CAPTAIN:
DEREK WALDMEN
DATE OF TRIP
12/25-12/31/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP:
5 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
OFF SHORE, ISLAND
COASTAL
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS:
TRIP 28S12- NEW YEARS SPECIAL
FISH COUNT: 100
MISC. ROCK COD 98 YELLOWTAIL 50 CALICO 35
SHEEPHEAD 35 LINGCOD
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 22.4 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DARRELL
HILLHOUSAE OF ANZA, CA,
2nd PLACE JACKPOT
21.6 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY KERI BARBER OF SEATTLE, WA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 18.8
LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY CRYSTAL CHIN OF LAS VEGAS, NV
Dec. 29, 2012
Good evening anglers, today we
fished Cedros island and had good fishing with about 100
yellowtail and a good number of bass to go along with them.
The weather held for most of the day and was great till
about noon then the wind picked up for about 3 hours
(worried us a little) before it came down again. Were
homeward bound at the moment and will stop tomorrow for a
few hours in the morning to fish before heading for the
barn. Great weather all the way home is expected so we are
exited about that! Hope you guys are enjoying the holidays
because we sure are here. Another awesome day on the water
aboard the Red Rooster 3!
Captain Derek Waldman
Dec. 28, 2012
Good afternoon anglers, yesterday
the 27th, was a fair day with about 120 different rock fish
and sheep head to go around. We had 20 to 25 knots of wind
so the yellowtail were down for the afternoon by the time we
got down here but we made a nice catch for the afternoon
here none the less. Today the wind subsided and it gave a us
a better chance to scout around for a bit, with conditions
changing through the full moon we managed a few handfuls of
yellowtail along with some excellent rockcod and sheep head.
The sun was out and everyone got there fill and had a great
time. Tonight we are going to make a move and head farther
south and move into a little warmer water and try for some
more yellowtail tomorrow. Don't worry guys pictures will be
up soon!
Captain Derek Waldman
Dec. 26, 2012
Good evening anglers,
Today we left on our annual after
Christmas 5 day. After getting a good load of bait we
cleared Point Loma about 1:30 pm going south in search for
some late year action. Its a little cold out but we have
chef Chapman's signature New York steaks for dinner tonight
to keep us warm. Wish us luck guys!
Captain Derek Waldman
Square Mile Of Dodos
Joe Crisci brought Red Rooster III home
to H&M Landing after a 10-day trip with 29 anglers aboard,
including outdoor writer Jim Niemic and chartermaster Norm
Fujimoto, a rep for Izorline and Calstar, the trip’s
sponsors.
“We had some very good wahoo fishing
the first afternoon we arrived on The Ridge,” said Joe,
“where the water was 72 degrees. We weren’t really ready,
and we lost a lot of fish; I’ll bet everybody dumped at
least two. But we got some, too.”
The big wahoo of the catch weighed in
at 77 pounds, caught by Sanny Westfall of San Diego, who won
the Coveted Trolling Jacket for his feat.
“We found some good yellowfin action
off Mag Bay,” continued Joe, “but no dorado there. We went
down to look at the lower banks, and not far from one of
them we found a gigantic school of dorado, there must have
been a square mile of ‘em. There were jumpers everywhere!
Below that, the water was green and 79 degrees. We went back
up and looked at the Spud for nothing and then up to The
Ridge again for some more yellowfin we got the three biggest
fish there, on the kite.”
Pat Dirindin of Ft. Lauderdale, FL won
first place for a 150.8-pound tuna that ate the squid
dangled under the kite. The squish was pinned to a 10/0
Mustad 7691 hook and the kite outfit made use of 130-pound
Izorline, 130-pound Line One spectra on an Accurate 50 W
reel and a Calstar six and a half-foot rod.
Alex Kitzes of Hercules won second
place for a 141-pound tuna, and Rob Campbell of Sequim, WA
produced a 139-pound yellowfin tuna; that was big enough to
take third place.
The Rooster’s next trip is a five-day,
leaving December 26.
CAPTAIN:
JOE CRISCI
DATE OF TRIP
12/8-12/18/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP:
10 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
RIDGE, OFF SHORE, LOWER
BANKS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP
27S12- IZORLINE/CALSTAR/ACCURATE SPONSOR
FISH COUNT: 435
YELLOWFIN TUNA 147 DORADO 46 YELLOWTAIL 18 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT
150.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PAT DIRINDIN OF Ft.
LAUDERDALE, FL.
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 141.0 LBS
YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BYALEX KITZES OF HERCULES, CA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 139.6 LBS
YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ROB CAMPBELL OF SEQUIM, WA
TROLLING JACKPOT 76.4 LB
WAHOO CAUGHT BY SANNY WESTFALL OF SAN DIEGO, CA
Dec. 17, 2012
The yellowtail fishing was very slow and
we are out of time, so we packed up the gear and are heading
home. Thanks again to all our sponsors on this trip and to Norm
from Izorline for all his work.
our ETA to the dock is 6:00 am.
Red Rooster III
Dec. 14, 2012
The wahoo fishing was tough today. We
only managed to pick up one skin for the day. We did collect 20
yellowtail on the anchor first thing this morning. The weather
made fishing challenging today. It was very rough on the anchor
last night and it was mixed up all day. It seems to be laying
down now, so hopefully that trend continues. We are steaming
north this evening, going to try to finish up our trip with some
yellowtail action.
Red Rooster III
Dec. 13, 2012
We had a great day of tuna fishing
today. It was a steady bite all day with most of the fish in the
20 to 30 pound range with sprinkling of 40 pounders. The kite
fish were the real stand outs today. There were probably about 3
fish over 100 pounds and about 5-6 in the 70+ pound range. nice
quality Yellowfin. We also managed to pick up about 20 nice
yellowtail for the guys who wanted to work the yo-yo jigs.
Tomorrow is going to be dedicated to wahoo fishing.
Red Rooster III
Dec. 12, 2012
We spent today searching the lower banks
for big tuna. We covered a lot of water today with out catching
any tuna. We saw a little bit of sign but couldn't get any
bites. The only fish today were a couple of dorado and one wahoo
on the troll. I'm including a picture of Sanny from Chula Vista
with his super skin he trolled up. He is downstairs right now
getting measured for the coveted troll jacket.
Red Rooster III
Dec. 11, 2012
What a great day of fishing we had
today. We started off fishing for school size south of the
ridge. We had phenomenal action for the whole morning until
after lunch when we left to try for something different. The
Yellowfin tuna were mixed with skipjack so on a couple of stops
so we had to fish the dead sardines and chunk bait to avoid
hooking the skippies. That seemed to be the best way to "clean
up" the stops. A couple of guys who were tossing poppers and
surface irons were having a lot of fun. It was awesome to watch
the yellowfin blow up on the poppers, even when they missed the
hooks. After we had enough we headed south to look for bigger
tuna and maybe some dorados. Late afternoon Nick in the tower
saw some circling frigate birds and some splashing dorados. When
we pulled up on the area it was game on. All passengers aboard
seemed to hook up at the same time. After a couple chaotic hours
captain Joe decided we were "good" on dorado and pulled the
plug. We are currently steaming south, hopefully a rendezvous
with big tuna is in our future. Wish us luck.
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Red Rooster III
Dec. 10, 2012
We didn't get down to the ridge area
until mid afternoon today. The speed coming down wasn't all that
good. We got the jigs in the water and started to pick up some
wahoo. We hooked 16 skin fairly quickly then they backed off.
There were some very small tuna in the area but we weren't all
that interested in them. So after trying it on the anchor for
the sunset we are heading further south in search of something
better. We will be on location first thing in the morning.
Hopefully there is some action to be had.
Red Rooster III
Dec. 9, 2012
Today was a day of travel. we are headed
south in search of good water and fish. we had a fast turn
around on Saturday, unloading from our 14 westcoast angler/mark
moffat trip, then restocking the boat, loading a fresh group of
anglers and heading out. Norm from izorline had a bunch of great
raffle prizes to go along with the always coveted izorline/red
rooster t-shirts. Big thanks to the sponsors for their
contributions to the prize pool; izorline, tady lures.
sportsman's seafood and fish processing, Bill Roecker, and
Mustad hooks. Accurate reels and Calstar rods also provided some
nice loaner gear for the guys to use. We are going to be in the
zone tomorrow afternoon, so hopefully we get some action.
CAPTAIN:
ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP
11/23-12/8/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP:
15 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
CLARION, MAG BAY
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP
26S12- WESTCOASTANGLER.COM/MARK MOFFAT & FRIENDS
FISH COUNT: 258
YELLOWFIN TUNA - 14 OVER 200 LBS & 2 OVER 300
LBS
58 WAHOO
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 338 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CALEB PETERSON OF
ALPINE, CA
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 319 LBS
YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MARK MOFFAT OF SAN DIEGO, CA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 270.3 LBS
YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ALLEN LEMBURG OF SAN DIEGO, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT 31.0 LB
WAHOO CAUGHT BY CHARLIE TANAKA OF SAN FRANCESCO, CA
REMARKS:
240,216,202 & 200 lb. Charles Tanaka
239.4 lbs Bob Michener
226 & 204 lbs Rudy Vantine
225 lbs Ben Kita
223 lbs Allen Lemberg
214 & 214 Archie Irion
206.8 lbs
Scott Smith
201.2 lbs
Rosauro
Felix
201 lbs Bud Miller
Dec. 6, 2012
Good morning folks. So far the weather has been pretty good .We
still have a ways to go but we may sneak through with calm seas.
We will be around Cedros tonight and making the last leg
tomorrow. Possibly that will be when we may get some weather.
As of now we should be in at 5:30 in the
morning on Saturday. If there are adjustments we will post.
Andy Cates
Dec. 4, 2012
Good evening folks. We are on our way home now and just finished
up the trip this morning.
The last couple of days have been poor
and thankful for the fishing we had the first five days of the
trip. It was really a nice trip with lots of action and some big
fish to go with.
Tom just sent out a bunch of pictures,
so those should come up soon. We are finally back in
communication and thank you for your patience. Christina has
been forwarding the reports over the phone when we had service
for a short time in the morning.
So far we have good weather. It does
sound nasty up above and we left with time to spare. I hope!.
This morning we had a couple of fish
from 170 to 190 and called it a trip. A lot more small fish
around today that we did not need.
Andy Cates
Dec. 1, 2012
From Andy Cates
We ended up with 30 fish yesterday,
Mark Moffat has a 300 lb. plus trophy, Ben Kita a 250 lb. and
Charles Tanaka got 2 over 200. So far today we have 4 fish
as of 10 AM. We are trophy fishing today.
Nov. 30, 2012
From Captain Andy
Cates:
"Hi all! So far
today we have about 25 tuna. so far there are 4 over 200.
Charles Tanaka caught a 230lbs. Allen Lemberg a 270lbs.
Archie Irion a 216lbs. Steve Griswald a 204lbs. Still
fishing kite fish, better size fish great weather trying to
pick up a few of the nicer fish here!!!
We are gonna stay
out at the Islands as we are getting some nice grade fish
here!! All we need to catch is a few more fish after the
incredible fishing we had the first couple of days!!! We
will report again soon!"
Nov. 29, 2012
Captain Andy:
"Yesterday we caught a total of 68 fish
ranging from 100-130lbs average, some bigger 180lbs &
200lbs another Charlie Tanaka caught one at 210lbs. Really
nice day of fishing!
Today not much action just yet this
morning...... 2 fish at 200lbs. Scott 210lbs & Allen a
206lbs. Ben caught one on the kite at 196lbs. I will report
again soon!"
Captain Andy:
"We have today so far 28 fish! 3
over 200lbs, and 1 over 300lbs! Caleb Peterson caught
one at 320lbs, Rudy Vantine caught one at 220lbs, Scott
Smith caught one at 210lbs, and Felix Rosauro caught one
at 205lbs! All in all today was another fantastic day of
fishing!"
