Fishing Reports 2010

Looking At All The Spots

Andy Cates brought Red Rooster III home to H&M Landing from southern Baja December 20 after a ten-day trip with 25 anglers. They visited just about every high spot to scratch up a decent catch after the water cooled in the area.

“I’ve got to give credit to the skipper,” said Bob Ingles of Half Moon Bay Sportfishing and Tackle. He and his wife Sherry operate the Queen of Hearts. “He worked really hard and burned a lot of fuel to get us a catch.”

Among other spots, Cates listed San Carlos, Cedros Island, The Ridge and outside of Cabo San Lucas as places he visited.

Greg Brooks of Yucaipa won first place for a 180.3-pound tuna that bit a sardine on a 3/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook. He said he fished with 80-pound Izorline fluorocarbon, 60-pound Izorline and 80-pound Izorline Spectra, on a Penn 12 modified and two-speeded by Cal sheets, and a Calstar 7470 XH rod. “They were pretty spooky,” said Brooks, “so I had to drop down to get one. I paid for that when he fought me for an hour and 40 minutes.”

Mac Beare of Las Vegas won second place for a 170.9-pounder, and Kenneth Peil of Portland, OR won third place for a 124-pound yellowfin. Rounding out the lineup shot with a 120-pounder was Dick Langlois, who won the coveted jacket for his fourth-place fish.

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10^TH, - MONDAY, DECEMBER 20^TH 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 10 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: SAN CARLOS, CEDROS ISLAND, THE RIDGE, OUTSIDE OF CABO

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: IZORLINE/CALSTAR/ ACCURATE

FISH COUNT: 27 YELLOWTAIL, 125 YELLOWFIN TUNA

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 180.3 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY GREG BROOKS OF YUCICAIPA, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 170.9 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MAC BEARE OF LAS VEGAS, NV

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 128.7 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY KENNETTH PEIL OF PORTLAND, OR

REMARKS: 4^TH PLACE TROLLING JACKPOT CAUGHT BY DICK LANGLOIS

Dec. 19, 2010

Good morning folks. We spent the day at Cedros and covered the area below there in the morning. The only place we saw any yellows was below the Island and caught 17 fish before it died. Maybe we would have done better if we were there earlier but who knows. They were small yellows 10 to 15 pounds. When we left that we never saw a yellow the rest of the day . All the way to the North end of the Island for nothing.

We are dragging this on and trying for Vermillion this morning. With good weather we might as well.

We will be in before 7:00 tomorrow morning .

See you then

Andy Cates

Dec. 15, 2010

Good evening folks. We had better results today. With a pick on 40 to 80 pound fish. Finishing the day with 37 tuna. We are going to try here again tomorrow and hope that we start off earlier and have more tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Dec. 14, 2010

Good evening folks. Not exactly what we were hoping for but better than nothing. 75 small tuna for the day on porpoise. Weather was nice and the action was in the afternoon. Really no sign of decent fish. When I mean small 12 to 20 pound fish. We did get a few 30 pounders but not enough to curve the scale. Better than nothing.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Dec. 13, 2010

Good evening folks Our first day showed sign but not very good conditions, We had 16 tuna from 60 to 150 pounds. We are making another move south in hopes of better water conditions. It does look like we have a couple of places to fall back on. We are going to check one more area before we settle in somewhere.

We will report again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Dec. 12, 2010

Good evening folks. Not much to report today. Nice weather though. The bait looks like its coming around after a percentage of die-off. It looks like we ill be all right though. Tomorrow we will be fishing and report in the evening.

Andy Cates

Dec. 11, 2010

Good afternoon folks.

We left yesterday on a ten day that returns Dec. 20th.

Sponsored by Izorline Accurate, Calstar. Woody Wax, Tady Lures. Bill Roecker Productions We will be on the Grounds day after tomorrow. It looks like we will be all alone in here on the Beach. We certainly have our work cut out for us. Tomorrow is another travel day as we head down the Ridge.

We will report again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Scrappy In The Dark

Bob Michener of Oxnard caught his 39^th cow on an Accurate reel aboard Red Rooster III while fishing with skipper Andy Cates in the Buffer Zone. Anglers call Bob “Scrappy” from his former career as owner of a scrap metals business, but the term would apply just as well to a guy who’s battled that many tuna over 200 pounds. It’s easy to imagine how many tuna he went through that were smaller to arrive at that number. If it weren’t enough of an achievement, Bob got his 282-pounder on a salami mackerel pinned on an old rusty hook. “I don’t know what kind it is,” Michener told dock reporter Bill Roecker at H&M Landing December 10. “I got it from the wife of a buddy who passed away, and I welded the ring on myself. “I tied it on because the sharks were around, but I got three fish with it and never was bothered by the sharks. I hooked the fish on the grind. He bumped it and it freespooled and he ate it then and spooled me. “We put the backup rod on, and when I saw the spectra getting down to the bottom of the spool I was afraid it would dig in and I started yelling to throw the rod in. It went in and I got into the skiff just before sunset. The rest of the fight was in the dark. We got to the buoy and the line was slack, so I reeled up and it came tight. He towed us around in circles for a half hour, and then I fought him at the side of the skiff for another half-hour. He was the strongest fish I ever fought.”

Scrappy won first place for his tuna. He said he tied the rusty hook on 130-pound Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon, 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izor spectra. He used an Accurate 50 W reel and a Calstar 770 XH rod.

Sung Chung of Monroe, NJ won second place for a lanky 267-pounder. It also bit a salami, on a Mustad 10/0 7691 hook tied to 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One spectra. He used an Avet 50 reel and a Calstar 6460 XXH rod to bring the tuna to gaff in 45 minutes.

Federal fire fighter Mark Moffat won third place for a 254-pounder. He also had a 202-pound tuna. He fished mackerel on Mustad 10/0 7691 hooks, on 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One spectra on an Accurate 50 ATD reel and a Calstar 760 H rod. “I loved that reel,” he commented. “It’s a remarkable reel. I pulled the big one up in a spiral.”

Larry Watkins of West Covina won the coveted jacket for the fourth-place fish, a 192-pounder. He stood in with the winners for a lineup shot.

Susan Murray of Oregon City, OR was on her first long range trip. She had a great catch and posed with her prettiest tuna. “It was outstanding from start to finish,” she said. “I would absolutely do it again. Everyone was gracious and helpful to me.”

The Rooster was headed out again that same day to make her last trip before the holidays.

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26^TH – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10^TH, 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 14 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: CLARION

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: Rod & Reel Radio

FISH COUNT: 254YELLOWFIN TUNA 6 WAHOO

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 282.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BOB MICHENER OF OXNARD, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 254.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MARK MOFFAT OF SAN DIEGO, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 267.1 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY SUNG CHUNG OF MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ

REMARKS: 4^TH PLACE TROLLING JACKPOT CAUGHT BY LARRY WATKINS OF WEST COVINA, CA

Dec. 7, 2010

Good evening folks. We finished off on the beach and had no sign of fish. We actually did not see one fish on the machines or on the surface . Pretty poor. The weather is nice and heading up. We should be in early. I will give a better ETA as we go up the line.

Andy Cates

Dec. 6, 2010

Good evening folks. We had more of the same At the Island and decided to head up. No big ones yesterday but we are headed up in hopes of a chance at a big one .

We have one more day and then heading up Andy Cates

Dec. 4, 2010

Good evening folks. Much slower here today but ready to give it another day. The beach area still sounds poor so we are here. We will see how it goes tomorrow and decide whether to move up or not.

We will report again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Dec. 3, 2010

Good evening folks. We had another nice day today. This morning brought a nice grade of fish with Mark Moffet hauling in a 230 and Larry Watkins a fish taping out right at 200. We had good fishing most of the day and it died in the evening.

We are spending another day out here . The option of the Lower Banks sounds very poor and we are getting some chances at big fish here.

We will report again tomorrow .

Andy Cates

Dec. 2, 2010

Good evening folks. We had another nice day today. Not near the action as yesterday but still plenty good. We had a couple of bigger fish today as well.

Bob Michner with a 298 and Sung Chung with a 245. A couple of nice fish to go with 100 to 150 pounders throughout the day. Quite a few releases as well.

We will report again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Dec. 1, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a great day today. Classic long drift fishing with fish from 70 to 170 pounds. The weather is nice now and everyone had a great chance to catch fish today. Another day like that and we will be coming right along.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Nov. 30, 2010

Good evening folks.

Our morning started out fine with 19 fish from 80 to 140 pounds with the biggest fish a 196. Things were looking up and the afternoon brought more sign of smaller fish. We did get on some good size fish but they would not bite. We had some action on 50 pounders and a few 80 pounders mixed in. Could have been worse, could have been better.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Nov. 28, 2010

Good evening folks.

Not much to report. Good enough weather today and starting to warm up. Tuna seminar today gave us something to do . One more day of travel untill we get started.

Andy Cates

Nov. 27, 2010

Good morning folks. We are off and running on the Rod and Reel radio 14 day trip. So far so good with a nice raffle and opening seminars.

The weather is nice but cool. That should change soon with starting on the outside. the temp has been much warmer than on the beach. We should see the change after tomorrow.

Andy Cates

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10^TH – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24^TH, 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 14 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: BAJA & PUERTO VALLARTA

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: ACCURATE FISHING PRODUCTS

FISH COUNT: 155 YELLOWFIN TUNA

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 238.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CHRIS STAVARIDIS OF VENICE, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 203.5 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ERNIE OSUNA OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 194.5 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY AL WALBRIDGE OF VENTURA, CA

REMARKS: 4^TH PLACE TROLLING JACKPOT CAUGHT BY DARRYN ACHALL OF ROCK SPRINGS, WY

Accurate Fishing Products Photo Album for this trip

Nov. 23, 2010

Good Evening folks The ride up the line has been horrible. We have had nothing but wind and swell since we left the cape. If all goes well we should be at the dock by one in the afternoon although it's not looking good right now. Keep your fingers crossed that it lays down. Will see you at the dock tomorrow sometime.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Nov. 20, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a little bit of fishing time this morning. Things were not the same and only managed 10 tuna before we left. A couple of 180 pounders and biggest fish about 190 to finish the trip. With only two days of fishing it certainly salvaged the trip with a very nice grade of tuna. Wishing for another day but very happy with the opportunities we had. The weather was great and good times for all.

Thanks to Jack , Leo , Gary and Gary for the help with all of the Accurate gear.

We will be in Cabo at 8:00 in the morning .

Andy Cates

Nov. 19, 2010

Good evening folks. We had another nice day with 57 tuna. Same nice grade 120 to 160 . Biggest fish around 190. A couple of those and a few 175 pounders to keep the challenge up. We have one more morning and then on our way. It might work out good being that the morning is the best by far.

Andy Cates

Nov. 18, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a great day today with action all day. The move to P.V. worked out good so far with 63 tuna from 120 to 160 pounds. We also got a couple of Jack Pot fish a 207 and a 230 . Very nice weather and fishing conditions. I just hope that tomorrow is similar. Really a tough start on this trip. It would be great to do it again tomorrow.

We will report again then

Andy Cates

Nov. 15, 2010

Good evening folks. Tough day here today with only 3 tuna from 130 to 180. Our lower area did not work out. Non biting fish. We will try again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Nov. 15, 2010

Good evening folks

We spent the day down on the lower Banks. No big ones for us today but we did see enough sign to try it here in the morning. We had 20 tuna from 70 to 140 pounds. Not that great but could have been a lot worse. hopefully the morning is better. We didn't get on this fish untill late so maybe a couple of bigger ones in the morning.

