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CAPTAIN: DEREK WALDMAN
DATE OF TRIP: 9/25-10/1/2015 LENGTH OF TRIP: 6 DAYS AREAS FISHED: BENITOS, OFF SHORE, ISLANDS TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 20-CALSTAR RODS SPONSOR
FISH COUNT:
350 YELLOWTAIL, 103 YELLOWFIN TUNA, 16 DORADO, 2 WAHOO 1st PLACE JACKPOT 33LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY GARY SAX OF LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA 2nd PLACE JACKPOT 31.9LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY TIM HUGHES OF SAN DIEGO, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 30.6LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT DAVID KOEHLER OF GLENDALE, AZ NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 49.5LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY TIM HUGHES OF SAN DIEGO, CA  A few mentions I didn't have time to add earlier were the daily jackpot winners. Sunday was a Calstar 700L blank won by Jeff with a black seabass release. Monday went to Chad that won Izorline spectra, fluorocarbon and mono as well as a baja fishgear $50 gift card. Tuesday was Tim Hughes won a 800L with a nice Yellowtail and last day of fishing went to Ralph Hughes got an accurate pair of pliers with a nice sheath and lanyard
Sept. 29, 2015
Today less sign of fish. We had 6 tuna, 6 yellowtail, 2 wahoo, & 4 Dorado. Weather coming up, no fish at the island went off shore. Saw good signs of 40lbs tuna under bird schools that were very squirrely. We got one 40lbs tuna and they would not let us get over top of them. So that is something to look at for the future.
We are heading up to the island to shoot for some yellowtail before we head off shore if weather permits.
Sept. 28, 2015 Fish report from the Red Rooster III, reported by the RRIII office:
Yesterday they had scratch fishing with mixed grade tuna from 10-30lbs fish at Benitos. So far this morning, very poor, no condition at Benitos on the move, will report again tomorrow.
Due to technical difficulty with our Satellite connection, we have not been able to send out a report consistently. As soon as the issues have been resolved, we will begin posting.
Sept. 27, 2015 Good afternoon anglers sorry for the late report here but our Internet has been down for the day and we haven't had to much to report we had such a good day yesterday that we looked at new water today for a combined catch of 2 dorado and 5 yellows tagged with one black seabass released ....
and as far as the tuna grounds go down here its seem to have fizzled out but we're hoping for a late hit and the search will continue on
Sept. 26, 2015 evening reports as follows....
had a great day of wide open fishing for quality yellowtail this morning till early afternoon once we finished up with yellows we headed offshore to look for some kelps and found a few nice ones with very few fish on them but none the less we got a few handfuls of dorado and a couple tuna for our efforts this evening. so tomorrow were goin to look at a warm strip of 80 degree water with a slight edge to it and see if we can't get lucky and find some more dorado or maybe an elusive wahoo so wish us luck and hope to have a good mid morning report for you all tomorrow
Sept. 25, 2015 Good afternoon anglers we left on our Calstar 6 day today with good bait and great weather and hoping for good fishing to follow so wish us luck we will check in with you tomorrow
Derek Waldman
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 9/19-9/25/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 6 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: BENITOS, JERONIMO ISLAND
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 19-PENELL CHARTER
FISH COUNT:
240 YELLOWFIN TUNA
218 YELLOWTAIL
19 DORADO
1 WAHOO
3 HALIBUT
1st PLACE JACKPOT 36.2LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY ROBERT CARRINGTON OF FALLON, NV
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 33.8 YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY JASON WOLFORD OF ANSELMO, CA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 32.2LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY TONY CARACCIOLO OF RANCHO MIRAGE, CA
NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 50.8LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY LUIS VELAZQUEZ OF ANTELOPE, CA
Sept. 24, 2015 We stayed a little late and used up our last bait on a nice finisher with Yellowtail. We ended just after lunch with 73 nice grade yellowtail and are starting home. It's always nice to end with a bang! Guys are busy breaking down the gear and it looks like 8:30 for an ETA.
