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CAPTAIN: TOM FERRARI...
DATE OF TRIP: 7/24-7/29/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE, US & MEXICAN WATERS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 6- BLUEFINJIM.COM CHARTER 1st PLACE JACKPOT 149.8 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY RON MAGSAYSAY OF YORBA LINDA, CA2nd PLACE JACKPOT 144.6 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY LARRY HARTNETT OF COVINA, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 89 LBS OPAH CAUGHT BY TOM MAGSAYSAY OF YORBA LINDA, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 18 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BRIAN HAGADORN OF IRVINE, CA
Just wanted to thank our sponsors on this bluefin Jim 5 day trip:
Seeker Rods
Salas lures
Soft Steel
Izorline Flourocarbon...
lead masters
Danny Fields
thanks again for helping to make a great trip.
July 28, 2015 These large grade bluefin sure are a challenge to catch. In typical bluefin fashion they were hard to hook up and once they did bite they are tough to land, especially on the light line it usually takes to fool them into biting. There was a fair share of long battles, heartbreak and elation. Those are probably the three things that best describe light tackle tuna fishing. Despite it being a slow trip we had a great group of guys on the boat. They were having fun right up to the end. We are wrapping up our trip now and heading for the barn. Our eta is 6:30.
 |  |  |  | mid - size model for John. | Paul has been fighting this tuna for over an hour.
At least he has it on the right gear...
Accurate Boss extreme 600 with 50 lb Izorline, Calstar 700 xh. Paul lost his fish after a very long fight. disappointing | | Kris with a random drift yellowfin |
July 27, 2015  |  |  | We went 1 for 3 on these large bluefin.
Ron was the lucky angler. he got it on an
Okuma 15 on a Calstar 800 h with 50 lb Izorline. | Roger got himself a yellow.
We caught 14 of these guys this morning. | |
July 26, 2015 Today was another tough day of kelping. There was a lot of paddies to stop on unfortunately most of them were holding few if any fish. Couple that with the windy, rough weather that hounded us last night and all day today, it makes for a long day. The bright side was that the yellowtail and dorado that we did catch were good grade. We are going to be in the local bluefin area tomorrow looking to score. We are due. Tom Ferrari
These kelp fish are nice grade
July 25, 2015
Tom and Monique with a pair of nice yellows
Here is one of the stranger catches i have seen. flying fish on the fly line bait
 Al Murray and long time Rooster passenger Danny Fields kick off the day with a couple nice tuna
July 24, 2015 The 11 th annual Bluefin Jim trip is under way. After a brief seminar, Jim hosted a raffle and passed out some shirts Danny (left ) and Jim made up for the guys. Louis Camas win the grand prize in the raffle. A Seeker 6470. perfect for this trip
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 7/20-7/24/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 4 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: SAN MARTIN, OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 6- CHARKBAIT.COM SPONSOR FISH COUNT: 329 YELLOWFIN TUNA 129 YELLOWTAIL 8 DORADO1st PLACE JACKPOT 28.5 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY TOM CLARK OF THOUSAND OAKS, CA 2nd PLACE JACKPOT 27.9 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BEN BOATRIGHT OF ANAHEIM, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 26.5 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY LANCE MCKAY OF SAN DIEGO, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 19.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY COLLIN GERRARD OF TRUCKEE, CA 
July 23, 2015 On our way home now and should be in at 7:00. Overall nice 4 day fishing with the action on 12 to 25 pound tuna and the quality of the kelp paddy yellows it is a classic setup for trips to come.Even a few Dorado thrown in for color.
Thanks again Charkbait Bait
The tuna slowed down but we scratched 80 school size tuna and 20 nice yellows this morning. We are going to start working up and see if we can find another area of kelps
 So far this morning we have had pretty good action on the schoolie tuna but only a handful of nice yellows
July 22, 2015 Good evening folks. We finished with a nice day of decent size yellows and a sprinkle of school size tuna and a few nice dorado. Ending the day with 91 yellows,35 tuna and a handful of dorado. No schools today but we scratched out a nice day
Another kelp with a few Yellows. still looking for that big kelp
After leaving the island we started picking at these nice yellows and a couple Dorado. Kelps are few but good weather for looking
Pretty tough here so far.
A dozen yellows with sea lions eating us up and now offshore looking for kelps
July 21, 2015
Things changes quickly with a biting school of school size tuna. really good action for a while with fish ripping through the corner .certainly saved the day.