Nov. 28, 2012
From Captain Cates:
"Hi all! Yesterday we ended up with 78 tuna ! Ranging from
75lbs-140lbs. We had fish up to 190lbs. The 2 big fish caught
for the day was Allan Lemberg at 220lbs, & Bob Michener at
256lbs. Very good action all afternoon all the way till dark!
Today so far we have about 22 tuna. One of them being right at
200lbs! 8-10 tuna ranging from about 120lbs-150lbs! So far this
morning it has been a tiny bit slower then yesterday, but we are
picking a few nice fish! Beautiful weather, all in all we are
having a great time! We will report again soon! -- Captain Andy
Cates & Crew
Nov. 27, 2012
Today so far we have caught about 50 tuna! The biggest being
about 190lbs! Great action all day since this morning! The size
of fish have all been from about 75-130lbs! The email is down,
so I will call the Red Rooster III office and give daily
updates! We will report again tomorrow.
Nov. 26, 2012
Good evening folks.
Another nice day of travel with great
weather. We will be fishing first thing in the morning. After a
wahoo seminar this afternoon we rigged up and are ready for the
week ahead.
If I lose signal at the Island I will
send reports via the office.
Andy Cates
Nov. 25, 2012
Good morning folks.
A day of rigging is starting. We have
very nice weather and enjoying the calm and warm conditions.
We did a nice seminar this morning on
tuna fishing and decided to start our trip down at the Island.
We will have another day of travel and then be in the buffer
zone.
West Coast angler has sponsored the trip
and we had a nice giveaway yesterday. The trip will include
daily Jack Pots as we go.
We have distributed the Accurate reels
for the angler's that need the reels and the Okuma reels as
well. Thanks Jack for the reels and John for the reels they
hopefully will be a great use for the angler's.
Andy Cates
Nov. 24, 2012
Good morning folks.
We left yesterday on a 15 day ride home.
More time than last trip and with the outcome of big fish we are
excited about heading back down.
Today is a boat rigging day with
maintenance and rigging for the fishing days to come. The
weather outlook is good and no tropical disturbances. A quick
seminar and then a relaxing day for all.
We will stay in touch
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN:
ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP
11/8-11/21/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP:
13/10 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
OFF SHORE, RIDGE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP
25S12- ACCURATE FISHING PRODUCTS
FISH COUNT: 180
YELLOWFIN TUNA - 15 OVER 200 LBS 40 DORADO
12 WAHOO
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 267.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CHARLIE MARTINEZ OF
LAKEWOOD, CO
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 261.8 LBS
YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY TOM ALLEN OF ANCHORAGE, AK
3rd PLACE JACKPOT
255.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ERNIE OSUNA SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT 170.0 LB
YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DAVE BRILHANTE OF SAN DIEGO, CA
REMARKS:
STEVE LARSON
236.0 LBS
CHRIS
MOHR 215.4 LBS
MIKE TOETTER 234.2,
203.1 LBS
JOHN
KEELER 209.0 LBS
LAURENS RHINELANDER 232.0,
202.8 LBS
DONNA MANUSZAK 227.3
LBS
NICK REKRUT 220.2,
215.2 LBS
GARY RYAN
202.2 LBS
MILES YAMAGUCHI 201.8
LBS
Nov. 17, 2012
Good morning folks.
We finally are back on line and will be
able to communicate Yesterday we finished off wit similar
fishing as we had.
Three fish over two hundred and some
fish in the high hundreds up to 196 to go with that.
It was tough fishing but wit the chance
at a big one it made it nice . A lot of rail time paid off for
the lucky angler.
A lot different than the fishing we had
out here the last couple of years. less of that 80 to 140 but in
this case more chances at big fish.
We have between 12 to 15 fish over 200
for the trip. First time cow catchers took the prize this year
and quite a few Red Rooster 200 pound club jackets will be
handed out.
A lot of work and the bites did not come
easy .
Chris Mohr one the Accurate prize. A
Boss 600 for the first fish over 200. The fish taped out 202 but
it made the mark on the boat and got the reel.
There are other prizes throughout the
day for first this and first that. Accurate products , Salas
lures are given out as the fish hit the deck.
We have a great Jack Pot trophy this
year that Gary Teraoka Made up that will be going to Charlie
Martinez for his 270 pounder.
We will stay in touch
Andy Cates
Nov. 16, 2012
Captain Andy
Cates:
"Yesterday
(11/15/2012) we caught 60 tuna mostly school size fish,
although we managed to get 3 big ones: Charlie Martinez
caught a 270lbs, Mike Toetter caught a 243lbs, & Nick Rekrut
won the Accurate Reel for catching the 3rd biggest fish over
200lbs. His fish was a 216lbs tuna! We had 18-22 fish at the
80-100lbs class, & half a dozen at the 140-180lbs class.
This morning we
have about 30 fish so far...half a dozen at 80-120lbs class,
a couple at 196lbs. Mike Toetter caught a 209lbs. It has
been slow but we are getting fish.
We will try to get
some pictures as soon as we get a better signal!"
Nov. 15, 2012
From Captain Andy Cates:
"Yesterday by the end of the day we had
28 Tuna & 35 Dorado! The biggest fish caught was 190lbs!
Size of fish ranging from between 70-100lbs! Today so far 30
Tuna largest so far being 120lbs with smaller fish mixed in
here and there.. It is still early (about 8AM), so we hope to
report more soon!-- Captain Andy Cates"
Nov. 14, 2012
Report from Captain Andy Cates:
"First day of fishing we caught 10
Tuna between70-180lbs. Very slow, windy & choppy...off
shore buffer zone was quite difficult to work.
Yesterday ( 11/13/2012) it was much
calmer, and were able to catch 21 tuna from 120-250lbs.
Seven over 200lbs.
Tom Arnold won the cal star rod blank
from Accurate Reels 247 on fly line
Today is windy again. We have 5 tuna
from 140-180lbs. That is of 9:30AM this morning.
We will report more later"
Nov. 10, 2012
Good evening folks.
We spent the day getting rigged up and
rode the swell to the south. We didn't make any stops today. Our
timing will have us fishing in the morning day after tomorrow.
Tomorrow we will go over some wahoo fishing and then rig up.
It is a long way and hopefully it pays
off when we arrive.
Andy Cates
Nov. 9, 2012
Good afternoon folks.
We left yesterday on The Accurate 10 /13
fly home.
Our bait looks good and we had a great
night with calm seas. I nice way to get started.
Today we got together and went over a
few things , Jack Pot , processing and tackle table procedures.
Jack , Leo and Gary passed out some items and did a raffle to
get things started. We handed out a variety of Accurate /
Calstar outfits to the people . Some 40 outfits distributed , 30
and 50 wides for the tuna fishing and a few smaller two speeds
for mid grade fish. Tomorrow we start the Tuna seminar and
rigging . Followed by a seminar on wahoo.
We have had rain all day off and on but
not much wind so it has been nice.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: JOE CRISCI
DATE OF TRIP 10/31-11/8/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE, RIDGE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 24S12-
CHARKBAIT.COM
FISH COUNT: 275 YELLOWFIN TUNA 115 DORADO 77 YELLOWTAIL 5
WAHOO 2 GROUPER
1st PLACE JACKPOT 69.2 LBS
YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ADELL FULLER OF LAS VEGAS, NV
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 54.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA
CAUGHT BY TONY ELAZEGUI OF SAN DIEGO, CA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 49.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA
CAUGHT BY STEVE VETRONE OF SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT 38.0LB WAHOO CAUGHT BY
JOE MAY OF ORLANDO, FL
CharkBait Annual
Joe Crisci backed Red Rooster III in at
H&M Landing November 8 following the yearly CharkBait trip
with 29 anglers and chartermaster John Hazlett aboard.
“We fished on The Ridge and local,”
said skipper Crisci. “We had great fishing on The Ridge for
yellowtail and yellowfin tuna, and we found dorado on a
floating dead turtle.”
On her first eight-day trip, Adell
Fuller won first place for her 69-pound tuna. It came on a
double trouble sardine rig under the fishing kite, on one of
the boat’s kite rigs: 100-pound Izorline, 130-pound Izorline
spectra on an Accurate ATD 30 reel and a Seeker 6463 XXH
rod.
“This is an awesome boat,” she said at
the scales, “and so was the crew and the fishing. It was all
nice.”
Tony Elazegui of San Diego won second
place for a 54-pound yellowfin tuna. Steve Vetrone of Santa
Fe Springs won third place for a 49.8-pound tuna. The
trolling jacket was won by Joe May of Orlando, for a
38-pound wahoo.
Nov. 5, 2012
The ride up last night was great, the
weather so for this trip has been awesome. The fishing today was
not as we had hoped, not much to report. We looked at a lot of
very good water but there just wasn't much in it. We trolled up
a couple of nice big wahoo but that was it. We saw a lot of
dorado jumping at various times of the day but they weren't
eager to hit the jigs. The day ended with a beautiful sunset and
we are headed for a different area to try tomorrow, with
hopefully different results. We'll check in tomorrow and let you
know.
Nov. 4, 2012
We got anchored up in the early hours of
the morning and a few of the folks got up and gave it a try.
There wasn't much going on until after daylight. We began to see
a few fish boil and it wasn't long after that we hooked a fish.
The grade of fish was from 18 to 60 pounds so it was necessary
to use at least 40# line because you never knew what size fish
was going to bite. With almost steady action throughout the day,
it seemed like everyone had an opportunity at one of the better
ones. We are heading up tonight offshore in hopes to find some
action tomorrow.
Nov. 3, 2012
When we arrived on the ridge last night
we got the anchor down. There was some action till about
midnight on some yellows. They ranged from 12 to 15 pounds. At
daylight we started to see pretty good sign of some tuna around
and it wasn't long before we started hooking a few. The tuna
started to build around us throughout the morning and we had
good action till around noon. The current backed off for a
little while so we decided to do a bit of trolling. We managed
to catch a few wahoo as we drove around waiting for the current
to start up again. Once we started seeing tuna jump around again
we put the anchor down and finished off the day with similar
action on the tuna as we had earlier. It was a great of action
for all. We are heading down a little further to look for some
bigger tuna, we'll be there in the morning. The weather has been
great so for and we hope it stays that way. Wish us luck and
we'll let you know later.
Nov. 2, 2012
We traveled all day south and for the
most part was uneventful till the late afternoon. We spotted a
bloated carcass of a sea turtle that had some really nice dorado
swimming around it. As we began our circle around it, screams of
hook-up stopped the boat. It was somewhat chaotic for bit and
then they were done biting. It was a really nice way to end a
long day of looking and traveling. We hope to have some similar
action tomorrow. We will be at our destination this evening, and
we are looking forward to waking up to some biting fish. see you
all tomorrow.
Nov. 1, 2012
Today did not go as we had hoped. We
started out the morning in green water and it took us a few
hours to run out of it. When we were out of the ugly water we
put some jigs in the water hoping to get lucky. We ran for while
before we got our first strikes, it turned out to be a big
spread out area of small tuna. We threw back everything we
hooked . We ran a little longer with our jigs in the water just
to be sure we were not going to miss anything good. The next few
strikes we had were nice big dorados. We caught a handful and
decided to keep on heading south. With not much else to do up
this way, we will most likely be heading south most of the day
tomorrow as well. We will let you know then.
Oct. 31, 2012
We left the dock today with 29
passengers on board for the 8 day Charkbait charter. We picked
up our load of bait for the trip and are heading south. The
weather is great and everybody is gearing up for what we hope
will be a great fishing trip. We are hoping to be in productive
fishing grounds around noon tomorrow. Until then we want to wish
everyone a happy and safe Halloween.
