We would like to just say "Thank You", to all of you anglers that made our season such a success. This was an interesting year of fishing with a lot of new anglers that we have never fished with before and quite a few that we had fished with in the past. We are looking forward to the fishing with all of you again in the 2003 season.

Our fishing year started in May, with just a little sign of Albacore above San Benitos and Cedros Islands, which were very productive for Yellowtail early in the spring. In June, fishing Alijos Rocks, we had outstanding success with a combination of Yellowfin Tuna and some of those trophy size Yellowtail. As the summer progressed, the Albacore did move in with another banner year for the logbooks. And later than any normal year, the Bluefin Tuna showed up. They were very hard to hit, but with a little bit of luck on any given trip, your chances were good. As the summer passed and the seasons were starting to change, not to be forgotten was Guadalupe Island, which produced some very nice fishing for Yellowfin Tuna. They ranged in size anywhere from 50 to 90 lbs, on just about any given trip in September and into October. All in all, the fishing was good for us here at the Island. When fall came upon us, it was time to start our longer trips; off to the Ridge and out to the Rocks. This is what we would call good fishing down there - between Alijos Rocks and some of the banks below Mag Bay. There were plenty of good catches made on good quality Yellowfin on all of our trips. The Ridge did produce some decent grade fish early in the fall. As for those Wahoo, it was very difficult to manage any scores with them, but it seemed like just about every trip, there were enough caught to make it interesting. To look back on the 2002 season, it was a lot fun with all of you and we would say that this was a very good fishing year. As for next year, those scientist are still threatening for El Nino. Only time will tell.

All of us from the American Angler would like to say Thank You and can't wait till next year to fish with you again.

Have a very Happy New

Sincerely,

Sam Patella and Brian Kiyohara

P.S. See you at the boat shows!

We arrived this morning with a very nice catch of Yellowfin Tuna, 60 to 80 lbs, Wahoo - up to 60 lbs - and again this trip, Jumbo Yellowtail (several in the 40 lb class and 3 fish weighing over 50 lbs.). What great trip for quality fish!

A special thank you from all of us; Sam, Brian, Trevor, Gregg, Jimmy, Howard and Carolyn. We hope that you had as much fun as we did, on the trip. We are looking forward to fishing with all of you again in the 2003 season. We could not have had a better group of anglers to share our last trip of the year with. May you all have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

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JACKPOT WINNERS
1st Andy Brotherton 88.6 lb Yellowfin Tuna
2nd Rob Perry 87.5 lb Yellowfin Tuna
Tied for 2nd Alan Faye
3rd Robert Withsosky(M.I.A.) 84.9 lb Yellowfin Tuna
Honorable mentions: Jeff Pearlman with his 56.5lb Yellowtail and Eric Hu with 55.4 Beauty too.

Special honorable mention: Eddie Sison with his 94lb YFT - kite fish! Photo to follow....

The boat arrived this morning a little shy of 6am and began unloading their catch from an 11 day adventure. These passengers caught several fish in the 70-80lb class, a 95lb jackpot tuna and everything was nice grade. During the trip, they had to bide their time because certain windows in the day were better than others - but in the end, they came home with fantastic quality - and the weather was fabulous the entire trip, icing on the cake.

Sam, Brian, John, Gregg, Ryan, Howard and Sara want to thank everyone on the boat for a great trip and a special thanks to Rich Jenkins and Tim Campbell of Turners Rod and Reel. Check out the jackpot winners below - trip pictures will follow.

We are home for the Thanksgiving Week and are trading in our bait scoops for Turkey legs and football. We leave for our Thanksgiving Special on Friday, November 29th at noon. There's still two spots available if your schedule opens up and you get the urge . . . . .

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JACKPOT WINNERS
1st James Schroeder 95.4 lb Yellowfin Tuna
2nd John Metcalf 88.0 lb Yellowfin Tuna
3rd Armando Castillo 82.4 lb Yellowfin Tuna (and his 71.3 lb Tail)
Honorable mentions Rick McPherson with his 72.1 lb Fat Boy and Ron Kaufman with his 64 lb Skinny!

We arrived at the rocks at noon thirty, got the anchor down and started hooking a few fish. It seemed like we got here on the tale end of things. Needless to say, we ended the day with 14 nice Yellowfin and a couple of Dorado's. Our photo of the day is of Scott Haberman with one of his Trophy's for the day. We are going to be here tomorrow - so we hope for good luck.

Our boat camera is broken, so we want to thank Jeff Gaebel for helping us out by supplying the pictures.

The Angler arrived at 6am and the Anglers unloaded their catch. This trip was highlighted by World Class Yellowtail fishing, with the monster, caught by Ross Deardorff, weighing in at 78.6lbs!! There were also 2 trophy Yellowtail at 68 and 67 lbs, both caught by Steve Schneblin. There were also a handful of 50 lbers brought on board this day. John Collins says it is the finest Yellowtail fishing he has ever seen - (and he's seen a few). Note: Most of these Tails were caught flylining the giant squid. Equal to the fantastic Yellowtail fishing were the quality Yellowfin Tuna caught this trip, the largest weighing in at 112 lbs. Throw a few Wahoo in the bag, largest caught by Richard Nakanishi at 66 lbs and what an absolutely awesome 10 day trip Captain Brian had.

We want to thank Brad Lemoine and Sport Chalet for the very generous 12 marine Coleman coolers, shirts, hats, Plano tackle boxes, Angler's Eyes, Owner, Hayabusi, Maxima, Tady, Ledmaster and Trilene who all donated tackle that was given away on this trip. Thank you!
Brian, John, Jimmy, Trevor, Tony, Howard and Sara want to thank Brad and all the passengers on this Sports Chalet trip.

Jackpot winners and trip photos below - (pictures to follow, courtesy of Bill Roecker).

The boat got out again for an 11 day trip, at noon, with 23 ready-to-rock passengers.

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JACKPOT WINNERS
1st Bill Randall 99.5 lb Yellowfin Tuna
2nd Tom Szczebloski 97.4 lb Yellowfin Tuna
3rd Tom Szczebloski 97.3 lb Yellowfin Tuna
Also pictured are Ross Deardorff(78.6 lb Yellowtail), Steve Schneblin (68 and 67 lb Yellowtail)
Dan Moreno (53 lb Yellowtail), Art Caballero (50 lb Yellowtail) and
Rich Nakanishi with his 66 lb Wahoo.
Thanks to Bill Roecker for the photos!

Ross Deardorff & Captain Brian with Ross's monster 78.6 lb. homeguard Yellowtail

Steve Schnebin with a pair of jumbo Yellowtail bruisers at 67 & 68 lbs.

Last night we endured a choppy ride up from dorado land to Hippolito Pt. and awakened to flat calm weather and biting yellowtail.This group of guys have been really laid back which has made it not only a good fishing experience, but a real vacation. We tried a few different spots on the coast and found a little bit cooler water and had varying results from a few yellowtail to being overrun by bonito.We called it a trip in the afternoon and now we are enjoying nice weather on the way to the barn. This has been an awesome trip highlighted by trophy fish - especially the MONSTER [happy halloween] sized yellowtail caught at the rocks. See you soon.

The Gang

We enjoyed a day of offshore fishing to the tune of no wind and 76 degree water. We were lucky enough to find aquarium type kelps that were loaded up with B**l slappers (Big Dorado's) and a few Wahoo. Frigate birds helped us out by being our eyes in the sky. Tomorrow we are headed into the beach to look for a few Yellowtail as a nice way to finish up the trip.

The Guys

Today was our final day at Alijos Rocks. We spent from daylight until lunch time once again picking away at 60-90 lb. tuna and 18-40 lb. Yellow Tail. We left to make room for some of the other guys because the Rocks have been very good to us already. Tomorrow we're going to be looking around off-shore in the hopes of finding a nest of Wahoo, and a few Dorado. We are all going to enjoy the beautiful weather and an afternoon nap.

The Gang

This morning we had plenty of good grade Yellow Fin Tuna, and some "World Class" Yellow Tail fishing. The majority were mostly in the 30-40 lb. class, with more than a handful in the 40-50 lb. range and several that are going to tip the scales at right around 60 lbs. They bit anything we threw; the chunked squid, the live squid, and the 'dines. For the first few hours this morning it was Katie bar the door. We also had a few jumbo Dorado's. We're still having problems downloading the pictures, but haven't given up quite yet.

Thanks for checking in.

The Gang

We didn't give a report last night, because we were up late making squid. We spent the night on the anchor again and woke up with enough wind put the balloons away and still fish the kite. We have a steady bite on a good grade of Yellow Fin and a couple handfuls of 40 lb. class Yellow Tail. We weighed one at 48 lbs. Check in with us tonight for a report on todays fishing.