Andy Cates

Nov. 14, 2010

Good evening folks. Not much doing today. Actually more like a travel day with just a couple of short stops for nothing. Tomorrow the fishing starts. We will be on the grounds first thing in the morning.

Andy Cates

Nov. 11, 2010

Good afternoon folks.

So far so good with really nice weather. Our first day has been nice with rigging and a seminar on fishing the lower banks. Accurate sponsored trip that offers top notch gear to use and a top notch pro staff to assist. More rigging this afternoon and the upper end of the Ridge tomorrow at lunch time.

Andy Cates

Eight-Day Scores Cows

Joe D’Acquisto docked Red Rooster III November 12 after an eight-day Charkbait trip into southern waters that found some big tuna along with the usual tuna and yellowtail on The Ridge and at Cedros Island.

Nestor Murillo of Oxnard won first place for a 276.3-pound yellowfin. Oscar Muela of La Mirada got one that weighed 248 pounds for second place. Third place went to Chris Gault of Upland, for his 244.6-pound tuna. David Jefferies won the trolling jacket for the fourth-place fish.

CAPTAIN: JOE D’ACQUISTO

DATE OF TRIP: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4^TH – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12^TH, 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: RIDGE, MAG BAY, CEDROS

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: CHARKBAIT.COM

FISH COUNT: 282 YELLOWTAIL 206 YELLOWFIN TUNA

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 276.3 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY NESTOR MURILLO OF OXNARD, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 248.1 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY OSCAR MUELA OF LA MIRADA, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 244.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CHRIS GAULT OF UPLAND, CA

REMARKS: 4^TH PLACE TROLLING JACKPOT CAUGHT BY DAVID JEFFERYS

	Charkbait

Nov. 11, 2010

Good Afternoon Folks

We finished our trip with fishing the beach for cod. It was ok fishing but the weather is beautiful. We hope it stays like this for a while. We are on our way home with a great catch of tuna and yellowtail. We are grateful to have even a chance at catching a big one and really grateful to have some on board. We would like to thank Charkbait for all the great giveaways. We will be back to the dock at seven thirty am and leaving on our Accurate twelve day. We had a great group of guys and hope to see them all again. Thanks Joe and RR3 Crew

Nov. 10, 2010

Good Evening Folks

Today we fished the beach for yellowtail and had an excellent day of fishing. The yellows were sixteen to twenty two pounds. We are heading up the weather is a lot better then the forecast predicted and we are grateful for that. We are going to spend a couple hours fishing for cod and then call it a trip. It has been a great trip. Wish us luck tomorrow and we will report back later.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Also Robert would like to say happy Anniversary to Laurie.

Nov. 9, 2010

Good Evening Folks

Today we fished the Ridge and scratched and clawed or way to make out a day on yellowtail. The grade was sixteen to twenty two pounds with a few better ones. It wasn't for the lack of fish it was the lack of biting fish. We are going to fish the beach tomorrow in hopes of more yellowtail. The weather is ok but predicted to get worse tomorrow evening. Keep your fingers crossed. Wish us luck.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Nov. 8, 2010

Good Evening Folks, We fished the lower banks today and had three fish over 200 pounds. We also had four from 120 to 160. We also had some schoolies on porpoise. We are heading up tonight. Wish us luck.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Nov. 7, 2010

Good Morning Folks

We have had an excellent morning of fishing on this school size tuna. The yellowfin are from eighteen to twenty five pounds with a couple handfuls of better ones. We are grateful for this morning and are in hopes for more of the same for the afternoon. Wish us luck.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Nov. 6, 2010

Good Evening Folks

We had a great afternoon on yellowtail. The yellows where twelve to eighteen pounds. We are going to try our luck tomorrow on school size tuna, wahoo and more yellowtail. wish us luck. Will report later.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Rooster Bangs Bank, Big C

Andy Cates brought Red Rooster III home to H&M Landing October 31 after a two-week trip to Hurricane Bank and the Buffer Zone off Clarion Island. His 24 anglers aboard the Loftus-Martin charter had all the husky tuna they could handle.

“It was really good on stock grade tuna of 120 to 160 pounds,” remarked Cates to dock reporter Bill Roecker on Halloween morning. “Fishing was good at both areas. At Clarion we found ‘em on bird schools. When we were at the bank we didn’t move much because most of the sign was along the East Side. We released about 70 tuna and we added about 55 wahoo to our catch.”

“It was a great trip,” added co-chartermaster Larry Martin. “I got 14 tuna!”

The best tuna was a 210-pounder caught by long-time Rooster rider Wayne Honda of Oceanside. It had been a few years since Wayne stood at the head of the jackpot lineup, and he was glad to be there again.

“This one took out a lot of Spectra,” he said. “He got about three-quarters of my backing. He stayed outside for about a half-hour, then he went down. When I got him up to gaff after an hour and a half we were at the starboard stern corner.”

Wayne said he baited a greenback mackerel that came aboard at the San Diego bait receivers. He used a 6/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook on 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra on his Tiagra 50 W reel and a Calstar 7460 XH rod.

Graham McKenzie of Auckland, New Zealand subbed for his pal and trip regular Rob Tapert on McKenzie’s first long range trip, and first visit to the US. He won second place for a 191-pounder.

“I liked it so much I’m coming back again next year,” he stated. Asked how long his fish fought, he said, “It seemed like 50 years, but it was just a bit more than three-quarters of a hour, I think. He ran me up and down the sides, took me around the boat three times, and they had to hold him off with a stick (the fork). At the end he came up in the port corner.”

McKenzie got his winner on a sardine. So did third-place winner Joe Terra of Watsonville. The three posed for a lineup shot, and Honda posed with his chartermasters. The coveted Red Rooster III trolling jacket was won by Bob Cherry of Santa Monica, who got a 131-pound tuna on a black and purple Marauder.

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17^th – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31^ST, 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 14 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: CLARION BUFFER ZONE, HURRICANE BANK

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: LOFTUS & MARTIN/WINTER WANDERLUST

FISH COUNT: 230 YELLOWFIN TUNA 55 WAHOO

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 210.00 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY WAYNE HONDA OF OCEANSIDE,CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 191.00 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY GRAHAM MCKINZIE OF ONEHUNGA AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 173.03 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JOE TERRA WATSONVILLE, CA

REMARKS: 4^TH PLACE TROLLING JACKPOT 131.1 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BOB CHERRY

Oct. 30, 2010

Good morning folks. We have had a great ride home and looks like we will be docking at 8:00 in the morning. We are ready for rain and making arrangements for that,

Andy Cates

Oct. 27, 2010

Good morning folks.

We never did manage any trophies yesterday. The grade was nice though 120 to 170. Very nice fish to finish up on. The overall grade was very good and we ended with a fantastic load of fish. The weather is perfect right now and looks to stay for the ride home. That would be different.

Andy Cates

Oct. 26, 2010

Good evening folks, We had a little sign of bigger fish today. We landed one fish around 220 and another right at 200. Also a couple other around 190.There was less of that 100 to 16o pound fish around so we weren't burdened with releasing and were able to hook a few bigger fish. Unfortunately it appeared we had a couple of bigger fish eaten by sharks as well. Amazing the sharks are off the Island but they are.

We are going to spend our last day of fishing here and hope we can get the remainder of our Jack Pots.

Andy Cates

Oct. 25, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a nice day here today and spent most of the day releasing fish from 100 to 150 pounds. We never saw or hooked any bigger fish and where a little disappointed with that. We are going to give it one more day and hope we see some sign of bigger fish tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Oct. 23, 2010

GOOD EVENING FOLKS. We had another nice day. All the same grade of fish. Mostly 110 to 130 pounds with fish mixed in up to 160 pounds. Really a nice grade. 41 fish for the day. We are headed in to see if we can get a few Jack Pot fish fist stop being the Buffer zone at Clarion and then possibly the Mag Bay area.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Oct. 22, 2010

Good evening folks. We had another nice day today with just a small sign of better fish. One big one we had on for a while and a few more fish in the 150 to 170 range. Unfortunately the big one fell off. But with really only one chance you have to be pretty lucky. 51 tuna for the day and we will be here again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

P.S. Hi Mom!

Oct. 21, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a bang up day here today with fish from 80 to 150 pounds. the bulk of the fish were 110 to 140 pounds. The only outstanding fish was a 180 flylined with sardine. The kite wasn't all that hot with no bites on the squid, only sardine. The weather is great and really very little sharks. We will try it again tomorrow. We ended the day with 73 tuna.

Hope it goes good again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Oct. 19, 2010

Good Morning folks. After our first day of travel we are now getting the tuna gear rigged up. We have had some nice raffles that including rods and reels and plenty of fishing tackle. We have all day today and all day tomorrow. Today focusing on tuna and tomorrow on wahoo. It looks like we will be at the Bank before daylight on Thursday.

Weather is nice and starting to warm up.

Andy Cates

Big Skins On Ridge

After getting their tuna at Alijos Rocks, Red Rooster III anglers had a crack at the 23 Spot and the 13, when skipper Andy Cates took the 10-day H&H Outdoor charter in east.

I hooked one that looked like the biggest wahoo of my life,” said chartermaster Richard Hightower to dock reporter Bill Roecker at the H&M Landing scales October 16, “but he stayed out, and kept his side to me like a big dorado. He might have weighed 80 or 90 pounds, and I got him to 15 yards of the boat when the hook pulled. Dang! I had him on a long time for a ‘hoo, maybe 15 or 20 minutes.”

Other anglers said plenty of the big skins were lost during the four hours they made trolling stops on the 23. Nearly 40 were landed, however, and a 66-pounder won the coveted trolling jacket for Sacramento angler Kip Young, a regular on the trip.

“We had mixed fishing at The Rocks,” said skipper Cates. “It was slow on the kite sometimes, and it was good sometimes. When we got to The Ridge we had a few bingo stops. We got lots of yellowtail on the 13 and a few trophies at Cedros Island.

Ted Crane of Huntington Beach got a couple of the wahoo. “Me and my buddy Mike were on a trolling team,” he said, as he loaded his yellowtail to take home. “We wondered who’d get hooked up, and both of us did, at the very next stop! Boy, I sure love these yellowtail to eat.”

Rick Wonders of Coronado won first place for an 84-pound yellowfin tuna he got with a sardine on a 4/0 Hayabusa hook and 50-pound Seaguar, two of the items handed out by chartermaster Hightower. He said he used 50-pound Izorline and 50-pound Izor Spectra on an Avet HXW reel and a Super Seeker 6470 H rod.

“He came up in about 15 minutes,” said Wonders, “on the port side, aft.”

Bob Michener of Oxnard, who’s caught about 40 tuna over 200 pounds, won second for an 82.6-pound tuna.

“It’s the biggest one I ever got on 40-pound line,” he remarked.

Darryl Bruchez of Manhattan Beach won third place, for a 77-pound Alijos Rocks yellowfin tuna.

Red Rooster III is scheduled to depart tomorrow on a 14-day trip to the Hurricane Bank, returning on Halloween.