10-28-12
Raising The Ante
Last year Andy Cates brought Red Rooster
III home to H&M Landing October 30 with a pair of cows, one of
which went 268 pounds. You could call it a good opener for the
boat, but this year Cates stomped all over his year-old mark
with a boatload of cows, 30 to be exact. One weighed 291 pounds,
just missing the supercow mark, and was exceptional, coming from
the Hurricane Bank, which seldom marks fish over 300 pounds.
The trip was 14 days, with 24 anglers, a
Loftus-Martin charter.
“We didn’t have bad weather,” said Cates to
dock reporter Bill Roecker October 28, “ but we did have some
bumps and breeze coming home.”
Most of the fish came on sardines, but a
few were taken on mackerel or skipjack, and two were caught on
jigs. Many were just short of 200 pounds, coming in at 180 to
198 pounds.
The monster of the catch was T.J. Lee’s
291-pound whopper yellowfin. Lee, from Huntington Beach, got
that baby with a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook
on 130-pound Izorline. He said he fished with 130-pound Izorline
spectra on a Penn 70 reel and a Calstar 770 XH rod. He also had
one at 208 pounds.
Bill Walsh of Chino Hills won second place
for a 229.6-pounder that bit a skipjack baited on a 10/0 Mustad
7691 J hook and 130-pound Yo-Zuri leader tied to 130-pound
spectra. He fished with an Accurate ATD 50 reel and a Phenix 700
XXXXH rod. Bill also caught a 204-pounder, but did not appear
for the lineup shot after the weighing, ceding his spot to the
best trollfish, a wahoo taken by Bob Cherry of Santa Monica.
Jim Ballard found quintuplets in the sea.
The best one, a 229-pounder, won third place, but Bill didn’t
pose with it in the winner’s lineup shot, ceding his spot to the
best trollfish, a wahoo taken by Bob Cherry of Santa Monica.
Ballard’s other tuna weighed 209, 211, 214 and 214 pounds.
Clarence Becker of Victorville got a brace
weighed 218 and 228 pounds. He baited sardines on 7/0 ringed
Eagle Claw hooks and fished with 130-pound Momoi and 130-pound
Line One spectra on an Avet T Rex 30 reel and a 770 XXH rod.
Al Jackson of Buena Park bagged a
226-pounder, and a 214. Al got his on sardines and a 7/0 Mustad
Demon hook tied to 130-pound Izorline fluorocarbon. He used
130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izorline spectra on a Penn 50 W
reel and a Calstar 7465 XH rod.
Bob Cherry of Santa Monica spent an hour
acquainting himself with a 224-pound tuna that bit a sardine on
a Mustad Demon 7/0 hook and 130-pound Izorline. Bob fished with
130-pound Izorline spectra, and Avet 50 W reel and a Calstar
7455 XXH rod.
Rookie Alex Yusim of San Francisco hit for
three, with a 204, 209 and 224-pound tuna. He said he fished
with sardines on 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hooks on 130-pound Maxima
fluorocarbon, 130-pound Maxima line and 130-poound Tuff Line
spectra on a Penn 50 reel and a Calstar 770 XXH rod.
Al Babashoff of Monte Bello snared a
223-pounder with a skipjack on a 10/0 Mustad 7691 hook and
130-pound Izorline fluorocarbon. He used 130-pound Izorline
spectra on a Penn 70 reel and a 770 XXH rod.
Alex Gawura of Westland, MI brought a
219-pounder to gaff after it bit on a sardine the rookie fished
on an 8/0 Mustad Demon hook. He employed 130-pound Yo-Zuri and
130-pound blue Izorline with 130-pound Izorline spectra on an
Avet 50 reel and a custom CharkBait Calstar 770 XXH rod.
Lynn Freed of Canoga Park bagged a
215-pound tuna with a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu on
130-pound Yo-Zuri. He fished with 130-pound Izorline and
130-pound Izorline spectra on an Avet 50 reel and a 770 XXH rod.
Dale Somers bagged a 211-pounder with a
sardine on a ringed Owner Super Mutu hook in 6/0 size, tied to
130-pound Izorline. He used 130-pound Izorline spectra on an
Accurate ATD 30 reel and a Calstar 6465 XXH rod.
Dan Sunderland of San Marcos had a 200.8
and a 210-pound yellowfin. He said he fished with skipjack baits
on a 9/0 Mustad 7691 hook and 130-pound fluorocarbon leader tied
to 130-pound Line One spectra. His reel was a Penn 50 m9odified
by Cofe and his rod was a Seeker Black Steel 6463 XXXXH rail
special.
Joe Terra of Watsonville nabbed a
208-pounder with a white Tady 15 jig on 130-pound Izorline and
130-pound Line One spectra. He fished with an Avet 50 reel and a
Calstar 770 XH rod.
Bob “Scrappy” Michener of Oxnard, an
Accurate rep, found a 206-pound tuna with an ABC jig in white
and glow finish. He tied the jig to 130-pound Izorline and
130-pound Accurate spectra on an Accurate 50 W reel and a
Calstar 770 XH rod.
Sam Lewis of Chino caught a 202-pound tuna
with a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook and
130-pound Yo-Zuri leader. He used 130-pound Line One spectra on
a Penn 50 reel and a Calstar 770 XXH rod.
Stephen Keanly of Capetown, South Africa
came a long way, but was more than pleased with his 201-pound
yellowfin. He said it found his mackerel on a 9/0 Mustad Demon
hook irresistible. He used 130-pound Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon and
130-pound Line One spectra on an Accurate ATD 50 reel and a
Calstar 770 XXXXH rod.
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: 10/14
to 10/28 2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 14 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: HURRICANE
BANK
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP
23S12—LOFTUS/MARTIN TRIP
FISH COUNT: 190 YELLOWFIN TUNA 105 WAHOO
30 OVER 200LB
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 291.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA T.J. LEE OF CHINO, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 229.6 LBS
YELLOWFIN TUNA BILL WALSH OF CHINO HILLS, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 229 LBS LBS
YELLOWFIN TUNA JIM BALLARD OF SAN JOSE, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 47.6 LBS WAHOO BOB CHERRY
SANTA MONICA, CA.
|
T.J LEE |
291.4LBS |
AL BABASHOFF |
211LBS |
|
JIM BALLARD |
229LBS |
DALE SOMMERS |
211LBS |
|
BILL WALSH |
229.6LBS |
JIM BALLARD |
210LBS |
|
ALEX YUSIM |
227.4LBS |
DAN SUNDERLAND |
210.8LBS |
|
CLARENCE
BECKER |
228LBS |
JIM BALLARD |
209LBS |
|
AL JACKSON |
226LBS |
JOE TERRA |
208LBS |
|
BOB CHERRY |
224.8LBS |
T J LEE |
208LBS |
|
AL BABASHOFF |
223.6LBS |
ALEX YUSIM |
208LBS |
|
ALEX GAWURA |
219LBS |
ALEX YUSIM |
208LBS |
|
CLARENCE
BECKER |
218LBS |
BOB MICHENER |
206LBS |
|
AL JACKSON |
214LBS |
BILL WALSH |
204.8LBS |
|
LYNN FREED |
214.6LBS |
ALEX YUSIM |
204.8LBS |
|
JIM BALLARD |
214.4LBS |
SAM LEWIS |
202.2LBS |
|
JIM BALLARD |
214.2LBS |
STEPHEN
KEANLY |
201.8LBS |
|
FRED
WAKEFIELD |
213.6LBS |
DAN
UNDERLAND |
200.8LBS |
ETA @ 8 AM SUNDAY
Oct. 27, 2012
Good evening folks.
We now have the weather we have been looking
for. Flat calm and warm. Epic today We will be in around 800 in the
morning . Maybe 730 See you then.
Andy Cates
Oct. 26, 2012
Good evening folks.
Another long day of travel. The weather was
a little better but now it is up again for dinner.
One more full day and then we will be home.
I am not sure what time we are getting in , it depends on the
weather . We still have 370 miles to go.
We will report tomorrow
Andy Cates
Oct. 25, 2012
Good evening folks.
So far things are going fine. A little bumpy
on the way up but the weather is supposed to be better tomorrow. We
held off cleaning the boat and have that to do and also Margarita
happy hour in the afternoon. Should be a fun filled day.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy
Oct. 24, 2012
Good evening folks.
We are headed up and enjoying decent
weather. We now have communication and will be posting reports
again. Unfortunately all the smoke has fallen and we don't have any
more fishing for a few days.
Looking back, what a great trip especially
for the first one down south. What a great grade of fish. The guys
were exhausted after the first three days and fought through it on
the last couple. Hopefully things hold up and we can put together a
couple more trips like this one.
Tommy sent in some pictures, Those were just
a few, but you get the idea on the grade.
We will keep in touch on the way home
Andy Cates
Oct. 23, 2012
Good evening folks.
We have been out of touch since we got to
the bank. We are heading up to the Island to end the trip after
great fishing outside.
First day we arrived at noon and saw great
life but mostly small fish. Once we got the anchor down we started
picking off nice grade fish from 150 to 200 pounds. Ending the first
afternoon with 33 tuna.
The second day was the big day with less
small fish to deal with and the bite starting at 400 in the morning.
A big ball of perfect size skipjack were the bait of choice. At
sunrise we had 22 fish from 180 to 200 pounds. We continued to pick
all day with another hit before dark ending the day with 81 tuna
from 160 to 240 pounds. The sardine fishing and kite were the bait
of choice after the skipjack left in the morning.
The third day brought slower fishing but a
pick on fish from 175 up. We released only a handful of fish in the
150 range and had fish up to 280 pounds.
The fourth day was very similar a pick on
big fish and very few releases. Fish from 175 to 240, 33 fish for
the day.
This morning we left after the morning shot
and had a dozen fish from 180 to 240 , all Skipjack fish. A couple
on the big jigs .
There was a great percentage of fish in the
195 to 205 range. The grade was pretty spectacular. The weather was
really nice with just enough wind to get the kites out.
This was another classic 14 day October Bank
trip on the Red Rooster 111. Good timing and great fishing are what
it is all about We will send pictures and more reports as long as
the phone signal lets us.
Andy Cates
Photos will be added soon.
Oct. 22, 2012
The Red Rooster III is
having an amazing trip with unbelievable fishing!!! Captain Andy
has spoken with another long-range boat Captain who passed on to
us that they have several fish over 200lbs!!!
If we hear anything
more, we will be sure to report it!
Red Rooster III Team
The Red Rooster III satellite phone is
down, however the boat is fine. We are getting position reports
every day. There are no fish reports due to the satellite phone
being down.
Sorry for the inconvenience. We will
report as soon as we hear anything!
RR III office Team
Oct. 16, 2012
Good evening folks.
A nice day of travel here today. 15 knots of
wind from the Northwest and just a slight south swell. We spent the
day doing top-shots and getting the tuna gear rigged up for the
Bank. Tomorrow we will do another seminar on wahoo and another
Loftus and Martin raffle. So far so good and we will be at the Bank
day after tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Oct. 15, 2012
Good evening folks.
We are heading down on our first long trip of
the year. 14 day Loftus and Martin sponsored. We have a great load
of sardines and heading down the outside to skirt the storm coming
up the coast. It looks like we will be fine and opening the gap by
heading further out to the west before going down. Tomorrow should
be the wind and rain but we should see no more than 15 to 20 knots.
If so we can continue out and find better seas. It looks to be
heading in toward Mag bay which will give us close to a three
hundred mile barrier.
We will report on progress tomorrow
Andy Cates
Flat City
Andy Cates docked Red Rooster III at H&M
Landing October 13 after the eight-day Seaguar/Catchy
Tackle/American Premier Rods trip with 27 anglers and
chartermaster Richard Hightower aboard for a ride to Flat City,
outside of Mag Bay in kelp-free 82-degree waters. Big dorado
were encountered several times, said Hightower.
“We had great fishing in hot water,” noted
HT, “as warm as 84 degrees. Yellowtail fishing was excellent.