see you then
Sept. 23, 2016 We scratched all afternoon but never got the current we were hoping for. Ending the day with with 65 of the nice grade tuna and another 25 of the smaller grade and a couple yellows
We started off with a nice morning and at lunch we have 53 tuna. pretty dead now but hoping the conditions get good again and we can have a nice afternoon
Sept. 22, 2015 Lisa and Melissa pose with a couple of nice yellowfin
60 tuna today and 1 seabass released . 50 of which are good grade and 10 more yellows we are giving it another day with because the grade is nice
Pretty slow so far this morning 8 tuna and this nice Yellowtail that Jason caught 
Sept. 21, 2015
We finished with a nice day .100 tuna and 80 yellowtail. sure is nice catching tuna and Yellows at the same time. The kite brought good action today on the decent grade tuna we will try it again tomorrow
A pick on these decent grade tuna this morning.
Sept. 20. 2015 We scratched 15 dorado on kelps and one wahoo. 56 yellows this morning and now headed south. really nice weather today. excellent looking conditions, just not much fish offshore 
Let's hope there are more of these around. Jig strike in open water 
About 50 yellows for the morning and now hard to find a spot that bites. We left yesterday on our annual Pennel family 6 day trip.
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 9/13-9/19/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 6 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE, BENITOS, CANOAS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 18-IZORLINE SPONSOR
FISH COUNT:
360 YELLOWFIN TUNA
275 YELLOWTAIL
45 DORADO
39 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 50.8LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY ERIC MARX OF PEORIA, AZ2nd PLACE JACKPOT 47.4 WAHOO CAUGHT BY AARON MARX OF ENUMCAL 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 43.85LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY LYNN HULL OF SAN DEIGO, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 73.45LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY DEXTER MEJIA OF OLYMPIA, WA 
Sept. 18, 2015 We finished off in on the beach with a dozen yellows and other mixed and released fish. it was nice to get out of the weather and we will have a nice ride up the beach
We will be in at 7:00 in the morning
Sept. 17, 2015 Hopefully the next kelp is the One! A kelp that had a little more life including a couple wahoo. still no bingo but we feel like we are getting closer
We had 38 yellows and 1 halibut this morning before heading offshore. The weather came down a little so we are spending the afternoon looking offshore. Sept. 16, 2015 Still picking at these decent size tuna, not much current. The fish are 22 to 35 pounds . Most fish around 25 pounds. Really nice school size fish The wind has come up and we had rain but it has cleared now and still picking at the tuna
We had a few strikes this morning and picked off 18 wahoo. The tuna bite really hasn't started yet but we managed about 50 tuna for the morning  |  | Nice day of wahoo and tuna |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Sept. 15, 2015
A great day down here with tuna, yellowtail and wahoo. great fishing down here right now hopefully it holds up for a while Sept. 14, 2015 A great raffle yesterday with the Custom Izorline Red Rooster shirts for everyone Good Job Norm
We traveled through the morning and finally started fishing after lunch. Nice fishing after 2:00 on yellows and a few Dorado in the mix. yellows are still biting
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: 9/8-9/13/2015 LENGTH OF TRIP: 6 DAYS AREAS FISHED: SAN MARTIN, CORTEZ BANK TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 17-SoCal Tuna Club
FISH COUNT:
LIMITS OF YELLOWFIN TUNA
180 YELLOWTAIL
20 DORADO
17 BLUEFIN TUNA 1st PLACE JACKPOT 39.8LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MICHAEL MECK OF IRVING, TX 2nd PLACE JACKPOT 34.4LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY CHRISTIAN DODGE OF TORRANCE, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 30.2LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY GREG RIGGEN SR OF SLYMAR, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 23.6LBS DORADO CAUGHT BY STEVE CHABRE OF NEWPORT BEACH, CA  Sept. 12, 2015 We finished the evening with a few stops on small Bluefin tuna . Ending the day with a little less than 100 mixed yellowfin , Bluefin and yellowtail. We will be at the dock at 7:00 in the morning and then leaving on a 6 day trip. sponsored by Izorline 
Picking at this tuna and some decent yellows this morning, pretty slow so far but still getting fish
Sept. 11, 2015 Nice fish to be had here today and we are going to try it again tomorrow. We have had a great day catching nice size tuna and yellowtail. great action all day with epic weather .things sure turned for the better.