We are back on the search....
July 20, 2015
Charkbait is out with us this time. we are headed to fish the school size tuna tomorrow. Charkbait gave put a bunch of slide baits for the schoolies tomorrow. Hoping for a first day of action on our first day of a four day trip
CAPTAIN: DEREK WALDMAN ...
DATE OF TRIP: 7/16-7/20/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 4 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CEDROS, OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 5- GLENN'S ALIGNMENT SVC FISH COUNT: 262 YELLOWFIN TUNA 70 YELLOWTAIL 11 LINCOD1st PLACE JACKPOT 24.4 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY TREVOR CHARLTON OF LAS VEGAS, NV 2nd PLACE JACKPOT 23.1 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BILL HALL OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 22.7 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JAIVER GODINEZ OF OXNARD, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 20.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JUSTIN GIBSON OF TULARE, CA 
July 19, 2015
Well that's it for another trip in the books. We had not so hot fishing today and got a little breezy in the afternoon but we have a clean ride home in front of us so thanks to Glenn for putting on an awesome trip as always and we will see you all tomorrow at the dock at 7:00 am
Derek Waldman Good morning guys, hoping for that morning sea bass bite....um mm yea that's not sea bass but we got good bait,on to fish yellows.
Great weather but hate to admit that there is an overwhelming sign of life here, bait, birds everything except fish so we're sliding up to an island to finish off our trip check back with ya'll in a few hours
Derek Waldman
 |  |  | Well ones better then none
here we go | Can't ask for a better ride up then this..
eggs benny con avocado | |  | |  | Christian enjoying the ride | | Sean hanging saying hi to the folks out in Arizona | July 18, 2015 checking in from the yellowtail grounds this afternoon we had OK fishing this morning then died off a bit so we're waiting for the afternoon current to push in and give us a hand here but beautiful weather that's for sure. RJ in the middle of his first trip as the chef. .. Barbecued baby back ribs with homemade baked beans with some veggies and fresh cornbread. looks like he's holding his own just fine. He says hi Michelle and the Della May! July 17, 2015
July 16, 2015
Good afternoon anglers we left today on our annual Glenn's alignment 4 day. With good bait and good weather in our future it's looking like a good start! wish us luck.
Derek Waldman 
July 16, 2015Phenix rods 4 day jackpots as follows
1st place goes to Soda Pop with a 31.4# yellowtail
2nd place goes to Cary Telles with a 28.2# yellowtail
3rd place goes to Steve Rodin with a 27.1# yellowtail
and our trolling JP goes to Curt Helberts with a 22.4# yellowfin tuna 
Thanks again to Ryan and Phenix rods for supplying such a great trip with great prizes hope to see you all next year!!!!!
July 15, 2015 Well guys and girls another fun trip must come to an end here Mr soda pop with the last kelp yellow aboard and we're turning it towards home we will see you all at 7:00 am thanks again to Ryan and Phenix rods fir all the great gear and prizes! you guys rock! 
Matt at the gaff on this one |  | Jacob getting in on the action |  | Another good grade paddy fish |  | | |  | | |  | | |  | Mike putting the wood to one |  | Ryan with a nice leisure time fish |  | | |  | July 14, 2015 Good morning guys and girls just starting to look around now we got 3 tunas in the Grey so we're hoping for a good day today. A little windy and rolly still but workable A little overcast but OK for the most part but we're scratching away for the most part.
we got a little over 20 for the morning of these 12-15 #ers looking for better ones as we speak |  | Sally all bundled up and cozy with a nice yellowfin this morning |  | Curt with a nice fish on the fly lined sardine |  | | |  | | |  | | |  | | |  | July 13, 2015 Good evening folks checking in here with a fun day of fishing behind us were sliding down to an area where there's rumored to be some tuna so we will be there bright and early tomorrow morning we ended up with a mixed bag today of yellowfin dorado and some quality yellowtail. we're keeping our eyes open for one last kelp as the sun sets then blasting off for the tuna grounds. Derek hmmmmm. ... any one home? |  | | |  | Connor with yellow! good job Connor |  | | little group photo with none other the soda pop in the back there |  | jesus! cow yellow for soda pop |  | | |  | | |  | crewmember Alec Robbie with his pops Joe Robbie with a good one |  | Steve radio with a nice one |  | | |  | July 12, 2015
Good afternoon guy's and girls we left today on our Phenix rods 4 day expecting a little wind in our future but smooth sailing today as we clear the point hoping it holds for tomorrow wish us luck! 