There was nothing doing on the upper end of The Ridge. Thetis
Bank was great on yellowtail and big bottomfish, but not much in
the way of larger tuna, just plenty of small ones.
“The dorado were free-swimmers. They were
all over the place outside the bay. We got easy limits.”
Skipper Cates observed, “There were birds
on scattered fish. The schools came up inn the afternoons.”
Jeff Pardi of San Rafael won first place
for his 36.4-pound yellowfin tuna. He had several nice ones. He
said he got the winner with a sardine on a 4/0 Mustad J hook
tied to 40-pound Seaguar Premier fluorocarbon and 60-pound Line
One spectra. He fished with an Avet MJX reel and a Seeker Black
Steel eight-foot rod in the Deckhand series.
Mark Gillig of Phelan won second place for
a 35.4-pound yellowfin tuna. Ernie Beltra of La Puente won third
place for his 35-pound yellowtail.
Joe Hellerman of Hermosa Beach won the
trolling jacket for a hefty 69-pound wahoo that bit an orange
and black Marauder on the boat’s trolling gear.
An earlier report that indicated the big
skinny was caught at 30 miles, the closest anyone could
remember. Skipper Cates said that was a misprint, that the wahoo
was caught at 230 miles.
The Rooster’s next trip is a 14-day
excursion that will undoubtedly visit southern waters, based on
what’s been happening down there.
Izorline Trip Scores Big
Andy Cates brought Red Rooster III home to
H&M Landing September 16 after the best trip so far this season
for larger bluefin tuna. Most anglers had a couple of the tubby
tuna that ranged from 60 to 100 pounds.
The initial encounter was in the afternoon,
remarked Cates.
“It started slow, with tuna blowing out all
around us. Some of the guys were frustrated, but that’s bluefin
fishing.”
The next morning he headed east, the
direction in which the good water was moving, and located a
different school, with fish just a shade smaller, about 7:30
a.m. This bunch bit even better than the afternoon school, he
said.
Anthony LoGrande of San Pedro won first
place for the one tuna that broke the 100-pound mark, a
107-pound bluefin that bit on his Spanish mackerel. He said he
pinned it on a 2/0 ringed Owner Gorilla hook tied to 40-pound
Izorline flourocarbon, 40-pound pink Ande line and 65-pound
Izorline spectra. He fished with a Newell 533 reel with a
Tiburon narrow conversion kit and a Calstar 610 rod.
“It took about 45 minutes,” said Anthony.
“It’s my best fish ever.”
Mark Wallace of Winter Springs, FL won
second place for a 91.4-pounder, and Frank Brown Jr. of San
Diego won third place for a 90-pound bluefin tuna.
Sept. 15, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had a kelp this morning with 70 tuna. 25
of them 30 to 40 pounders and the rest small kelp grade tuna. It was
a long drift and kept the action going with releasing small tuna.
Only a dozen dorado for the day . All in all a nice day with great
weather.
W will be in at 7:00 in the morning
See you then
Andy Cates
Sept. 14, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had another nice morning on yellows. Same
nice grade of fish. We jigged up squid last night and found good
success with them this morning. We left late morning and started
heading up to finish offshore for our last day. Dorado would be a
nice finisher and a few tuna. We will see how it goes.
Andy Cates.
Sept. 13, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had a nice day yellowtail fishing. Most
of it came in the morning and a little pick mid day. The evening was
non existent with very little sign. Nice grade of yellow 18 to 25
pounds and mostly Yo-Yo fishing. We are going to fish yellows again
tomorrow and then finish up offshore the last day.
Andy Cates
Sept. 12, 2012
Good morning folks.
So far this morning 37 bluefin from 75 to
100 pounds. Still have 5 going and a great hit to start out with.
Andy Cates
Sept. 11, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had great action all morning on kelp
grade yellowfin tuna and dorado. Three kelps with "See them swimming
in the water action". A great start of the trip. A few upper grade
fish mixed in up to 35 pounds but not many. The majority are 12 to
18 pond fish. Great action.
The afternoon was a surprise with an area of
80 to 100 pound Bluefin. Great visual with big fish boiling as far
as you could see. We kept 4 to 7 fish going until dark and ended up
with 23 trophy Bluefin. Are bait situation will be ok for another
day and we will try this again. It was a really lucky deal and any
sign tomorrow would be great. Flat calm weather and what an epic
day.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: JOE CRISCI
DATE OF TRIP: 9/6-9/10/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 4 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP
17S12-CHARKBAIT.COM
FISH COUNT: 322 YELLOWTAIL 302 YELLOWFIN TUNA 18
DORADO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 35.8 LBS
YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PAUL LEGLER OF SAN DIEGO, CA
2nd PLACE JACKPOT 27.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT
BY TOM MULLEN OF MURRIETA, CA
3rd PLACE JACKPOT 26.4 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT
BY TIM HUGHES OF SAN DIEGO, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT 15.8 YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY
RAY ALVAREZ OF TEMECULA, CA
Sept. 9, 2012
Today was a tough day offshore. We only
managed to pick up a handful of tuna and 6 dorado for our efforts
today. We could only fish for a partial day before we had to call it
and head for the barn.
Special thanks to our host from Charkbait,
Paul, and to Charkbait for providing great give-a-ways and shirts
for all the guys.
ETA for Monday is around 7:30.
Red Rooster III
Sept. 8, 2012
We had a fun day of yellowtail fishing today. The fish started to
bite in the early morning after sunrise and they were fairly steady
until around 11 am. Then the fishing slowed down and we had to work
a little harder at it. We managed to scratch until the late
afternoon when Joe was going to call it and run back to the tuna
grounds. But as luck would have it the yellows started pushing bait
and large bird schools got on it. We ran over and started to get
some more of the good grade yellowtail. We kept this up until almost
dark and finally we decide to start the run to the grounds.
Sept. 7, 2012
Our first day of this 4-day Charkbait trip
turned out to be fairly successful. We only stopped on 2 kelps all
day but the first kelp was holding some serious fish. We were still
about 100 yards from the kelp when we got a 4 way jig strike. The
tuna "climbed" the chum line and settled into the starboard corner
eating every bait tossed over the side. The guys quickly overcame
their first day jitters and put some fish on the boat. After that
slowed down we ran up to the kelp proper and tried another drift.
When we left the kelp we were stocked up on Yellowfin tuna and had a
dozen or so nice size Dorado. We managed to keep busy the rest of
the day with jig stops on tuna and Dorado. All in all a great way to
start a trip. The weather was nice today with a hot sun and a slight
breeze to compliment it. Tomorrow we try for yellowtail!
Red Rooster III
Sept. 5, 2012
Good evening anglers, we left yesterday on
our day and a half trip and today was a great success. We had
amazing weather and calm seas all day with great fishing to go along
with it. With a few good kelps, a couple of sonar schools and
porpoise we had steady action all day. The tuna fishing was on as
well as the dorado with some nicer big bulls added to the mix, as
for the yellow tail they were a little on the small side but we
managed to weed em out and keep some better ones. All in all today
was a great day to be on the water here on the Red Rooster 3. hope
to see you guys soon.
Captain Derek Waldman
CAPTAIN: JOE CRISCI
DATE OF TRIP: 8/31-9/3/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 15S12-LABOR DAY
FISH COUNT: 227 YELLOWFIN TUNA 76 DORADO 1
BLUEFIN TUNA
1 YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE JACKPOT 31.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT
BY GERALD GREEN OF RIVERSIDE, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 30.2 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA
CAUGHT BY DEAN OKAMURA, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 29.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA
CAUGHT BY MITCH CHAVIRA CARLSBAD, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 30.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA
CAUGHT BY JORY BOCKNECK
CAPTAIN: ANDY
CATES
DATE OF TRIP:
8/26-8/31/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5
DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
OFF SHORE/ RIDGE
TRIP/CHARTER
MASTERS: TRIP 14S12-LARRY BROWN CHARTER
FISH COUNT: LIMITS
OF YELLOWFIN TUNA LIMITS OF
YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 48.6 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DANNY
DELGADO OF WESTMINSTER, CA
2ND PLACE
JACKPOT 46.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT
BY LARRY BROWN OF PLAYA DEL REY, CA
3RD PLACE
JACKPOT 43.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY
STAN ZISSTER OF MARINA DEL REY, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 22.8
LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MICHAEL HARTT
Aug. 30, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had a great day with a 7 hour drift. We
drifted and caught fish untill we left for
home.
Yellowfin tuna wide
open in the corner and then tapering off
into a pick on better size fish. The first
wave of fish were smaller 12to 20 pounds.
"Bread and Butter" After the smoke fell we
started to pick at the 25 to 40 pound fish.
Not a lot but enough to keep it interesting.
About 45 of the nicer size fish to go with
the smaller grade. Flat calm, sunny weather
to end a great trip.
Larry Brown and the
Red Rooster want to thank the sponsors for
the trip .
Avet Reels, Booyaa,
Body Glove wetsuits, Chuck Byron Art,
Pheonix Rods, Shimano Reels and rods, Big
Hammer swimbaits, AA Plastics, MDRA,
Izorline, Hightide jigs, Holy Mackerel,
Sportfishing magazine, Sportsmans Seafood,
Fisherman's Landing,
Long Range Bill Roeker Book Thanks again. \
Andy Cates
ETA @ 8 AM FRI.
Aug. 29, 2012
Good Evening, We had
a spectacular night bite on nice grade
yellows last night. The move down to the
ridge paid off with 18 to 30 pound yellows
biting full speed from 2:00 in the morning
untill day light.
Definitely a
memorable night. Dropper loop heaven and
heavy gear was the call. What a great hit.
Hope we see that again soon. Tomorrow we
will be looking offshore in hopes of tuna
and dorado.
We will report again
tomorrow
Andy Cates
Aug. 27, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had a great first
day with a mix of Bluefin and Yellowfin.
Some nice fish mixed in with some fish up to
40 pounds. The majority of the day saw fish
from 15 to 25 pounds and the afternoon
brought us a 5 hour drift that was almost
all Bluefin.
We are offshore
again tomorrow and are bait actually looks
great. We spent a lot of time yesterday
loading the sardine and it has paid off so
far. We almost 200 mixed tuna for the day.
Hoping for another good day tomorrow.
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: 8/19-8/26/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 7 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: 150 MILES/OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 13S12-IZORLINE
SPONSOR
FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWFIN TUNA 325
YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE JACKPOT 48.6 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY
GARY GILETTE OF TARZANA, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 44.4 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT
BY SHELBY BORG OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 41.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA
CAUGHT BY DAN ALCARAZ OF HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 40.6 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY
ROGER GOLDWAITHE
Aug. 25, 2012
Good morning folks.
We are headed home
after an epic morning. Wide open school size
yellowfin with some nice yellowfin and
Bluefin mixed in. The action was full speed
and exactly what we were looking for to
finish the trip . Funny how things work out.
We took off and left
the school with the Excel so they could get
a crack at it as well. We are headed up with
an exhausted bunch of people and ready to be
in a little early tomorrow. Looking at
around 730 for an ETA Next trip a 5 day
leaves tomorrow.
Aug. 24, 2012
Good evening folks.
After a long day of
travel yesterday, today seemed busy.
Although the fish today overall were down.
We scratched on decent size tuna in the
morning and then a little smaller grade in
the afternoon. Threw in a few dorado on
kelps and picked up an Albacore first thing
in the morning. Hopefully the fish are up
tomorrow and we can finish strong. 60 tuna
21 dorado and 1 albacore . Some tuna up to
40 pounds.
We will report again
tomorrow
Andy Cates
Aug. 23, 2012
The action was fast
and the window of opportunity was small. We
had three stops on wahoo where we hooked
about 35 fish in all. They are hard to
catch. After the smoke settled only 11 were
landed. One for the galley also but that
doesn't count. There was sign for about an
hour and a half and then they were gone. A
great experience for some of the guys with
plenty of heartbreak losses to go around.