Things slowed way down but still getting one at a time. 50 tuna and 23 yellows for the morning So far this morning had shown promise with about 30 of these better size tuna. The weather is really nice and we have decent fish to try for. So far so good
Sept. 10, 2015 It was nice to get the badly needed action. maybe we will find a kelp with Dorado on our way up
We found action on a kelp smaller grade school size fish. Mostly small fish from 8 to 15 pounds with a few standout Dorado. We are headed up for tomorrow to try for bigger tuna
Sept. 9, 2015 A real struggle all day with a nice little hit I'm the evening on 12 to 22 pound yellows.
The weather came up and we had rain all afternoon.. We are headed back up to stay out of the weather looking for yellows on the beach and dorado on kelps Still nothing to report. Kelps with just a couple of fish. Not good. One kelp. One Dorado. Tough start 
Sept. 8, 2015 out again on another 5 day trip
this one is a club trip with the guys from Southern California tuna club.
special thanks to Sav - on tackle for the great raffle items 
CAPTAIN: TOM FERRARI ...
DATE OF TRIP: 9/3-9/8/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 16-CHARKBAIT.COM FISH COUNT:
255 YELLOWTAIL
LIMITS OF DORADO
14 YELLOWFIN TUNA 1 DORADO
1 BROOMTAIL GROUPER
1 WHITE SEA BASS
1 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 41.3LBS WHITE SEA BASS CAUGHT KEITH NEWMAN OF ` QUARTZ HILL, CA
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 34.2LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BENDY WHITE OF SANTA BARBARA, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 33.3LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY STEVE DAVIS OF SANTA BARABA, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 20.6LBS DORADO CAUGHT BY STEVE DAVIS OF SANTA BARBARA, CA 
Sept. 7, 2015
Our eta for tomorrow morning is 6:45 - 7:00.
We just wrapped up our trip on an all you want dorado kelp. Everybody filled their limits and we even caught a wahoo! Now that's good fishing. Big thanks to Mark Smith from Charkbait and Toro Tamer for all the great give - a - ways and for shooting some great video (coming soon to YouTube). We are seeing a lot of kelps today most have at least a couple of fish and even a wahoo!
Sept. 6, 2015 Getting trophy yellows, white sea bass and a Broomtail Grouper.
Sept. 5, 2015
Smile that's a keeper. 
We have 125 of these "school" size yellowtail now and The trophy sheepshead are rolling through. Sept. 4, 2015
We left yesterday on our 5 day Charkbait trip. Mark Smith passed out t shirts and goodie bags and we headed south to start our trip.
 |  | | Martin kicked us off with the best dorado off a kelp | Trevor ' s first ever Dorado and it's a good one. |
CAPTAIN: TOM FERRARI ...
DATE OF TRIP: 8/31-9/3/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 15-OPEN WATER FISH COUNT:
102 DORADO
100 YELLOWFIN TUNA
36 BLUEFIN TUNA
2 YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE JACKPOT 42.8LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT DOUG GREEN OF CANYON LAKE, CA
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 41.8LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY SHAWN REED OF ORLAND, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 40.8LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CA STEVE HARTMAN OF LAKE ELSINORE, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 11.6LBS DORADO CAUGHT BY CALEB RUMSEY OF LA JOLLA, CA 
Sept. 2, 2015 We are wrapping up our trip. We had a nice day of fishing today. There was good action this morning but the whole place died after lunch. We collected 37 nice grade bluefin and two yellowtail for our efforts. We will be at the dock tomorrow around 6:30. 
Bluefin -- Yes Sept. 1, 2015 Just finishing up a decent offshore day. The kelps weren't loaded up with fish but we managed to collect around 100 mixed fish for the day.
What does Mike on the bait tank + a kelp patty equal?
