of the trip will be focused on wahoo. Hopefully there is enough out her to keep us busy the next couple of days. We will report again tomorrow.

Andy Cates