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6^TH- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16^TH 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 10 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: ALIJOS ROCKS, RIDGE, CEDROS

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: NEWELL/YO-ZURRI SPONSOR

FISH COUNT: LIMITS ALL SPECIES

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 89.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY RICK WONDERS OF CORONADO, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 82.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUHT BY BOB MICHENER OF OXNARD, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 77.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DARREL BRUCHEZ OF MANHATTEN BEACH, CA

REMARKS: 4^TH PLACE TROLLING JACKPOT 60.1 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY KIP YOUNG OF SACRAMENTO, CA

Oct. 14, 2010

Good evening folks. We spent the day at Cedros and targeted bigger size yellows. We had a little sample in the morning and then spent the rest of the day stopping and going on various spots. Only 18 yellows for the day but at least they were big ones.

Kip would like to say hi to Sheri, Nixie and Owen., daddy will be bring home some wahoo.

Oct. 13, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a great day of yellowtail fishing. We also had a couple of Pargo and a few Grouper. The yellows were the highlight. After 2 hours of vicious yellows we left them and started working up the line. We decided to spend our last day up at Cedros in hopes of a few trophy yellows. The weather is nice but a little choppy this evening. We will be at the South end at 10:00 in the morning Andy Cates

Oct. 12, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a nice surprise today with 37 nice big Ridge wahoo. The action was fat and everyone got a chance to see some wahoo action. The weather is nice and we are running up to try for yellows and a few school size tuna. After the great fish we have on board tomorrow should be a lot of fun.

We will report then

Andy Cates

Oct. 11, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a good morning and then the afternoon let us down with just a slow pick in the evening. All nice grade fish and ending the day with 50 tuna and a little bit of Dorado. Tomorrow we will be offshore looking for kelps, hoping to find dorado and wahoo. The weather is really nice and visibility is good for spotting kelps.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Oct. 10, 2010

Good evening folks. We scratched again here today. With 44 tuna for the day. We are going to spend the day here tomorrow. The weather is now very nice and looking to enjoy this nice water.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Oct. 9, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a better day here today. We had 63 tuna with good kite action and sardine flyline action. 40 and 50 pound was the line size of choice. Kite was of course heavier. Squid bit last night and those came in handy on the Kite. We are hoping we can do the same here again tomorrow. The weather is getting better but still needs some improvement.

Andy Cates

Oct. 8, 2010

Good evening folks. We got in here at lunch time only to fid that the place was not biting . We had fish boiling around but we could only hook one at a time. We had 11 tuna for the afternoon and only fair sign of fish. The big afternoon push didn't really happen. We are going to give it another day and hope it was a down day. We are here now we might as well try it again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Oct. 7, 2010

Good afternoon folks. So far a great day of travel. Sunny and very little wind. We are starting our fall trips and left yesterday on our Newell Hyabusa Seagar trip. What a great giveaway we had and plenty of set-ups for the trip.

We are headed to the Rocks for the start of the trip and hoping to bring down this great weather with us. Looks like about lunch time tomorrow so it will be a long morning.

We will report tomorrow night on our first day.

Andy Cates

Good Forkie Fishing

Joe D’Acquisto brought Red Rooster III home to H&M Landing October 6 after a four-day yellowtail trip to the San Benitos Islands. There were 26 fishermen aboard the Angler’s Center trip, and they ha very good fishing. The best of it, said anglers, was early one morning, when some were still sleeping.

Harvey Johnson of Arlington, TX won first place for a 42.9-pound mossback he fooled with a sardine on a dropper loop with a ten-ounce weight. He said he used 80-pound Izorline on an Avet 30 W reel and a Calstar 6460 XH rod.

Victor Castro of Imperial Beach won second place for a 31.9-pounder, and Garet Emmerson of Ventura got a 29.9-pounder to win third place. The coveted trolling jacket went to the fourth-place winner, Dave Dudley of El Cajon, for a 29.3-pound Benitos yellowtail.

CAPTAIN: JOE D’ ACQUISTO

DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1^ST, - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6^TH, 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: SAN BENITOS ISLAND
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: ANGLERS CENTER/PELAGIC SPONSOR

FISH COUNT: 317 YELLOWTAIL

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 42.9 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT HARVEY JOHNSON OF ARLINGTON, TX

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 31.7 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY VICTOR CASTRO OF IMPERIAL BEACH, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 29.9 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY GARRETT EMERSON OF OXNARD, CA

REMARKS: 4^TH PLACE TROLLING JACKPOT 29.3 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DAVID DUNDLEY OF EL CAJON, CA

Oct. 5, 2010

Good Afternoon Folks

Today we fished for rock cod and had a good day. Then we went in to San Jeronimo Island and tried a couple of drifts for halibut. We had no luck on the flat fish. We had a great group of guys and on behalf of myself and the crew we would like to say thanks. Also a big thanks to Angler Center and Sunny Jones on the great giveaways and all the prizes at the raffle. We had a good trip on yellowtail. We will be at the dock between eight and eight thirty and then leaving on our ten day newell.

Joe and RR3 crew

Oct. 4, 2010

Good Evening Folks

We had good fishing on yellow's today. The fish was sixteen to eighteen pounds with a few better ones. We are going to go to the beach to fish cod tomorrow. Will report back later.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Good Morning Folks. We had a great day on the yellowtail and are hopping for more of the same. We started this morning out with a good shooter in the morning. We hope to keep the ball rolling. Wish us luck we will report back later.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Oct. 2, 2010

Good Evening Folks, Today we had a great afternoon on yellowtail the fish ranged from sixteen to twenty pounds. The folks are happy and looking forward to another great day. Wish us luck tomorrow. We will report back later.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Yellowtail Trip Works Out

A five-day trip aboard the Red Rooster III offered yellowtail fishing for larger models to 24 anglers our with Andy Cates, who docked the boat at H&M Landing October 1.

Paul Cashman of Santa Barbara won first place for a 49.6-pound mossback. He said he got it with a sardine on a 3/0 Mustad hook on 40-pound Seeaguar fluorocarbon, 40-pound Izorline and 65-pound Power Pro Sperctra on an Avet LX reel and a seeker Black Steel 660H rod.

Sid Harris of Lakeside posed with his second-place 35.7-pound yellowtail. He bagged that one with a sardine and 30-pound line. Travis Balew of el Cajon won third place for a 34.9-pound Cedros Island yellowtail.

Sept. 30, 2010

We picked at the Yellows at San Martin area. Hooking one to three fish at a time followed by some down time and then another short furry. We did find one ball of yellows to bite heavy and that was a hectic few minutes. On the way back home now and should be in @ 6:30 AM.

Mr. ONO

Sept. 29, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a bummer of a day here today. The whole place rolled over with red tide. We spent time looking in other areas for very little. Where we saw fish yesterday we saw nothing today. It really made for a long frustrating day. We are running up the beach hoping conditions are good at San Martin. If ever we could use it tomorrow. We will report again tomorrow

Sept. 28, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a decent day today. Conditions were a little off but we still managed to scratch out a nice day. Our afternoon was spent trying for premium size yellows. We picked off a little better than a dozen of them looking like fish up to 40 pounds. The morning was more action but smaller fish. 15 to 18 pounders. Yo-Yo jigging produced well with the Fried Egg or Blue/White the hot colors. Tonight we are hoping for a shot on sea bass or good size yellow. We have a tank of squid and are ready to go.
Mr. Ono pictured below with a 30 lb. plus yellow.

Andy Cates

Sept. 27, 2010

Good morning folks.
We left on another 5 day trip. This will bring us back to Cedros this afternoon in hopes of a sundowner on yellows. The sign of squid from the last trip has perked the interest in a chance at White sea bass. Hopefully we get a shot at those exotics. We wont be at the Island until the afternoon. The weather is like it is at home. Very Nice.

Andy Cates

Family Outing

Andy Cates docked Red Rooster III at H&M Landing September 26 after the Pennell Group’s five-day adventure to Cedros Island with 25 anglers. The Pennell family did very well on their trip.

Dennis Pennell of San Diego used a mackerel baited on a 3/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook to bag a 45.5-pound yellowtail. He said he fished with 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon on 40-pound P-Line and 65-pound Power Pro Spectra. He used and Avet LX reel and a Seeker 6470 rod.

Paul Martinez of Las Vegas, NV won second place for a 39.5-pounder, and Rob Pennell of San Diego (cousin to Dennis) took third place for his 38-poundyellowtail. Since there were no troll fish, John Daniel won the coveted trolling jacket for the next-best fish, a 35.5-pound yellow.

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21^ST – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26^TH 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: CEDROS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: FREELANCE FISHING TRIP

FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL 1 HALIBUT

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 45.5 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT DENNIS PENNELL OF SAN DIEGO, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 39.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY PAUL MARTINEZ OF LAS VEGAS, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 37.6 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY ROBERT PENNELL OF SAN DIEGO, CA.

REMARKS: 4^TH PLACE TROLLING JACKPOT 35.8LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY JOHN DANIEL OF FALLBROOK, CA

Sept. 25, 2010

Good afternoon folks. Finished off in cold foggy weather with fair Rock Cod fishing. The fish and chips for lunch was great. The weather is great and we should be in at 6:30. We will be trying to leave at 11:00 for we have a long run to catch fish.

The Ono Custom Rods charter up next with Mr. Ono himself joining us. So our web updates maybe be a little delayed as we have a replacement web guru for the next few days.

Andy Cates

Sept. 24, 2010

Good evening folks. We had another nice day of fishing with a finisher on bigger size Jack pot yellows. After lunch we spent the day targeting bigger yellows and most of the guys at least had a chance.

Tomorrow we will fish the beach and call it a trip. We leave on another 5 day after tomorrow and will be leaving early again. We are planning on getting in at about 6:30 Sunday morning

Andy Cates

Sept. 23, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a great day of yellowtail fishing at Cedros. Mostly drift fishing but spent time at both Cedros and Natividad. No Seabass last night and we are trying a different area tonight . The yellows we caught here had a lot of squid in them so we figured we would try where there was squid. We will find out tonight . We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Sept. 21, 2010

Good evening folks. On our way out again. 5 day trip to Cedros. The weather is much better, it's like a different world out here today. We will be fishing tomorrow afternoon after an early departure today.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Five To The 13

Andy Cates brought Red Rooster III home to H&M Landing September 20 after a five-day Izorline trip that went all the way to the top of The Ridge. There were 27 anglers aboard, including chartermaster Norm Fujimoto, an Izorline pro-staffer from Fullerton.

“The wahoo were there, waiting,” said Cates. “But we weren’t ready. We lost about 50 jigs to get our six wahoo.”

They also got a good catch of yellowtail and some yellowfin tuna, but the tuna, while thick, didn’t want to bite eagerly. There were two dorado on the 13, as well, and one of those got a spot in the jackpot.

“I got bit off when we slowed down,” said chartermaster Fujimoto, “so I went and grabbed a jig outfit and got bit right away, by a fish I saw about 30 feet from the boat.

“It was a Tady 9 chrome iron on 50-pound clear Izorline tied to 60-pound Izor Spectra,” he said, “on an Accurate BX-2 600 reel and a Calstar 800 XH rod wrapped by Taka Tanaka. The fish fought about ten minutes.”

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: WEDNESDAY 15^TH– MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20^TH 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: UNCLE SAM'S BANK

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: FREELANCE FISHING TRIP

FISH COUNT: 245 YELLOWTAIL, 25 YELLOWFIN TUNA, 3 GROUPER, 6 WAHOO, 15 DORADO

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 48.6 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT NORM FUJIMOTO OF FULLERTON, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 43.9 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY KENT FUKUMOTO OF SANTA ANA, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 39.4 LBS DORADO CAUGHT BY LYNN HULL OF SAN DIEGO, CA

REMARKS: 4^TH PLACE JACKPOT 56.9LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY LYNN HULL OF SAN DIEGO, CA

Sept. 19, 2010

Good evening folks.