Mike with Phenix rep Ryan with his awesome new raffle rods! thanks Ryan!
Derek Waldman
July 12, 2015
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 7/4-7/12/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 3S15 -JORGE NICIFORE MEMORIAL/BEEFER XV FISH COUNT: 305 YELLOWFIN TUNA 370 YELLOWTAIL 132 WAHOO1st PLACE JACKPOT 55.0 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY MIKE LEE OF LA VERNE, CA
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 53.6 LBS WAHOO JEFF JOHNSON CANYON LAKE, CA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 48.6 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY RANDY PERRY OF SANTEE, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 47.8 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY MARK ESCALLE OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA July 11, 2015
We will be in tomorrow at about 6:30 in the morning see you then July 10, 2015 Good evening. We traveled most of the day and fished the afternoon for a few Yellows and caught a little bit of bait for tomorrow. We are going to work up the line and make a few quick stops as we go up 
July 9, 2015 We are headed up the line after a classic day at the Rocks. 132 wahoo all trophy class fish. what a treat.
We will be up at Cedros tomorrow looking for a few Yellows Working on a good day at the Rocks. Seems to be a few wahoo around. Fish started to bite while we were on the anchor and continued to chew on the troll. Even hooked a marlin that we released. July 8, 2015 At lunch it slowed down. We are going to head offshore in a little bit for the afternoon.
We have had a nice morning on these school size Yellowfin. A little over 100 for the morning and some select yellows to go with the catch. The wind backed way off and it has been classic fishing most of the morning July 7, 2015 We have had a real nice day catching yellowfin and yellowtail until evening. We are going to try it again tomorrow. What a great day on the anchor!
We still seem to be scratching at this school size tuna. Now that the yellows backed off we are getting straight tuna. Seem to keep a couple on the line. Hopefully it holds up It slowed way down bit still picking a few. At least we keep a couple fish on the line and hope it picks up again The conditions are pretty good but the water is a tad on the green side. steady action this morning on tuna and Yellows . hopefully we can keep up the pace July 6, 2015 We picked off 45 yellows and half a dozen school size tuna. We took off and are headed south. 200 more miles The fish started to show at about 8:30. pretty slow so far. A few Yellows this morning but no current yet. Hopefully soon 
July 5, 2015 We left yesterday on the Jorge Nice fore memorial. An 8 day trip that started with a long day of travel with a stop in the evening for a few Yellows. We ate going to fish our way down tomorrow and be on the Ridge the following day 
July 4, 2015 CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 6/26-7/4/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 2S15 -MAHONEY/MCVEY CHARTER FISH COUNT: 293 YELLOWFIN TUNA LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL 27 WAHOO 1 DORADO 4 SHEEPHEAD 1st PLACE JACKPOT 62.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JEFF BRUNER OF WESTMINSTER, CA 2nd PLACE JACKPOT 56.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA SONNY JONES OF SANTA ANA, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 48.8 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BEN KITA OF LOS ANGELES, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 44.4 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY BEN KITA 
July 3, 2015 Couple of short stops on kelp paddies this morning. Pat with a nice offshore Yellow. Good grade yellows on these kelps.
Poor speed last night with choppy weather cost us time but we should be in by 6:00 in the morning July 2, 2015 Now we try for bait!
We have traveled most of the day. We made a stop for a few Yellows for lunch tomorrow. We have had great fishing for the last few days. The Ridge offered great limit style fishing on Yellowtail and Tuna. We had a nice mix of trophy fish with Yellows up to 40 pounds and Tuna up to 65 pounds. Our trip out to Alijos brought aboard 27 nice wahoo and a full day of heavy losses on the temperamental fish. Am highlight of any 8 day is just to get into a Wahoo arena. From Alijos Rocks we went back into the Ridge on an overnight move to get more action on the school size tuna and yellowtail. We are currently headed up the line and may make a short stop on the newly developed yellowfin tuna area within 4 day range. Looks like things are really starting to shape up and hopeful for the local arena. We leave on another 8 day trip on July 4th and looking forward to another successful trip. Andy Cates July 1, 2015 We will start heading up this afternoon making stops as we go
Looks like things are about done and time to head offshore We seemed to keep three to five fish going most of the morning. We have had a nice morning scratching at this school grade tuna June 30, 2015 We finished off with 27 hard earned wahoo. heavy losses but the chances were there. We are going to try for the Jack Pot size tuna in the morning. Back on the road again We are getting a few strikes now. Pretty spotty but maybe the bulk of the fish will move in soon Cole with a nice one and a group shot on a little bingo Look at the weather in the background. Real nice So far just a couple of strikes . Getting a couple on the Cow Bell June 29, 2015 We picked off a few more nice 60 pound class tuna for Jack Pot .Jeff and Sonny look to be the top dogs as of now One nice 60 pound tuna for the afternoon effort 
We are headed offshore to see if we can find something floating or some of the tuna the guys were getting last week Things slowed way down at about 11:00. They just kept coming aboard
the grade was nice and the action was heavy
We had a real nice morning on school size Yellowfin and Yellowtail. Clean fishing with very few throw back size fish and no skip jack.what a treat June 28, 2015 We really never picked up the pace but finished the day with 120 Yellows and 42 tuna. We are hoping the morning brings us action and we can get started early.
