Winter 2019-20
March 13, 2020
1st
place Jack Pot goes to Jeff Giese with a 290 pound yellowfin tuna
2nd place goes to Dylan Malmberg with 142 pound Bluefin tuna on 30
pound test
3rd place goes to Bill Moore with a 128 pound Yellowfin tuna
Trolling Jack Pot goes to Steve Durfunger with a 42 pound wahoo
Another long afternoon drift for a few more fish.
Light line fishing for these tuna .
Most of the guys using 30 pound test makes for a few loses.
Big thanks to Pelagic Gear for sponsoring the Sonny Jones
15day trip!
Awesome giveaways and great fishing memories! |
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March 12, 2020
A few nice Blue fin this morning. Drifting on a pretty good school
hoping for a couple more bites. Picked a couple more Bluefin but
looks like we will be on the move soon
March 10, 2020
With no current we were able to drift up some
nice yellows. The lack of condition made it tough and the fish were
reluctant to bite.
Nonetheless we manage some nice trophy Yellows
March 8, 2020
The wahoo gave us a pick up
after the tuna fishing
took a dive. Zero sign yesterday
and today on the tuna |
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March 7, 2020
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Tough fishing at the Bank .
We managed to get a little bit each day
with a couple missed opportunities on nice size fish.
Jeff Geise got lucky and managed a nice fish at 290.
Pretty tough to get things going .
Hopefully conditions straighten out in the next couple days |
March 1, 2020
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Wayne with a Pelgic Hoody |
A nice group shot of our loyal March Red
Rooster passengers |
Steve is the big winner with the Makaira 16 |
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Dylan Malmberg starts off with
a United Composites Tuna Rod |
It’s Raffle time on board the Red Rooster .
Pelagic and Sonny Jones are starting is off with a great
giveaway |
Jimmy with a nice Pelagic Duffle bag |
Feb. 21, 2020
The Larry Brown trip will be returning with US Customs at 8:30 am
and at the H&M dock at 9 am Feb. 23rd.
Feb. 20, 2020
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More photos from
Larry Brown 16/13 day trip |
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Feb. 19th, 2020
Headed
on our way to Cabo. We found scratch fishing out at the Bank with
very tough fishing conditions. Wind against current almost everyday
which that alone made it tough. Sharks and junk fish in the mix
added to the challenge.
Managed
to catch a little bit each day that slowly added up.
We have another 15 day trip coming up on the 28th and hoping for
better conditions.
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Edward Furu wins first place 221 lb. tuna |
2nd place goes to Tom Jackson
218 lb. tuna |
3rd place goes to Howard Folmer
215 lb. yellowfin tuna |
Tom Jackson wins the trolling jackpot with a 56 pound wahoo
Feb. 10, 2020
This qualifies as nice weather on the way down. Water is warming up
and the outside temperatures are comfortable.
Feb. 9, 2020
We left on the Larry Brown 16 day trip
Bait has been a bit shaky but starting
to come around today.
The weather has been calm but very
chilly. It will be nice to get to a warmer climate . Looks like good
weather at the Bank and looking forward to that
Jan. 8, 2020
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Very nice day on wahoo and Dorado.
From daylight until lunch time we had nonstop action
Some of the stops they came charging the boat |
Jan. 7, 2020
Tough day today with no bites on the big tuna. Going to change gears
and go up and fish Marlin, Dorado and wahoo and spend the day with
hopefully action
Jan. 6, 2020
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Donny Smith with this 213 this morning |
30 plus years of Sport fishing and
Phil Lisi finally got the one
he was looking for,
a 318lb Yellowfin Tuna.
Congratulations, Phil |
There’s Bobby |
Jan. 5, 2020
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Karen with a nice fish |
Charlie McGee with a nice fish |
Dennis with the taste of success |
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Bob Peterson with a nice fish
to start off with |
There’s Bobby |
Dennis Pennell with a nice cow
retrieved in the skiff.
282 on 80 pound test |
Jan. 4, 2020
Left on the Seeker 9 day trip out of Cabo .
Bait lived good all the way down and just getting started fishing
today.
Conditions look good with calm seas and warm
water
Dec. 16, 2019
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ETA for tomorrow morning will be 8:30am with Customs
and 9-9:30 at the H&M dock |
Dec. 14, 2019
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Victoria with a 275. |
Dec. 13, 2019
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Allan Babashoff has been fishing with the Red Rooster III
for 20+ years in
search of his 300lb Yellowfin.
Last night, his persistence was
rewarded with this beautiful
304lb trophy. |
Allan and Bill with their trophies. |
Bill did something on his first trip
that not many people do.
He caught a 200lb class Yellowfin, then
decided that wasn’t good enough.