Rough weather last night and today. It does look like we will be in on time though. Sometime around 8:00 right now. We will see how it goes tonight. It is still very windy and we are on the beach so it is tolerable.

Andy Cates

Sept. 18, 2010

Good evening folks.

Today was kind of a bust. The weather really mad e it tough to see offshore. We started way down in the 74 degree water thinking it would be the best chance for tuna. The move was hindered by the weather and the distance had us scrambling up the beach. We got a couple of dorado and a few yellows in our attempt to get up the line. The weather outlook doesn't look that good and we are heading up close to the beach in hopes of a better ride.

I will give an updated ETA tomorrow

Andy Cates

Sept. 17, 2010

Good evening folks.

We had a nice day of variety fishing . Unfortunately the tuna didn't want to bite but we caught plenty of yellowtail . 6 wahoo 15 nice size dorado and 3 grouper . Only 25 tuna which was frustrating but the yellows took up the slack on that .

Tomorrow we are going offshore and looking for porpoise to see if we can get some tuna . There was a lot of 74 degree water up above here and we did see a lively area on the way down.

Hopefully we can put together a nice day tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Sept.16, 2010

Good evening folks.

Poor start here today with no current at the Island which meant very few yellows for us. We decided to make the long haul and took off at 400 and are heading to the ridge. we will be there tomorrow at about 900 in the morning. Lets hope it works out the trip is counting on it .

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Sept. 15, 2010

Good evening folks.

We just left on an Izorline sponsored 5 day trip . We had a nice giveaway and are headed south. The bait situation is fair and we will keep a close eye on that. Tomorrow we will be travelling untill after lunch and start at Benitos.

We will report then

Andy Cates

Charkbait Nite Bite

Andy Cates docked Red Rooster III at H&M Landing September 15 after a four-day Charkbait trip with chartermaster Jeff Lambert and 27 other anglers. Jeff said they got ¾ limits of nicer yellowtail with some schoolies mixed in.

One of the better yellows came to Rodney Carlton of Stonyford/Lodaga, who used a rental outfit with a Salas 6X Jr. jig in scrambled eggs color to bag his 31-pounder.

Dennis Rinehart of Napa won first place for a 37.3-pound yellowtail. Dick Volbeda of Upland was only a tenth behind him with a 37.2-pounder, and “Cigar Bob” Eudaly of Apple valley won third place for a 35-pound yellowtail

“We fished at Cedros/Benitos,” said Cates, “and it was best for big yellowtail and white seabass in the dark, on the dropper loop. There was lots of squid around, and the weather was nice.”

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11^TH – WEDNESDAY 15^TH, 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 4 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: LOCAL AREA

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: FREELANCE FISHING TRIP

FISH COUNT: 280 YELLOWTAIL 2 WHITE SEA BASS

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 37.3LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DENNIS RINEHART OF NAPA, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 37.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DICK VOLBEDA OF UPLAND, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 34.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BOB EUDALEY OF APPLE VALLEY, CA

REMARKS: 4^TH PLACE JACKPOT CAUGHT BY KENT KIRCHBAUM OF NORWICH, NY

Sept. 13, 2010

Good evening folks.

We had a nice day of yellowtail fishing today. Fish up to 40 pounds and a couple of Seabass to go with them. The morning was the best and some long drifts brought us into a slow evening with a lot of moving around . None the less we managed a nice day and happy for that.

We are going to be offshore tomorrow looking for tuna. If the weather is good enough.

Andy Cates

Sept. 12, 2010

GOOD EVENING FOLKS, We started fishing at 1:00 and it took a while to start catching. We had one drift for 50 yellows and then just picked untill dark. 67 yellows for the afternoon. Not all that great but certainly better than nothing. We are headed to Cedros to try there tomorrow. Hopefully we can put together a nice day.

Andy Cates

Good morning folks

We left on a Charkbait sponsored trip and started off with a nice raffle yesterday. Charkbait included 20 dollar gift certificates as well. We are headed south to Benitos and Cedros.

Hopefully things straighten out down there and bite the next couple of days.

Andy Cates

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8^TH – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11^TH 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: LOCAL AREA

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: FREELANCE FISHING TRIP

FISH COUNT: 90 MIXED YELLOWFIN TUNA, BLUEFIN, & ALBACORE

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 35.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JEFF WOLSLEBEN OF SACREMENTO, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 33.0 LBS BLUEFIN CAUGHT BY LORRAINE JONNSEN OF REMOND, WA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 29.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JAMES ZACHEA OF LAS VEGAS, NV

REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 24.7LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY JEFF WOLSLEBEN OF SACRAMENTO

Sept. 10, 2010

Good evening folks.

We had a much better day today. A morning bite started us off and we continued to make stops and catch fish untill sundown. The weather was great as well. That really made it nice . Finishing the day with 74 mixed yellowfin and Blue fin tuna.

We will be in in the morning and leaving on a 4 day trip. We will see you then.

Andy Cates

Sept. 9, 2010

Good evening folks.

We had a tough day offshore today with plenty of fish seen and not the right schools that would settle in for us. With the overall look of things we are hoping to string together a couple of drifts tomorrow. The weather came up today and was a bit of a shock after the flat calm that it has been but still plenty workable. A mix of bluefin albacore and yellowfin but only 15 fish for the day. Hopefully we can make up for it tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Benitos Seals Are Gone

Sea lions gave his group of 22 anglers no problems at the San Benitos Islands, said Red Rooster III skipper Joe D’Acquisto at H&M Landing September 7.

“We fished there for a day and a half on our four-day trip,” said Joe, “and we got our limits of yellowtail in clean 68.5-degree water.” He added that offshore fishing along the way produced two yellowfin and a dorado.

Ken Klopfer of Thousand Oaks won first place for a 43.2-pound yellowtail. He also got a 33-pounder, he said. The big one came on a sardine and a 2/0 Mustad hook on 40-pound fluorocarbon and 40-pound mono. He used a Daiwa Saltist reel and a six and a half-foot Ugly Stick rod.

“He’s my best yellowtail ever,” said Ken. “He came up along with a big wad of kelp.”

Robert Yakemonis of Mira Loma won second place for a 33.8-pound yellowtail, and Alan Walbridge of Ventura, fishing with his two grandsons, got third place for a 33.4-pound yellowtail

CAPTAIN: JOE D’ ACQUISTO

DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3^RD - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7^TH 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 4 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: SAN BENITOS ISLAND, OFF SHORE

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: LABOR DAY TRIP

FISH COUNT: 220 YELLOWTAIL 2 YELLOWFIN TUNA 1 DORADO

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 43.2 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY KENT KLEOPFER OF THOUSAND OAKS, CA.

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 33.8 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY ROBERT YAKEMONIS OF PLACENTIA, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 33.4 YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY AL WALBRIDGE OF VENTURA, CA

REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY RICHARD YAKEMONIS

Sept. 6, 2010

Good Evening Folks

Today we fished offshore and it was poor. We saw fish but they didn't want to bite. The weather is beautiful. We will be back at the dock at seven in the morning. We had a great trip at the island and are thankful for that especially the grade of fish.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Sept. 5, 2010

Good Evening Folks

Today we had a beautiful morning on cow yellow. The fish was twenty five to thirty five pounds with a few better ones. The afternoon was slow. We had no conditions and the water was a degree and a half cooler. We saw plenty of fish they just didn't want to bite. All the folks are happy and we are hopping to catch some tuna tomorrow offshore.

Wish us luck.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Pictures submitted by Mitch Chavira from the 3-day 8/22-8/25/2010

CAPTAIN: JOE D’ ACQUISTO

DATE OF TRIP: SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: SAN BENITO & CANOS

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: FREELANCE FISHING TRIP

FISH COUNT: 344 YELLOWTAIL 18 WHITE SEA BASS

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 36.4 LBS WHITE SEA BASS CAUGHT BY OF KEN PHILLIPS OF BARSTOW, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 35.7 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DANA ELLISON OF AGUA DULCE, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 31.8 WHITE SEA BASS CAUGHT BY RICHARD NOSS OF ELK GROVE, CA

Aug. 24, 2010

Good Evening Folks

Today we had another good day of fish for yellowtail. The yellowtail where sixteen to eighteen pounds with some better ones mixed in. We also had twenty two WHITE SEA BASS that where for the most part twenty five pounds maybe one or two better ones mixed in. What a way to end a great trip. The folks are tired but happy. We fished a little later because the sea bass where biting so we will be at the dock between ten and eleven. Good weather and great fishing what else could you ask for. Have a good evening will report later. The boat will be in for nine days then out on our labor day four day.

Joe and RR3

Aug. 23, 2010

Good Evening Folks

Today we had an excellent day of yellowtail fishing. The fish was fourteen to eighteen pounds with some better ones mixed in. The grade of the big ones are twenty to thirty five pounds. We are going up the beach in hopes for more yellowtail and a possible white seabass. Wish us luck. We are pumped that we had such a beautiful day. Will report back later.

Joe and RR3

Monday Aug. 23, 2010 2:50 PM

"We have already 200 yellowtail so far and their still biting!! We’ll see how the rest of the day goes! Report more soon!” – Joe D’Acquisto & Crew

CAPTAIN: JOE D’ ACQUISTO

DATE OF TRIP: THURSDAY, AUGUST 19^TH - SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: SAN BENITO ISLAND & SAN CARLOS

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: FREELANCE FISHING TRIP

FISH COUNT: 125 YELLOWTAIL 70 ROCK FISH

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 25.9 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY OF EILEEN CHECHINI OF RIVERSIDE, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 25.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY HELIO ZEPEDA OF VALLEY CENTER, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 22.7LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY THOMAS IHDE OF MALIBU, CA

Aug. 21, 2010

Good Morning Folks

Today we fished for rockcod and it was ok. The weather is up but is suppose to come back down tonight. We hope it does for our ride home. Luckily yesterday we had good yellowtail fishing. We will be in tomorrow at seven in the morning and leaving again on another three day. Wish us luck cause we really need it. Will report back later.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Aug 20. 2010

Good Evening Folks

We had a great day of yellowtail fishing. The fish was twelve to sixteen pounds with a few better and a few smaller. We are going to fish for rock fish tomorrow. The water at San Martin unfortunately has rolled over and the weather is up offshore. We are glad to have the fishing we had and will report back tomorrow on an eta.

Joe and RR3 Crew

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: SATURDAY, AUGUST 14^TH – THURSDAY, AUGUST 19^TH 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: CEDROS

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: WESCOASTANGLER.COM 2010

FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL 3 YELLOWFIN TUNA 3 DORADO

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 40.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY OF KEVIN SMITH OF SAN DIEGO, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 39.5 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY JERRY LAHR OF SAN DIEGO, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 38.6 YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DAN O’LEARY OF SAN DIEGO, CA

REMARKS:TROLLING JACKPOT 20.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ROBERT HERNANDEZ, CA

West Coast Anglers Get Mossbacks

State Farm agent Bob Peterson chartermastered the five-day trip aboard Red Rooster III that arrived at H&M Landing August 19. Andy Cates skippered the trip, which was also sponsored by Lakeside Bait & Tackle, Five Star Fish Processing, VMC, Hobie and FishingVideos.com. There were 31 anglers aboard, and they all caught big yellowtail at Cedros Island.