Definitely a memorable part of the trip.
Tomorrow we head up
and look for kelps. We will be in position
for the tuna grounds the day after. The
weather is nice and it sounds like the tuna
are starting to show. Better grade fish as
well. Hopefully are timing is good.
Andy Cates
Aug. 21, 2012
Good evening folks.
Spectacular
yellowtail fishing today. The ridge pays off
with 18 to 30 pound yellows all day long.
Everyone is worn out and satisfied after a
great day. Tomorrow we will be at the Rocks
in hope of a few Wahoo. Sounds like
conditions are better and some wahoo moved
in . No tuna yet but hopefully some wahoo
left for us. We will be in there late
morning unless we get stopped by a big kelp
with fish on the way.
We will report again
tomorrow
Andy Cates
Aug. 20, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had a very tough
day today. We basically caught nothing . a
few small tuna and dorado and released small
yellows. Our timing was a little off and the
fish were spotty. Call it a down day. Hoping
tomorrow will be better. One thing our bait
does look good, so when things perk up again
we will be ready. Not every day is great and
this is a perfect example. Glad to get this
one out of the way. One thing, we did cover
some different water today and got that over
with.
We will report again
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: 8/16- 8/19/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS:
TRIP 12S12-BOB MICHENER & FRIENDS
FISH COUNT: 190 YELLOWFIN TUNA 130
BLUEFIN TUNA 13 YELLOWTAIL LIMITS OF
DORADO
1st
PLACE JACKPOT 41.8 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT
BY ERIC RUSTAD OF CORONA, CA
2ND
PLACE JACKPOT 34.6 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT
BY ERIK ANDERSON OF WESTMINSTER, CA
3RD
PLACE JACKPOT 33.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA
CAUGHT BY CRAIG BERNAL OF MISSION VIEJO, CA
TROLLING
JACKPOT:34.8 LBS TROLLING CAUGHT BY TONY
GONZALES OF ONTARIO, CAAug.
18, 2012
Good evening folks
The kelp paddy
fishing held up for yet another great day.
One kelp this morning brought great action
on yellow fin, bluefin ,dorado and even 1
albacore. Wow1 an Albacore. It was good to
see our old friend in the mix. The Bluefin
were the majority on the stop and a few fish
up to 35 pounds mixed in For Jack Pot. This
afternoon we sealed the Jackpot with a few
better grade Yellowfin that looked to be in
the 40 pound class. Another great day and a
great 3 day trip with epic weather.
Tomorrow we leave on
a 7 day trip and we should hit the dock by
7:30 in the morning.
Andy Cates
Aug.
17, 2012
Good evening folks.
Excellent action today. Smaller grade fish
but great action on decent size dorado ,
yellowfin , Bluefin and yellowtail. And flat
calm warm weather to go with.
Another day in the
grounds and who knows what to expect. The
dorado have come out of nowhere and they
really are nice fish. Just more offshore
variety.
We did manage a few
JackPot fish and maybe tomorrow we will see
more of that grade.
Andy Cates
Aug.
16, 2012
Good evening folks.
45 miles from the
point offered 39 decent size dorado off a
couple of kelps. That and the flat calm
water made for a nice start of a three day
trip. Our bait looks ok and we should be
fine. Hopefully we can cure some up for the
7 day trip coming up. First we have to worry
about getting fish on this trip.
Hopefully things
float tomorrow and we have a nice day.
Andy
Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY
CATES
DATE OF TRIP: 8/11-
8/16/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5
DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF
SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS:
TRIP 11S12-WESTCOASTANGLER.COM
FISH COUNT: 280
YELLOWFIN TUNA 130 YELLOWTAIL 56 BLUEFIN TUNA 30
DORADO
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 46.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY TIM HOLMES OF PLACENTIA,
CA
2ND PLACE
JACKPOT 44.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY KENNY PHILLIPS OF
BARSTOW, CA
3RD PLACE
JACKPOT 43.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ROBERT PETERSON OF ALPINE,
CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 50
LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY TIM HOLMESAug.
15, 2012
Good evening folks.
We finished off the
trip with a stop on all that nice grade
yellowfin. 25 to 45 pound fish. It didn't
last long and we did try and milk it for a
while. The fish just slowly left us. Nice
fish though. Very similar to fish caught at
Guadalupe.
Any way a bit slow
today on the bigger fish. Hopefully things
pick up for the next three day trip. There
was sign of smaller fish in the area and
hopefully they stay around and we get a shot
at those for the next trip.
We will be in
tomorrow at about 7:30 AM. see you then Andy
Cates
Aug.
14, 2012
Another nice day of
fishing yellows. Nice grade but some smaller
fish mixed in to throw back. All in all it
was a nice day. Very similar to yesterday
with good action.
Tomorrow is our last
day and we are hoping to finish off with an
offshore drift. Things sound a little spotty
but still schools for the lucky boat. I hope
we are lucky tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Good morning folks.
Yesterday we had a great day of yellowtail
fishing. Lots of rail time and nice size
fish. 18 to 30 pound yellows. Nice ridge
grade yellows. So far this morning,
similar action. Almost no wind out here and
what a nice day to be on the water. All is
well
We will report again,
Andy Cates
Aug.
12, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had a real nice
first day wit an overall great grade. 90
Yellowfin from 25 to 45 pounds. A few
looking to be in the 50 pound range. Bluefin
from 15 to 35 pounds with 50 of those. Most
of the Bluefin in the 25 to 30 pound range.
Also in the mix dorado on the kelps.
Tomorrow we will be offshore again and
hoping for another great day. One long drift
in the morning and one spot with everyone
has one on style fishing. Nice We will
report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: JOE CRISCI
DATE OF TRIP:
8/6-8/11/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5
DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF
SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS:
TRIP 10S12/ SEAGUAR/CATCHY TACKLE/HAYABUSA
FISH COUNT: 234
BLUEFIN TUNA, 84 YELLOWFIN TUNA, 22 DORADO, 9
YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 40.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BRIAN FRIESEN OF FRESNO,
CA
2ND PLACE
JACKPOT 38.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CARL SCHIALZETH OF
WESTMINSTER, CA
3RD PLACE
JACKPOT 38.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY SERGIO PEREZ OF SAN
PEDRO, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 30.2
LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY SERGIO PEREZ
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Aug. 10, 2012
Today was a great way to end our Seaguar
5-day trip. we had our daily morning bite for 12 BFTs, then had a
very long drift through lunch for 118 quality bluefin tuna and a
handful of good size dorado. The majority of the Bluefin were the
larger 25 to 40 pound tuna. Beautiful grade fish. For a while it was
pretty chaotic. For a while we had 4 fish in the bow and at least 4
fish in the stern, with new fish being hooked as others were gaffed
aboard. There were a lot of boils and guys screaming hook up and
Gaff! Great long range style tuna fishing.
A special thanks to our two hosts Dale
Hightower and Jerry Benedicto. Jerry brought some very nice
give-a-ways from Seaguar including spectra, flourocarbon, hats and
t-shirts. Dale brought a bunch of fishing rods to raffle off thanks
to American Spirit and lures from Catchy tackle. ETA @ 7:00 AM
Saturday.
Aug. 9, 2012
Another day of scratch offshore fishing. We had a couple of nice
bites today, a couple of stops in the morning and a busy stop in the
evening. Tomorrow is our last day of fishing so wish us luck.
Aug. 8, 2012
Another tough day of fishing today. We had a
good morning bite and nice classic sundowner on nice grade bluefin,
but the rest of the day was a bit slow. We managed to scratch out
some fish throughout the day including some nice yellowtails off a
kelp and some good grade yellowfin off a different kelp. We will be
on scene tomorrow hoping for a little more action. The weather came
up in the evening so we put the sea anchor out to give us a nice
drift for the night. it seems to be settling down a bit, but we will
see.
RR III
Aug. 7, 2012
The fishing for us today was a bit spotty.
We had a couple of good stops for tuna, managing to scrape together
60 yellowfin, most being beautiful 25-40 pound fish, 20 Bluefin and
a handful dorado and yellowtail for the day. There was some good
sign of fish in the area we are now, so we are hopeful for a busy
day tomorrow. The weather is gorgeous this evening and we are hoping
that it holds for a little while longer. We are only managed to take
a couple of picture today: there is Susan with her yellowfin and
crew member Tom Ferrari with an Escolar.
Red Rooster III
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP:
8/1-8/6/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5
DAYS
AREAS FISHED: 150
MILES/OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS:
TRIP 9S12/ Bekendam & Friends
FISH COUNT: 130
BLUEFIN TUNA 199 YELLOWFIN TUNA 60 DORADO 30
YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 49.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JOE SWEARINGTON OF FORT
WORTH, CA
2ND PLACE
JACKPOT 46.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MATT SWARTZ OF CHINO OF,
CA
3RD PLACE
JACKPOT 45.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DON BROWN OF ROSEVILLE,
CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 44.6
LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BRIAN COOK JR.
For additional
photos
Aug. 6, 2012
Things were a bit different yesterday. More
sign of small bluefin and less sign of those nice yellowfin. The
weather was up a little and may have had an impact on things.
Although good sign of 12 to 18 pound bluefin. Anyway we had 50
bluefin a few nice yellowfin 15 dorado and a few yellows.
Heading in right now to unload and leave
again We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Aug. 5, 2012
Good morning folks. Yesterday we had a very
slow morning. A few kelps in the area with just some dorado and a
few yellows.
Stopping on various schools for very little
or no tuna. Well after lunch we got on a biting school of yellowfin.
All that 25 to 45 pound fish. The start was wide open in the corner
fishing. The size of the fish come on slow and after the smoke fell
we had 35 nice fish on the deck. We continued to pick and put up the
kite and had steady bites finishing the drift in the evening with 79
Yellowfin a couple of small Bluefin 15 dorado and 5 yellows. The
school was the savior of what was looking like a tough day. You just
never know when and how it happens , but when it does , look out.
Our last day today and hopefully we can get
on something biting a little earlier.
Andy Cates
Aug. 3, 2012
Good evening folks. Some new fish showed up
n the grounds and what a great welcome they are. The grade is
fabulous. Yellowfin tuna from 30 to 45 pounds. Similar but not quite
to what we see at Guadalupe. With exception of the lack of bigger
fish. But anyway It looked like almost all the boats down here were
in long "plunker" drifts and the spread out sign looks good .
Between this and the Bluefin we may see some very good days to come.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Aug. 2, 2012
Good evening folks. Yesterday We had a nice
day with 81 Bluefin and kelp fish for variety. 23 yellows and 14
dorado off one kelp. We decided to move out west to an area were
there is sign of yellowfin tuna. We will se how it goes
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP:
7/27-8/1/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5
DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF
SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS:
TRIP 8S12/ bluefinjim.com
FISH COUNT: 260
BLUEFIN TUNA 200 YELLOWFIN TUNA 32 DORADO 90 YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 36.8 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY AL BAZZI OF PASADENA,
CA
2ND PLACE
JACKPOT 36.6 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JERRY LAGUNZAD OF MISSION
HILLS, CA
3RD PLACE
JACKPOT 35.2 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ED BATH OF SANTA BARBARA, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 30.0 LBS
YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY
KRIS TJON OF IRVINE, CA
July 31, 2012
Good afternoon folks.
We finished off this morning with a couple
of schools of bluefin, that brought 31 more Bft. Decent size fish 30
plus pounders. We wrapped things up at lunch with a kelp for 40 nice
yellows and headed for home. Great way to end the trip. Great
weather on the way home and looking to be at the dock around 800 in
the morning.
See you then
Andy Cates
July 30, 2012
Good evening folks. Another good day of
fishing with all the boats getting good action. We had another good
day that included an all afternoon drift for Blue fin and yellowfin.
The weather was good today and looks to be nice tomorrow.