Sonny released a small Black Sea Bass and everybody started to get in the groove.
June 27, 2015 Special thanks to Adell and Patrick Fuller from Las Vegas for my birthday cake. ...and a shout out to Richard Goka 
Sonny Jones on his Pelagic sunglass campaign. Loaner shades for the trip.
June 26, 2015 Good afternoon. We left on a our annual Mahoney /McVey 8 day trip and headed south. We have a nice load of sardine and mackerel to start out. A quick safety seminar today and a fishing seminar tomorrow to get the trip started 
June 14, 2015 CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 5/30-6/14/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 5W15 - JUNE HEAT/ACCURATE REELS SPONSOR
FISH COUNT: 144 YELLOWFIN TUNA 64 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 257.4LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY RICHARD GOKA OF FREZNO, CA
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 254.8LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA THAD PEACH OF STANLEY, NC
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 227.4LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DAVID "SODA POP" ROUSE OF FREZNO, CA
NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 72LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BOB RUBALCABA OF SAN DIEGO, CA June 13, 2015 We have had a nice ride home from down below. One day of choppy weather and now enjoying calm seas. We will be in tomorrow morning to decide our jack pot fish and unload our haul of quality fish. I will post the jack pot tomorrow after the weigh in. eta is about 7:00
See you there. June 11, 2015 We took off for home after good action on 50 to 90 pound tuna. A couple of quick hits and then packed it up for home finishing the morning with 23 tuna. Hopefully we have a nice ride up.
Thad Peach shown with the last fish of the trip
June 9, 2015 We finished the day with 23 tuna. All school size fish with the biggest about 140 pounds. No chance at cows today but with 3 fish at lunch time the we were sure thankful with the afternoon action. Not much this morning. Terry picked off a kite fish but that has been it!
June 8, 2015 We picked a few more tuna until dark. Joe Davidson with a nice kite fish ending the day with 30 tuna. 
The sharks backed off a little and we were able to pick off the two cows. Richard Goka with a 285 and "Soda" with a 228. We also have another 20 fish mixed in up to 170 pounds. Hopefully we can keep picking Thad Peach managed to pull this 230 lb. off. A very noteworthy fish with how tough it is out here. Good job Thad. 
June 7, 2015 Not much else on the tuna so we drove around and picked up 30 wahoo. Hopefully tomorrow the sharks give us a break The sharks are killing us. 13 fish for the morning. 
June 6, 2015 Finished the day with 19 hard earned tuna. Pretty sharky, they cost us some fish. Tomorrow we try again!
Jim Judd with his personal best and help from the Accurate 80 
We picked off a couple of decent fish that were mixed with the small fish.15 tuna today all but three are the 50 to 70 pounders .Still opening the hatch and dropping fish down.
June 5, 2015 June 4, 2015 We picked a little in the afternoon throwing on another 10 tuna that were all nice grade.
Thad Peach getting leverage on the Accurate 80.
Lynn Freed with a nice fish .
The sun went down and we had 22 tuna and one wahoo.
long days! We stayed up almost all night for ten tuna.130 to 170 pounds. Come daylight only three bites giving us 13 tuna in the last 36 hours. pretty tough.
Bill and David got a couple decent fish in the dark and Jesse with the last fish in hours.