“They bit good,” said Cates. “We made some nice greenback mackerel and they liked those as well as the sardines. On the way home we went outside and looked for tuna, and picked up three school yellowfin. One of them won the coveted trolling jacket.”

The jacket winner was rookie Robert Hernandez of Carson City, NV.

“I came across your videos on YouTube,” said Robert to dock reporter Bill Roecker. “I bought a couple of them and then I bought a ticket on the boat.”

“Did the trip meet your expectations?” asked Roecker.

“More than that! Look at the size of these fish,” exclaimed Hernandez.

Kevin Smith of Pt. Loma won first place for a 40-pound yellowtail. The homeguard bit his sardine, he said, on a 4/0 Hayabusa circle hook, 30-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader, 40-pound Izorline and 60-pound Izorline Spectra. He said he used an Avet SJX reel and a Loomis seven-foot rod.

“It was a very soft bite,” noted Smith, after a medium-length soak. I could hardly feel him take the bait. The he fought good for about 15 minutes, and he took me around the boat twice.”

Smith noted that many of the bigger ‘tails came early in the morning, before dawn, on dropper loop rigs with mackerel. His came on the flyline, however.

Jerry Lahr of San Diego won second place for a 39.5-pound yellowtail, and Dan O’Leary of San Diego got third place for a 38.6-pound ‘tail.

Aug. 18, 2010

Good afternoon folks. We spent the morning offshore with really nice weather but not much fish. We got on one school of yellowfin tuna, hooked 5 and got three. 22 pound fish. Another kelp for 3 keeper dorado and 1 yellowtail. That was it. Nice water just not much fish.

We will be in early tomorrow and leaving early in case we have to make a long run. Hopefully we can get Joe and the Red Rooster out on time we are scheduled to leave at 10 in the morning.

We will see you then

Andy Cates

Aug. 17, 2010

Good afternoon folks.

We had another super morning on big yellows. The action started at 4:30 in the morning and at 8:00 we had what we needed. 30 to 40 pound yellows. Green back mackerel was the bait of choice and also the surface iron. We left at 8:30 and went offshore for not much. We looked at some new water and that was about it. Tomorrow we are going to try are hand at offshore again. Maybe in the old area or further to the west.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Aug. 16, 2010

Good evening folks.

We had a great day here today starting off in the dark this morning. We had our best fishing in the morning and then picked throughout the day with a little hit in the evening. We had over a hundred 30 to 45 pound yellows and just a dozen or so of the smaller 15 to 18 pound fish . We are very happy with the day and trying again tomorrow.

Great weather and fishing.

Andy Cates

Aug. 15, 2010

Good evening folks. We started off the afternoon with a bang! We had a great afternoon with good action on 15 to 30 pound yellows. The fish are still biting a little and it is almost dark. We are going to sit here and see if any bait show up and maybe a Seabass or two. Tomorrow we'll focus on some of the trophies around the Island.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Newell Open Returns

Richard Hightower’s five-day trip aboard the Red Rooster III, sponsored by Newell, Seaguar, Catchy Tackle, Yo-Zuri and his other products returned August 14 to H&M Landing. Andy Cates skippered the trip, which focused on island yellowtail. The catch was good and many of the ‘tails were large fish.

Steve Kim of Torrance won first place for a 39.9-pound yellowtail that took a sardine on a 4/0 Hayabusa hook. Steve made a dropper loop with his 50-pound blue Izorline and used a Penn 4/0 Yellowtail Special reel and a Calstar 50 Special rod.

Bob “Scrappy” Michener of Oxnard won second place for a 39.2-pound yellowtail. Richard Halack of Thousand Oaks got third place for a 38.9-pounder, and Hightower, of La Mirada, won the coveted trolling jacket for the fourth-place yellowtail, a 37.9-pounder, since there were no troll fish caught.

“I got mine with a Sea Strike 33 in scrambled eggs,” said Hightower. “On a Newell 533 with a 5.5 gear ratio.”

Richard is well-known in the southland and an angler an a long-time factory representative. Hightower’s H&H Outdoor Marketing in La Mirada will be the new distributor for Bill Roecker’s company Oceanic Productions and FishingVideos.com.

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: MONDAY, AUGUST 9^TH –SATURDAY, AUGUST 14^TH 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: CEDROS, SAN BONITOS

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: NEWELL/ SEAGUAR/YO-ZURRI TRIP, 2010

FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL 1 WHITE SEA BASS 75 ROCK COD

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 39.9 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY STEVE KIM OF TORRANCE, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 39.2 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BOB MICHENER OF OXNARD, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 38.9 YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY RICHARD HALLACK OF NEWBURY PARK, CA

REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 37.3 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY RICHARD HIGHTOWER OF LA MIRADA, CA

Aug. 13, 2010

Good afternoon folks. We had bumpy weather last night but made it up to the beach for better weather and some drifts on cod. The water had turned over and the fishing was slower than it had been. Still good enough for the guys to take a few fish home.

We are leaving on a 5 day trip tomorrow and ready for another nice trip

Andy Cates

Aug. 12, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a nice day here today starting with early morning good grade yellows and finishing the trip off with a hit on 30 to 45 pound yellows. We had good action mid morning on 15 to 18 pound fish as well. The conditions have turned for the better and we were fortunate to get in on the change. Tomorrow We will probably be fishing up on the beach.

Andy Cates

	Cedros Yellows

Aug. 11, 2010

Good evening folks. Yesterday afternoon we made it to the Island just in time to get a shot on yellows. A couple of drifts gave us a start with 56 fish and then it was dark. This morning we woke up and scratched yellows in the dark and one white seabass, Throughout the day we picked at decent size fish from 15 to 28 pounds and kept busy all the way untill dark. Tomorrow we are going to focus on Trophy size yellows and see if we can get the Jack pot settled .

We have had bad phone signal and that is why the delayed reports . All is well and at Cedros tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Aug. 10, 2010

Good morning folks. We are starting out our Newell - Hyabusa 5 day trip. Richard Hightower and friends are out with a great giveaway that all enjoyed last night. We are in the process of travelling to the Islands for afternoon fishing. it will be a long day but hopefully we get into some fishing this afternoon.

Andy Cates

Andy Cates skippered Red Rooster III on a five-day trip to Cedros that retuned to H&M Landing August 9.

Steve Cook of Winchester won first place for a 47-pound yellowtail, his personal best. He said it bit a sardine on the dropper loop, held down with a 10-ounce sinker. He fished with 40-pound Big Game line on an Avet JX reel and a Calstar 700 H rod. He snaked that big forkie up in the dark, in just three minutes.

Hank Beckman of Ontario won second place for a 41.3-pound yellowtail, and jack Fisher of Corona took third for a 36.6-pounder. The coveted trolling jacket was won by Cam Taylor for a 35.8-pound albacore.

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4^TH – MONDAY, AUGUST 9^TH 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: CEDROS

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: JACKSON/BEKENDAM TRIP, 2010

FISH COUNT: 380 YELLOWTAIL 2 HALIBUT 1 ALBACORE 1 YELLOWFIN TUNA

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 47.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY STEVE COOK OF WINCHESTER, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 41.3 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY HANK BEKENDAM OF ONTARIO,CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 36.6 YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY JACK FISHWER OF SAN DIEGO,CA

REMARKS:TROLLING JACKPOT 35.8 LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY CAM TAYLOR OF BROOKS, ALBERTA CANADA

Aug. 8, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a fun morning catching bottom fish and then trying for Halibut. The weather was great and has been all day.

We should be in about 730 in the morning and we will see you then.

Andy Cates

Aug. 7, 2010

Good evening folks. We had another nice day of yellowtail fishing. Everyone slowed down in the evening and we decided to head up, With the lack of offshore action we are going to try the "cod " thing tomorrow and some drifts for halibut. Sounds like good weather up above so tonight should be nice We will report again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Aug. 6, 2010

Good evening folks We had a nice day of fishing today with all around better grade of yellow than we have had. We had to move around a lot but the hard work got us a couple hundred yellows with fish up to 40 pounds. We are going to be here again tomorrow and looking for another good day.

Andy Cates

Aug. 5, 2010

Good evening folks.

Our first day of a five day proved to be poor. More of the same with good sign of fish and very few bites. Hopefully at the end of the trip things turn for the better. In the mean time we are headed to Cedros in hopes of action on yellows and maybe a few exotics.

Andy Cates

Best Longfin So Far

Red Rooster III returned to H&M Landing under Joe D’Acquisto’s hand August 4, following the five-day Bluefin Jim trip with 29 anglers. They had an excellent catch of mixed fish.

“We started to get fish about 11AM,” said Joe on the dock, “and the best of it was that first day around one. We had one stop for 67 tuna. They were mostly 25 to 35-pound albacore. We also had eight bluefin and two yellowfin.

“On Sunday we scratched for 61 fish all day. Monday we went to Cedros and the sea lions annihilated us; it seemed like we were getting two for 12. We ended up with about two-thirds limits on yellows, though.”

Ken Briscoe of Carson city, NV won first place for the season’s biggest albacore so far, a 45-pounder. He told Bill Roecker he got it with a sardine on a 2/0 Flyliner hook tied to 40-poundSeaguar fluorocarbon and 80-pound Izor Spectra. He fished with an Avet LX reel and a Calstar 670 rod.

Joe Kottke of Santa Ana won second place for a 39.8-pound albie, and Roger Abercrombie of Yorba Linda won third place for a 38.8-pound albie. Kris Tjon of Irvine got the coveted trolling jacket for a 38.7-pound yellowfin tuna. He said it came on a green jethead.

CAPTAIN: JOE D’ ACQUISTO

DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, JULY 30^TH – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4^TH2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO 190 MILES. CEDROS ISLAND

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: BLUEFINJIM.COM

FISH COUNT: 136 ALBACORE 175 YELLOWTAIL 23 YELLOWFIN TUNA 8 BLUEFIN

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 45 LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY KEN BRISCO OF CARSON CITY, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 39.4 LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY JOE KOTTKE OF SANTA ANA, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 38.7 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY ROGER ABERCOMBIE OF YORBA LINDA, CA

REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 38.7LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY KRIS TJON OF ORANGE, CA

ETA 8-9 AM Wednesday

Aug. 3, 2010

Good Afternoon Folks

Today we fished offshore. We saw lots of fish but couldn't get them to bite. We saw enough fish that if they want to get with it you'd be doing really good. The weather is ok not as bad as we thought. We are thankful for that. We'd also like to thank Bluefin Jim and all his sponsored, Big Hammer, Owner Hooks, Izorline, Lead Masters, Shimano, SeBile Lures, and last but not least Cutting Edge. We had a great group of guys and hope to see them again next year. Also thanks to Danny Fields for the great shirts. We will be at the dock at eight thirty and will be leaving on another five day will report back later.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Aug. 2, 2010

Good Evening Folks

Today we had a good day of yellowtail. The yellows where twelve to eighteen pounds with an occasional better one. We are on our way offshore for our last day. Wish us luck hopefully tomorrow is a bite day cause there is a lot of fish around there just not biting. The weather is ok but is suppose to get windy tonight.

Joe and RR3 Crew

Aug. 1, 2010

Good Evening Folks. Today was a hard day of fishing. We saw plenty of fish just didn't want to bite. There are some nice schools around so when they want to bite it will be game on. The albacore are all beautiful grade Twenty five pounds plus. There are bluefin and yellowfin mixed as well. We will be going to Cedros tomorrow in hopes at a chance at some yellowtail. Wish us luck for tomorrow. Will report back later.