Last night it took us a few hours to tank up on squid and a few flying fish. The squid wasn't as productive as we would have liked it to be, however every flying fish put up on the kite was a bite. We sat on the anchor all day and enjoyed a slow but steady pick of 60-90 lb. Yellow Fin Tuna. The group is very laid back, with no more than eight people fishing at a time. I guess you could say that this is truly a fishing vacation. We will see you all tomorrow with some pictures from Sara. (We sure miss Sam's technical expertise).

We arrived at the rocks right after lunchtime and saw decent sign of scattered jumpers. Our main goal for the day was to basically get a lay of the land because there were three other guys already here. We hooked quite a few fish, had our share of casualties, but managed to put a few nice fish aboard. Tomorrow we hope to be in position alpha - as some of the other guys are leaving.

GOOD NIGHT AND THINK SQUID.

Brian and Sam

We arrived back home this morning at 6:15 a.m. from a very successful 10 day trip. We can't say enough about all of you very nice Anglers for sharing just a wonderful time here the last 10 days. A special thanks to Luc Ofield of Angler's Choice Tackle for Being a great sponsor. All of the crew, Sam, John, Jimmy, Gregg, Tony, Howard and Sara Thank each and every one of you and look forward to seeing you guys next year. Check out Jackpot pictures below, and more trip photos to follow.

Boat left at noon today with Sport Chalet Charter with their fearless leader Brad Lemoine on another 10 day trip. And Boy were these guys chomping at the bit this morning! Check back in a couple days for some hot fish reports!

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JACKPOT WINNERS
3rd Bruce Inniss 78.7lb Yellowfin Tuna
2nd Tom Olson 89.9 lb Yellowfin Tuna
1st Luc Ofield 90.8 lb Yellowfin Tuna

Tom Olson		Joe Jacoby		Jim Bostian

We had a very relaxing day, here at the Rock's. The weather has come down and is very nice. We have had a great trip and everybody is just kicking back. The fishing today was just fine, a little shot on those Nice Yellowfin and also we did a little trolling for Wahoo - with a couple of stops to break up the day. We are running up the line tonight and will stop at the north end of Cedro's Island to mix up the ride and then Homeward Bound. Today's photo is of Edgar Garcia and he's wondering why he thought it would be a good idea to hook one of these tuna on his Long Rod.

THEY MADE US WAIT THIS MORNING.

Well the morning ended up just fine but it wasn't till about 10:00 a.m. before you even thought we were on a fishing trip. The last couple of days Tuna fishing here on the Ridge is FULL SPEED or stop. The size of these tuna are any where from 10 to 40 lbs, we have not been keeping any under 20lbs. But the 25 to 40 pounder's are a little more difficult to get to bite. Any how about one hour of that FULL SPEED was just what we were looking for before we had to leave to go back out to the Rock's to try for trophy's. The attached photo is Rusty Sims with one of his Cow Fish that he picked up this morning.

We had tough working conditions today due to the weather, but still managed to pull off a nice morning of very good fishing on the Yellowtail and a great afternoon on the tuna. We'll be kelping tomorrow.

GOOD NIGHT AND THINK OF MACKERAL AGAIN.

Sam and Brian

Well folks, we spent the afternoon at Alijos rocks and caught nothing - that's right, nothing. We are going to go the inside and try there. That's it.

The American Angler arrived at the dock this morning at 6:40am. Everybody went home with great quality Lupe Yellowfin Tuna and Yellowtail. The Angler would like to begin by thanking John Lloyd of Zuker (thanks for the knot-tying seminar) and Danny Kadota of G-loomis and Aftco for their generosity - there were amazing give-aways this trip! And, these guys were there for the passengers, sharing their knowledge and tackle, to help all catch fish. Jackpot winners and trip pictures will be posted below.
This six day adventure had it all - nice grade fish, beautiful weather, excellent people and the food was delicious.

Dan Speigel This day was his turn!

Becky Conrad with one of her Yellowfin Tuna The 5 winning passengers with their new G-Loomis rods and Zuker Lures

George Kramer with his night-bite tuna

JACKPOT WINNERS
1st Mike Williams 94.3 lb Yellowfin Tuna
2nd Bob Chapman 83.5 lb Yellowfin Tuna
3rd Bob Clark 74.9 lb Yellowfin Tuna

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Not much as far to report for our final morning here at the north end of Guadalupe. But we did manage to catch 8 nice Yellowtail and 1 Yellowfin Tuna to rap up our wonderful trip. A special Thanks to John Lloyd of Zuker Jigs and also Danny Kadota of G-Loomis rods they both were a big help to all of our nice passengers. Tomorrow is the start of longer trips so, 10 and 11 days. So we will shoot up some reports in couple of days. Sea ya then. We will be arriving at the dock at 0700 hours.

We relaxed today and enjoyed a perfect day of weather. After our great catch yesterday, we still caught 29 Yellowfin Tuna today weighing in between 60-80lbs.Our yellowtail count for today was 9 quality fish.

The satellite modem is down, so photos of this trip will be posted when we return.. Please check back for our final trip report. A special thanks to sponsor Zuker Lures & G-Loomis Rods.

Today we are still here at Guadalupe Island and the fishing was great! The Yellowfin tuna were with us all day and we ended up with a count of 88 very nice grade fish. We also had 2 yellow tail reeled in today.

We're having a great trip with perfect conditions, and look forward to the rest of the trip! A special thanks to sponsor Zuker Lures & G-Loomis Rods.

After a long day of what I would call very slow fishing we finally got the hit we had been waiting for. We arrived here at Guadalupe Island right after daylight, as soon as we anchored up a few fish started to bite. That was very short lived to say the least. It was one here one there type fishing. But we would see fish boiling around us all day as well.

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We chose to start our trip in the Albacore area. We shut the boat down in the middle of the night and as the sun came up, we landed 1 Bluefin Tuna and a couple of Albacore. Shortly after that we had a stop where we caught 31 fish, real fast. At this point in time I thought that we were in em (that's what I get for thinking)

We drove around for another several hours, for not much. By 2:00 p.m. I had enough of this, We had to start thinking about tomorrow. So off we go to Guadalupe Island - our arrival will be shortly after daylight. To make a long story short, we picked up 54 Albacore and 1 Bluefin for our efforts.

Well, a little different day - most of our action was in the morning and by lunch time we had the bulk of our fish - to say the least, it was a great day. We ended up catching 68 Yellowfin Tuna and 6 Yellowtail. I want to mention that the quality of these fish is very nice. I would say the average size would be around 55 lbs and our jackpot fish, (so far) is around 80 to 85 lbs. This is some outstanding fishing to be had, for this time of year, on our 5 day trips. Attached photo is a couple of Ken's Custom Reel Service and Repair THUGS Wes Cogan and Steve Carroll, showing off with their new Tiburon Smart Shift Reels that they have been using on this trip. They seemed to be working out pretty good, I think they are the reel of future.

We are going to spend our last morning at the North End of the Island.

We had a awesome day here at the island. Not to mention the weather was just fantastic and the fish wanted to play a little bit as well. We arrived at the south end about 8:00 A.M. and tried our first spot, the fish were a little slow to show their faces, but we seemed to keep somewhat steady throughout the day. We ended our day with a total of 63 Yellowfin tuna and 19 Yellowtail. Attached photos are two of our Star lady anglers Linda Slatton and Joyce Hackman shown with their Trophy tuna they landed today. We are going to fish here at the Island again tomorrow - so we will see what it has in store for us.

Today's report is going to be in a play by play format. We arrived in the area at 01:00 A.M., and found a nice temperature break which had several sonar marks in this zone that looked very tasty to me. We picked up 5 Albacore out of our gray bite - may I remind you, this spot, (which I stopped on to begin with), was a very nice spot of Bluefin that did not stick with us.(Darn it #%&*). We started to look around the Zone for a few hours till our next stop, where we landed 55 Albacore. Well this is all right. Then it got slow, and we continued to motor around for several more hours for next to nothing. We ended the day with a total of 79 Albacore. We are in route to Guadalupe Island for tomorrow's activities. The weather turned out to be just gorgeous so we have high hopes for fishing tomorrow. To say the least we are very thankful for our one good stop of the day.

The boat arrived this morning at 6:45am with some really fat fish. There were plenty of nice Albacore, some beautiful BFT's, YFT's and don't forget those Yellowtail that were picked up on day 3. The entire American Angler crew want to thank Sport Chalet - what a great group of guys. Check out jackpot winners below - pictures to follow.

The boat left again at noon for a 5 dayer

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Ron Love & Bernie Melendez		Jim Poe		Bernie Melendez & Warren Sprague

JACKPOT WINNERS
1st Wirt Nelson 84.5 lb Bluefin
2nd Steve Snoke 84.1 lb Bluefin
3rd Danny Salazar 83.2 lb Bluefin


Thank you, Brad Lemoine and Sport Chalet!
Brian and Sam

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After a very long, hard day of effort - our patience paid off and we found our needle in the haystack. We ended up the day with 48 Bluefin, all 60-100lb fish, 14 Albacore and one 50lb Bigeye. What an awesome way to end this Sports Chalet charter. It's too bad that Brad had to miss Big Bluefin Trip #2 - ouch that hurts. Jackpot winners and pictures will be posted tomorrow.