Aug. 31, 2015 We stopped on a kelp this afternoon for some dorado and tuna. We managed 40 dorado and 11 tuna. Hopefully there's one more kelp out here before dark
CAPTAIN: Derek Waldman ...
DATE OF TRIP: 8/28-8/31/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 14-OPEN WATER FISH COUNT:
36 BLUEFIN TUNA
15 YELLOWTAIL
11 YELLOWFIN TUNA
1 DORADO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 48.6LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT JOHN WRIGHT OF CORONA, CA
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 44.0LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY OMAR TORREZ OF CORONA, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 42.6LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CA JOHN VERMEER OF CORNA, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 13.2LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY OMAR TORRES OF CORONA, CA 
Aug. 30, 2015 Well that's all folks were headed for the barn we had slow fishing today and windy conditions but a good time was had by all and we will be in tomorrow at 7am see you then We headed into the Lee for a bit to get out of the weather and found a few schools of yellowfin to mess around with but same deal a lot of fish but no bites so we're headed out to try for a few more blue fin before we call it a trip here
A little yellowfin action this afternoon |  | well its slowed up again and after our morning drift were gonna be on the move soon if we don't hook anything in the next few minutes we've been lucky and had 1 - 3 goin for most of the morning here. it's all of 15-18 kts of wind and 4' of swell here so we're rocking pretty good this morning
Good morning anglers sorry I didn't right the evening report last night I wish I could say it was because we were wide open but can't anyways we ended up with 20 nice Bluefin a couple yellowfin 9 yellows and a dorado were trying this again here today with scattered reports of very few kelps down south with a dwindling number of dorado and small tuna we decided to take a whack at this better grade fish up here so good morning gang hope to have good news for you all soon Aug. 29, 2015  |  |  |  | even on the other hand scored a good one | John with a release worthy yella | Omar with a change of color | Omar with a yellow mixed in |  |  |  |  | number two with the same cigar | John with one that might go 50#s | | Harry hooked a nice dorado here |  |  |  |  | Paul got his in on the 30# | Scott with another good one.
very slow this mid afternoon
a lot of non biting fish but we're trying | Big John D got his on 40# and a fly lined dean | Now there just showing off |
What's more frustrating. ...not seeing fish or seeing really good fish that just got back from the dentist and not biting?
been watching these 30 #ers boil and jump around for an hour now 
Aug. 28, 2015 Wish I had a better report for everyone but nothing doing this evening so we're gonna give em hell in the am check back with you all mañana
Well folks sun's going down and he hit a handful of good kelps this afternoon for nada so fingers crossed for the next hour here.
Good afternoon gang checking in here with awesome weather and a great group of guys on our annual open 3 day looks to be fun for the next few days with local reports diminishing a little bit were pretty optimistic about our chances I mean the water is a beautiful blue and 77 degrees how can you not be! well wish us luck!
Derek Waldman
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 8/23-8/28/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CEDROS, OFF SHORE,
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 13-LARRY BROWN CHARTER FISH COUNT:
315 YELLOWTAIL
336 YELLOWFIN TUNA
72 DORADO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 44.0LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT DAVID LEFFMAN OF EL PASO, TX
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 37.6LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY LARRY THOMPSON OF MANCOS, CO 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 33.4LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DARRELL PICKFORD OF PACIFIC PALISADES, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 17.4 DORADO CAUGHT BY BOB VIERS OF MENIFEE, CA
Aug. 27, 2015
A long day to get up to where there was any life. We finished this evening with a little action on Dorado and released some small tuna. Not great but a few nice fish to tag. We will be in at 6:45 in the morning., see you then
Aug. 26, 2015 We left the Island at 2:30 and started heading up we had a couple of decent drifts and took off after 83 yellows. We are headed up and trying to get up the line and in position for a kelp with Dorado. We should be in good water by lunch
 | A couple more of these nice Yellows |  | Aug. 25, 2015
We had good action as things picked up in the afternoon.
Nice long drifts ending the day with our daily limit of Yellow tail.
