Fishing Reports

Past Reports

Oct. 12 - 20, 2024

Oct. 19, 2024

Finished the trip off with some nice Reds and Lings for the morning . Headed up in beautiful weather and calm seas. We will be home in the morning and leave tomorrow on another 8 day trip. Bluefin Jim Memorial.

Oct. 17, 2024

Nice day today with action on wahoo. Weather got nice and the wahoo turned on!

Oct. 15, 2024

Nice day on the yellows and quality tuna. Windy again today but comfortable on the anchor while catching these good grade fish. Wind should start to back off tomorrow and let us move around

Oct. 14, 2024

The EPP fish rods 8 day started with a bang today. Again this incredible tuna fishing on day one ending with a worn out bunch of guys. Heading south tonight in hopes of yellowtail and Wahoo tomorrow.

Oct. 4 - 12, 2024

Oct. 9, 2024

More Yellowtail in the mix today . The big tuna were still in the mix but a lot of the guys were hungry for these nice yellows. Heading up the beach tonight.

Oct. 8, 2024

The amazing tuna fishing continues with a great day down here. Going to give it another half day and start moving up the line.

Oct. 7, 2024

Kenny picked off this whopper that weighed in at 82 pounds! . Wow!

Great day on the wahoo. The grade was impressive with a lot of 40 to 60 pound wahoo. Hopefully this holds up for a while.

Oct. 6, 2024

Nice start today with tuna and wahoo. Weather was a little choppy but looks better for tomorrow with high hopes of some more nice fish.

Oct. 5, 2024

Travelling south today with very nice weather . We will start fishing tomorrow morning with the Seagar Nomad 8 day trip. Looks like good weather this week. Hoping for a good start in the morning.

Sept. 26 - Oct. 4, 2024

Oct. 1, 2024

Another great morning starting off with quality wahoo.

Sept. 30, 2024

Great start to our morning with some nice scooter!

Sept. 29, 2024

Amazing fishing to start off our Sonny Jones 8 day trip beautiful tuna up to 85 pounds.

Sept. 26, 2024

Departed on our Annual Sonny Jones/Pelagic sponsored trip. Got a great load of bait. Sonny and Brandon from Pelagic have amazing giveaways for our anglers.

Sept. 20 - 26, 2024

Sept. 24, 2024

Special thanks to Gary from cal star for putting together a great 6 day trip.

Sept. 23, 2024

Fishing keeps getting better and better here down south.

Sept. 14 - 20, 2024

Sept. 19, 2024

Finished up this morning with nice Vermillion reds and Lingcod. Heading up the line with grease calm weather and should be in early tomorrow and out on another high impact 6 day trip to the Ridge!!

Had a nice day picking at yellows from spot to spot. Had a couple of good flurries to keep the guys busy with really nice weather. Heading up to finish off with some rock cod and Lings.

Sept. 17, 2024

Had a nice sprinkle of quality yellow tail today. The impressive tuna were still around and we were able to catch what they wanted and release a lot of fish throughout the day. Heading up in hopes of findimg a few more yellows tomorrow.

Sept. 16, 2024

Fantastic day on our first day of fishing. Phenix Rods sponsoring this 6 day trip with a great giveaway on our travel down. This tuna fishing down here is spectacular!!!!!!

Sept. 8 - 14, 2024

Sept. 13, 2024

Finisher on Reds and Lings before heading up. Good weather now, not so great last night . Looks lime calm seas to the Point. Thanks again Izorline and Norm Fujimoto for an amazing 6 day trip.

Sept. 11, 2024

	Had a nice day with Yellowtail and tuna and a few Grouper for variety. Lots of sportfishing today with released tuna throughout the day. Same nice grade of fish we had yesterday. Heading up the line.

Sept. 10, 2024

Great afternoon on Yellowfin tuna.
Explosive action with everyone having one on most of the afternoon.
The fish bit right up until dark and the people were wiped out.
Going to give it another day and set up in hopes of yellowtail and tuna.

Sept. 9, 2024

Nice weather on our way south. Looking forward to fishing soon after a full day of travel. Izorline with Norm Fujimoto are out promoting the brutally strong line . Hoping to put it to test today.

Sept. 5 - 8, 2024

Sept. 7, 2024

Finishing our trip out trying for some of the larger fish.
Managed to connect with a few.

Sept. 6, 2024

Tough night. But we managed a couple good ones.

Great day time fly line fishing.
The twins having a great time!
Way to go Mike and Tom!

Sept. 5, 2024

Great night time fishing to start our Accurate 3 day trip.

Sept. 1 - 4, 2024

Sept. 3, 2024

Good morning starting off picking some nice tuna and yellowtail.

James and his daughter Samantha doing well on these nice bluefin tuna.

Sept. 2, 2024

Decent morning here on the anchor. Nice showing of this bluefin.

Decent start to our pelagic 3 day good night time tuna.

Aug. 26 - Sept. 1, 2024

Aug. 31, 2024

Wrapping up our Charkbait trip with some nice cod drifts this morning.

Aug. 29, 2024

Amazing fishing down south right now. Our Charkbait charter is enjoying this premium tuna in great weather. Fantastic fishing continues making a great day on this 60-85 pound tuna.

Aug. 23 - 26, 2024

Aug. 25, 2024

Managing to catch a couple of these nice tuna for our annual Oldenkamp charter..