Make sure you bring some 25 pound test for
the long bluefin drifts. The guys with the 25 definitely had the
most action on the long drifts..
Tomorrow we are going to spend the day
looking for kelps. Yellowtail and dorado would give a great end to
the trip
Bluefin Jim wants to thank the sponsors and
so do the passengers on the Red Rooster 3: Shimano reels, Salas
lures, Izorline, Big Hammer lures, Lead Masters, Irvine Lake, Bass
Knuckles, Aaron Lee
Thanks again guys
July 29, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had a great day today with good fishing
on both Bluefin in the 25 to 35 pound class and yellowfin from 15 to
25 pounds. Mostly the smaller side on the yellowfin.
The weather has turned for the better and
looks good for the next couple of days. We have one more day in the
grounds and if we can do half as well as we did today we will have a
good day.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
July 28, 2012
Good evening folks.
We decided to do some paddy hopping today,
rather than travel down to the tuna grounds for most of the day.
The kelps were spotty, The yellows that come
off the kelps are good size though. The dorado were even ok , much
better than the yellows and dorado in the tuna grounds. So it worked
out ok with 45 yellows and 20 Dorado we were able to keep the guys
busy and work out the kinks. Hopefully tomorrow we gat a chance at
some tuna and really start the trip.
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP:
7/23-7/27/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 4
DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF
SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS:
TRIP 7S12/ CHARKBAIT.COM
FISH COUNT: 96
BLUEFIN TUNA 97 YELLOWFIN TUNA 91 DORADO 21 YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 33.2 LBS BLUFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DON WARD OF COSTA MESA,
CA
2ND PLACE
JACKPOT 32.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CHARLIE MCGEE OF
ENCINITAS, CA
3RD PLACE
JACKPOT 31.0 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PETE REARDON OF BAYFIELD,
CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 28.2
LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY
ALFRED GRIFFTH OF OAKLAND,
CA
July 26, 2012
Good afternoon folks.
A short day with the distance from home. We
fished untill noon and wrapped it up. We hit two nice spots of
Bluefin. One stop we hand 15 going and the chaos resulted in heavy
losses. Another school where we picked up a handful of tuna. Kelp
paddies offered just a few fish and really not much to speak of.
With the choppy weather it was challenging and as the weather gets
better we should see a better caliber of fishing. Very thankful for
the great action and variety we had on this trip and ready to do it
again tomorrow.
We should be in tomorrow at 8:00 in the
morning
Andy Cates
July 25, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had a great day today with a great
variety of fish. Schools and kelp paddies brought Bluefin tuna ,
Yellowfin tuna dorado and a few keeper size yellows. A great arena
for a four day fishing trip. With over 120 mixed species of tuna and
dorado the action was great. The last stop lasting right up until
dark.
Tomorrow we move up and try our hand local
and hope for a tuna school or some kelp paddy yellows. Hopefully the
weather is ok. It has been choppy all day today. It would be nice to
get a little break.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
July 24, 2012
Good evening folks.
We got a late start today. Not getting in
the area until 200 in the afternoon. Ended the day with 93 mixed
fish. 40 dorado. 27 Bluefin and 30 yellowfin also 4 tagged
yellowtail. The action was there. The Bluefin were the better size
fish. up to 30 pounds and the other fish were marginal but still
worthy to keep. Almost all the yellows are throw back size and quite
a problem to deal with. We did mange a couple decent fish though.
We are hoping for a grey bite in the morning
and then string together a couple stops before the afternoon lull.
The evening showed promise and we will look forward to that as well.
Andy Cates
July 23, 2012
Good evening folks. We left on another 4 day
trip today. Sponsored by Charkbait. Mark Smith is out with us and
had a great giveaway to start things off. We will be fishing
tomorrow, late morning and hoping to get started with a bang. Good
weather and sounds good for the next couple of days.
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: JOE CRISCI
DATE OF TRIP: 7/19-
7/23/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 4
DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF
SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS:
TRIP65S12 GLENN'S ALIGNMENT SERVICE
FISH COUNT: 197
BLUEFIN TUNA 7 YELLOWTAIL 7 DORADO 7 YELLOWFIN TUNA
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 41.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY FRANK OLIVER OF COSTA
MESA, CA
2ND PLACE
JACKPOT 41.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY YING LEE OF DIAMOND
BAR,, CA
3RD PLACE
JACKPOT 37.0 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BUDDY VASHAW OF THOUSAND
OAKS, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 37.0
LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY
KENT HO OF WEST COVINA, CA
July 22, 2012
What a great day of offshore fishing. The
Red Rooster drifted from around 6:15 AM until 4:00 PM catching
Bluefin tuna. We managed to boat 121 tuna along with a handful of
dorado and a lone yellowtail. The action wasn't the crazy wide open
fishing associated with albacore fishing, it was the slow steady
plunking of classic Bluefin fishing. We had 1-2 fish going all day
with flurries for 4-5. The sonar was covered with fish marks all day
and the tuna were boiling steady. It was great light tackle tuna
fishing. The Red Rooster has one more 4-day trip scheduled before we
start a string of 5-day trips. Anybody considering a last minute
trip to target tuna should call Christina at the Red Rooster office
at (619)224-3857. The boat will be in tomorrow and we leave on our
Charkbait 4-day the same day. I've include pictures of Ken and Zack
with a Bluefin and a Yellowtail, and a picture of Chapman's
delicious sushi spread.
RR III
July 21, 2012
Trying to catch bluefin tuna can be a very
frustrating sport. i think that makes it all the more satisfying
when you finally hook up with one and get it on the deck. It was
typical bluefin fishing today, with a lot of looking around and
chumlines. We got into a classic bluefin bite just before dinner
time and managed to plunk away at them eventually winding up with 25
nice size tunas for the drift. The weather is coming down steadily
so we are hopeful for nice spotting weather tomorrow. I'm including
pictures of Chad, George, Nick and Tom with some of the stock grade
BFTs. We will be on site again tomorrow for our last day of fishing.
RR III
July 20, 2012
The weather came up a little bit today
making these bluefin tuna a bit harder to locate. Despite this we
still managed to string together a day. Our two youngest anglers,
Zack and Steve, on their first multi day trip each caught their
first bluefin tuna. Zack even caught one of a handful of nicer size
yellowfin tuna we picked up today. We are going to try it again out
here tomorrow.
RR III
July 19, 2012
We unloaded great catch of bluefin tuna this
morning, turned the boat around and headed back out on our annual
Glenn's Alignment 4-day trip. The guys are eager to try some of the
offshore fishing for these nice size BFTs. So after a little
wrangling at the bait dock we are headed out to try our luck. Oh
yeah, the weather is grease calm.
RR III
CAPTAIN: ANDY
CATES
DATE OF TRIP:
7/15-7/19/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 4
DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER
MASTERS: TRIP 5S12 OPEN PARTY
FISH COUNT: 295 BLUEFIN TUNA 8
YELLOWTAIL 4 DORADO
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 34.0 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA RYAN JACKSON
OF CORONA, CA
2ND PLACE
JACKPOT 33.8 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA JIM
CHURCH OF LA VERNE, CA
3RD PLACE
JACKPOT 32.6 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA JOE
HELLERMAN OF HERMOSA BEACH, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT
28.0 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY RANDY PERRY
OF SANTEE, CA
July 18, 2012
Good evening folks. We had another nice day
today. A little more wind but didn't seem to bother the fish. Our
first stop turned into a 3 hour plunker drift for 80 Bluefin. Nice
steady fishing with 7 to 10 fish going all the time. Then in the
afternoon we hit a couple more schools for fast action. Ending the
day in the afternoon with 115 Blue fin a couple dorado and a couple
of yellowtail to finish. il. What a great way to finish. Now we are
headed home and turn around on another 4 day tomorrow.
We still have a few spots on the Charkbait 4
day so call the office if you are interested in Blue fin fishing.
See you then
Andy Cates
July 17, 2012
Good evening folks. Another nice day on the
offshore grounds. 82 Bluefin today with not much action after 2:00
in the afternoon. We had that fast action on a couple of
schools and one long plunker drift in the mid morning. The grade was
the same but less smaller fish . Overall a great day . Bluefin
fishing requires a lot of looking and driving around. When you get
on them, the action is memorable. Great weather out here and hoping
for another good day tomorrow.
Andy Cates
July 16, 2012
Good evening folks. We had a nice day of
fishing today. Great weather and good action on decent size bluefin
tuna. With 96 Bluefin the guys had plenty of chances at a decent
fish. Nothing bigger than 30 pounds but nice fish on the light line.
We had one morning "plunker drift" that lasted for a couple of hours
and then fast hit and go action on schools. The action lasted untill
late evening and right into dinner. We are hoping to have similar
success tomorrow.
The weather forecast looks good for the next
couple of days and our best bet is to stay offshore rather than head
into an island for yellowtail. We did get a few nice yellows off a
kelp and will gladly welcome more of that in the next two days.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY
CATES
DATE OF TRIP:
7/7-7/15/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP:
8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
RIDGE/ OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER
MASTERS: TRIP 4S12 JORGE NICIFORE MEMORIAL/
COACH'S BEEFER
FISH COUNT: COMBINED LIMITS OF SPECIES:
BLUEFIN TUNA, YELLOWFIN TUNA, DORADO,
YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 80.2 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA TIM MURMAN OF
COSTA MESA, CA
2ND PLACE
JACKPOT 76.8 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA COACH CLARK OF
UNION CITY, CA
3RD PLACE
JACKPOT 75.8 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA DAN BUCAROFF
OF ESCONDIDO, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT:50.1
LBS DORADO CAUGHT BY SAM SANCHEZ OF
LAKESIDE, CA
July 14, 2012
Good afternoon
folks.
We never did find
the better size Bluefin today. We made a
couple of stops on small fish 20 to 30 pound
but nothing bigger.
The outlook for our
next four day trip looks good. The weather
should be good until Thursday and we see
enough fish around to make a trip. Yellows
are starting to move onto the kelps as well
as a little bit of yellowfin moving up. When
I say yellows I mean 18 to 25 pounders, not
throw backs.
Anyway should be a
good run on 4 day trips, we do have a few
spots on the next three trips and then it
looks about booked up after that. If you
want to come out act now before the spots
are gone. One of the next four day trips
should have spots.
We will see you
then.
Andy Cates
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July 13, 2012
Good evening folks.
We started this
morning with a show on a little better size
fish, 50 to 75 pound Bluefin blowing out
around the boat. After the smoke settled we
landed a dozen fish and were very happy to
have a Jack Pot showcase. Throughout the day
we stopped on various schools but few and
far between. Definitely scratch fishing
ending with a little more than 70 BFT and a
few decent size yellowfin to go with.
We got some great
pictures of some of the guys and their
Bluefin Tuna.
We are going to stay
down here and hope to get on a few better
size fish in the morning and then head home.
Andy Cates
July 12, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had a long day driving around the island
looking for bait . We are still here and
have caught bait throughout the evening. We
are hoping to get what we need and head out
offshore.
The weather outlook
is good and we should have a chance to
finish the trip nicely
Andy Cates
No fish at the
Rock's yet. Our efforts were smashed with no
sign of tuna and some medium grade yellows
shallow. One small ball of tuna showed and
we released a 15 pounder. Good conditions
with 68 degree and blue water. Any week now
we may see fish there, just not yet.
Anyway we are headed
up to Cedros to try for bait and then on our
way up to finish the trip offshore.
Hopefully we can get a chance at a few
Bluefin.
Andy Cates
Even with all the
exciting action today we still managed to
snap one picture. This is Sam's jumbo
dorado. His personal best.
July 10, 2012
Good afternoon
folks.
We left the grounds
after epic offshore Yellowfin fishing. 22 to
30 pound fish absolutely wide open. Bread
and butter we call them and what a great day
it was. There were fish up to 40 pounds but
not many just a few, but the bulk of the
fish are 25 to 30 pounds. Classic ridge
grade fish.
