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Winter and
Spring 2016
July 2, 2016
Good morning guys here's the jackpots
1st place is Randy Ladd with a 74# Bluefin tuna
2nd place is none other then Sonny Jones with a 55# wahoo
And with the coveted Red Rooster III trolling jackpot is Pat Zukowski with a 41# wahoo
Thanks again guys for a great trip and a hell of a good time!!!! Hope to see ya'll next year!!!!
July 1, 2016
Just a reminder gang our ETA is 7 am see ya then
Well folks another one in the bag here with tons of fish to look at today but not to many bites none the less we know where they are and they have to bite sooner or later so maybe on the next one. Every one here on the Rooster would like to give a special thanks to Sonny Jones and Shane from pelagic for all the donations as well as Mark Smith and Megan from charkbait for all their contributions for this trip they were greatly appreciated. And also thanks to Ballyhood lures and Peter J art gallery. So we will see you guys for tomorrow's JP winners in the am thanks again to Mike Mahoney and Mike McVey for putting on an awesome trip you guys are rad!!!!
Derek Waldman
Checking in for the afternoon bite. ...or lack thereof as it seems. There's been a few caught today a lot of guys with none and a few with a couple so we're seeing these giant spots but haven't found out what they want to eat yet so hopefully soon coming
Randy with a
74#er here
this
morning.
We'll guys a
few fish
seen and a
few caught
hopefully
they get
with it for
us we will
let you know
June 30, 2016
Checking in for the morning we got a slight breeze with a few foot swell coming out of the west northwest so a little bumpy bit not bad by any means. We're looking for the odd school of yellowfin out here and hopefully connect otherwise were going to be trying for those elusive Bluefin tomorrow hope it's as good weather at home as it is out here talk to you guys later.
Derek Waldman
June 29, 2016
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Brian sneaking one in passed the shark's
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And does he need an introduction. . .
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Randy Ladd with a good one says take that Kody
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Ben with his first hoo this morning.
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June 28, 2016
Good little action here this afternoon with some better grade yellows and a few grouper to go around. We decided to go out to the rocks for tomorrow and see if we can capture a few wahoo so wish us luck see ya'll in the morning
Derek Waldman
Sal and Gene with a pair of 30# plus fish
John again here with one close to 30#
Sonny McVey and Randy with a couple
Not much happening this afternoon except chef mike's killer chicken cesar salads and we put our top guy behind the binos, get Em Sonny
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Brian with a nice troll fish and Nick on the gaff
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Mahoney up next
got this one
via cowbell
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Last but not least here is Chris with a fat skinny on the bomb!!!
Get you some Chris
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Here's Adell and Gary, Sonny and Pedro, and Warren
Good morning folks we got a run on these better 30-40# yellows last night here's McVey and John with a couple
June 27, 2016
Well gang nothing to report except exceptional weather and good fishing in the morning obviously but this evening we never connected with anything substantial so a few more miles till we anchor up for the evening and try again tomorrow we will get you in the AM
Derek Waldman
Found some tuna out here but not the right size all 5-8# so we're heading back up to see if any wahoo pushed in with this new water that came in yesterday it went up into the 70° mark so fingers crossed again
Well folks the afternoon quest for tuna continues on with no sign as of yet now it's like a crusade in these awesome conditions slight breez and little swell it's perfect for looking so with the mast and helm full of stabiscopes were hoping to have a good report soon
Derek Waldman
June 26,
2016
All in all a nice day here with good action for most of the afternoon then around 4:30ish it definitely tapered off but we would hook one here and there till dark now we're off moving south to start in a new area in the morning. And with the weather report holding favorable conditions for us were looking forward to it
Derek Waldman
June 25, 2016
Lance and Adell hooked up here for a little action before dark as we roll south tonight. We picked up a handful of yellows and released a few as well just getting the yayas out before tomorrow. Hopefully we find what we're looking for there have a good night guys and girls I'll be checking in mañana
Adell and the gang from Vegas and local boy Jay on the end there with a solid 25 #er
We stopped on a kelp here to see if it had some dinner fish and it did we ended up with 7 nice yellows Shane got two here on the plug along with Ben Frizzell
June 24,
2016
Good evening anglers. We cleared the point about 2pm this afternoon with a great load of bait and good weather on our annual Mahoney McVey 8 day charter. We're headed south hoping to be in the grounds day after tomorrow so wish us luck and with everyone stuffed with chef mike's beef Wellington and thus weather it's going to be a good night's rest wish us luck I will check back in tomorrow.
Derek Waldman
June 24,
2016
Our first
Seeker rods
sponsored 8
day trip
brought us
to the ridge
fore scratch
fishing on
school size
tuna and
excellent
fishing on
quality
yellowtail.