Hoping things pick up a little
June 3, 2015 Ralph Cox with a nice wahoo.
pretty dead here on the Bank today. Maybe tomorrow 
Pathetic here today. Hopefully there are fish to be had this evening. "Soda Pop" is in contention for the daily jack pot with the first fish over 150 pounds
A Cal Star blank is our first prize from Accurate reels 
Very poor here so far. Just a couple of tuna on the troll and sharks and small tuna on the anchor. We have only been here for a few hours so hopefully fish move in this evening or tonight. We don't see it on the Bank today June 2, 2015 We had a nice day again with a short wahoo seminar and then a relaxing afternoon. The weather is really nice and cruising along with an ETA of 10:00 tomorrow morning. Let's hope we can find something to work with when we get there
Andy Cates 
June 1, 2015 A nice day of travel with warm weather.
We did a seminar on tuna this morning and then got rigged up .kind of a slow afternoon but the weather down below may be in our favor May 31, 2015 OK , Here we go with the June Heat Accurate sponsored 15 day trip. Leo is up to bat for running the show and the reels and Calstar rods are all ready to go.
We scooped a nice load of bait and now headed down the beach . So far the boat is running well and smooth seas
Andy Cates 
There's Leo looking at the Accurate jack pot rules 
May 26, 2015 Getting things finished up. The tackle tables will accommodate the SKV boxes with 24 inches of clearance
the rod holders and rack on the upper deck will hold 45 rods and more box storage to eliminate the milk crates. May 11, 2015 It looks like a new boat Apr. 7th, 2015 We are hauled out at the boat yard. Another year gone by. It seems like we just did this. We will put a lot of labor in getting the boat ready for your next voyage. 
Thanks for the support this year
FROM: RED ROOSTER III CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 3/10-3/25/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 4W15 - LOFTUS/MARTIN CHARTER FISH COUNT: 146 YELLOWFIN TUNA 76 WAHOO1st PLACE JACKPOT 296 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY FRANK JAMES OF WARRENTON, OR 2nd PLACE JACKPOT 250.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA BOB MICHENER OF OXNARD, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 239 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY RON HIRAO OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 82 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JOHN AVILES OF TRACY, CA WOODY WOODRUFF 231 LBS
TOM JACKSON 230 LBS & 214 LBS
JIM BALLARD 222 LBS
RAY BRODERS 222 LBS
NALI KIM 218 LBS
TOM JACKSON
DAN POPE 200.1 LBS
Mar. 24, 2015 Our ETA Wednesday, between 9:30-10AM
Mar. 22, 2015 Captain Margarita made a showing while the weather was calm. Just a couple of rounds this time!
 So far we have had a nice ride. It looks to be windy tonight but we are still looking to be in on time. Wednesday at 8:00 am.
Mar. 21, 2015 We are coming up the west side of the Island after breaking down our gear. Only a couple more fish for the morning and on our way up.
Looks like weather coming so hold on!
Tom actually taped out just over 200 
Bill , Alan and Bobby with nice mid hundreds fish
A shot this morning for 9 decent size fish. Frank James with this 286 shown 
Mar. 20, 2015 Pretty slow this afternoon. 21 fish for the day and waiting for a few at dark. Jimmy and Matt pose with a nice fish.
A little shot this morning for 10 tuna . Ray picked off this 216 . One other chance at a big one that fell off at color . Nice to get a little something to start the day
Mar. 18, 2015 After 7 tuna and 11 wahoo we decided to head back inside for the remainder of the trip. We will be in there in the afternoon The Bank still had sign but just not biting and tough with the small tuna and sharks.
Slow this morning with just a few bites and only two fish to show for the effort.
Tom Jackson with a 213 and Ralph Hughes with a nice mid hundreds fish.
Mar. 17, 2015 Slow day here overall. 18 tuna and a couple wahoo. One here and one there type fishing with jumping tuna all over the Bank.
Andy Cates
Woody with a nice fish . Close to 200 pounds.
 Nali picked off this nice fish about 220 pounds . Very poor but we still see a little sign. Hopefully this afternoon it picks up. Same exact condition today just not biting.
 Only 7 fish this morning. Very little sign of the better size fish and a lot of small fish and sharks. What happened? Frank picked off this 190 pounder this morning.
Mar. 16, 2015
Here is Pete Falini with a nice chunk fish.
We ended with a nice day . All day pick on nice fish from 70 to 180 pound fish ending the day with 49 tuna. Almost all fly line fish caught with sardines and a few in the chunk.