The boat will arrive at 6:45am tomorrow and leave again at noon for another 5 day adventure.

Today we enjoyed a relaxing day of beautiful weather and good fishing at Guadalupe island. We ended up with 87 Yellowtail and 37 Yellowfin Tuna - up to 65 lbs. We're hoping that jackpot is not yet settled, because we are on our way back to the Bluefin and Albie grounds, hoping to kick some butt. Cathy, Lucille, Oddette,and Peggy - we slammed some biggies.

Good evening everyone. Our hopes of finding the big Bluefin today did not materialize. We had one of those days that we would like to put behind us, we had 18 Albacore for our efforts and no Bluefin. We are right on the full moon, this may be the reason for the poor fishing today.

We are headed to Guadalupe Island to fish tomorrow, we should arrive there early in the morning.

Captain Brian just reported in on the fishing for the day. We had slow fishing in the morning, fortunately things picked up as it got later in the day. We ended up with 115 beautiful grade Albacore running 25-40 lbs, and two 80 lb. Bluefin. These are the biggest grade Albacore of the season, we are staying in this area tomorrow! He also mentioned 2 of the other boats in the area had 20-30 Bluefin each. A few of those were the jumbos weighting 100-130 lbs.

The boat hit the dock this morning at 6:30 with nice grade Albacore, big Yellowfin and some trophy Yellowtail. Great trip. The American Angler crew wants to thank everybody - sea you next time! Check out the jackpot winners below.

The boat left at noon with the Sport Chalet charter - these guys are ready to rock!

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Ken Akiyama & Captain Sam		Chuck Constable & Jimmy with a nice Guadalupe Yellowtail		Chris Cruger

JACKPOT WINNERS
1st Gary Branscombe 70.3 lb Yellowfin
2nd Darren Tatsumi 65.1 lb Yellowfin
3rd Ron Brown 64.0 lb Yellowfin
Honorable mention with his nice Albacore, Steve Branscombe

WE'RE ON OUR WAY!

Brian and Sam

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What a way to finish a trip. Today we had the best size Albacore we have seen all season for sure. Some of these fish weighed in at 35 to 40 lbs. To describe the way some of our stops were, they were W.F.O. A couple of times the Albacore were biting heavy line, no problem. To say the least, it was great way to finish a trip. Attached photo are a few of our happy anglers, showing off some of their Fatso's, Kevin O'bryant, Eugene Wong and Chris Cruger. We are going to arrive back at the dock at 06:30 - and departing on another 5 day trip, Sport Chalet charter!

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Fishing was a little slower today at Guadalupe. The passengers boated 25 of those 55-65lb Yellowfin Tuna and 14 nice, trophy-size Yellowtail. They are headed offshore for their last day of fun.

Limits of Albacore today. The weather has layed down and they saw Bluefin, just could not get them to cooperate. The boat is headed to Guadalupe. Are you starting to see a pattern here? Check back tomorrow -

The boat arrived this morning at 7am with their beautiful Yellowfin Tuna from Guadalupe and plenty of Albacore. After unloading and spending a few hours at the fuel dock - the boat was ready to re-load for another glorious 5 day trip.

The American Angler crew wants to thank all the passengers on this past trip - it was great fun - sea you next time. A special thanks to Dennis Smith for carting down all those gorgeous strawberries to share with everyone! Check out jackpot winners below.

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JACKPOT WINNERS
Captain Brian
Honorable Mention - Gail Orr
2nd Bob Chapman 93.8lb Yellowfin
1st Chet Mondor 96.3lb Yellowfin
3rd Don Rodgers 91.4lb Yellowfin

Another fine day of fishing for the American Angler. Limits of Albacore for the passengers today - 15 to 25lb fish. It was a nice way to ease 'em off those big Yellowfin Tuna they caught yesterday - so they just didn't have to quit cold turkey!

The boat will be in tomorrow at 7am and then leaves at noon for another 5 day adventure! Check back here in the fish report for jackpot winners and some trip pictures -

Another nice day at Guadalupe! The passengers caught 71 of those nice Yellowfin, most of these fish averaged 55-60lbs, but 3 of them tipped the scales at almost 100lbs. Tomorrow, they are going to fish Albacore - news is, the weather came down up above. Check back for results of last day fishing and get Monday morning's ETA.

Capt. Brian called from Guadalupe tonight to report fantastic fishing today. They had steady action all day long on the anchor, in the lee, fishing the YFT. There were one to three fish going all the time. These fish are quality - all in the 40 to 80lb class. They plan to spend another day there - to see if the fish want to play again tomorrow. Check back...

Picked up our daily limits of Albacore and 2 Bluefin tuna. We scratched Albacore around 100 miles from home. Seems like old times fishing with the our old local Day and a half, two day boat counter parts. We left the Albacore area late afternoon, in order to get situated at Guadalupe Island for Yellowfin tuna action in the morning. We ended our day in a stop with a few Bluefin mixed in that produced the largest fish of the day caught by, lucky lady angler Gail Orr - assisted by ace deckhand Tony Villasenor. This Bluefin tipped the scale at 40 lbs. Check out the picture below.

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The boat arrived at 6am to unload their catch - plenty of Albacore, some beautiful Guadalupe Yellowfin Tuna (40-65lbers), a few nice Guadalupe Yellowtail and one lonely BFT. Thank you Mike Hartman for sponsoring this Offshore Anglers Unlimited trip. Jackpot winners below.

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JACKPOT WINNERS
1st George Swarberg 65.9 lb. Yellowfin
2nd Todd Baker 64.9 lb. Yellowfin
3rd Mike Rangel 62.5 lb. Yellowfin

Good Albacore fishing today, the people finished the day with limits. There was one stop for 50 and the rest was scratch fishing. The weather is nice and everybody's having a terrific time - what a great way to wrap it up!

The Angler's ETA is 6am tomorrow and we want to thank Mike Hartman for sponsoring this Offshore Anglers Unlimited Trip! Departure time is noon, for a 5 day trip - fishing should be good.

Beautiful day at Guadalupe! The boat picked up 34 Yellowfin Tuna (40-65lbs) and 8 trophy Yellowtail. The weather was excellent and a good time was had by all. Tomorrow, Capt. Brian is going to head up for some Albacore fishing to finish up this 4 day adventure! Check back tomorrow.....

Today was pick and scratch most of the day, with a pretty good end result - we managed to catch our daily limit of Albacore and 1 Bluefin tuna. With the fishing time we have left on our trip, tomorrow is going to the best day for us to head out to the Lupe. This way, we have all day and the option to stay for the last day, if we choose to do so? The weather is much better today, so we're making a move. Tune in tomorrow for the hot dope!

The 1st and 2nd day was absolutely outstanding Albacore and BFT fishing and so by day 3, we were trying to target just the bigger Bluefin. Late in the afternoon, we stumbled upon a school of those trophy-size fish, but unfortunately, they wanted nothing to do with us. So, for last day of fishing, we decided to go to Guadalupe. When we woke up in the morning, fish were jumping around the boat and we landed 19 Yellowfin Tuna,(45-63lbs). What a great way to end the trip!
The boat arrived at the dock at 9:30 a.m. and the passengers began unloading their catch. The entire American Angler crew wants to thank Louis Papai, Bad Fish and all of the Allcoasters'. We appreciate and are grateful for all your support - Thanks Everyone!!

Check out the jackpot winners below and pictures of the trip, courtesy of Bad Fish passenger, Larry Martinez! Thanks so much, Larry for taking the time to put these trip pictures together!

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JACKPOT WINNERS
1st place: HP Yamashiro   63.2lb YFT
2nd place: Ron Higgins   59.6lb YFT
3rd place: Mel Shimizu   56.1lb YFT

Awesome ending for this Bad Fish Trip!! They spent the morning at Guadalupe, fishing the lee side and North end of island. It was like the tropics - gorgeous weather. Fishing from spot to spot - little bits of tuna are starting to show up. Check out the picture below for a sample of the 19 Yellowfin (all 45 - 55lbs), caught this morning!! It's a beautiful thing to be at Guadalupe on a day like today.
ETA tomorrow a.m. is between 9:30 - 10am. This is subject to change and may even be a little later, due to a Northwest wind and a South swell that has jacked up the water, giving it that toilet bowl effect. Thanks, Loius Papai and Bad Fish for an excellent trip!

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It is still good Albacore fishing, but the BFT's were in their down mode - only 4 were caught in the entire fleet today. Tomorrow morning we're going to fish Guadalupe - and see what we can sea!