Aug. 24, 2024

Picking at some nice tuna and a couple of yellowtail. Weather isn’t great but we’re making the best of it.

Aug. 15 - 23, 2024

Aug. 22, 2024

Red Rooster III will return tomorrow at H & M dock at 6 AM.

Aug. 21, 2024

Uneventful today working our way op the line. Good weather but slow speed going up. Made a few short stops on the beach only to find cold green water. Looks like good weather travelling up tonight.

Aug. 20, 2024

Wahoo fishing today!!! Spotty but enough to stay busy. short stopping most of the afternoon. For the most part one at a time with a few doubles but tough on the bombs. Bait fish was best.

Aug. 19, 2024

Picked at yellows again this morning .
The tuna moved in early and disrupted the yellowtail fishing
but had a lot of fun releasing 50 to 70 pound fish
until we took off for the Rocks .
We will be doing some trolling tomorrow in hopes of a few wahoo.

Aug. 18, 2024

Amazing Ridge fishing today.
Nice yellowtail from 18 to 25 pounds and tuna from 50 to 75 pounds.
Weather is nice with a warm water temp of 77 degrees.
Going to try it again tomorrow

Aug. 17, 2024

We continued to catch this nice fish until late afternoon.
The wind came up and the fish went down.
We took off before dinner to head to the ridge
in hopes of more action tomorrow .
Really a nice day today.

Aug. 16, 2024

Nice day of travel and rigging on our way down. Larry Brown and his 8 day trip will be fishing tomorrow morning. Nice weather and a great raffle for LA rod and reel club. Steve Abel bags. Abet reels, Phenix Rods and Izorline were part of the raffle. Redondo Dive and Surf is well appreciated for the wetsuit donation.

Aug. 12 - 15, 2024

Aug. 14, 2024

Good yellowtail and tuna to start the morning. Little slower than yesterday. But we’re managing some nice ones.

Aug. 13, 2024

Gary Sax. With a beautiful sundowner tuna. Hoping to get a little more action here on the anchor tomorrow.

Really fantastic start to our morning sitting on the anchor picking and beautiful yellowtail and bluefin tuna.

Aug. 6 - 12, 2024

Aug. 11, 2024

Lovely evening to wind up the trip. Great bottom fishing for reds and lings to finish the morning . Travelling up has been like this all day. Thanks again Dale Hightower, Seagar line , Hyabusa hooks and Nomad lures for sponsoring this 6 day trip. See you all next year.

Aug.10, 2024

Nice day of variety fishing with yellowtail and White Seabass. Spotty fishing overall but stayed busy throughout the day with what we had to work with. We will keep heading up the beach tonight and try for more variety tomorrow.

Aug. 9, 2024

Great morning on quality tuna on the anchor. Picked off a few yellows in the mix as well. Really nice fish the tuna, 30 to 70 pounds with a lot of kite action.

Aug. 8, 2024

	Had a nice day on quality tuna with long drifts throughout the day. Good kite action in the afternoon that produced steady action on the bigger grade. We will try it again tomorrow.

Aug. 7, 2024

Heading south on a 6 day trip. Sponsored by Hyabusa and Seagar flourocarbon fishing line. Dale Hightower , long time rep for the companies is with us and had a great giveaway last night on our way out Beautiful weather today on our travel south.

July 30 - Aug. 6, 2024

Aug. 4, 2024

Finished up on the beach with some nice yellows and calicos and seabass. Nice weather heading home after a nice trip. Thank you Barnett family and Izorline for putting the trip together.

Aug. 3, 2024

Made another pit stop for a nice finisher on these nice tuna. Working up the beach tomorrow.

	Excellent day of Yellowtail fishing down here. All top water fishing with surface iron and flyline sardine. Memorable day for the guys on quality Yellows and Pargo!

Aug. 2, 2024

Amazing fishing from dawn to dusk on quality yellowfin tuna. Explosive action on long drifts throughout the day. Tomorrow we are going to try for yellowtail.

Aug. 1, 2024

Nice start this morning on this beautiful grade yellowfin . Really explosive out of the gate . Things tapered off into kite bites to keep us alive . Early yet and hoping for more today!

July 27-30, 2024

July 29, 2024

Decent yellowtail to start the morning off for our final day of the Barnett 3 day.

July 28, 2024

Sierra with her first tuna ever

	Enjoying the beautiful weather out here. Picking up some daytime tuna!

July 27, 2024

	Great action at night on big tuna. Barnett family trip is off to a great start.

July 21-27, 2024

July 26, 2024

Nice little hit on the kite this evening.

July 25, 2024

Made it up to the area just in time to get a nice shot on the Bluefin. Tough mean fish made for a humbling surprise on the first stop.

July 24, 2024

Great surprise last night on theses quality exotic white seabass. Nice grade yellowtails in the mix!

Ben Kita long time passenger here on
the Red Rooster
has been riding the boat since 1982.
Finally caught his first white sea bass last night

July 23, 2024

Nice day today starting early in the morning. Good weather and nice warm conditions with a steady pace throughout the day.

July 22, 2024

Working down the beach hitting some kelps. Kelp grade yellows on various kelps. Pretty spotty!

July 21, 2024

Out for 6 days with Kris Tjon and a loyal group of long time regulars.
Mike and Fernando dazzling the group with
Baseball steaks and King crab legs for the first night out.
Going to start out on the kelp paddies tomorrow looking for yellowtail.