Hopefully the fish are up on the Bank tomorrow
Andy Cates
 Captain Jimmy and his wahoo Bombs .also he catches tuna. Lindsey with a stubborn one.
We kept picking at this nice fish after one short move. Larry and Ray picked off one each
Jim, Tony and Nail with hundred plus pound fish. so far about 20 tuna from 70 TO 180 hoping to pick here today
We got in here about 8:00 and started picking at his decent fish. Woody and Bob with a couple of mid hundreds fish.
Mar. 15, 2015 During our inspection at the Island I got this picture of the guys on the bow. We basically caught nothing today and are headed out to the Bank for tomorrow. We should be there after breakfast
Mar. 14, 2015 We picked a few more decent fish and then it died at lunch. Pretty tough the rest of the day. The fish never showed again. We will try it again in the morning. John and Frank picked off a couple decent fish
Ron Hiraro broke in the new Accurate 80 with this nice 252 on the kite
 Bob Michener with a 237 Woody with a 230 and Dan with one just over 200 pounds.
Mar. 13, 2015 We had a nice day of travel with hot weather. We will be at the Island tomorrow to start our trip. We will keep you posted
Mar. 12, 2015 off to the races with a nice bingo on wahoo We had a couple more stops and left at about 2:00 .We picked up 39 wahoo for our efforts and continued to head south. The water has really cooled off at the Rocks and we saw as cold as 66.9 and as warm as 70.2. We felt lucky to get what we got. We will be traveling tomorrow
Andy Cates
Mar. 11, 2015
Headed down the beach with a nice load of sardine and very nice weather. We did a quick wahoo seminar and now rigging. With the generosity of Accurate reels we have added another Accurate 80 to our kite gear. Just look at those baby's We will be at the Rocks tomorrow morning and see if the water is still warm enough for some wahoo....
Andy Cates
Mar. 10, 2015 We just left on our Loftus and Martin 15 day ride home trip. The guys are already asking about Allijos Rocks and we will make a quick stop there day after tomorrow.
We have rigging to do and things to get organized tomorrow 
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES ...
DATE OF TRIP: 2/13-3/1/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 16/13 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: HURRICANE BANK, CLARION
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 3W15 - IZORLINE CHARTER FISH COUNT: 190 YELLOWFIN TUNA 62 WAHOO2 OVER 300 LBS & 9 OVER 200 LBS 1st PLACE JACKPOT 307.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BOB WOODARD SR OF SAN DIEGO, CA 2nd PLACE JACKPOT 305 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA NORMAN FUJIMOTO OF FULLERTON, CA 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 282 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CHRIS MINNICK OF PASADENA, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 50 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY CHRIS MINNICK 
267 LBS DARRELL PICKFORD
265.8 LBS PHIL LISI
262 LBS JIM BENNETT
237.2 LBS ALAN LEMBERG
234 LBS BEN KITA
228 LBS DALE JOHNSON
208 LBS MIKE YAMAMOTO
202 LBS DARRELL PICKFORD Feb. 23, 2015 Good evening folks, Really a nice day today. Great fishing on fish from 80 to 190 pounds .almost every fish a 100 pounds or better today. Finishing the day with 70 nice grade tuna. Andy Cates Feb. 22, 2015, The bite lasted until sun up and when the smoke fell we had a half a dozen trophy tuna. Ben Kita with a 244. Chris Minnick with a 280. Jim Bennet with a 266 Darrel Pickford with a 257. Dale Hightower with a 230. Phil Lisi with a 256 ,and of course Norm Fujimoto with a 306. There were smaller fish in the mix from 80 to 120 pounds and a couple others up to 180. We will try it again in the Morning Andy Cates Feb. 21, 2015 Good evening folks, Tough day today with 19 tuna from 70 to 160 pounds. Conditions were different and we suffered for the change. We managed to pick here and there throughout the day . Andy Cates Feb. 16, 2015 Good evening folks, we are going to travel another day and start the trip at the Bank. We will be there tomorrow night and will have time to try for flyers . Another day of travel tomorrow Andy Cates Feb. 15, 2015 Good evening folks, we spent the day at Alijos and had a decent day of scratch fishing. Heavy losses today . Very typical with skittish wahoo. 