We had another nice day of fishing. When it was all said and done, the scoreboard had us for our daily limit of Albacore and 94 Bluefin Tuna. The weather is still beautiful and the troops are tired. Tomorrow we are in search mode again for some better size Bluefin. So we will sea what happens. Here is a photo of our smallest angler, Michelle Zenger, catching one of the biggest fish today. This one weighed in at 48lbs. - Michelle caught another one just a little bit bigger, later in the day.

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What a great day for this Bad Fish group! They finished with limits of 15-25lb Albacore and 124 Bluefin, 30-45lbs. They bit good early, with a lull in the action from 10-3, but then the deck started getting busy again. The weather was gorgeous and flat calm - with little, to no breeze - all day. Check it out Allcoasters - what a perfect day to be fishing.

This is a terrific bunch and they are having some fun!! Check back tomorrow night.

The boat unloaded this morning at 7am - everyone had plenty of Albacore and Yellowtail and the trip produced 12 Bluefin and a couple of Dorado - check out the jackpot winners below! The American Angler crew wants to thank all the great passengers on this trip, that was sponsored by Thomas Nakazawa, Gamakatsu, Pro Gear Reels, Mega Bait, P-Line, and Western Outdoor News. Thanks Everybody!

The boat leaves again at noon carrying BAD FISH, sponsored by Louis Papai. Conditions were great out there when they left it yesterday - these fishermen may be in for a treat!

This fine group of fisherman finished their last day with 110 nice Albacore and they found only 8 hungry Bluefin (30-40lbs). The weather layed down nicely today and the near future looks good out there!

The boat will be in at 7am tomorrow and we want to thank Thomas Nakazawa (who, unfortunately, was not able to make the trip), Gamakatsu, Pro Gear Reels, Mega Bait, P-Line, and Western Outdoor News for sponsoring this trip - thanks for helping to make it happen!!

The boat departs at noon again for another 5 day, The BAD FISH OPEN trip - cannot wait to meet these guys, some of them have been pumped up via Allcoast for weeks! Sea you then-

Today was fine Yellowtail fishing - to the limit! Then, late in the afternoon, above the Islands, they snagged 17 Albacore (all were the Fatso's - averaging 25lbs.). The boat is going to run up the coast a little and fish it tomorrow. Check back for last day of fishing on this great trip!

Today was another very, long day. Before the sun came up over the horizon, we saw a lot of good Albacore marks, in the dark, and we were licking our chops - to say the least. After daylight, the hunt was on. It seemed that as the morning progressed, we just didn't catch much - for what we were seeing. Several fish marks, that seemed like a sure thing, just did not bite. Ant that's pretty much how the whole day went. We finished with 84 Albacore and a couple of Yellowtail - and we did get a few nice-sized Alby's for our efforts. Check out the photo below of a couple caught this morning.

So, for a quick run down, straight from the bridge - there was a wide spread of fish seen in a lot of different places today, but they just were not on the bite. There is still good sign around of Albacore and Bluefin, so hopefully we'll get another good shot at some real action soon. We are on course for San Benitos Island to fish there tomorrow and then we'll spend the next day back offshore for some final Tuna action.

Bob Buckland and Brian Friesen with their Fatsos'

Wheelhouse report tonight - 85 Albacore (15-20lbers), 4 Bluefin (1 @65lbs, caught by Ken Miller) and the weather was flat-glass calm. They saw lots of scattered fish today, with a little case of lockjaw, and are hoping for looser lips tomorrow!

The boat hit the dock this morning at 6am with an absolutely fantastic load of fish. There were many jackpot contenders, as Capt. Brian weighed in Bluefin after Bluefin, all at 70-80lbs.!! The group, James Gang Hardware Charter, led by Dave Samarin, brought home 200+ Albacore, 188 Beautiful Bluefin Tuna, and 56 Yellowtail. These guys were a delight to have on the boat, and the American Angler crew says THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
Please check back tomorrow, right here in the fish report, for trip pictures from the James Gang Hardware Bluefin Adventure!!

James Gang team meeting	Uncle Jack is back	Cory Valov, 14 years old, "I missed it by this much!"

The boat departed at noon today, on a 5 dayer, sponsored by Tom Nakazawa. This trip is also sponsored by Gamakatsu, Pro Gear Reels, Mega Bait, P-Line fishing line and Western Outdoor News. These fishermen had that hungry-for-Bluefin look in their eye, (after watching this morning's spectacular unloading), and all were busy on deck getting their gear ready to go!

The Angler checked in this morning to report gorgeous weather, some small Yellowtail on the kelps, and to say that everyone is just enjoying each others company on this last morning (and no doubt recounting fish stories from yesterdays tremendous catch) - the boat is full of Bluefin!

The boat will be in tomorrow at 6am - and back out at noon for a 5 day.

The James Gang are getting some BFT action today!! This morning, as of 10:30am, they have a count of 80 Bluefin, ranging from 30-70 lbers. Brian says the weather's not bad(l2 knots of breeze) and they are having a fantastic time - makes you wishin' you were fishin', don't it?!

As the day progressed, Capt. Brian got on a school of 60-85lb Bluefin Tuna, that really bit - today was epic; sportfishing at its finest. Tomorrow we'll try to top off the trip with some Yellowtail, for a little variety.

What a great way to start a trip! Even a little bit of wind today didn't discourage those Albacore from biting. These fish really wanted it! After several hours of stringing a few good stops together, by 6:00 p.m. we were on our way to go look for those elusive Bluefin. The weather is still choppy, but very fishable. (Don't forget we are in the Eastern Pacific Ocean). So we will see if our luck continues into the rest of the trip.

The boat hit the docks at 7:15 this morning with the Sakamoto group. They caught their limit of Albacore (nice grade), and a handful of Dorado, Yellowtail and Bluefin Tuna.
Everyone said they had an excellent time, despite Mother Nature's attempt to thwart their mission. These guys were great fun and the American Angler crew wants to says "Thanks"!

Check out the jackpot winners below from the Sakamoto charter:

Jackpot Winners 1st Chris Sonderegger 35.5lb Bluefin 2nd Brett Edmondson 27.2 lb Albacore 3rd Gary Gershon 24.9 lb Albacore		Howard Beesley One of Our Wonderful Customers!

Report from the bridge tonight - choppy conditions and scratch Albacore fishing today. Not the way they were hoping to end the trip, but the passengers managed to finish the day with 112 Albies. These guys were troopers about the weather - thank you Sakamoto Charter! The boat's ETA is 7:15 - 7:30am tomorrow morning - see you there.

The Sakamoto passengers caught daily limits of Albacore, 13 Yellowtail, 21 Dorado and 3 small Bluefin and the weather was choppy (12-16 knots) today. Check back tomorrow to find out how this terrific group spends their last day of this 3 day adventure!

The Angler arrived this morning at 7:30 - this trip produced a nice catch. The first day these guys got a good taste of the Bluefin and the rest of the trip was just outstanding Albacore fishing - they even had some fun with the Yellowtail. The weather was gorgeous everyday - what a blast! The American Angler crew wants to thank Mike Goldsmith and all the members of this charter, "Cops Chasin' Tuna". You guys were a terrific group out there - THANKS!!

Check out the jackpot winners from Cops Chasin Tuna:

Another day of all-out Albacore fishing aboard the American Angler today! These fish were nice, with a few in the 30-35lb range. Once again, the weather was beautiful and it was just all the way around a fun and fantastic trip. Thank you "Cops Chasin Tuna - Mike Goldsmith and the guys!

The boat's scheduled ETA is 7:30am tomorrow and then departs at noon again for a 3 day trip with the American Angler long time annual Sakamoto charter - looking forward to meeting and fishing with Brett Edmondson and his group.

Today was an Albacore day aboard the American Angler - the Bluefin showed, but were not interested - hooked a couple on light line, but that's it. But it was great Albacore fishing and they had daily limits on those, 2 BFT's (one at 30lbs and the other was 65lbs), also in the mix were 30 Yellowtail and a couple of nice Dorado. The weather is absolutely gorgeous and they're having fun!

Report from the bridge tonight: 86 Bluefin - the majority of which were 30-50lbers with a handful from 65-70lbs, 90 Albacore which were the smaller fish scattered with the BFT's and they had daily limits on the Yellowtail (released many small ones). The boat didn't get into the area today until 1pm and got those Bluefin in one stop. Most of the fish today were Sardine fish with a few caught on the yo-yo. And if that isn't enough to make you want to pack your gear, Mother nature's generosity is holding steady - beautiful weather! The wheelhouse is a busy place tonight, surveying the grounds for tomorrow!