Joe and RR3 Crew

July 31, 2010

Good Evening Folks. Today we had an excellent day in the offshore grounds. We had Albacore, Bluefin and Yellowfin. The fish range from twenty five to fifty pounds. The albies are mostly thirty pounds or also know as "Fatsos". I have no idea where they came from but thank god there here. What a day. We will be spending the night in hopes of the same tomorrow. Wish us luck.

Joe and RR3 Crew

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: MONDAY, JULY 26^TH, 2010 - FRIDAY, JULY 30^TH

LENGTH OF TRIP: 4 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: CEDROS, OFF SHORE

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: MIKE MAHONEY CHARTER, 2010

FISH COUNT: 274 YELLOWTAIL 150 RED ROCK COD 3 DORADO

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 38.2 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DAVID MANKIN OF SAN DIEGO, CA

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 28.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DAVID SNYDER OF BANGKOK, THAILAND

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 22.2 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY RICK WEN OF DANVILLE, CA

REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 18.7LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY LORI ANDERSON OF LONG BEACH, CA

July 29, 2010

Good afternoon folks. The weather was up and forced us up to the beach. We actually had a lot of fun catching bottom fish for a couple of hours in the morning. Not something I usually look forward to doing but surprisingly it was enjoyable. Nice size Reds and a few Lingcod for the guys to take home. The weather inside was much better and we are having a nice evening. Slow speed going up it locks like 9:00 at the dock.

Andy Cates

July 28, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a great day of yellowtail fishing. From first light untill dark. A little windy in the morning and then great flat calm weather all afternoon. Tomorrow we are hoping to spend the day offshore. The weather is supposed to be up and if that the case we are headed to the beach. We will see after we get above the Island.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

July 27, 2010

Good evening folks. More of the same today working down the beach. A long spread out area of Bluefin and albacore that do not bite. Only success and little success was kelps where we picked off 15 yellowtail and three Dorado. Hoping for a big day tomorrow at the Island . . Good weather today .

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, JULY 23^RD – MONDAY, JULY 26^TH, 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: GLENN’S ALIGNMENT SERVICE

FISH COUNT: 58 ALBACORE

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 35.0 LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY TOMMY ESCALANTE OF CAMARILLO,

2^ndPLACE JACKPOT 25.9 LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY DON QUAYLE OF COSTA MESA, CA

3^rd PLACE JACKPOT 25.8 LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY JEREMY WEDEMERE OF OXNARD, CA

REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 26.7LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY JEFF BRACEY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CA

July 26, 2010

Good morning folks. Yesterday went better than the day before and we had one stop where they went wide open for a brief time. Enough time to get two go-around's but with all the mayhem only 23 fish were landed . No more schools for us after that. It looked like we might get on a roll and then back to 1 to 3 at a time . A tough day but everyone had chances and it left us with 48 albacore for the day. Long dry spells did not help and short stops made for a slow process.

Hopefully we do better tomorrow on our next trip.

Andy Cates

July 25, 2010

Good morning folks. Yesterday was very slow only 13 albacore for the day and that was in the morning. We ran up on a report and it sounded good yesterday. So far this morning not so good. Hopefully they pop up here today.

Andy Cates

July 23, 2010

Good evening folks. We just left on a three day trip and it looks like we have our work cut out for us. Hopefully things turn around in the next couple of days. The weather is fine but it is building a little, still good working weather though. Wish us luck we need it.

Andy Cates

July 20, 2010

Good Evening Folks We fished a day and a half trip today. It was a tough fishing for the entire fleet as a whole. We managed to scratch a little in the morning and then not until the evening. On a good note the weather is great nice and flat no wind but the fishing was not. We will be at the dock at eight thirty and back out tomorrow night for another day and a half. I hope something changes for the next one.

Joe and RR4 crew

Kita Cranks ‘Tails, Too

Red Rooster III came home to H&M Landing July 18 after a six-day trip with 31 anglers and skipper Andy Cates at the wheel. Cates said it was the Ben Kita Invitational, and sure enough, Kita won the jackpot for a 40-pound yellowtail.

“We got limits of yellowtail,” said Cates, “and had some good albacore fishing. The water’s off color everywhere except on the outside. There’s big schools of bluefin out there but they don’t bite.”

Ben Kita of LA (one of three men to catch four 300-pound tuna) won first place for that 40-pound, sardine-caught yellow. He said he used a 3/0 Mutu on 40-pound Izorline, a TLD 30 reel and a Calstar 655 XH rod.

Lance Yamanaka of Pasadena won second place for a 36.2-pound albacore, and Joe Camacho of Culver City pushed him with a 36.1-pound yellowtail, for third place.

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: MONDAY, JULY 12^TH – SUNDAY, JULY 18^TH 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 6 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: CEDROS, & OFF SHORE

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: FREELANCE TUNA TRIP

FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL 200 ALBACORE 3 BLUEFIN TUNA

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 40 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BEN KITA OF LOS ANGELES, CA

2^ND PLACE JACKPOT 36.2 LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY LANCE YAMANAKA OF PASADENA, CA

3^RD PLACE JACKPOT 36.1 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY JOE CAMACHO OF LOS ANGELES, CA

REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 31.4 LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY BRIAN GROVE OF LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA

ETA is for 7:30 AM Sunday!

July 17, 2010

Good afternoon folks. We finished with a bang with a good day of albacore fishing. It was certainly what we needed after yesterdays run out to the west for not much. Good action until we had to leave. The fishing seems to get a little better each day and most of the boats today picked off a school or two. As we have 1.5 day trips coming up the prospect looks good as long as the weather holds. Scratch fishing but a couple of good stops mixed in make for good days to be had.

We will be in tomorrow between 7:30 and 8:00 depending on the speed we make.

Andy Cates

July 16, 2010

Good evening folks. Yesterday we had another great day of yellowtail fishing. At lunch time we switched gears and looked for some bigger yellows in which we got. Not a lot but enough to keep everyone interested.

Today was a different story. We started way out west on a temperature break and found areas of Bluefin that would not bite, No Albacore to go with them and that made for a long day. We covered a lot of good country and got that out of the way. We ended up back where we were the other night and had one stop before dark. We are hoping for better luck tomorrow.

Andy Cates

July 14, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a fun day of yellowtail fish. Only a couple of fish in the 30 pound class and the rest 15 to 20 pounds. Good action all day with great weather. What a great place to be. We are going to fish yellows again tomorrow and then weather permitting head offshore for the end of the trip. We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

July 13, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a pretty slow day here today. The savior was late when we had a stop for 29 albacore. Aside from that it was a lot of driving and occasional short stop. The last stop saved the day and brought us up to 63 albacore 3 bluefin and a handful of yellows on kelps. We are heading in to fish yellows for a couple of days and then weather permitting finish the trip offshore. Hopefully it goes as planned

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

July 12, 2010

Good evening folks. First day of a 6 day trip and it sounds like we have a new area to try tomorrow. Sounds like a chance at Albacore and Bluefin to start off our trip. The weather is OK and hopefully with the weather reports better tomorrow.

We will report again tomorrow night

Andy Cates

Lunker Tuna, First Skinny Of The Season

Andy Cates docked the Red Rooster III at H&M Landing after the Jorge Nicifore Memorial/Coach’s Beefer eight-day trip with 28 anglers. The trip was a big success, with plenty of yellowtail to go around and numerous other species in the catch, including the best yellowfin so far this year and the season’s first wahoo.

The big tuna weighed 146.5 pounds. It was caught at Alijos Rocks by Mark Escalle of Huntington Beach, and won first place. He said he bagged his beauty with a sardine on a 3/0 gorilla hook tied to 50-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 50-pound Ande line with 65-pound Power Pro Spectra backing on a Talica 12 reel and a Calstar 700 H rod.

Joe Hellerman of Hermosa beach won second place for a 122-pound yellowfin. Mike Watts of Lancaster got a 109-pound tuna for third place. Mike Shelton of Florence, AZ produced the new season’s first wahoo, a 37.9-pounder that chomped on a red and black Marauder at The 23 Spot. He stood in with the winners for a lineup shot.

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: SATURDAY, JULY 3 – SUNDAY, JULY 11 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: ALIJOS ROCKS, CEDROS ISLAND

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: JORGE NICIFORE MEMORIAL/BEEFER XI

FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL 220 YELLOWFIN TUNA (7 OVER 100 LBS) 13 ALBACORE 1 WAHOO

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 146.5LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MARK ESACLLE OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA

2^ND PLACE JACKPOT 122.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JOE HELLERMAN OF HERMOSA BEACH, CA

3^RD PLACE JACKPOT 109.7 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MIKE WATTS OF LANCASTER, CA

REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 37.8 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY MIKE SHELTON SR OF FLORENCE, AZ

July 11. 2010

Good morning folks. Yesterday we scratched a little bit of albacore in the afternoon. It took us a long time to get up there but we had a couple stops and then wrapped it up. We leave on a 6 day trip tomorrow and will be in this morning at 730 .

See you then.

Andy Cates

July 8, 2010

Good afternoon folks. We had another good day of action with another 90 fish for the day. The ratio of 30 to 60 pounders was better today and the bonus was 6 fish over 100 pounds. It should be a great Jack Pot contest at the dock. We are heading up now and travelling tomorrow and hoping to get into position for albacore and Bluefin on Saturday. The weather is good and we really hope it holds.

Andy Cates

July 7. 2010

Good evening folks. We ended up having a decent day here. 90 tuna for the day but definitely a mix of fish. 40 of that fish is small18 pounders and the other 50 is decent 25 to 60 pounds with a couple outstanding fish around 100 pounds. Hopefully we scratch good again here tomorrow . It would be nice to get a couple more bigger fish for the Jack Pot. The weather was great today and the action was from dawn to about 400 in the afternoon.

Wish us luck tomorrow

Andy Cates

Good morning folks. Yesterday was pretty tough for us. Only 17 tuna and quite a bit of releasing on yellowtail. The evening completely died and we did nothing. So far this morning we have done better. With around 20 fish half decent grade the others small. Hopefully we can scratch here today and possibly settle our Jack Pots.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

July 5, 2010

Good evening folks. We had a really good day of yellowtail fishing today. Nice fish 18 to 30 pounds. Really a good show with surface Iron action that will be hard to beat. Of course now we have bad weather and heading to the Rocks . We just can't seem to stay out of this weather.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

July 4, 2010

Good morning folks. We left yesterday on our last 8 day trip of the spring. After this we fall into the summer trips that are 1.5 to 6 day trips until October. With the good weather we were tempted to stop short but decided to start at the bottom and work up. So today is basically a travel day and if we keep up this good speed we are making should be fishing late morning , tomorrow.

Andy Cates

Rooster Comes Up Roses

Joe D’Acquisto skippered his first eight-day trip aboard Red Rooster III to success, arriving at H&M Landing July 3 with 20 nearly limited out anglers and a catch of yellowfin, bluefin, albacore and yellowtail.

Joe said he took his group fishing for two days offshore, three days at Alijos Rocks and a day at Cedros Island.

Chris Cossins of Calgary, Alberta won first place for his 118.3-pound yellowfin tuna. He said he caught it with a sardine on a 9/0 Mustad hook under the kite, on the boat’s kite rig: 130-pound Izorline, 130-pound Izor Spectra, an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar 760 XH rod. The battle lasted 45 minutes, said Cossins.