57 hard earned wahoo for the day and now back on the road headed south Andy Cates Feb. 14, 2015 Good afternoon folks. what a nice first day of travel. We did a seminar this morning and talked a little about wahoo fishing. it looks like we will make a stop tomorrow at the Rocks and see how it goes . Looks like good weather and it is on the way. Everyone spent the day rigging up and all are ready for tomorrow morning. Andy Cates  CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: 1/24-2/8/2015 LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS AREAS FISHED: HURRICANE BANK, CLARION, ALIJOS ROCKS TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 2W15 BLUEFINJIM.COM/PELAGIC GEAR CHARTER
FISH COUNT: 168 YELLOWFIN TUNA 180 WAHOO 20 YELLOWTAIL 1st PLACE JACKPOT 277.7 LBS. YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BILL CAMPBELL OF PLACETINA, CA 2nd PLACE JACKPOT 257.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY KNUT KORSBREKKE OF ERDAL, NORWAY 3rd PLACE JACKPOT 241.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DAN BRINKS OF YUBA CITY, CA NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 50.3 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY BILL CAMPBELL
MORE 200 LBS.: 237 & 206 LBS. GARY ROGERS 226.4 LBS DYLAN MALMBERG 216 LBS JOHN REINHART 210 LBS LEONARD MORAVEK 203 LBS CHARLES SEIFERT  Feb. 5, 2015 Good evening folks. We fished wahoo today from just before lunch until dark. it was a bit scratchy but still enough action to keep is busy throughout the day. Close to 40 wahoo today and about 20 nice yellows into the dark. I thought this was a cool picture of Bill Campbell and a big wahoo caught on the troll. An Accurate 50 and Cal Star rod with 100 pound Izorline 
Feb. 3, 2015 Good evening folks, we had a nice scratch on smaller to mid grade fish during the day. The evening brought a nice hit on 140 to 180 pound fish with a couple bigger up to 266. really a nice day to finish the trip. Ending the day with 41, tuna.
Feb. 2, 2015 Good evening folks, we had a slower day today with a dozen nice fish and a shot on some smaller grade for a little action in the morning. Bill Campbell was the highlight of the day with a three and a half hour fight on a 270 pound tuna. After the back up rod was sent out and retrieved Bill brought in this nice fish on an Accurate 30 and 100 pound test. Izorline. It was an epic battle right to the end. We will report again tomorrow Andy Cates
Feb. 1, 2015 Good evening folks We had a nice day here finishing the day with a couple of fish up in the 200 pound class and 28 other fish from 80 to 180 pounds . Really a nice afternoon of fishing. Trying for bait tonight and starting again tomorrow. Andy Cates
Jan. 30, 2015 Good evening folks, Tough day today .11 tuna and 5 wahoo with a lot of anchor pulling and repositioning. One of those days where it just didn't feel right. We did manage a few nice fish with a couple of tuna up in the 200 pound range. Hopefully tomorrow they bite better. Andy Cates
Jan. 29, 2015 Good evening folks. A nice first day here with 39 tuna and 8 wahoo . Really nice fish today with the majority from 100 to 170 pounds. A few bigger up to 225 and just a few smaller down to 80 pounds. Tomorrow we will be up early getting started Andy Cates
Jan. 28, 2015 So far the weather is way better than the forecast showed. Nice traveling on the way down and it looks like we will be at the bank around 9:00 in the morning. Just getting a few last things rigged up.
Jan. 27, 2015 Good evening folks, we left the Rocks after getting bait and picked up another 15 Wahoo and one nice Yellowtail on the lower Bank. Traveling now and hoping the rain and wind pass by the time we get to the grounds. Sounded tough down there today , hopefully are timing is good Andy Cates
Jan. 26, 2015
Great day today, 101 wahoo. The fishing stayed steady right up until dark. Bait tonight and a little wahoo fishing in the morning and then headed south again.