Well, what can you say except that this was the kind of trip that dreams are made of! The Sports Chalet group ended their adventure with limits of Albacore - one of them topping the scales at 45lbs - they were nice grade fish. And of course, the highlight of the trip were those 98 Big Badboy Bluefin Tuna - up to 140 lbs. They also snagged a handful of Yellowtail, Dorado and 1 token Yellowfin Tuna! This was one group of happy fishermen - the crew really enjoyed these excellent people. So, thank you Sports Chalet from the American Angler!! Please stay tuned for more pictures - they'll all be up soon! Here is just a taste of what came home.

This is what its about You never know when you're going to have one of those trips!!!!	Jackpot Winners 1st Mike Fay 100 lb. Bluefin 2nd Jack Mendrin 94.6 lb. Bluefin 3rd Lloyd Nakanishi 92 lb. Bluefin Honorable Mention Scott Negel (Penn Rep)	1/2 way done unloading Trevor, Gregg Jimmy & Tony

Today was the finale for Brad Lemoine's Sports Chalet group - 14 Albacore ranging from 23 - 45lbs. Regular passenger Stan Chin was smiling about the 45lb Albacore he caught. Now that's a fat albert! They had beautiful weather once again and are headed for the barn. ETA for the American Angler is 6:15am tomorrow and turns around for a 4 day trip - "Cops Chasin Tuna" - another long-time American Angler charter that we are looking forward to meeting and fishing with!!

UUH - YEAH !
Well there is not much more to say about our trip. This mornings bite just was icing on the cake. These fish ranged from 80 to 140 lbs. We ended up the stop boating 24 of these trophies. The rest of our day was incredible slow. The good Albacore fishing that was available yesterday was not up today. We think that this body of fish was just down (we have seen this before). Any how we are having a great trip to say the least. Tomorrow we are going to look at some different water to finish up this trip. Just to give an idea on the size of the Bluefin in the photo that is a 20 lb. Albacore laying next to those JUMBO"S .

Phenominal fishing today!! It was an Albacore Bonanza with some up to 35lbs. Then, late in the day, the boat got into a school of Bluefin and ended up with 68 BFT's (up to 100lb fish). Most of these were caught with Sardines, and some were snagged on the yo-yo. And if that doesn't make you wishin' you were fishin', the weather is unbelievable!

Tonight they're making squid for those Bluefin tomorrow and last night they caught Bluefin between 1 and 5 a.m. before the Albacore Action started. The only problem on this trip is . . . when do you sleep!!

Well folks, first day out was a great day out for the Sports Chalet group. They ended the day with a nice Albacore catch, 33 Yellowtail, 1 50lb BFT and 1 45lb YFT - yes, a Yellowfin too. The fishing was good in the morning, but sort of fizzled out as the day progressed. The weather is beautiful and they're having a great time! Check back tomorrow.

Anglers Choice is home and Sports Chalet is heading out today!

The boat docked at 6:45 this morning with 211 Albacore, 144 Yellowtail, 7 Bluefin and a couple of Dorado.

The crew of the American Angler wants to thank each and every passenger on this trip that made up the Anglers Choice group - what a great group of fishermen -THANKS!!

JACKPOT WINNERS 2nd Jim Kastorff 35.3 lb. Bluefin 3rd Jason Marquett 27.5 lb.Albacore 1st Jerry Poehlman 36.5 lb. Bluefin CONGRATULATIONS!!

Today was the last day of the Anglers Choice 4 day trip. These fishermen ended their day with a total of 14 Albies and 130 Yellowtail - they had beautiful weather and a wonderful time!!

The boat hits the dock at 6:45a.m. tomorrow and leaves again at noon to do it all over again! The American Angler crew want to thank Luc and his gang from Anglers Choice for another terrific 4 days! Maybe next time, Luc, they'll let you go on your trip!!

Check back tomorrow for jackpot winners and pictures -

The boat ended the day with 72 Albacore (most in the 15-25lb range, but a couple in the 30lb category), 20 Yellowtail and 4 Dorado. They are going to fish an area tomorrow where the Bluefin were jumping today. The weather came down today and was definitely nicer than yesterday! High hopes for tomorrow . . .

First day of fishing for Anglers Choice trip today harvested 127 Albies (12-25lbers), 7 Bluefin (the smaller variety), and 4 Yellowtail from the kelp paddies. They weather was choppy but is laying down tonight. They worked hard for those fish today with numerous stops - check back in the p.m. to see how tomorrow unfolds!!

The American Angler docked at 6:15 this am with their catch of 291 Bluefin, 106 Albacore, 104 Yellowtail and 4 Dorado. The group had fantastic fishing and the only complaints that were heard on the dock was that of sore muscles!!
Thanks guys for a great trip!! Check out jackpot winners below!(pictures to follow)

The boat departed again for another fine Anglers Choice trip, but this one sadly left the dock without Luc - he had to work! That just doesn't seem fair, does it. Check back tomorrow night for a fish report! Good Luck Anglers Choice.

JACKPOT WINNERS 1st. Skip Sato 60.5 lb.Bluefin 2nd. Dave Zeable 56.5 lb.Bluefin 3rd. Mike Lacey 56 lb.Bluefin

Well, we are calling it a trip. Today was a little different then the last two days of fishing. After running up into all night we finally got on some fish around 10:00 a.m. The weather changed a little, just a bit more wind than we have had in the beginning of our trip. Not to forget that we are still in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, (yes we do get wind some times.) But by no means rough. We picked at the Albacore and picked up a few more Bluefin as well. For a total of 94 Albacore, 14 Bluefin Tuna and 8 Yellowtail. Any way you look at it still a wonderful trip. We are going to arrive back home at 06:15. We are going to be departing at Noon on another 4 day trip. Check in Friday night for more fish reports.

Another fine day on the banks. We stopped about 5:00 a.m. on fish marks and right around daylight the games began. We were able to keep one to four fish going all day. This is a really good sign of things to come. It seems that this Bluefin is settling in now and is turning into good fishing for us. We are hoping that this will hold up for our future trips. When the sun set and we checked the tally board, the final score for the day was 146 Bluefin Tuna, 6 Albacore and 9 Yellowtail. Tomorrow we are going to run up the line a little bit to target some more Albacore. You know - a guy needs to put a little gravy on his MEAT. The weather has been great and we are having a phenomenal trip.

It's Tuna Time - what a day we had! After finding just the right kelp paddy, the Yellowtail were biting first and then the Bluefin found us. It was a steady plunker fishing - we were able to keep a few rods bent all afternoon. The Bluefin range from 30 to 60 lbs. The weather is still awesome with 8 to 10 kts and no swell to speak of. Just another perfect day on our ocean. The final tally for the day was 134 Bluefin Tuna, 70 Yellowtail, 6 Albacore and 4 Dorado. We are going to stay here tonight and see what happens in the morning. It was good Bluefin fishing for most of the boats in this area today.

The boat arrived this morning at 7:30 with a great group of anglers whose catch totalled 236 Albacore, 349 Yellowtail, 51 Bluefin Tuna, and 10 Dorado. The crew of the American Angler wants to extend a special thanks to Gary Kimura and his charter from Kimura Tackle! Check out the pictures below - just some of the highlights of the Kimura trip.

The boat left this afternoon for another 4 day trip with Capt. Brian at the helm - can't wait to get back out there!

JACKPOT WINNERS 1st. Ray Diaz 63.7 lb. Bluefin 2nd. Blake Uradoma 40.7 lb. bluefin 3rd. Harry Tsui 40.5 lb. Bluefin

Today was the last day of Kimura Tackle's 4 day adventure. They had wide open Yellowtail fishing, on various kelp paddys, and the fish averaged 12-25lbs. What a great way to end the trip for an excellent group of people!

Tonight's report from the bridge: good Albacore fishing today and fair Yellowtail catching. They also had 34 Bluefin(the smaller variety) and 5 Dorado. The weather is still nice and the fishermen from Gary Kimura's group are tired but happy.

Today we started looking for fish in a little different area. We found a nice temperataure break and it had some signs of fish in it. First thing in the morning we got on a couple of schools of Bluefin tuna that were not real eager to bite. We landed 12 fish off the first spot and 5 fish off the second spot. That really didn't do justice to what was there. There was very little Albacore mixed in all of this, so we had to go into search mode. We found a few kelps that produced some Yellowtail action for the afternoon.
All in all, we ended the day with 79 Yellowtail, 36 Albacore, 3 Dorado and 17 Bluefin tuna. The tuna weighed 30-50lbs, with one tipping the scale above 60lbs.
We are traveling tonight further south to look at some new water for tomorrow. The weather is still very much in our favor, so we are hoping for a big hit come sun up!

HARRY YAMADA'S GROUP ON THEIR WAY HOME.

Just got a report from the bridge. They had 5 Bluefin today (15-30lbs) with Albacore mixed in - that's something new. Also had 18 Yellowtail on a couple of kelps. Capt. Brian saw some Dorado mixed in the kelps - that's also new! Things sure look promising for August!
Another bonus: weather layed down and was nice again today.
We want to thank Harry Yamada and his guys for a great trip - this group was good fun!