Robert Yoon of Northridge won second place for a 113.8-pound tuna. Eric Lund of Rancho Santa Margarita got third place for a 94.4-pound Alijos yellowfin tuna.

More on this 8 Day

CAPTAIN: JOE D’ ACQUISTO

DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, JUNE 25^TH –SATURDAY, JULY 3^RD 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE SOUTHWEST OF SAN DIEGO, ALIJOS ROCKS, & CEDROS

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: MIKE MCVEY CHARTER TRIP 2, 2010

FISH COUNT: 249 ALBACORE 160 YELLOWFIN TUNA 142 YELLOWTAIL 4 GROUPER

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 118.3 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CHRIS COSSINS OF CALGARY, AL CANADA

2^ND PLACE JACKPOT 113.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ROBERT YOON OF NORTHRIDGE, CA

3^RD PLACE JACKPOT 94.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ERIC LUND OF RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA

REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 37.4 LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY PAT ZUKOWSKI

July 2, 2010

Good Afternoon Folks

We finished our trip at Geronimo island and had a few yellowtail and some short halibut and are on our way home. The weather is up so we used the island to break down our gear and have lunch before we got back in the weather. The weather is up but is suppose to be down the next day and come down to grease after that .We had a great trip and would like to thank ballyhoo, pelagic, five star, Sunny Jones and Mike McVey for a great trip and great give aways. On be half of the crew and myself we'd like to say thanks. Wish us luck on our weather.

Joe and RR3 crew

July 1, 2010

Good Evening Folks

Today we fished Cedros Island and we had good fishing. We would of had an excellent day if the sea lions didn't eat half of what we hooked. The bummer about the sea lions is that they didn't eat the whole fish just the belly's and then came back for another one. It made the day tough. The fish where fifteen to eighteen pounds with some up to thirty five pounds. The weather is up so we are going to finish at San Martin or San Geronimo. It depends how bad it is tonight. Wish us well on fishing and weather.

Joe and RR3 Crew

June 30, 2010

Good Afternoon Folks, The rocks where slow today we had thirty seven tuna and seventeen yellowtail. It was still the same grade. I'm sure if we stayed we could have scratched out some more but the weather is get worse and is suppose to get worse so we opted to get altitude why the weather is some what decent. We will be at Cedros Island tomorrow in hopes of good action on yellowtail. It would be nice to have good action on yellows to round out a great trip. Wish us luck. We will report tomorrow.

Joe and RR3 Crew

June 29, 2010

Good Evening Folks, Today was a good day at the rocks. We really had to work at it to get what we caught. All are happy with the day and are hopping for more of the same action. We had the same size tuna and yellowtail today and released a lot of small ones. We are going to spend the rest of our trip at the Rocks and hope for more of this beautiful grade. We hope they will bite a little bit better tomorrow. Wish us luck and pray that we have some current that is the biggest problem we have there has been very little current and it makes it tough to get a bite. Wish us luck.

Joe and RR3 crew

June 28, 2010

Good Evening folks, Today we fished Alijos Rocks and had a good day. We had Yellowfin from thirty to sixty pounds with some better. We also had good yellowtail fishing the yellows where fifteen to eighteen pounds with and handful over thirty pounds. The weather is good. There is just enough wind to get the kites. We will be here for tomorrow in hopes to have more chances at more trophies. Wish us luck.

Joe and RR3 Crew

June 27, 2010

Good Afternoon Folks. Today we fished the morning in the albacore area for forty mixed fish. Most we're albacore and a couple yellowfin. The albacore are any where from twelve to twenty five pounds. We have left the albacore area and are heading down to Alijos to try for some trophies. We are off to a great start and wish to continue the pattern at the rocks. Wish us luck for tomorrow.

Joe and RR3

June 25, 2010

Good Evening folks We got down to the albacore grounds at 3:00 in the afternoon and ended up with an excellent day of fishing. We are going to stay the night and try again tomorrow. We are hopping for some more of the same results in the morning as we had this afternoon so we can head down to the rocks. This is the best albacore bite I have seen in a while. We'll just say they we're eating the hundred pound on the corner. Wish us luck for more of the same action tomorrow.

Joe and RR3 crew

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: THURSDAY, JUNE 17^TH – FRIDAY, JUNE 25^TH, 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: ALIJOS ROCKS CEDROS

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: SALTY DAWG RODS

FISH COUNT: 115 YELLOWFIN TUNA 235 YELLOWTAIL 8 ALBACORE 1 BLUEFIN

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 100.1 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JEFFERY TEDMORI OF NEWPORT BEACH, CA

2^ND PLACE JACKPOT 57.5 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BILL HAVENS OF SAN DIEGO, CA

3^RD PLACE JACKPOT 47.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JOHN BALL OF RENO, NV

REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 22.5LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JACK GERSTEIN

June 24, 2010

Good morning folks. Yesterday we had poor signal and could not send e-mail. We had good fishing on school size yellows all afternoon. No sign of the big yellows but great action on the smaller ones. Good surface Iron and yo-yo.

We went offshore for the morning and got a few jig strikes on Albacore . Nothing all that impressive but hopefully sign for the future.

We will be in tomorrow at 830 in the morning . See you then,

Andy Cates

June 22, 2010

Good morning folks. We left the Rocks yesterday afternoon. We saw very little sign of tuna and quite disappointed after the day before. We caught a few tuna and about 25 yellowtail before we left at 3:00 in the afternoon. We are headed up in hopes of yellowtail and calm water behind an Island. Again windy and choppy all day and night. Not good!

We will report again tonight

Andy Cates

June 20. 2010

Good evening folks. Had a better day today and even with the wind we were able to stay anchored in one spot. It certainly made a difference with 83 tuna and 40 yellowtail for the day. Mostly fly -line fish not the kite action that the previous trips have had but maybe tomorrow. biggest fish of the day, 95 pounds with all others from25 to 50 pounds. Hopefully we can get a couple more trophies to settle the Jack pot.

Andy Cates

June 19, 2010

Good evening folks.

Kind of a tough day here today. Fighting with the weather and dragging anchor made for a frustrating day. We got anchored up around noon and picked 25 tuna and 20 yellowtail and then it died. We made a couple of moves and caught a few more fish but nothing that noteworthy. Hopefully we can stay in one spot tomorrow and pick . Sounds like the wind might be coming down tomorrow.

We will report then

Andy Cates

June 18, 2010

Good evening folks. Tomorrow we will start fishing It looks like about 1100 in the morning. We have been bucking this uphill current all the way down which is making for poor speed. The weather is cold and windy but fine going with it.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Good morning folks. We left on our first of three 8 day trips coming up for the spring season. This fist one, sponsored by Salty dog custom fishing rods. We had a great giveaway yesterday with all kinds of stuff from terminal tackle to custom rods. A great way to get started .

We are travelling today and will be fishing tomorrow morning.

Andy Cates

Red Rooster III Accurate “June Heat”

5/29/10-6/13/10

by Leo Reihsen

On May 29^th the Red Rooster III set sail on her annual 15 day “June Heat” Accurate Fishing Products trip with Captain Andy Cates at the helm. The trip started out drift fishing in the “buffer zone” at Clarion Island. We were soon rewarded with fair action on medium grade 60# to 100# Yellow Fin Tuna. After four days of decent fishing on YFT we set sail for Hurricane Bank in hopes of finding some biting Wahoo. We weren’t disappointed as most people got close to Mexican limits of the “Skinnies” before we headed back to the Clarion, hopefully for action on a better grade of Yellow Fin.

We arrived mid-morning on the 6^th day of fishing and set out on a drift in a bird school. We were immediately rewarded with non-stop action on the kite and fly-lined sardine with 150# to 300 plus pound YFT. Many of the fishermen were using some of the $75,000 worth of Accurate loner reels and Cal Star and Seeker rods and were very appreciative to experience the use of premium equipment.

The action on YF Cow style fishing continued for two days until there was no room left in the fish holds. The last day we released anything that was under 200#’s. With the fish holds full and many tired Fishermen Andy pointed the bow to the North and we headed for San Diego.

During the trip Accurate provided tee shirts for all and daily jackpots of various prizes including three beautiful Accurate Boss Reels. Lucky reel winners were Thad Peach, Joe Arimitsu and Allen Jackson. In addition “Wild” Bill Walsh will have his choice of any Accurate Reel up to an Atd 50-wide for catching the largest 300# YFT on an Accurate ATD 80 kite rig.

The final count was 180 Yellow Fin Tuna and 140 Wahoo. The catch included 3 tuna over 300#’s and 39 tuna over 200#’S. Jackpot winners were:

1^st place Thad Peach 305.5# YFT

2^nd place “Wild” Bill Walsh 302.1# YFT

3^rd place Sam Olson 298.5# YFT

Once again the Red Rooster III Accurate “June Heat”trip turned out to be a trip of a lifetime for most on board. A special thanks to the Red Rooster crew (Joe, Tommy, Fernando, Nick and Ricky, the fabulous cook Rick and helper Stan and of course Captain Andy Cates for another outstanding performance.

Accurate Fishing Products and the Red Rooster III will be offering the same trip next year May 28^th thru June 12^th. In addition we sponsor a Fall trip 12/9 days with a fly back option from Cabo San Lucas, Nov. 12^th thru Nov 24^th. For booking information contact the Red Rooster III office at (619) 224-3857 or go to their website (www.redrooster3.com). Hope to see you next year on the Red Rooster III. Thanks for checking in.

Leo Reihsen Accurate Pro-Staffer

Bill Roecker for FishingVideos.com & the San Diego Sportfishing Council

Net Update

June 13, 2010

Big Sunday: Overview

Andy Cates brought the Red Rooster III in from the final big tuna trip of 2009-2010 (the Accurate "June Heat" expedition) with a totally unexpected load of cows, including three supercows. His reports were so played down he may have earned himself a new moniker, "Sandbagger." It took a couple of hours just to weigh the cows.

Big Bang End

The 2009-2010 big tuna season came to a close when Red Rooster III skipper Andy Cates slammed the door shut June 13 at H&M Landing. After an incredible 15-day Accurate June Heat trip with 23 anglers, Cates weighed in 42 yellowfin tuna over 200 pounds. Three of the fish were over 300 pounds. One other fish that taped well over 200 pounds was reported to gave been cut up for food during the trip.

Ken Barton of Sylmar had the biggest tuna, at 318 pounds.

"We had a battle of inertia," remarked Ken, "a half-turn on the reel at a time."

After some time, Ken passed the fish off, making it ineligible for the jackpot. He got it with a double sardine rig under the kite (kite fish were eligible), on 5/0 Super Mutu hooks on 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izor Spectra on a Penn 70 VS reel and a Calstar 6460 XXXH rod. The battle went an hour and 15 minutes.

Thad Peach of Stanley, NC won first place for a 305-pounder, a toad he decked in just a half-hour after it took a sardine on a 7/0- ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon. He said he used 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Avet 50 reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXH rod. He also had tuna of 2656 and 239.5 pounds.

Bill Walsh of Chino Hills won second place for his 302-pound tuna, and also won a new Accurate 50 H reel for the first 300-pounder of the trip caught on an Accurate. Walsh said he fished a sardine on a new Mustad 4X-rated perfect Circle 9/0 hook, tied to 130-poundSuffix and 130-pound Line One Spectra. He fished with an Accurate 80 reel and a Calstar 760 XXH rod, and also got tuna of 241, 223 and 219 pounds.