We are trying for bait and probably fish Yellows again tomorrow. We have about 50 yellows for the morning. Hope the afternoon brings a little more action Slow so far this morning but picking at some decent yellows.The weather is really nice and calm as well
Aug. 24, 2015
We had a great afternoon on wide open school size tuna. A nice kelp offered up excellent action on 10 to 20 pound schoolies and 60 nice dorado. What a great first day to get the kinks out 
The first kelp of the day produced 58 of these nice yellows We are still headed south looking for more kelps Aug. 23, 2015
Good morning . We are out on the Larry Brown sponsored 5 day trip. We had a couple of kelps on our way down yesterday for just a few Dorado. We didn't have the luck that we had yesterday on the Dorado . anyway we are headed south and looking for kelps CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 8/16-8/23/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 7 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CEDROS, OFF SHORE,
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 12-CHUCK BARNETT/IZORLINE CHARTER FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF DORADO
340 YELLOWTAIL
102 YELLOWFIN TUNA
2 WHITE SEABASS
1st PLACE JACKPOT 44.5LBS WHITE SEABASS CAUGHT BY KEVIN BARNETT OF OJAI, CA. RECEIVED THE IZORLINE LUNKER AWARD
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 34.3LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BILL LANGER OF SAN JOSE, CA. RECEIVED THE SPORTMANS AWARD 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 30.4LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY TIM LESURE OF OAK VEIW, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 57.6 WAHOO CAUGHT BY CHUCK BARNETT OF OJAI, CA. 
Aug. 23, 2015 And for the Izorline and Barnett family. Good Job!
Aug. 22, 2015 Next Kelp more Dorado. Epic finisher ! Picking off a few decent yellows this morning. Not as much sign as yesterday and going to give it until lunch before we head offshore
30 yellows for the morning and then the sea lions started to eat us up.
Aug. 21, 2015 Tough day today. Never found a biting school and ended with a few more at dark giving us 30 tuna and one dorado. We are going to fish down the beach tomorrow being a weekend it may be a bit crowded up here
Not much for us after the morning. A few other stops that would not bite. Maybe this evening
Aug. 20, 2015 Tough night and day with windy travel conditions. Finally got a break on the beach . We have made a couple of stops for not much. Just a couple of yellows so far. Continuing up the line to be in the local tuna grounds tomorrow
Aug. 19, 2015 We took off and started heading up. We are going to give Benitos a try before dark. 
Slow on the Yellows this morning. About 60 yellows and released a few Black Sea Bass
started the morning with a couple of white sea bass
Aug. 18, 2015 A couple more Cedros wahoo
Another nice Yellow comes over the rail. A little over 100 fish at lunch time.Not Bad!
 Not much sign of Yellowtail this morning but a surprise Jig Strike on Wahoo
Aug. 17, 2015 We picked at these nice dorado on kelps finishing the day with a little over 100 mixed fish. We will be at Cedros tomorrow
Steve and Dock with a couple Dorado
The kelp paddy yellows are still around offshore. This kelp offered 10 decent fish
We made another anchor job and had a few more. Now we are headed offshore with 48 yellows for the morning. Hopefully we can get on a line of kelps to keep us busy
We picked off a few Yellows this morning and then they just stopped biting.
We left on our annual Barnett /Izorline 7 day charter. Bait was the first challenge. sometimes loading weak bait with buckets rather than scoops can make a big difference. As you can see it is a lot more work and man power. If the end results are good then success . If not than we did all we could.... So far it looks to be doing OK We stopped short to try for yellows with the weak bait before it dies
CAPTAIN: DEREK WALDMAN ...
DATE OF TRIP: 8/13-8/16/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: US WATERS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 11- BOB MICHENER CHARTER FISH COUNT: 90 YELLOWFIN TUNA
9 BLUEFIN TUNA
2 DORADO1st PLACE JACKPOT 40.8LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MILTON RIVERA OF ORANGE, CA 2nd PLACE JACKPOT 40.6LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MARTIN MCDONALD OF EL CAJON, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 35.8LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY HOMER GREY OF OCEANSIDE, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 22.6 YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MICHAEL FAHEY OF OXNARD, CA 
Aug. 15, 2015Good morning gang beautiful day with great weather but not to much sign this morning so on the hunt we go wish us luck! Good evening gang well we ended with a nice sundowner here with about 40 nice grade tuna I wish I had more photos but our normal camera was indisposed this trip so here's a few I did get. Well our ETA is 7 am tomorrow morning see you all there. 