After yesterday with
the yellows and now the school size fish, we
are in the market for a few Jack Pot fish.
Alijos Rocks sounds like the most practical
move and nobody has been there in a while
so, why not? We will be there first thing in
the morning and see if some fish have moved
in there as well.
Great weather and
great fishing . Nice!
No pictures today,
we were way to busy
Andy Cates
July 9, 2012
Good evening folks
Classic yellowtail
fishing today. Very nice grade 18 to 30
pound fish with a few bigger to dazzle the
guys. We had a little sign of tuna this
morning and we are going to start first
thing in the morning offshore in this 71
degree water down here.
The weather is great
and we will take advantage of it tomorrow.
We put up a few
pictures of the yellows and one that Frank
got looks to be over 50 pounds, Nice fish!
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
July 9, 2012
Good morning folks.
Not much to report
just yet. Windy conditions brought very
little sign of tuna yesterday. It looks like
it may be windy up that way again today. We
decided to head down and try our luck at
yellows while the wind is up. We won't be
there until lunch but hopefully it pays off
on arrival. The weather is really nice down
here. We are happy about that. Great looking
conditions for the way down.
We will report again
later
Andy Cates
July 8, 2012
Good morning folks.
We left on Coach's 8
day yesterday and heading down this morning.
The weather is up but not bad .
Hopefully our bait
cures up today , it doesn't look good right
now. We might be able to clean it up by the
end of the day. Hopefully find something to
use it on.
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: JOE CRISCI
DATE OF TRIP: 6/29-7/7/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFFSHORE, RIDGE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 3S12 TUNA &
TAILS
FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL, 335
BLUEFIN TUNA, 23YELLOWFIN TUNA, 10 DORADO
and 4 WHITE SEABASS
1st
PLACE JACKPOT 71.02 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA JIN
CHANG OF LOS ANGELES, CA
2ND
PLACE JACKPOT 69.6 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA SONNY
JONES OF SANTA ANA, CA
3RD
PLACE JACKPOT 69.2 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA LANCE
YAMANAKA OF PASADENA, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 27.8 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA
CAUGHT BY
SONNY JONE OF SANTA ANA, CA
July 5, 2012
The morning started
out kinda slow. But once things got going it
was same as the day before. We also were
lucky enough to bump into another school of
the bigger ones, but this time they weren't
so eager to bite like they did before. Still
we were able to hook some on lighter line,
which gave the fish a greater chance of
escaping. After some epic battles on the
lighter line, a few got away but we were
able to put three of beauties on the boat.
With steady action till sundown we wrapped
it up down this way and will be headed up
tonight to look at a different area for
tomorrow. We will be focusing on trying to
find some more trophy bluefins. The weather
has been flat calm the last three days, and
it should be tomorrow as well. If you
haven't booked yourself on one of our trips,
now is the time to do so. It is going to be
a great fishing year.
July 4, 2012
Happy fourth to
everybody. Today our fireworks began with a
nice school of biting bluefin. When that
school wasn't biting any longer we were able
to find another. We were able to stay busy
all day long with biting fish. The real
fireworks were around lunchtime. We pulled
up to a small breezer of fish and it was the
better grade fish 60 to 85 pounds. They came
to the boat chewing on whatever we threw at
them. It looked like everybody had one on,
at least for a little while. The hooked tuna
did what they do best, which is fight like
heck to get away, and a fair number of them
succeeded. But when we were done with that
stop, we had ten of those beautiful fish on
the deck. Needless to say we are going to be
in this area tomorrow, and we are looking
forward to another fantastic day of fishing.
July 3, 2012
We made our way up into the tuna area
just after lunch. Good life around, birds,
whales, porpoise and good sign of bait. We
hooked a couple of yellowfin on the troll,
and started hooking fish on the bait. The
baitfish turned out to be bluefin, and they
got on us pretty good. The fish settled in
under us, and we drifted with them till dark
, always keeping a couple going. Everybody
had more than a couple opportunities. It
turned out to be a really fun day of
fishing. The weather is fantastic so we are
staying for the night to see what this area
looks like in the morning.
July 2, 2012
When we last
reported, we were catching yellows in the
dark. As the sky began to lighten up, there
was still a few anglers on the deck pulling
on fish. By second call for breakfast almost
everybody was in the stern pulling on a
fish. We had good action till about
mid-morning then decided to pull anchor and
start heading up. The weatherman said the
wind is going to be coming down all day on
the tuna area so we are heading up to fish
tuna for the remainder of the trip. We
should be up in the zone early afternoon
tomorrow. Hope the weatherman is right-on
with his prediction.
July 1, 2012
Started the morning
still traveling to one of the area of high
spots along the coast where there had been
good sign of yellow. When we got there it
was about mid-morning, and to our
disappointment the water had rolled, it was
cold and green. We decided to keep heading
south to the ridge. Trolled all day for a
couple dorado and a few small yellowfin. We
arrived after dinner in the dark, saw good
sign of fish, kicked it over and gave it
try. Good grade yellows bit late into the
night and into the morning. We are going to
stay put and see what the daylight will
bring. We are hoping that tomorrow will be
as much fun as tonight was. We'll let you
know then.
June 30, 2012
The wind came up during the night, which
made conditions a little tough. We started
trolling at light and were lucky enough run
across a few nice schools of tuna. We made
the best of our opportunities, and it seemed
everybody had a chance at landing a nice
bluefin. We gave it till about noon and
decided to keep heading south. We will be
looking to catch some yellows tomorrow,
hopefully in some nice weather. We'll check
in later and let you know, wish us luck.
June 29, 2012
We cleared the point
around one-thirty this afternoon with
twenty-eight anglers on board. This trip is
the tuna & tails open 8 day, so we are going
to be hunting for some tuna in the morning.
The weather is nice and it sounds like it
should be good tomorrow. A special thanks to
Pelagic, Tiburon Engineering, Ballyhood Top
Gun Lures, Anglers Center for sending out a
bunch of goodies for everyone on board.
We'll check in tomorrow to let you all know
how we did, see you then.
CAPTAIN: ANDY
CATES
DATE OF TRIP:
6/13/2012-6/21/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP:
8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
OFFSHORE, HIPPILITO BAY, CEDROS ISLAND
TRIP/CHARTER
MASTERS: TRIP 1S12 SALTY DAWG RODS
FISH COUNT: 385 YELLOWTAIL 12
BLUEFIN TUNA 6 YELLOWFIN TUNA 2
HALIBUT
1st PLACE
JACKPOT 28.8 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA DYLAN COOK
OF CHULA VISTA, CA
2ND PLACE
JACKPOT 28.6 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA GEORGE
HEILAND OF PHOENIX, AZ
3RD PLACE
JACKPOT 27.8 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA RYAN KYLE
OF SAN DIEGO, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT:
16.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA SCOTT MOHLENBROK OF
SEAL BEACH, CA
June 19, 2012
Good morning folks.
Rough weather kept us inshore the past
couple of days. We have had good fishing at
the Island but no chance at the offshore
scene. We made the most of it with a great
morning on yellows. 15 to 25 pound fish. The
wind stayed down untill we were finished
with yellows. We loaded up the skiffs and
spent the rest of the day in hot, flat calm
water. Here are some pictures of the smiles
in the sunshine. It really was a nice day.
The weather today is
cold rough and windy. It has been this way
for three days. I hope it gets better for
the guys that are out now. We will be in
around 9:00 in the morning. Running a little
late with the weather
June 18, 2012
Good evening folks.
Tough day and windy weather on the Bluefin
grounds. Only one school seen between the 4
of us. Unfortunately it was not us. We
struggled through the day and decided to
head back to the Island. We will be there in
the morning and run skiff trips tomorrow all
day. We do the skiff trips on this trip
every year and the bad weather is giving us
an opportunity to do it tomorrow.
We will report again
tomorrow
Andy Cates
June 17, 2012
Good evening folks.
We had a nice day of
yellowtail fishing at Cedros. With all the
yellow that the guys are interested in we
are heading out offshore for the next three
days. Fishing sounds spotty but Bluefin
fishing seems to always be that way. Hopeful
we get lucky tomorrow and give the guys a
chance at a few tuna. Our first day and a
half of it was not that great. So now hoping
that our luck has changed . It's always
easier when you have fish aboard.
Anyway we will
report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
June 16, 2012
Good evening folks.
After a day of
frustrating tuna fishing, we went down the
beach trying to get the yellowtail fishing
done. The day started with a nice kelp and
good grade yellows. The shallows brought
nothing , no yellows. We spent the rest of
the afternoon looking for kelps. We had one
more kelp that brought us up to 125 yellows
and we thought we were on a roll. The kelps
that we found had all small release yellows.
Not another good kelp the rest of the day.
We will be up at
Cedros tomorrow. Hopefully we can put
together another day on yellows and be in
position for tuna the next day. The Tuna
fishing is very spotty and hopefully gets
straightened out by the time we get up there
for our last three days.
Andy Cates
June 14, 2012
Good evening folks.
We traveled most of the day with a seminar
on tackle this morning. We made one stop
where we had a dozen Bluefin about 25
pounders and then continued to look around
the rest of the day. The water structure is
the same but no fish late. We put out the
sea anchor and settled in for the night. We
will try the offshore thing again tomorrow
in hopes of some tuna.
With the better
weather we are hoping for fish tomorrow.
Andy Cates
June 13, 2012
Good evening folks.
We left today on the Salty Dog 8 day trip
Bait looks great and the weather is nice .
We had a nice raffle and we would like to
thank the sponsors.
Bloody Decks, Batson
enterprises, 5 star fish processing, Bullard
Int., Charkbait and Salty Dawg rods We will
be fishing offshore tomorrow. The grounds
are a distance and it looks like 200 in the
afternoon We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: 5/26-6/10/2012
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CLARION BUFFER
ZONE,
HURRICANE BANK, CEDROS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 5W12—JUNE
HEAT/ACCURATE TRIP
FISH COUNT:
200 YELLOWFIN TUNA 14 OVER 200 LBS 1 OVER 300 LBS
150 WAHOO
12 YELLOWTAIL
1st
PLACE JACKPOT 360.02 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA TOM
JACKSON OF NORWALK, CA.
2ND
PLACE JACKPOT 279.8 LBS YELLOWFIN
TUNA LAURENS RHINELANDER OF SAN DIEGO, CA
3RD
PLACE JACKPOT 247.8 LBS LB YELLOWFIN
TUNA DARREN LOWREY OF UPLAND, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 57.0 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT
BY LAURENS RHINELANDER.
Bill Walsh 228.0
lbs 204.0
lbs
Mike Berkman 223.2 lbs 208.4 lbs
Bob Michener 221.3 lbs
Spiros Sotiropoulos 210.5 lbs
David Malone 206.4 lbs
Dennis Bidigare 203.6 lbs 202.4 lbs
Thad Peach 201.8 lbs 200.6 lbs
Bob Rubalcaba 201.6 lbs
June 8,
2012
Good afternoon
folks. We had great conditions this morning
and the bass fishing was great. No wind made
for some great trips to the outside kelp for
epic fishing. We left there at lunch and
started heading up. We will be in @ 7-9
Sunday morning.
Great weather
travelling and getting things cleaned up.
Andy Cates
June 6,
2012
Good afternoon
folks.
We arrived at Cedros
this morning. It was a joy to get out of the
weather. We started running skiff trips. The
calico action has been fair. We are limited
to an area because of the wind. The whole
south end is a little windy for skiff
fishing. The weather is nice sunny and warm.
We are going to stay the night and then
leave for home in the morning. I will post
some pictures tonight of some of the skiff
shots.
Andy Cates
June 4,
2012
Good Morning folks.
We are just about
ready to head up the line. A couple more
hours and then break down the gear. It looks
like we may have some weather on the way. We
are going to try to get up to Cedros and
spend a day in the skiffs.