"The big one made two good runs and then went up to the bow and stayed there," said Bill. "In an hour and a half, that’s where he came up."

Sam Olson of Frederickson, TX won third place for a 298-pound yellowfin. He also got tuna of 250 and 202 pounds.

Brian Hayes of Palmdale got close to supercow status with a 296-pound tuna. He also got tuna of 279, 253, 251, 241 and 220 pounds, not bad for a guy on his first trip.

"I told him not to expect that again on his next trip," said skipper Cates.

Hayes baited sardines on ringed Super Mutu hooks. He fished with 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon, 130-pound Line One Spectra, an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar 770 XXH rod.

Joe Arimitsu of Simi Valley had three nice ones that weighed 266, 262 and 250.6 pounds.

Bud Mauerhan of Paradise bagged a dandy brace of yellowfin that weighed 263 and 258 pounds.

Robert Baker of Ft. Worth TX got one at 288.8 and one at 226 pounds. He fished double Trouble sardines on the kite on 10/0 Perfect Circle Mustad hooks tied to 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Spectra on a Penn 80 reel and a Calstar 760 H rod.

His brother Jesse Baker of Culver City got a 275-pound fish in 45 minutes. He also got a 245.6 and a 225-pounder, on sardines and 6/0 Fuji hooks. He said he used 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, 130-pound Line One Spectra, an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar 770 XXH rod.

Richard Goka of Pinedale bagged a 271.5-pound yellowfin tuna.

Leo Reihsen of Graeagle found a 252-pounder with a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Mutu hook. He tied it to 130-pound pink Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon and 130-pound Izorline, backed with 130-pound Izorline Spectra on an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar TSS rod. The fight went an hour and 20 minutes, said Leo.

Mike Butler of Sonoma took an hour to bag a 250-pound tuna, and then took one at 245 pounds. He fished a mackerel on a 10/0 Super Mutu ringed hook, tied to 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra. He used an Avet 50 reel and a Seeker 6463 XXH rod.

Scotty Pomeroy of Montclair bagged a 240-pound tuna on a sardine and a 6/0 Gamakatsu hook. He said he used 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One Spectra on a Penn 50 W reel and a Seeker 6463 XXXH rod.

Bob Michener of Oxnard took tuna of 227, 225 and 203 pounds.

"That gives me 42 cows on the Red Rooster," said Bob, and one, my first one, on the Qualifier."

Bob said he baited double sardines under the kite on the new Mustad Perfect Circle hooks in 8/0 size. He used pink Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon, 130-pound Izorline Spectra, an Accurate 80 W reel and a Seeker Black Steel 6463 XXXH rod.

Al Jackson of Buena Park took a 232 in a half-hour, and a 216-pounder. He got ‘em with mackerel on a Mustad Perfect Circle 9/0 hook on 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izor Spectra on as Penn 50 W reel and a Calstar 755 XXH rod.

Paul Oster of Mammoth Lakes took a 220-pound tuna.

Bob Cherry of Santa Monica had tuna of 214 and 210 pounds.

Bob Rubalcaba of San Diego caught a 213-pounder on a sardine and an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook. He fished with 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Avet reel modified by Ken’s Custom Reels and a Calstar 760 XXH rod. The fight went 45 minutes, he said.

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES

DATE OF TRIP: SATURDAY, MAY 29^TH – SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2010

LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS

AREAS FISHED: HURRICANE BANK, CLARION BUFFER ZONE

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: ACCURATE FISHING PRODUCT

FISH COUNT: 180 YELLOWFIN TUNA 140 WAHOO

39 fish over 200 lbs

3 fish over 300 lbs.

1^st PLACE JACKPOT 305.5 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY THAD PEACH OF STANLEY, NC

2^ND PLACE JACKPOT 302.1 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BILL WALSH OF CHINO HILLS, CA

3^RD PLACE JACKPOT 298.5 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY SAM OLSON, FREDERICKSBURG, TX

318	Ken Barton
296.5	Brian Hayes
288	Robert Baker
279.7	Brian Hayes
274	Jesse Baker
271.5	Richard Goka
266.3	Thad Peach
266	Joe Arimitsu
263.2	BudMauerhan
262.3	Joe Arimitsu
258.6	BudMauerhan
253	Brian Hayes
252	Leo Reihsen
250.8	Mike Butler
250.8	Sam Olson
250.8	Brian Hayes
250.6	Joe Arimitsu
246.5	Jesse Baker
241.8	Bill Walsh
241	Brian Hayes
240	ScottyPomeroy
239.5	Thad Peach
232	AL Jackson
227.6	Robert Baker
227	Bob Michener
225.9	Bob Michener
225	Jesse Baker
224.8	Bill Mauerhan
223	Bill Walsh
220	Paul Oster
219.8	Bill Walsh
219	Brian Hayes
216	Al Jackson
214	Bob Cherry
213	Bob Rubalcaba
210	Bob Cherry
205	Bob Lubac
203.3	Bob Michener
201.9	Sam Olson

ETA @ 8:30 AM Sunday

June 12, 2010

Good morning folks. After a long ride home we are now in the final stretch. The weather has been ok just a little annoying after 3 days. It looks like we will be in tomorrow morning at 830. We will be looking forward to seeing everyone.

Andy Cates

June 10, 2010

Good morning folks. We had a nice ride last night and so far today it's not to bad. Actually it's pretty nice out. We got things cleaned up this morning and ready to go. We will be in on Sunday and have some big fish to weigh up at the scale. Should be an exciting time for some of the anglers. Weather outlook is fair with a great 72 hour forecast. We will report again tomorrow.

Andy Cates

June 8, 2010

Good evening folks. We had another good day today with some big fish to show for our efforts. With the end of the trip now the focus is on the weather up above. We have had flat calm weather the entire trip and worried we will pay for it on the way home.

We will see.

Andy Cates

June 7, 2010

Good evening folks. Yesterday we ran out to the Bank and it paid off well. We had great wahoo fishing until the afternoon and then took off. Today was really a great day with good fishing on big fish and great weather. Winding down the trip we are hoping for another day like today tomorrow.

We will report then

Andy Cates

June 5, 2010

Good evening folks. We did have a great day today and hopefully things are on a turn for the better. The weather is great and looks to hold for a little longer. We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

June 4, 2010

Good evening folks. A little better today with a few chances on nicer fish. Two fish on the kite brought in a 228 and a 218. Most of the other fish caught were from 80 to 100 pounds. We had a couple of other chances on bigger fish and things didn't work out, but happy to have the chance and hoping for more tomorrow.

We did have a winner on an Accurate reel. Thad Peach took the Boss reel with a 150 pounder. The kite fish don't count in the Accurate Jack Pot. Any way we will report tomorrow and hoping for another good day.

Andy Cates

June 3, 2010

Good evening folks. Another tough day with only 15 tuna for the day. Only thing was they were a little better size. 80 to 120 pounds with a 140 and a 180 mixed in. So maybe tomorrow. The weather is great and we are enjoying that . These are long days with this slow fishing.

Andy Cates

June 2, 2010

Good evening folks. We started off a little on the down side today. 25 tuna from 50 to 90 pounds. Not too bad on the sharks but really not all that great all around. Although we have had worse, that's for sure. The weather is great and we are hoping for some bigger fish tomorrow.

Andy Cates

May 31, 2010

Good evening folks. Great weather today. A great way to travel. Tomorrow is our last day of travel with a wahoo seminar. Lets hope there are some around. not much to report See you tomorrow

Andy Cates

May 30, 2010

Good afternoon folks.

We made a couple of stops and caught a handful of albacore. We caught enough for dinner tomorrow night and continued on down. The potential of the area looked pretty good. We never used any bait so it was hard to gauge what could have been. None the less sign of Longfin. Another long Range boat in the area had stops as well and will hopefully end up with a nice day. We are anxious to see how he ends up. The weather is nice and we are still looking for hopefully more sign of fish as we head down.

Andy Cates

Good morning folks.

We left yesterday on our last long trip of the year. Accurate sponsored June Heat down to the Hurricane Bank. The bait looks great . Good size sardines, excellent for hook baits, should pull heavy string just fine. After a couple months of maintenance the boat is running fine . Lets hope it stays that way with no surprises. Today is a quick seminar and raffle. We have a couple of gift certificates from 5 Star fish processing and some Accurate gear to get ready and give out. The weather is nice, still cold but not much wind.

We will report again tomorrow

Andy Cates

Bill Roecker for FishingVideos.com & the San Diego Sportfishing Council

Net Update

May 26, 2010

Construction’s Done, Let The Fishing Commence!

The three San Diego landings have had their construction work completed, and the last one, Fisherman’s landing, has moved into the new building. Bill Hankins Construction did a fine job, noted Fisherman’s Landing manager Paul Morris, and finished ahead of schedule.

H&M Landing is done, the office folks are moved in and the place is ready to fish. Even the ice shack is looking good. There’s been some decent if sporadic yellowtail fishing lately and rockfish are biting, but the main bass bite has yet to begin.

The H&M lobby, tackle store and offices are also spacious and airy. The overall effect of all the construction at the San Diego Landings is wonderful, thanks to Bill Hankins. The buildings are clean and new and seem friendlier, larger and more accommodating. It’s been said there may be more parking in the lot and even more on the way, if a new area across the street gets approval.

Bill Roecker for FishingVideos.com & the San Diego Sportfishing Council

Net Update

January 21, 2009

Back-To-Back Cows

The Catchy Tackle-Pelagic 15-day trip aboard Red Rooster III returned January 21 with 19 anglers and skipper Andy Cates at the helm. The boat visited the Hurricane Bank, Clarion Island’s Buffer Zone and the southern banks off Baja, and found near-limits of tuna, with a good catch of wahoo as well. There were five cows aboard and two chartermasters for the two sponsoring companies: Fred Knilans and Sonny Jones.

Dylan Malmberg of Encinitas caught two cows on two casts, he said, and weighed them in at 249 and 229 pounds at the H&M Landing scales. The big one won first place. Dylan said it took a sardine on a 5/0 ringed Super Mutu hook.

“He got tail-wrapped and he almost spooled me,” said Dylan. “I sat on my rod with my feet off the deck. He fought me for two hours.”

Malmberg said he used 130-pound Momoi Diamond leader and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Avet 50 reel and a Calstar 7455 XXH rod.

Catchy Tackle rep Fred Knilans won second place for a 237-pound yellowfin he got with a sardine on a ringed 5/0 Super Mutu hook. Fred said he used 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 130-pound Momoi Diamond line with 130-pound Izorline Spectra on n Avet 50 reel and a Calstar 760 M rod.

“He was a hard fighter,” said Fred. “I thought about my wife and kids the whole time.”

Bill Branstetter of Mission Viejo got a 235-pounder with a sardine on a 3/0 ringed Super Mutu hook on 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Izorline Spectra on a Tiagra 30 reel and a Baja Boomer Jr. rod.

A shout went up from Bob “Scrappy” Michener of Oxnard when his 210-pounder was weighed.

“It’s my 40^th cow,” said Bob. “I’ve been waiting a long time for this! He’s long and skinny, and he pulled hard. I got 36 of the 40 on Accurate reels.”

Bob said his tuna ate a sardine on a 12/0 Mustad circle hook tied to 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, 100-pound Izorline mono and 130-pound Izorline Spectra on an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar 760 XH rod.