After two
days of the
ridge we
decides to
head out to
the Rocks
where we had
a nice
surprise for
26 wahoo up
to 66.0
pounds and
quality
trophy
yellowtail
up to 46.5
pounds .The
weather was
perfect the
whole trip
and are
final move
settled our
Jack Pot
with a few
nice Bluefin
tuna to top
off the
trip.
I would like
to thank Bob
...and
Caleb
Peterson for
putting on a
great show
with the
help of
Seeker rods
and Pelagic
gear.
1st place
Jack Pot
Gene
Townsend
with a 67.5#
Bluefin tuna
2nd place
Jack Pot
Tony
Rauckaus
with a 66.0
pound wahoo
And Bob
Peterson
with 3rd
place with a
65.1 pound
Bluefin tuna
Also George
Taylor with
the trolling
Jack Pot
with a34#
wahoo
June 23, 2016
Flat calm today. Jeff and the Peterson's show off there start of the day
We started to hook a few in the dark and at daylight that was it. A little sample on the 60 plus pound Bluefin
June 22,
2016
I had a type
error on
Kyle's
yellowtail
that was
really 47.5
pounds that
has him in
the running
for 3rd
place right
now.
Yesterday
was a foggy
day at
Cedros the
only
noteworthy
and
productive
thing was
the bait
fishing in
the evening.
Pretty tough
on even Bass
fishing with
virtually no
kelp do to
the hot
water last
year. Today
we are
offshore in
search of
tuna. We are
way out
offshore
looking at
some water
that looks
good on the
water chart....
No wind
today so the
working
conditions
are perfect.
Hopefully we
can locate
something
worthy.
June 20, 2016
We picked off a few more nice wahoo in the afternoon and then started hearing north.Our next stop will be Cedros tomorrow morning
We picked at a few nice yellows and picked up these quality fish with Kyle puking off this 46.5 pounder and Jeff with a 42 pounder. Sal and Kenny with fish in the mid 30's Going to give the wahoo another try this afternoon
Kenny
with
his
first
wahoo |
Gene and Carol pose with Derek on there troll fish
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Jeff and Tony with a couple of J.P contenders Jeff with a 56 #ers and Tony with a 65.5 both on the casting jigs
Dan , George and Bill pose with there wahoo
First thing in the morning we had a couple of bingos on wahoo. Casting jigs flying around and wahoo in the air
June 19, 2016
One last stop on a surprise school of yellows offshore before heading for alijos rocks We will arrive first thing in the morning
We had a great morning of quality yellowtail fishing. Great top water with surface iron and popper action. 18 to 30 pound yellows snaking through the corner. Really fun fishing and quality. We are headed offshore to look at an area for tuna. With the flat calm weather we will be able to give it a good look
June 18, 2016We had a nice day with good action on quality yellows and a pick on school size tuna. Yellowtail were nice grade 18 to 35 pounds and tuna 12 to 27 pounds.
June 17, 2016
A group shot
of the
Seeker
/Accurate 8
day charter
June 16,
2016
Good
afternoon.
We
just
left
on
the
first
of
three
eight
day
trips
this
spring.
The
Seeker
/Accurate
8
day
is
the
first
and
with
windy
conditions
offshore
we
are
traveling
south
to
start
our
trip
The
bait
looks
good
with
a
nice
mix
of
sardine
and
Mackerel |
Beef
Wellington
with
califlower
puree
and
fresh
asparagus
to
start
the
first
night
out
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June 11, 2016
Nice ride today and it looks like 7:00 at the dock. See you then
June 10, 2016
We made stop to break up the ride and had a nice afternoon on Yellowtail. The weather was perfect and got to catch fish as well Back on the road tonight and headed home
June 8, 2016
The Accurate sponsored June Heat 15 day trip started of on the inside where we found a mix of 60 to 120 pound fish with a chance at a cow each day. After four days we decided to head outside where we experience great fish on some real quality fish from 100 to 223 pounds. Most of the fishing was on the drift and the sharks were a problem , but we still managed to put together a beautiful catch of nice grade tuna. There was a little wahoo each day to mix it up with and that ate up the afternoon slow periods. One noteworthy thing was how tough these fish were in the hot water. Some of the toughest battles we have had all year on hundred plus pound fish. Another successful Accurate sponsored trip. Thanks Accurate for all the loaner gear and providing the Red Rooster with such a superior product
June 7, 2016
Another nice day to finish off the trip. Ralph Cox and Bob Hohman with a couple of really nice fish. A lot of hard battles to put together a great trip with an amazing grade of fish.
 
Steve with a nice 160 pounder. One of the toughest hard fought fish so far today
A couple of nice fish by Jesse and Billy
Lynn Freed with more color than his catch
Paul with a 158 pounder that won him a nice Accurate Hoody
Bob with a nice fish after a long drawn out battle
Paul with this 192 has him in contention for the Accurate daily Jack Pot
Bobby with a nice fish first thing in the morning
Here is a shot of Nate finishing up dress get out these three 120 to 150 pounders
June 6, 2016
"Ruby" finishing the day with a nice fish
Another hard fought day but ending up with a decent day of scratching at quality.