This morning we
hooked one fish and landed this brute. Tom
Jackson was the lucky angler with an
estimated 350 pounder. It was nice to be
here to experience one of the best days of
his life. Talk about pumped. Congratulations
Tom.
June 3,
2012
Good Morning Folks.
Well, our Jack Pots
got settled early with a 290 caught by
Laurens Rhinelander, a 245 by Darren Lowrey
and Mike Berkman with a 228 . Pictures shown
here. We will continue to fish with very
nice weather and plenty of time to do it. We
still have room for a couple more trophies.
Andy Cates
June 2,
2012
Good evening folks.
We had another great
hit this morning. Mike Butler managed this
216 and that earned him an Accurate rod for
wahoo fishing. The morning bite was on and
totaled 40 fish that we kept. We did release
a few and we are about at capacity. We took
off from the Bank at 900 in the morning and
headed in to the Island in hopes of a few
Jack Pot fish. We will have an early
arrival.
We will report again
tomorrow
Andy Cates
June 1,
2012
Good evening folks.
Another great day, starting at 330 in the
morning. The accurate reel and Cal Star rod
were up for the biggest fish today. Bob
Michner technically won the prize with a 233
but passed it off to Thad Peach for his 195.
Bob stoked just to have gotten number 52 on
fish over 200 pounds. That was on the Iron.
Any way a great day with nice grade of fish.
We are having great fishing and the weather
is nice. 65 tuna today most fish from 120 to
190 pounds. Another day like that and we may
head in and check the Island for Jack Pot's.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
May 31,
2012
Good evening folks.
Things started at 4:00 in this morning. We
had steady fishing in the dark and then
explosive fishing right at sunrise. The pick
on the kite lasted untill lunch. After that
things slowed down for us. Only a few fishin
the evening right now. Biggest fish today
was a 209 caught by Mike Berkman and a 218
caught by Bill Walsh. Not there biggest but
nice fish . The fish today were mostly from
120 pounds to 190 pounds. Really nice grade.
We had 57 tuna and 12 wahoo for the day.
The weather has been
nice and looking to get calm tomorrow. We
will report then
Andy Cates
May 30,
2012
Good evening folks.
The Accurate group had a decent afternoon to
get the trip started. 34 tuna and 4 wahoo
from lunch time untill dark. Biggest fish
around 198 and 196 pounds. All in all nice
fish. 100 to 170 was the bulk of the fish.
Tonight we will try and get some flying
fish. We did have bites with the squid but
our surplus will run low fast. Flyers would
be great.
Hopefully we can
scratch again tomorrow and maybe get a
chance at a few bigger fish.
We will report then
Andy Cates
May 28,
2012
Good evening folks.
A nice day today. We
went by Alijos Rocks around lunch time and
now heading down in warm sunny weather.
We did a tuna
seminar today and that gave us something to
do to eat up the rest of the day. A quick
stop tonight for squid and then on the rode
again. Right now we are headed to the Bank.
Unless Justin comes on tomorrow with the 911
to head to the Island. We should probably
split up and check both spots just to get a
look. We will do a wahoo seminar tomorrow
and then be at the bank the next morning.
We will report again
tomorrow
Andy Cates
May 27,
2012
Good morning folks.
After two months of maintenance it is nice
to be back out.
This is the June
Heat Accurate reels trip. We have mostly
returning guys but a couple of new people
that got on after a last minute
cancellation.
We did our opening
seminar and went over safety and a few
things . Today we are getting the boat gear
rigged and ready to go.
The weather is cold
and windy. It will be nice to get down into
the warmer water.
Andy Cates
RED ROOSTER III
Boat Launching
One month into dry dock
The Red Rooster III has passed the yearly
USCG bottom side inspection. The
ABS five year
inspection includes an ultrasound test of
the entire structure from main deck to keel.
The Red Rooster III passed all corrosion
tests. These tests keep the Rooster
sound and one of the safest boats to be
aboard.
The interior has been redone with a new wet
bar. This area now has a filtered
chilled water
dispenser and new ice machine. With
the new salon cushions and carpet there
will be the impression of a new galley.
Last year project in the heads will be
complete with refinished showers to go with
the granite and tile.
Lots of painting, new decks on the upper and
lower decks will refresh the exterior.
We are looking forward to getting the Red
Rooster III back into the water and starting
the 2012 season.
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP:
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15
DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CLARION ISLAND
HURRICANE BANK
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP
4W12—LOFTUS/MARTIN TRIP
FISH COUNT: 226 YELLOWFIN TUNA
176 WAHOO 17 OVER 200LBS
1st
PLACE JACKPOT 291.0 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA JIM
BALLARD OF SAN JOSE, CA
2ND
PLACE JACKPOT 273.8 LB YELLOWFIN TUNA
BUTCH OLDENKAMP OF BAKERSFIELD, CA
3RD
PLACE JACKPOT 243.0 LBS LB YELLOWFIN
TUNA BOB MICHENER OF OXNARD, CA
TROLLING JACKPOT: 47.8 lb WAHOO RON HIRAO
OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA.
228 & 214 Rich Gallimore
226.8 AL Babashoff
226 Irish Kane
224.6 Phillip Gary
223 Phil Lisi
221 Tom Jackson
216 Butch Oldenkamp
211.6 Charles Tanaka
208 Jim Ballard
202.8 Dan Pope
201 Pete Fallini
201Larry Martin
March 25, 2012
Good evening folks, It
looks like we may make it in before the
storm. Right now we have 20 knots of wind
from the southeast. The wind is at our back.
Nice. We will be in the Bay tonight and at
the dock at 630 in the morning . See you
then.
Andy Cates
Captain Margarita pours
again! Flat calm weather and Margarita's.
What a great day. Just look at all the hot
action. We are a little ahead of schedule
trying to get to the bay before the storm
moves in. So far so good.
Andy Cates
March 22, 2012
Good morning folks.
Yesterday was our last day of fishing. What
a classic day at the Bank. A couple of cows
in the morning , wahoo fishing until the
afternoon and nice tuna fishing until dark
with another cow added in. We finished it
off and now have great weather going up the
line.
It looks like 18 to
20 fish over 200, plenty of wahoo and plenty
of decent size tuna . Really a nice trip.
Plenty of room to move around. With only one
other boat around we pretty much had the run
of the place. That's the beauty of winter
long trips.
Less boats. Wahoo
and big tuna.
I posted some more
pictures of the guys. Dan Pope got this 228
on a squid on the kite. Nice weather in the
background. Got to love it!
Andy Cates
March 21, 2012
Good morning folks.
Yesterday we
scratched almost all day. Starting in the
morning with a 236 and a 209. Allan Babashof
pulled in a 240 late morning on the kite and
Larry Martin with an evening 213. Also on
the kite. We had other nice fish up to 190
pounds with enough to keep guys at the rail
all day.
So far this morning
Pete Fallini landed a 210 using a live Skip
Jack and Dan Pope with a nice fish about 190
pounds. We are going to be here untill dark
and then take off for home. We are not
expecting a great ride home. We are too far
from home to leave tomorrow morning. We will
stay on schedule as long as the weather
permits.
We will report again
tonight.
Andy Cates
March 20, 2012
Good morning folks.
We scratched
yesterday and ended up with around 20 decent
fish. One fish bigger 226 caught by Butch
Oldenkamp. All in all the day worked out .
We were hoping for a little better action,
but isn't that always the case.
This morning we were
in position for the gray bite and landed a
236 and a 219 . Also a fish real close to
the mark a 198 caught by Pete Fallini. Rich
Galamore picked up the 236 and Irish Kane
the 219. Irish on a Skip Jack, Rich on a
flyer.
Pete also on a Skip
Jack. A dozen other mixed fish for the
morning and now we sit .Conditions are funky
right now . we are hoping the afternoon
brings in some more bites.
Andy Cates
March 18, 2012
Good evening folks. The
grade on the fish got smaller. With only a
few decent fish, biggest being 150 pounds.
We took off. With the report from the Bank
we decided to go out and join the Royal
Polaris and see if we can get in on some of
the action.
The ride out is nice
and will be on scene at 9:00 in the morning.
It gives us a full day and the best fishing
is in the evening anyway.
We will report again
tomorrow.
Andy Cates
March 17, 2012
Good evening folks
We missed on the
morning shot today. We had no current all
morning untill about 2:00 in the afternoon.
We started hooking fish and lasted until
dark. Only one stand out fish right at 200
pounds. Most fish were 60 to 90 pounds with
about 8 fish 90 to 120 pounds. We are hoping
for the better grade to hit us tomorrow
morning. Each day has been different and a
lot depending on the current. When we have
the good westerly current the fish show. The
bigger fish are unpredictable and we get
bites at various times.
Hoping to get
started early tomorrow
Andy Cates
March 16, 2012
Good morning folks.
Yesterday was a nice
surprise with a kick off of big fish. We
ended the day with 8 fish from 209 to 266.
44 tuna total . Half of which are that
smaller grade. Although 8 cows is a nice way
to start. Bob Michiner had a celebrating
moment with his 50th fish over 200 pounds on
the Red Rooster 3. He was pretty stoked.
Butch Oldenkamp. Had the toad of the
day at 266. Tom Jackson with a 215, Rich
Gillmore with a 217, Irish Kane with his
first over 200, a 209.Charles Tanaka with a
216. Philip Lisi with a 229, Phil Gary 214.
Really a nice first day of fishing.
So far today only a
few fish. Jim Ballard hit in big this
morning with a 277.
As we sit here and
wait you get the feeling that your next bite
may be a big one. We have had bites on
sardine, squid and the mackerel for big
fish.
The weather is fine.
Kind of like last trip. Just windy enough to
kind of irritate a person . And rolling
around. None the less we are happy to be
here and have an opportunity to fish these
water's.
We will report again
tomorrow
Andy Cates
March 14, 2012
Good evening folks.
Well, we finished
all our seminars and giveaway's. Now we are
ready to try for fish.
We will be on the
grounds first thing in the morning. Starting
to get a little breeze down here. Not bad
though pretty nice weather all the way down
Hopefully we have an encouraging report
tomorrow. Hopefully we can report. It's up
to the satellites
Andy Cates
March 13, 2012
Good morning folks. Not
much to report. Nice weather so far and
making good speed down the coast. A seminar
this morning and a raffle to make the time
go by. The day will be spent rigging up the
tuna gear. Lot's of action at the tackle
table.
Larry brought out an
electric smoker machine. Yesterday we made
smoked Salmon and today smoked Tuna. The
Salmon was incredible. I had no idea how
good fresh smoked fish is. Now we know. What
a treat. We will continue the smoking
process the next couple of days. It really
is fun trying to get it right.
The whole boat has
that smoked fish smell. The whole outside of
the boat , not the inside.
Another day of
travel and another seminar tomorrow.
Andy Cates
March 11, 2012
Good evening folks. We
just left and heading down on a 15 day ride
home long range trip. The day went smooth
with a nice load of bait and now calm seas.
Nice to be back out after the hustle bustle
of the Fred Hall show. It was nice to see
everyone at the show. Thanks for the support
at the Red Rooster booth. Tom Reynold's was
a big help with a lot of his time helping
out. Not to mention the rest of the guys .
Thanks again Hopefully our satellite
situation will allow us to stay posted . It
has been an issue lately. Solar Flares?
Really?
Anyway we are on our
way
Andy Cates
Larry Brown and
David Choate were chartermasters on the Red
Rooster III trip that arrived February 26 at
H&M Landing after 16 days in the southern
zone, fishing for giant yellowfin tuna and
wahoo. Fishing was good, better than the
breeze and seas, said anglers, and a baker’s
dozen tuna over 200 pounds, or cows, were
caught along with all the fish they wanted.
Brown had three for himself, at 200, 209 and
220.4 pounds.
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