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Spring
- Summer 2019
Aug. 29, 2019
Jackpots trip 14
1st- Will Clayton 43.8lb BFT
2nd- Mitchell Nichter 43.1lb BFT
3rd- Michael Scizak 41.7 BFT
Aug. 28, 2019
Got to love it when a plan works out. Ended up having a great drift
for 40lb Bluefin this afternoon. First go around we had 10 going.
Had some heartbreaks which comes with the territory of light line
fishing. Very good end to the trip.
Just finished up a drift that started in the dark this
morning.
It took awhile to develop but ended working out very well
for the group.
Very good action on this 15 to 35lb grade yellowfin.
We are now out looking for some Bluefin to finish out the
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Aug. 27, 2019
Started out with some good action on these 25 to 40lb Bluefin with
occasional yellowfin. Got into the zone at around 1500 and found a
good school immediately. Drifted on the same batch of fish till dark
with 1 to 6 going at a time. Lots of casualties due to small hooks
and light line needed to hook these fish. Great start to our Bob
Michener 3 day trip.
Aug. 25, 2019
Ended up having a nice day with 17 of the these bigger Bluefin
hitting the deck. Great group of guys, awesome weather, and quality
fishing made for another great year fishing with the Oldenkamp
group.
Aug. 24, 2019
Nothing for several hours, then we found a nice school. It’s not
very eager to bite but we’re picking at them. Slow start this
morning but we’re starting to scratch away at the same mixed
yellowfin and bluefin.
Aug. 23, 2019
Started our 3 day Oldenkamp charter at this local tuna zone. Great
action on yellowfin and bluefin this afternoon. 25lb test and a 1/0
hook was the key. Sticking around to see what tomorrow holds for us.
Aug. 21, 2019
After a tough start this morning. We finished with a nice pick this
afternoon. Finished off with some nice fish.
Tomorrow we are headed up
Aug. 19, 2019
Nice day today on tuna and yellowtail
Aug. 18, 2019
Pretty tough trying to get a bite. Hopefully things pick up a little
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First day of scratch fishing on
the Larry Brown 6 day trip |
Sal with a nice fish this morning |
Allison with a nice fish on the light line |
Aug. 16, 2019
Had a nice morning drift on yellowfin and a few Bluefin. Hoping for
another shot this afternoon.
Thanks again Pelagic clothing for a great 3 day trip
Aug. 14, 2019
A little start on our Pelagic clothing sponsored 3 day trip, Nick
Cates with a nice Bluefin on the light line. Prospects look good for
a nice day tomorrow
Aug. 13, 2019
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This is what we are after today. |
Aug. 12, 2019
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Nice evening on 15 to 50lb bluefin with flat calm weather. |
Aug. 10, 2019
More quality Yellowfin tuna from Guadalupe
Island
Aug. 9, 2019
Steve
Ichinaguchi with a nice tuna
We have gone through a lot of Izorline for the trip
and would like to thank Izorline for sponsoring the trip |
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Another nice day today on quality tuna |
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Aug. 8, 2019
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The last two days have seen great fishing on quality tuna
like these all day pick with flurries throughout the day |
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Aug. 6, 2019
Our first day of tuna fishing was a slow scratch.
Quality fish were had with
a lot of learning lessons for the group |
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Norm with a nice contender |
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Aug. 5, 2019
Our first day of the Barnett 7 day trip brought to the
offshore kelp paddy grounds.
We had a nice kelp early that scored yellows and dorado.
The rest of the morning was pretty lean with the weather
and wind coming up all the time .
After lunch we put it on course to the island |
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Aug. 4, 2019
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1st place goes to Mel Miracle with a 34 pound yellowtail |
Aug. 3, 2019
We had a nice day of kelp paddy fishing to start the trip.
We moved down the beach and had scratch fishing on good grade
yellows for a couple days and now headed up
TRIP#7-2019 (5 day) Glenn's Alignment Service Chaster
Jackpot Winnings:
1st place 29.5 Yellowtail caught by Christian Westerman
2nd place 25.5 Yellowtail caught by Joshua Witherwax
3rd place 25 Yellowtail caught by Henry Seiler
July 24, 2019
Finished off with a day of bluefin fishing
Tough to get a bite and hard to catch on the light line |
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July 23, 2019
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Classic offshore fishing on these schooly yellowfin today
One stop pretty much much made the day. |
July 22, 2019
Yesterday we spent the day on the beach. We had action smaller grade
yellows with a few standouts mixed in.