Aug. 14, 2015 Good afternoon anglers checking in here from the local tuna grounds good sign of fish that don't want to bite too much at the moment but we're hoping this afternoon we're going to see some more action wish us luck We are starting our morning here off with a bang! 2 nice bluefin, Bob Michener and Steve Standwood! We will report again soon! Didn't get the sundowner like we'd hoped for but managed to get about 30 nice fish for the day we're gonna be here again in the morning hopefully with better results Aug. 13, 2015 Good morning
Today we left for out annual Bob Michener 3-day trip. We have decent bait. We will be off shore this afternoon. Wish us luck! Here are some pictures. Two nice Bluefin!
Bob Michener
Connor Chilson...
Martin McDonald
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 8/8-8/13/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CEDROS, BENITOS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 10- WESTCOASTANGLER.COM
FISH COUNT: 280 YELLOWTAIL
115 YELLOWFIN TUNA
3 DORADO
1 WHITE SEA BASS
1st PLACE JACKPOT 35.8LBS WHITE SEA BASS CAUGHT BY DAVID NGYUEN OF SAN DIEGO, CA
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 28.2LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BRAD BORDEN OF CHEHALIS, WA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 25.2LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY PETE PETERSON OF SAN DIEGO, CA
NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 20.8LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BOB REMIKA OF ORANGE, CA
Aug. 11, 2015
We finished the evening with a wide open stop on Yellowtail. It was like casting into a Koi pond and every one had one on for an hour and a half. It was a huge surprise and we finished strong after a slow pick all day. We will be fishing offshore as we travel up tomorrow.
30 yellows for the morning. A little better than yesterday morning and the conditions are a little better with less wind. Dave with a nice White Sea Bass - Caleb Peterson with a nice yellow on the Iron. 41 yellows for the morning. Our best drift was first thing in the morning and now we are getting one at a time - Ed and Nate holding up a nice Yellow
Aug. 10, 2015
So far it is pretty poor. A little sign of yellow, just not biting. The wind has kicked up but still plenty workable. Hopefully they start biting soon.
We ended the day with 75 mixed yellowtail and school size tuna. pretty tough day but still put some fish down. Hopefully the yellows bite tomorrow
Aug. 9, 2015 We finished the day with 90 yellowfin and 29 yellowtail. The tuna were 12 to 20 pounds and the yellows 15 to 20
Aug. 8, 2015 We just left again on another 5 day with West Coast Angler's. A sponsored trip led by Bob Peterson. sponsors include
Seeker Rods
Accurate...
Trokar hooks
Pelagic clothing
five star processing
Bill Roeker productions
The Seeker MAC series lead the charge with three nice state of the art fishing rods  |  |  | An Accurate Fury 400 was raffled off and Bob is presenting the winning | The raffle table was very exciting | The Seeker MAC series lead the charge with three nice state of the art fishing rods |
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: 8/3-8/8/2015 LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS AREAS FISHED: CEDROS, BENITOS TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 10- SEAGAUR/CATCHY TACKLE/HAYABUSA
FISH COUNT: 429 YELLOWTAIL 220 YELLOWFIN TUNA 2 DORADO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 32.4 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY TOM SCHNEIDER OF SAN DIEGO, CA 2nd PLACE JACKPOT 32.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY ED SAMAY OF RED BLUFF, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 29.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY ROY SEILER OF ARTOIS, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 19.8LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY WALLY AKIMOTO OF SAN DIEGO, CA 
Reporting another nice 5 day trip sponsored by Seagar Flourocarbon and Dale Hightower. We found spectacular fish in the area of Benitos and Cedros Island. School size tuna from 12 to 22 pounds mixed in with Yellowtail from 20 to 30 pounds. That fishing is very exciting with the unknown of what is the next bite. Yellow or tuna? Cedros has offered chances of Yellowtail and if your luck trophy White Sea bass to add even more excitement. All day action with long drifts and on the corner hits for both yellows and tuna made up for great fishing. Shown here is Dale Hightower with a nice Yellowtail 
Aug. 7, 2015 We called it a day just before lunch. It looks like we will be in at about 7:00 am.