So he went and got a 314. Congratulations!! |
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BC with a 212 on the
Accurate 12 and 90lb Seaguar Blue Label |
Gary with his 2nd cow of the trip. 220lbs |
Earnie with a 285 on the
Accurate ATD 12 and 100lb Seaguar |
Dec. 12, 2019
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Bill came all the way from Hawaii
to wrangle this 242lb Yellowfin |
Billy with a 250 this morning |
Dan Burns with a 220 |
Bill Gurner is on fire with a 275,
his 4th cow of the trip. |
Dec. 11, 2019
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LA James with a 160 this morning |
Pappy with a 242, his 75th Cow Tuna on Accurate Reels |
Dec. 10, 2019
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Laurens with a 225 on the Helium Balloon |
Chiaquiles Mole with Chicken for breakfast
today on the Lower Banks. |
Bobby with a nice 100lb fish |
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Victoria Jones with a nice 372 lbs tuna! |
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Charlie with a nice fish |
Bill with another personal best 248 lbs tuna!
Way to go Bill! |
Charlie Tanaka with a 337 lbs tuna |
Dec. 9, 2019
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Billy has been at it for a couple years and picked off his
first cow |
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Bill from Kona picked off a nice fish |
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Windy conditions today on the lower banks, still had a few
chances at nice fish . Darwin with his best fish close to
200 pounds |
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Gary finally reached the mark of 200 and gets a Red Rooster
111 200 pound club Jacket for his catch |
We had a nice ride all the way in and will start fishing after
lunch. We have 6 days to get on it for now and plenty of bait. Here
we go
Dec. 6, 2019
Trolled around most of our first day for 40
wahoo and just a handful of tuna. Not much current today. Hoping for
better conditions tomorrow.
A nice day with great weather.
Dec. 4, 2019
Another nice day of travel . Spent the day rigging up . As of now we
are headed down to the Bank. We will wait for a report tomorrow on
how it looks
Dec. 3, 2019
Mark Moffat Charter. Headed south with a nice load of big sardines .
Perfect size bait for fly lining heavy gear . Warm weather with calm
seas all day today.
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We had a great raffle on our first day of travel. Lauren’s
started it off with this nice Calstar rod |
Ernie picked off this nice new SKB tackle box. |
Allan showing off his SKB soft box. More certificates from 5
star fish processing as well |
Nov. 22, 2019
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Gary and the guys displaying his 302 on an
Accurate 12 and 100lb Izorline.
2 over 300lbs today so far, plenty around
hopefully we can keep the ball rolling! |
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320 lbs. |
Nov. 21, 2019
Great sign at the lower banks today! Lots of fish around just a
little hard to get a bite. All different sizes from 50 to 300+lbs.
They put on a show, boiling right next to the boat. Managed to catch
some fish all mixed sizes over 100 lbs. Miles pictured here with the
big one for the day right at 190lbs. He won the Daily Jackpot, an
Accurate Valiant 600. We also lost a handful of big jumbos, but we
are here for one more day and looking for revenge. Overall super
excited for trips to come, lot of fish on several of these banks.
Call the office (619) 224-3857 and see what we have available for
trips coming up. Looking forward to a great winter season!
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Gary was playing around with his smaller Accurate reels
(not recommended for this kind of fishing)
and caught this nice one on a Valiant 600.
He later got into a situation with a giant and dumped it.
Reel did great but the 80lb line was no match. |
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Jerry Price got one |
Another redemption fish |
Dave had a heartbreak on a giant due
to light line earlier in the day,
but he got some pay back with this nice one. |
Nov. 20, 2019
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Travelled most of day and rigged up some last minute heavy
gear.
Had time for margaritas with some Don Julio floaters
courtesy of Phil Lisi.
Trying for wahoo this afternoon then make some bait for
tomorrow’s festivities. |
Nov. 19, 2019
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Jack with a jumbo on the Tern 500 |
Yellowfin tuna fishing has been outstanding
the last few days.
Little bit of work releasing some smaller ones
but plenty of jumbos for some fun light line action. |
Paul with one on the Valiant 300 |
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Daily jackpot winner Doctor D
with a 50lb wahoo.
He won a Accurate Valiant 600! |
Steve Is the Daily Jackpot winner
with a 20lb dorado.
He won a Calstar blank,
Accurate hat, and shirt. |
Yellowtail made a little
showing this trip |
Nov. 17, 2019
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Charlie started the trip off with a hog wahoo
weighing in just shy of 70 lbs
Daily prize winner of a pair of Accurate Piranha pliers |
Really nice tuna fishing today.
Weather got kinda bumpy and we had to
put the wahoo fishing on pause.
We got the anchor down and started to
pick away at these nice fish. |
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Nov. 15, 2019
Departed on our annual Accurate trip with a healthy load of
bait and are headed south.
Jack brought tons of demo gear and raffle prizes for the
group.
Great traveling weather and hopefully biting fish in our
future. Wish us luck! |
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