The boat's ETA is 6:15am tomorrow morning and then they go do it all over again with Gary Kimura and friends. Can't wait to get back out there!

Mostly a Yellowtail Day

Today the boat caught 97, good grade Yellowtail - fishing them off of the Paddys. They also picked up 2 Dorado and right before dark, they added 9 Bluefin to their collection - (20 - 45lbers).
Tonight they are experiencing a little chop-chop; the wind is blowing 15 - 18 knots.
Check back tomorrow to see what happens on the last day of their trip -

GOOD NIGHT AND DREAM OF BIG B.F.T.!

THEY'RE HITTING AGAIN!

What a great start of a trip we had today. The weather is absolutely beautiful and we had nonstop fishing all day. It started just after breakfast when we hit our first kelp paddy for 15 nice Yellowtail and then the Albacore action started - it was one stop after another. Most of the fish caught today came off of Eye ball fish; jumpers of Albacore with some Bluefintuna mixed in with them. We also landed 6 Bluefin that weighed up to 70 lbs - with just outstanding Albacore fishing to go with it. Tomorrow we are going see if the Bluefin want to bite a little better.

GOOD NIGHT AND DREAM OF BIG B.F.T.!

Team Wade-O going home and Harry Yamada + Gang on their way out!

The boat docked at 7am this morning with a beautiful load of Albacore and Yellowtail - and a couple of Bluefin and Dorado to boot. Jackpot winners are below - no picture of John Pound and his Albie; the cannery got to it before the camera did.

Thanks Team Wade-O, you're a great group!

JACKPOT WINNERS

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1st John Carpenter 43.1 lb Bluefin
2nd Dick Aldrich 33.9 lb. Albacore
3rd John Pound 32 lb. Albacore (not pictured)

Congratulations Guys!

A Yellowtail Day

The boat finished their trip today with 96 nice Yellowtail - caught on the kelp paddies. There was nice traveling weather during the day, but it got a little choppy tonight. This slight change in weather, caused a change in the ETA. The boat will arrive at the dock at 7:15am and not 6:30am as originally stated.

We want to thank Team Wade-O for a great trip!

Tomorrow the boat departs at noon for another 4 day trip - Harry Yamada's charter. Can't wait to get back out there!

DAY 3 OF TEAM WADE-O'S 4 DAY ADVENTURE

Good evening. The boat finished the day with limits of Albacore for the trip and 100 on the Yellowtail. There was also one token/trophy 50lb Bluefin captured. The weather is still good and sounds like they're having fun!

Tomorrow's mission: Yellowtail on Kelps. Check back in the p.m. for those results.

THINGS ARE LOOKING UP AGAIN.

What a great day of fishing we had. First of all, let me comment on the weather, it's absolutely beautiful. Two days ago it looked like the ocean was going to get choppy again, but that hurricane down below us several hundred miles is doing nothing but great things for us. We ended our day catching 125 nice grade Yellow tail, 100+ Albacore, 4 Bluefintuna and a couple of Mai Mai's. When we left yesterday, things sounded a little tuff but our Charter - A.K.A. Team Wade-O - came out smelling like a Rose. Here is picture of Ron Presley with one of his Jumbo's that he landed today. Tune in tomorrow for Fish Dope.

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Last Day of This 4 Day Trip

The Albacore fishing was on again today. Most of the fish were 12-15lbs, but there were a few 20 lbers mixed in. We also caught 3 of the elusives. Weather was a little choppy, but not too bad.

We hit the dock at 6:30am tomorrow and then do it all over again at noon, with another 4 day adventure. Check back tomorrow for jackpot winners and some pictures!

STEADY STRIKING!

Another fair day of fishing with the best action in the morning. There were lots of jig strikes and a few bait fish. Most of our catch today was a smaller mix, 12 to 15 lbs, with about 15% good grade. We ended out with 204 Albacore and 9 Yellowtail. We are going to run up tonight a few miles and finish up our trip. It is still very nice weather and we like it!

From The Bridge

What a fun day of fishing! We've got a great group out here - Luke's Anglers Choice. Today these fine folks caught 110 Yellowtail, 62 Albacore, 17 Bluefin and 1 lonely Dorado. We're having nice,nice weather and everyone's retiring after an awesome day topped off by a delicious steak dinner.
Check back tomorrow night - we're making a little move tonight to try and get back on the schools.

Good Morning Everyone:

We arrived at the dock today around 6 AM with a wonderful group of happy passengers. Unfortunately our camera failed and we did not get a photo of the jackpot winners "sorry guys".

THE FINAL DAY!

We woke up this morning at San Martin Island. Captain Brian was surveying the area for fish. Just as the sun was coming up the anchor was set. There was a sign of Yellowtail showing around. Needless to say. They were Hitting!. We picked up 146 Nice grade yellows to add to our outstanding catch of fish. These fish weighed in at 18 to 30 lbs. What a surprise this was to find such a nice grade of fish here the perfect way to finish off this trip. As you can see from the photo John Lumbatttis looks pretty pumped up with this nice 29 ponder to cap off his morning. All in all fishing has been really good so far this season and looks like it should hold up for a while, WE HOPE. We arrive back at the dock at 6:30 a.m. tomorrow and depart at noon again on a 4 Day lets hope our luck holds up.

Second day of fishing: today the boat caught 10 Bluefin(up to 60lbs), an abundance of Albacore(14 to 30lb fish), and 75 Yellowtail(12 -20lbers).
They are seeing a lot of those finicky Bluefin, they just didn't want to bite today.
The weather is supreme and so is the sportfishing!

First day of fishing, was a great day of fishing - with 270 Albacore, 26 Yellowtail and 2 Bluefin. Outstanding, flat calm weather today - the boat is going to hang in same area tomorow morning, hopeful of a Bluefin bite!

We're comin' home

The boat called in tonight after spending the late afternoon about 135 miles outside of San Diego where they got into some Albacore Action - but after had to putting some onboard, they had to call it quits and head for the barn. Great way to end the trip! The boat will be in at 6:00 - 6:15a.m. and back out again at noon for a 4 day adventure. Check back on Tues nite!

It's as good as it gets!!

We had a incredible day of fishing at the Benitos Island area on 12-25 lb. Yellowtail. The Yellowtail were biting full speed on anything you put in the water - everyone will sleep well tonight after that workout. The weather has been great, and the water temp is 65-66 degrees. Our plan for tomorrow is to go back outside and look in some new areas for the elusive Bluefin.

We are fishing around 200 miles from the point and had a nice day of fishing. We ended up with 157 Albacore, weighing 12-30 lbs., 41 Yellowtail 12-20 lbs., and 1 Bluefin around 25 lbs. The fish were acting a little skittish, but we were fortunate enough to put together a nice catch for the day. We are headed to the Benitos area tonight for a shot at the Yellowtail tomorrow.

OFF TO A GREAT START!

Beautiful weather and steady afternoon Albacore fishing. Is hopefully the trend for another enjoyable trip. A relaxing morning topped off with a wonderful lunch found us the Albacore grounds by early afternoon. Short stops from 2 to 15 fish was highlighted by Albacore on the corner for a stop of 89 fish. We ended up the day with 227 Albacore 8 Yellowtail and 2 Bluefin. We are going to start here in the morning and try our luck.

Looking for some others recap.

Started out at San Martin Island in the morning. Well, I don't think we're going to get any big hits here, any time soon. While it was still morning, we left this little hot spot and put it on a westerly course to look for kelps. As far as making a catch on anything - we did manage to pick up 8 more Yellowtail for our efforts (yep, that's right, count em - eight). All kidding aside, we tried to bait a Swordfish which was uneventful but sure was a lot of fun. We will arrive at 6:00 a.m. and shove off again at noon for a 5 day trip. We'll be logging in Thursday night. Sea ya then.

What a difference a day makes!

Talked to Capt. Brian tonight - he told me that they had an awesome day of fishing. He found the right bunch of fish that really wanted to bite. They ended up catching their quota of Albacore for the trip. Also they picked up 68 Yellowtail on kelps with a couple of Bluefin tuna mixed in. They are having very nice weather and will be looking for some others (Yellows on kelps or San Martin Island) tomorrow.

From the wheelhouse

A little different day - we rolled into the area about 3:00 p.m. and started to pick a few fish - most of these Albacore were Fatso's 20 to 30lbs. There are a few other long range boats down here in this area and nobody found the big schools that were seen in last few days. Anyway, we ended the afternoon with 83 of the Fatso's and 26 Yellowtail (which were caught on kelps in the area). We have all day tomorrow to get relocated on these fish - so, we got our fingers crossed for a big day tomorrow!

The no Fish, Fish report.
Today we fished Sacramento Reef this morning. Well it was just a little slow but we picked up a Calico bass, that's right one. The water was pretty cold and no current this place just looked lifeless. We drove out into some deeper water and caught some lunch, man was that good. Any way we have very nice weather and will be in around 6:30 AM in the morning. The boat will be leaving at noon on a 4 day trip sea ya later.