July 20, 2019
Afternoon snack today prepared by Chef Mike
Nall
July 19, 2019
Just left on our bluefin Jim 6 day trip. We made a few frustrating
stops in the Bluefin grounds in the evening for this 92 pound
tuna. Once again good sign but hard to get to cooperate. Headed
south in hopes of some action and try the Bluefin thing at the end
of the trip on the way up
July 17, 2019
Final report: Headed home after we landed our last few bluefin. Got
on a plunker of bigger grade fish to finish out the trip. Boated
another 8 60 to 90lbers bringing our total to 27 bft 80 yt 1 dorado
and 1 50lb yft. Yellowtail were nice lot of 15lbers.
July 15, 2019
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Finished up in the bluefin grounds this afternoon. After
making a big move from the yellowtail grounds with 80yt in
the hole we had some good opportunities at mixed grade
bluefin from 35 to 100+lbs. We ended up with 17 fish of
various sizes with the majority being 35 to 50lbs with 3
pushing 80lbs. All the fish were caught on foamers. We
suffered abnormal casualties. Boats gets in tomorrow morning
then back out again at 6pm for another 1.5 day trip. Still a
few spots available call the office for details |
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Checking in on our 1.5 day trip with good yellowtail
fishing. Yo-yo seemed like the hot ticket with decent amount
on the fly line as well. We got what we needed and are
headed south for bluefin again. Everybody is eager to give
these bluefin a run for their money. Wish us luck |
July 13, 2019
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Starting to catch a few of these 60 to 80 lb bluefin
Lot of fish around and a lot of casualties |
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Fitz got a 60 on a accurate 600 |
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John Lind with a nice 20+
yellowtail today |
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Adam with a quality one caught on
25lb izorline |
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Checking in on our 1.5 day trip.
Excellent yellowtail fishing today. Ended up with limits for
31 people on nice 10 to 20 lb fish.
Average size being 14 lbs. Now headed down the line to fish
bluefin till dark. Hopefully we keep it going. |
July 10, 2019
Finished up our 1st of 5 1.5 day trips that we will be running this week and next. Fishing was slow but plenty of fish around. Ended up with dozen yellowtail and one 85lb bluefin tuna with a few heartbreaks. Back out again tonight with 3 spots still open. Call the office for reservations 619-224-3857
Cathy Jones with a 85lb Bluefin hooked on a
sinker rig and 40lb izorline
July 8, 2019
Thanks again guys for a great trip.
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1st place jack pot goes to Tim Ivy
with a 40.5 pound wahoo |
2nd place jack pot goes to Ben Ivy
with a 38 pound blue fin tuna |
3rd place goes to Peter Novotny
with a 37.0 pound yellowtail |
Trolling jack pot goes toMark
Escalle with a 50.5 pound wahoo |
July 7, 2019
Spotty fishing for us on the Bluefin. Tough
to get a bite and hard to get a school to react to the chum. Nice
weather though and a few schooly size fish to wrap up the trip
July 5, 2019
A few chances on wahoo sure put a spin on
things
July 2, 2019
Very nice day of fishing today. Beautiful
grade of yellowtail. Started it off biting good then tapered to a
nice pick all day
July 1, 2019
We left on the Jorge Nicifore 8 day
memorial. We have a nice load of bait and spent the day on the beach
catching a little bit of yellowtail. Headed south now and looking
offshore for the rest of the day
June 29, 2019
CAPTAIN: Andy Cates
DATE OF TRIP: 06/21-06/29
LENGTH OF TRIP: 8
days
AREAS FISHED:
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS:
MAHONEY &MCVEY "TUNA & TAILS"
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 41.0 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA
CAUGHT BY MICHAEL MCVEY
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 36.0 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY
RANDALL LADD
3rd PLACE JACKPOT
35.0 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PATRICK ZUKOWSKI
NOTE:
TROLLING JACKPOT
10.5 YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JACK THRUSH
June 28, 2019
Some other pictures from the trip. See you guys
next year and thanks for being with us
Another day on the grounds produced these
school size Blue fin tuna.
The last fish of the day. Mike with a 85
pounder
June 27, 2019
Ickes off a few of these BFT today working
up the line. Through in a few kelp paddy yellows as well. Stayed
busy all afternoon on various small schools
June 24, 2019
We had better action today on these quality
yellows
June 23, 2019
We had a sample of decent grade yellowtail
this afternoon. Right when it looked like we might get going the
current died and so did the bite.
We’ll see how it goes tomorrow
June 22, 2019
Trip#2-2019 McVey's 8 day trip sailed on
Friday. We will post reports as we hear from the captain | 