The grade here is really nice fish all over 100 pounds and a couple over 200
Judy at it with a 180 on the Kite
Mike with a nice fish 201 on the scale
Here is a group shot of a mid day hit we had on quality tuna
Jesse with what looks to be the daily Accurate Jack Pot winner with a 223# tuna. He is in the running for a Boss 600 series reel. Yesterday Laurens Rhinelander got Accurate Boos reel with the biggest bait fish being a 141 pounds
June 5, 2016
Richard Goka and Bill Walsh with a couple of nice fish. The sharks have pretty much taken over but steady fishing today looks like we will try it again tomorrow
Gil Ayon with a nice hundred plus pounder
Mile Gooing with a nice Kite fish
Nice morning guy drift fishing with quality fish from 100 to 192 pounds. Tough with the sharks but still able to keep putting fish aboard
June 4, 2016
Dave picked off this decent fish but most of our day we saw and picked at smaller grade fish .The porpoise did back off so we were able to soak baits but still pretty tough. Thankful for what we are getting but making a move to see what else is down here.We will be traveling tonight and fishing at 7:00 tomorrow morning
Started off with a couple fish. One fish 201 and it is hard to fish through the porpoise. Really have our work cut out for us. Once again pretty good sign just hard to soak a bait. Maybe later
June 3, 2016
Mike with a nice fish in the high hundreds
We had a few nice fish this morning and now watching fish jump around d that won't bite. Maybe they will settle in this afternoon and we can pick up the pace Leo scored this 215 this morning
Brian just picked this one off on the kite 185 was the weight of the fish
June 2, 2016
This one is Jesse, Anyway Biggest fish today was 181 pounds the Leo managed in the afternoon We will report again tomorrow.
Tough day here but the sharks backed off in the afternoon and we were able to pick while drifting. Plenty of sign here so hopefully tomorrow we can put together a nice day. Gil with a decent tuna.
Judy finished the day with this nice 178 pounder.Kite fish can't win the Accurate daily prize so Joe Armitsu wins a nice Cal star blank from Accurate
We had a pretty good bite on 60 to 120 pounder this afternoon. Only a couple got hit by sharks and for the most part they are not a problem. We are hoping as the conditions clean up we will get a few chances at some big fish. Happy to stay busy this afternoon
Here is a picture of happy Bob
May 30, 2016
We have had cool weather on the ride down nice calm seas and just a little afternoon sunshine. The water is cool coming down most of the way below 64.0 degrees. We made a quick stop at allijos and picked up a who for fish tacos tomorrow. Ralph Cox did the harvesting on that wahoo.
We will do another seminar tomorrow before lunch and be on the grounds the next day
May 28, 2016
We are finally on our way after 60 days of maintenance. Our Accurate sponsored June Heat 15 day trip is here. We left this morning and found ourselves scooping an amazing load of sardines for our 8 days of fishing. We have some prep to do tomorrow and will be spending the day getting things in fishing mode. Here is Leo .Finally made it!
Bill Walsh made this tidy little rod holder that clamps to the rail and can hold the big gear
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES...
DATE OF TRIP: 3/8-3/23/2016
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CLARION, HURRICANE BANK
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 4W16-Loftus & Martin Charter
FISH COUNT:
148 YELLOWFIN TUNA
140 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 228.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT JIM MITCHELL OF GARDEN DROVE, CA
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 201.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BOB MICHENER OF OXNARD, CA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 194LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ED SUN OF ORANGE, CA
NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 99.6LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT RON HIRAO
Mar. 19, 2016We are headed up the line with beautiful weather after a nice trip that produced quality Yellowfin tuna and Wahoo.
We spent the first five days at Clarion and found scratch fish from 15 to 20 tuna a day and a few wahoo a day. The fishing was tough but we manage to throw on about 35 mixed tuna and wahoo a day. The sign was incredible but the sharks made it very challenging to bring fish aboard.
We spent the last two days outside at the Bank and had two really nice days of wahoo and tuna fishing .
Averaging 37 tuna a day and 50 wahoo a day with the first day being the best on the wahoo.
Really nice weather and a little less on the sharks made for classic Bank fishing with conditions that took the lines perfectly back behind the boat.
The kite was the tool of choice and also the balloons providing most of the bites with a great show on fish jumping around the boat and the Bank.
We will be in to unload on Wednesday the 23rd .
See you then Andy Cates
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Mar. 11, 2016
Good evening folks. Tomorrow we will be fishing after a really nice day of travel. The bait looks good and we we ready to go.