Another fine day on the banks!

We started at Cedro's Island this morning. The wind was calm the ocean was flat what more could we all ask for this fine day. How about some fish? Easy enough, the yellows that we have been catching here this season have been on the move rather than anchoring. We started motoring around 6:30 a.m. There were spots of bait up all over the shallows which is pretty normal for this place. After about one hour we started to the see some of right looking bird schools. To make a long story short we stared picking at the yellows. Most of our fish were caught on the yoyo Iron with a few fish nailed on live bait. We jumped from spot to spot through out the morning and into the early afternoon. I just thought to weigh a couple of the fish, they were 18lbs and 21lbs, we deem this good grade fish. We left Cedro's at 2:30 after catching almost our limits of these yellows. We arrived at San Benito's at 5:00 p.m, anchored up at Dirt's hole (slang word used to name a secret spot). Them jumbos were splashing around, We picked up 14 of these trophies tipping the scale from 28 to 35 lbs. note picture attached would be some of the members of Team Fishogs. In a nut shell we have been having a wonderful trip and will be finishing tomorrow up the coast some place. Till then have a Happy 4 th of July.

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The Boys with some quality Yellowtail	It's wide open Albie fishin!	Chef Howard has a great since of humor!!

What another great day of Albacore fishing again today. We tried to be a little more selective on the size of the fish. The anglers released a lot of Albacore - trying just to keep the better grade fish. The fish that we have been catching in this area are anywhere from 14 lbs up to 30 lbs. By lunch time,we had all we needed. This area looks very promising for upcoming trips. As you can see by the pictures - looks like a lot fun. Also as for one of our new generation anglers Travis Zehntner with one his Albacore that he landed this morning, I think he's hooked. We will be fishing for Yellowtail tomorrow at Cedro's Island. Good luck, see ya later.

The boat called in their fish report tonight at 9:30pm. They ran over 200 miles and didn't start fishing until late this afternoon, where they hit the jackpot. It was Albacore fishing at its finest!! The bulk of the fish were 14-18lbs, with some 20-25lbers mixed in. The weather was nice today and the fishermen are tired tonight!

The Angler picked up 80 Albacore today and their weather is still great! The boat will be in tonight at 7:45pm and depart tomorrow for a 5 day adventure at noon.

Captain Sam called in tonight to report a catch of 114 Albacore today - with one topping the scales @ 30lbs. These fish were biting a mix of anchovies and small sardines. The weather was absolutely gorgeous with no wind - what a great day to be out on the water!!

Today was the first day of our Two Day trip. We thought that we would spend it with some old friends of ours. What I'm getting at is that the area that we fished was around the One Day Range boats about 65 miles from home. We had fair weather 12 to 14 knots of wind most of the day, with a touch more breeze just before sundown. And the day ended up just fine, we caught exactly 100 albacore for the day. It was steady action from sun up to sun down with only one small problem. NO MEAT! (where's the beef?). We had 29 jig stops today, with only a couple of stops that we caught any amount of bait fish. The highlight of the afternoon was a stop for 20 and a stop for 15 fish. Needless to say we had fun. We are going to fish till about lunch time tomorrow in order to meet our arrival time of 7:00 p.m. Hopefully this fish will start acting right again soon.

The boat had absolutely phenomenal Albacore fishing today. The fish ranged from 18 - 34lbs (a random few were weighed). Captain Sam reports that they were really biting heavy line on the Sardines. They also picked up a bonus 17 Bluefin, which were all between 25-50lbs. And the icing on the cake was good weather today.

Fantastic Fishing Today!

Sam and Brian

Fair day of fishing with 97 yellowtail at San Benito's island - still a nice grade of fish. The average weight ran about 18 to 22 lbs, with a few fish tipping in the low 30 lb class grade. The weather this morning was a little bumpy, but by midday it started to lay down and by sundown it was pretty nice weather. Our plans for tomorrow are to go looking offshore again to see what a guy could pick up. Log on tomorrow for more details.

Oh - Capt. John Collins just reminded me about the 15 lb sheep head which I believe qualifies as major wool to cap off our day.

WHAT'S UP (not the fish)

Today was very long day. We started looking for fish about 2:00 a.m. Saw a nice little area of fish marks that looked good in the dark. When daylight came around saw meter marks,sonar marks all for next to nothing. In that particular area we caught 2 albacore and 2 bluefin tuna. Then fishing got slow. Covered a lot of water today some of which has not been looked at yet this season for a total of 34 albacore and of course our token 2 bluefin. The weather is up today 18 to 20 knots of wind with 4 to 6 foot swells. The weather man said today should be the worst of it.[I HOPE!] Any how we are in route to San Benito's island to try for yellowtail tomorrow. In a nut shell it just seems that there is still a lot good fish sign any where from 50 miles to 200 miles, today seemed just like a down day. Don't be surprised in a few days things start to happen again.

We will try DIRT'S hole tomorrow!

Let's do it.
Sam and Brian

Passenger Recap of the Angler's Choice Charter
This report & photo's are from our friends & good customers Darlene & Edgar:

"American Angler 6/16-6/21 Anglers' Choice Sponser"

Ahoy! It's June 22 2002 and all is well. We finally finished cleaning fish and equipment after our 5 day trip aboard the American Angler. The boat left the docks around noon on June 16th and arrived at the fishing grounds the next day. The first day of fishing we dedicated to albacore which ranged 10-12 lbs with peanuts mixed in. Most of the fish were caught on the troll using purple/black in the morning and zuchinni in the afternoon -but- purple/black continued to get bit throughout the whole day. Few fish were taken on bait and one was taken deep on a TADY 9 brass blue/chrome color combo. On the 2nd day of fishing we arrived at San Benitos Island and looked around for a good fishing spot for a couple of hours before we hit the yellowtail. Most of the yellowtails were taken on fly lined sardines while 3 surface iron guys were nailing them on the surface, keeping an eye on the birds. We were fortunate to have Captain John Garabowski aboard as a passenger, as he taught a few of the guys - including Edgar - how to work the surface irons for big yellowtails. Captain John is a really great guy who is not afraid to teach if you are willing to listen. Needless to say, for every 2 or 3 fish he caught on the surface, Edgar and another surface iron guy - Davis - got one. The yellowtail bite on the yoyo was not completely dead but they seemed to like bait more. We left San Benitos around the lunch hour and headed over to Cedros. We spent a lot of time searching for schools of birds or a decent fish meter. The first few stops yielded 2-3 fish on the yoyo. We had a few good stops picking up around 7-10 fish, but fishing here seemed slower than at San Benitos. Nothing was caught on the surface and later in the day small barracudas kept taking bait and hitting irons almost as big as themselves. Also, when theh sun was almost down, Edgar caught an estimated 4.5 lb calico bass on a small Ironman lure while fishing the wide open barie (bleh!) bite. The hot tackle for this was: 2/0 or 4/0 hook with sardines as bait; 7x sardine, 45 aqua seafoam green on the surface and dorado or scrambled eggs on the yoyo. We headed back to San Benitos during the night to return to the spot we had hit the yellows the previous day. The first hour of fishing went by slowly... a few yellows caught on bait but it exploded later on, especially fishing the yoyo. The surface bite was a little slower today and it was harder to cast into the wind where most of the boils were showing up. We fished until 3pm so we could head out to the albacore grounds the next day where a boat had scored around 150 that afternoon. Hot tackle today was the same as the previous day. The boat ride out was very rough - felt like someone had picked up the boat and dropped it a few times. Hence we were behind schedule because of the rough weather. The whole day yielded peanuts and not too many caught on bait. Edgar was bit on the slide a few times but the fish were so small they ripped the tails off of his swimbait. We broke down our gear early and decided not to kill little fish. All in all it was a great trip. Edgar and I caught our biggest yellowtails ever and also, this trip marks our first long range trip. Anglers' Choice did a great job running the charter and a big THANK YOU to Luc Ofield, Bill and Frank for a great trip. Many thanks to our boatmates on this trip and a HUGE thank you to Captain John for teaching Edgar how to work the surface.

To wrap up, here is a list of our most frequently used setups:
ALBACORE bait: 25 lb test; Newell 229; Calcutta 700S on Calstar 700XLs
trolling: 80 lb test; Penn Int. 50 VSW on custom made Seeker CTFS63XXXH Graphite
YELLOWTAIL bait: 30 lb test; 700S on Calstar 700L
yoyo: 50 lb test; Tiagra 20 on Calstar 700H; 40 lb test; Penn YTS on Calstar 700M
surface: 30 lb test; Diawa Sealine X 40 on Calstar 800M; 40 lb test; Newell 338-5 on Calstar 800H
(ps) Thank God on this trip Edgar didn't drop his channel lock diagonal pliers in the water I will be posting the pictures from our trip (I have about 120 of them!) on my website.. enjoy!