See you then
A kelp paddy this morning offered 40 nice yellows with about 10 released fish. All were nice fish from 18 to 28 pounds
Aug. 6, 2015 We finished strong today . The evening paid off with Tuna and Yellows mixed throughout a nice long drift Finishing the day with 85 tuna and 120 Yellows. Very nice fishing down here. Classic long range drifts on school size tuna and 20 to 30 pound yellows we are headed up the line and will spend a little time offshore prospecting for the next trip.
Aug. 5, 2015 There is the Birthday Boy Alec Robbie. What a great day of excellent Yellowtail fishing. We are going g to head back up to the island and try for school tuna tomorrow. Cedros was a hit today
Fishing has been steady after lunch and Dale Hightower with Seagar picked off another nice Yellow
Aug. 4, 2015 Good evening folks. We had a nice afternoon with decent action on school size tuna.12 to 28 pounds seemed to be the average. Finishing the day with 131 tuna and 15 yellowtail. We will be at Cedros tomorrow and give that a try for nice size yellows and maybe a WSB
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 7/29-8/3/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 8- BEKENDAM & FRIENDS FISH COUNT: 1st PLACE JACKPOT 45.2LBS WHITE SEA BASS CAUGHT BY DON RICHARDSON OF GLENN, MT 2nd PLACE JACKPOT 36.0LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY PETKO ALEXANDER OF PETALUMA, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 31.2LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY STEVE CAVES OF SANTA ANA, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 19.5LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MATT SCHWARTZ OF CHINO, CA 
Just getting back from our last 5 day trip. Beckendam and the rest of the dairy men had it on this week. Good action on school size Yellowfin started the trip. Most of the fish being 13 to 22 pounds with some little guys thrown back including one evening stop where it was wide open in the corner. Cedros was the highlight, with two days of classic drift fishing at the island. Explosive top water and surface flying. Really nice grade of yellow tail with fish from 15 to 30 pounds. Also a chance at a white sea bass to help settle the Jack pot. Very nice crowd pleasing fishing at the Island Shown here is Don Richardson with a nice sea bass on the Accurate Fury 600. One of the outfits included in our rental package that is outfitted with a Calstar rod and 50 pound Izorline We leave on another 5 day and the weather looks to be a challenge again for the offshore arena Andy Cates 
Aug. 2, 2015 Last fish of the trip. We basically drove up the line today with an occasional stop on tuna and a couple yellows We will be in tomorrow at about 7:00 we have been making very poor speed all day and are hoping take it on time
Aug. 1, 2015 Don and Hank with a couple of nice yellows. A nice shot of a speed of yellow. We are headed up now and are going to take a look at Benitos. Have dinner and then prepare for the ride up
slower today with more wind but still picking at Yellows
 |  | | Petko with a nice Yellowtail | A nice White Sea bass for Don Richardson to start the day.
The Accurate Fury was his reel of choice. |
July 31, 2015 A little over 100 yellows this morning and we are still scratching at these nice Yellows
July 30, 2015 We finished the day with 120 tuna 15 yellowtail and 15 dorado. We will be at Cedros Island tomorrow trying for yellowtail We had a nice stop for 75 school size fish. Decent grade 12 to 25 pound fish. right in the corner action for about 45 minutes. really helped us out A few nice yellows off a kelp.
No schools yet just scattered strikes and small bunches of fish.
So far about 30 tuna for the morning. pretty slow all around but hopefully soon. Hank with a school size tuna
July 29, 2015
We left on another 5 day and are headed south. Beckendam guys are put with is this time. They all look healthy and ready to go. We are starting offshore tomorrow in the 150 mile area. Hope we land on the fish in the morning.... Weather should be nice tomorrow
Andy Cates |