Mar. 10, 2016
We have found the nice weather and headed south. We came down just outside alijos rocks with 65.5 degree water and green . Now it is blue water and 70.0 degrees. We had a nice seminar today and spent the rest of the day rigging up. The boat is about ready and so are the people.
Mar. 8, 2016
Good evening .
We left on a 15 day ride down ride back sponsored by Loftus and Martin. We picked up a real nice load of bait with a good percentage of nice hook bait. All sardines with a slight mix of mackerel. The weather is bumpy but going down swell is fine....Tomorrow our first full day of travel and we will be getting the boat ready for a week of fishing.
Feb. 28, 2016
Larry Brown and Izorline Jack Pots
1st place Herman Jones 221.0
2nd place Knut Korsbrekke 214.0
3rd place Larry Brown 208.1
Fish count
153 yellowfin tuna
40 wahoo
Feb. 24, 2016
We have had a great ride up with classic no wind conditions we will arrive in Cabo at 7:00 and hopefully San Diego at 9:00 on Sunday.
Feb. 22, 2016
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Herman Jones with a nice 220 to finish the day
With the weather coming up and the last part of the trip we decided to head inside and finish our trip. We won't get there until late afternoon.
Hopefully we have something to report
Feb. 18, 2016
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Feb. 14, 2016
We have had a nice day of travel with a tuna seminar today and a lot of action at the tackle table. Still have another day of travel and a wahoo seminar tomorrow
Feb. 13, 2016
Larry Brown and his crew left with us yesterday on our annual 16 day fly home trip. We had a great raffle that produced $1100 for charity and The prizes were great.
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES...
DATE OF TRIP: 1/23-2/7/2016
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CLARION
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP Bluefinjim.net/Pelagic Gear
FISH COUNT: 11 OVER 200LBS
117 YELLOWFIN TUNA
39 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 261.8LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JIM CASEY OF GARDEN GROVE, CA
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 254.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUN A CAUGHT BILL BRANDSTETTER OF LAKE FORREST, CA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 228.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT TIM IVY OF SAN DIEGO, CA
NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 43.2LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BILL BRANDSTETTER
OTHER:
BILL BRANDSTETTER 229 LBS
DANNY WADE 226 LBS
GARY ROGERS 218 LBS
GARY ROGERS 216 LBS
HUNTER BERG 212 LBS
DON SMITH 210 LBS
JOHN REINHART 204 LBS
HUNTER BERG 203 LBS
Feb. 5, 2016
We have had a couple days of choppy weather .We have reached the waters below Cedros island and the seas are much better. We have wind again but nothing like what we had the last couple daysWe should be in the bay early and at the dock as scheduled
ETA looks like 7:00 am SundayFeb. 3, 2015
We our way up after finish our Blue Fin Jim and Pelagic clothing sponsored 15 day trip Starting the trip out at the Bank saw a downhill slide in fishing as we scratched about 35 tuna and 20 wahoo before heading inside. The fishing at the Island was hit and miss but the quality was there. We managed to be in the right place at the right time to scratch up another 80 tuna with an estimated 12 tuna over the 200 pound mark. A little here and a little there added up and yesterday was our finisher with a really nice day with 37 fish from 75 pounds up to 230 pounds with 4 fish over the 200 pound mark
We left last night due to the weather and are headed up in choppy windy conditions. We will be in on Sunday to weigh up the Jack Pot
Andy Cates
Feb. 2, 2016
We scratched all day until dark with a little shot on 100 to 150 pounders at dark. A really nice day today. Unfortunately we have to start heading up due to the weather conditions the next three days. Nothing hazardous but it will be slow going on the way up. We are going to break down the gear and head up tonight.
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CAPTAIN: THOMAS FERRARI
DATE OF TRIP: 1/4-1/19/2016
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 1W16-LOFTUS & MARTIN CHARTER
FISH COUNT:
149 YELLOWFIN TUNA
147 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 273.5LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PAUL HUDDLESON OF KNEELAND, CA2nd PLACE JACKPOT 251.3LBS YELLOWFIN TUN A CAUGHT JONATHAN JEFFERS OF REDWAY, CA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 244.5LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY GARY GRIMAUD OF SAN DIEGO, CA
NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 42.4LBS WAHOO CAUGHT JEFF HARNISCH OF PIERCY, CA
OTHER:
244 LBS CARL EICHIN
205.4 LBS BILL SANDBOURNE
205.3 LBS RON LLOYD
202.1 LBS STEVE WESSELINK
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Today's
prize
winners
Jan. 6, 2016
We did our
tuna fishing
seminar
today. I
went over
different
rigs and
methods we
will be
using this
week.
Pictured is
raffle host
Tom Kelleher
and winner
"Dude".
Proceeds
will go to a
charity
benefitting
local Marine
Corps
families.
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