Jan. 25, 2015 Good evening folks Classic weather I'm the way down and looking to start wahoo fishing tomorrow. Bluefin Jim and Pelagic are out with us and throwing on a nice raffle today. We did a seminar on wahoo fishing and put together the rods and reels this afternoon. We will report again tomorrow
CAPTAIN: TOM FERRARI
DATE OF TRIP: 1/5-1/20/2015
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: HURRICANE BANK, CLARION, ALIJOS ROCKS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 1W15-LOFTUS & MARTIN CHARTER
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FISH COUNT: 84 YELLOWFIN TUNA 81 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 201.6 YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JEFF HARNISCH OF PIERCY, CA
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 195.8LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JONATHAN JEFFERS OF REDWAY, CA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 191.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JOHN PETERSON OF LANCASTER, CA
NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 60.4LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY GEORGE BLANKS OF IRVINE, CA
Jan. 19, 201 Sorry for the lack of updates, but our satellite communications have been giving us problems. The last couple of days of the trip have been spent in constant overcast, rainy, and windy conditions. Even with those adverse conditions the anglers on the trip really fished hard. It always seemed like the majority of the group was at the rail trying. Despite their never quit attitude the fish just weren't very cooperative. The picture I'm posting with the tuna is of Dennis Monaham and John Peterson, good friends for a long time. There's a funny story about these two fish. John's fish is about 175 lb and Dennis's is about 150 lb. John hooked his fish in the dark on a chunk and was fighting it for a little while before Dennis hooked his, also on a chunk. The fish natural decided that they had to circle around each other much to my distress. After spinning Dennis' rod around John's circling tuna for quite a while I felt the spectra grab onto the tail of John's fish. The fish spooked, ran and cut through the mono. Disappointed he retied and went back at it while Dennis played out his fish and the crew gaffed and boated it. When we went to untangle the tail wrapped fish the line came tight over the side. Dennis was still on a fish! He fought the second fish and landed it. The first fish was John's still stuck on the line, the second was Dennis' s original fish hooked in the mouth! That had everybody shaking their heads and laughing, especially when John accused Dennis of trying to steal his fish. That was pretty classic. I decided to make a quick pit stop on the way home to try for some wahoo. We only had about 2 hours to spare, but we managed to scrape together 33 wahoo. It was a nice way to break up the ride home. The passengers are great spirits now waiting for the football games to start. We have nice traveling weather and are hoping it stays this way all the way to the dock. for the Red Rooster III crew, 
Jan. 12, 2015 The last two days have been fairly productive. The guys have been trying to fool these tuna using a lot of different methods. I think that's part of the fun of these long trips. You get a chance to experience a lot of different techniques all on the same trip. The skipjack fished on the big gear has produced a couple of nicer fish every morning. That's always an exciting way to hook up. The kite has also been fairly productive. Don Rolstad got bit by a nice tuna on the way out. He didn't even have a chance to get geared up before he was pinned to the rail! Yesterday was our best day as far size goes. We had three tuna tape out over 200 lbs and most of the rest of the fish that we caught were good size. We have a couple of more days here so hopefully we can keep picking away at these nice tuna. for the RR III crew, Tom Ferrari
Jan. 10, 2015 After a day and a half of basically fruitless searching we have decided to pull stakes and make a move. It wasn't that the fish wouldn't bite, it was that we really didn't see much fish. We will be at the new fishing grounds first thing in the morning. Hopefully the next couple days are more action packed. Speaking for the RR III crew, Tom Ferrari 
Jan. 9, 2015
Today was our first fishing day of the trip. It wasn't our first day of catching. We spent some time scouting around, trying to get the lay of the land. We chased down a couple of nice bird schools only to find that they were holding small fish. We did managed to scrape up a couple of wahoo, a handful of tuna, and some dorado. Hopefully our scouting today pays off with fish tomorrow.
Jan. 7, 2015 We started off the day with a couple of raffles from Loftus & Martin (L&M) and Tom Kelleher. L&M raffled off a pair of Okuma Makaira rods equipped with Okuma Solterra reels spooled with spectra backing, 50 lb maxima line and a Capt Jimmy bomb. The ready to fish outfits were won by Tom Kelleher and Don Rolstad. Tom Kelleher raffled off a custom Seeker 6465 XXXH rod. The proceeds from the sale of the raffle tickets are going to the charity Words of Comfort, Hope and Promise which helps US marine families. Lars Fahlberg was the lucky winner. Everybody also received a L&M "super" goody bag. After the festivities had died down we decided to stop to try for some wahoo. We stayed pretty steady jig striking on wahoo all afternoon. We finished up the day with 44 wahoo for our efforts. Definitely better than traveling all day. Right after a very nice sunset I put the boat back on course and resumed our travels south.
Jan. 5, 2015
Happy New Year! Our first trip of the year has begun. We are headed down on a Loftus & Martin 15 day trip. The sardine we picked up on the way out of the harbor looks pretty good. They are a little on the small side but it was the only thing available. We are headed south hopefully with good fishing off the bow. Mike made a great dinner tonight. Bacon wrapped scallops over a New York Steak. It was a good way to start the trip. Tom Ferrari and RR III crew.  |