-Darlene & Edgar Calisportfishing

Davis enjoying a nice day on the water		Frank from Anglers Choice Tackle I'm fishing and the boss is working		Jimmy, Edgar & Sam with a nice Yellowtail
Darlene & Sam Getting it Done!		Rich & Jimmy On the Surface Iron & 10 foot Rod		Jimmy & Darlene

The boat had 35 Albacore today as they worked their way up the line. It sounds like the weather started out a little choppy this morning but improved as the day wore on. They scratched the 8-15lb fish through out the day as they headed home.
The A.A.'s ETA tomorrow - Friday, June 21 - is 7am and then they depart at noon for another 5 day trip. Check back Saturday night for a progress report on this next trip!

Today was very good fishing at San Benitos island.We had very steady fishing all day. I can't say what was the best technique at the rail. We had fish on the yoyo, fly line sardine and surface iron, it was just a mix. The surface iron fishing went from exceptional to phenomenal. The fish averaged 15 to 30 lbs with some exceeding 35 lbs. We left the island at 4:00 p.m. We are in route to an area that we believe holds some albacore. This should give us several hours to put some fish on the boat before heading for home. Tune in tomorrow to see if we found them.

Day light found us at San Benitos island for steady yellowtail fishing to the tune of 99 fish by 10:00 am. This fishing was highlighted by exceptional surface IRON fishing. Dillusion of grandeur and greed we pulled the anchor and left for the south end of Cedros for afternoon yellowtail carnage. After lunch found us touring a fishless area. Between the south end of Cedros and Chester's rocks we squeezed out 20 more fish for the day. Tomorrow we will be at Benitos with high hopes of more yellowtail and a few trophys.

For an update on DIRTS honey hole log on tomorrow.

Slow scratch fishing for the long range Albacore fleet. There where various cherry patches found throughout the 150 to 200 mile range. The average boat counts were 50 to 80 fish and our 56 fish count was highlighted by a 45 lb. Albacore caught by Tony Castro.We are in route to San Benitos island with high expectations for good Yellowtail fishing, see ya all tomorrow.

Tony Castro 45 lb Albacore Our Biggest of the Season

The boat rolled in this morning at 6:30. Yesterday - the last day of a 5 day trip - they picked up a few more albacore. For the trip - the fishing was great, even though the conditions weren't. Now the weather has backed off, and the Angler is underway again for another 5 day trip and they can't wait to get back to it!

The boat had a wonderful day of fishing - they started out at the south end of Cedros and had a great morning. Our passengers ended up catching 150+ yellowtail. Then Captain Brian moved up to San Benitos Islands for the afternoon and caught 75 yellowtail. These slugs averaged 30lbs with some topping around 40lbs!

The water is still kind of choppy, so it was a nice break from the weather fishing at the Islands today.

The weather came up and was pretty choppy today - the boat had 36 albacore, but it was tough fishing due to the conditions. Captain Brian is headed to Cedros for yellowtail fishing tomorrow and hopefully some nicer waters.

We're traveling elsewhere to enjoy the day and catch some fish tomorrow!

Captain's Sam & Brian

Captain Brian just called in with the live report for today. We have 22 passengers on board for this trip. The weather hasn't been real good, with the wind up a little, but this didn't seem to bother the fish, nor the anglers. We caught 30 Albacore for our efforts in the morning, we then decided to move to a different area where we found some better grade Albacore. We had an excellent afternoon on the Albacore, the fish in this area are averaging between 18-25 pounds.

8 Day Final Recap: I was fortunate enough to be on this fantastic trip, the fishing at Alijos Rocks was as good as it gets for the Spring time. First of all I would like to thank Charter Master Brad Lemoine from Sports Chalet, he is a wonderful host and worked tirelessly at respooling everyone's reels with free Trilene Big Game, he also loaned some of his own equipment out to folks that were having problems with theirs. To Bill Randall for tieing every ones spectra to mono connections, and Grant Larson for rebuilding many of the reels that needed servicing from the punishment the Yellowfin were putting on them. Thanks Guys!

Captains Sam & Brian and the crew John, Trevor, and Greg were awesome with the passengers they were always there to help with the tangles and what ever mess that can happen in a wide open Yellowfin bite. They kept everyone loose with plenty of good humor and their ability to make everyone enjoy themselves. Chefs Howard & Sara prepared wonderful meals each day, we had ever thing from sushi to prime rib. The food was just as good as the fishing, to the entire crew you are the best, thanks for a great trip.

Monday 6/3: Departed at 12:15 PM stopped to pick up bait, we cleared the point by 2 PM for 2 days of travel to Alijos Rocks.

Tuesday 6/4: Travel Day.

Wednesday 6/5: Arrived at the Rocks at 11 AM, we looked around for a few hours and couple of anchor jobs when Captain Sam hit the jackpot. It was full speed on the 25-40 lb Yellowfin, and some Yellowtail until dark. We moved into the shallows after dinner for the night time Yellowtail bite. Our Charter Master Brad immediately put a 49 lb. Yellowtail on the deck to get things started. The Yellowtail fishing was good, anyone who spent time at the rail was reward with some nice 15-30 lb Yellowtail.

Thursday 6/6: We moved back out into the deeper water, Captain Sam put us right back on the fish, and off we went again. The day went pretty much the same as the day before. The only difference being some of the Yellowfin were in the high 40's and 3 were 50-57.5 lbs that ended up being the jackpot fish. The Yellowtail were also in the mix most of the day. We made bait and went back into the shallows for more Yellowtail action, not to many people were fishing, we were all licking our wounds.

Friday 6/7: We fished until 11 PM, we were cutting off (releasing) anything that was not 40 lbs, I don't know how many fish we cut off but it was quite a few. Captain's Sam & Brian decided to go look in an area that Bluefin had been spotted in the previous week. We arrived in this area around 3 PM, the water and conditions looked good but no one was home. We then headed to Chesters Rock.

Saturday 6/8: We spent the morning looking for big Yellowtail at Chesters Rock, we caught 1 Yellowtail around 30 lbs for our efforts. We then moved to the south end of Cedros where Captain Brian spotted a bird school which resulted in a wide open Yellowtail bite on the on the yo yo iron. Salsa 6X jrs. in scrambled egg & blue & white were the hot ticket, this stop was great fun some of the passengers had never had the chance to fish this way. We also had a Calico Bass derby in the evening which was won by Richard Tanaka. We then traveled to San Martin for a shot at some Halibut & White Sea bass.

Sunday 6/9: We were unsuccessful in this adventure. We headed back outside where we found Albacore at 215 miles from the point. The fishing was good in the morning, and everyone had some Albacore to take home.

Monday 6/10: Our last day we were at San Jerimano where we fished for Red Rock Cod, and Ling Cod for a few hours before heading home. We caught some Reds and a few nice Ling Cod.

What was Working: 40 lb test with 4/0-5/0 Eagle Claw 2005 hooks with a fly lined Sardine for the Yellowfin.

Dropper Loop: 60-80 lb test with a 16 oz weight, and a Sardine for the Yellowtail, they also bit the strip bait.

Yo Yo Iron: 40 lb test Salsa 6x jr, scrambled egg, dorado, and blue & white.

Albacore: 25 lb test # 1 hook, and 1/2 oz rubber core sinker.

This was one of those special trips that you dream about, incredible fishing, and great group of passengers. Thanks everyone for a great trip!

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Captain Sam Giving the tackle seminar		David Kitchen 40 lb Yellowtail		Richard Tanaka The rail is your friend
James McCoy Getting it Done!		Roel Garcia John Collins		Randy Louie 1st Long Range Trip

Today was a leisurely day as we're heading to the stables. This fantastic 8 day trip comes to an end tomorrow morning at 6 am (their ETA) and leaves again at noon for a 5 dayer (signs look good).
We want to thank all the passengers for a great trip - check back tomorrow for jackpot winners!

We are enjoying a beautiful Sunday morning and have found a nice quality of albacore at approximately 200 mile out. This is a good sign of things to come, for the upcoming season.
All of the anglers have been really enjoying this trip!
Check back for current updates.

UPDATE: Finished the morning with 120 albies, 10 - 20lbers, mostly caught on the generic anchovie. We are going in search of halibut tomorrow before heading home!

We're having a great time!
Captain's Sam & Brian

Today the boat traveled up and fished around Cedros - ending up at Benitos with 46 Yellowtail.

We plan to fish Albacore tomorrow. This has been a fantastic trip!

Albacore fishing tomorrow!
Captain's Sam & Brian

After two awesome days of fishing we chose to take off from here this morning. We caught 25 yellows last night, with one of our fish weighing at 42 lbs caught by Dennis Smith.(sorry no picture) The cameraman was sleeping.We fished till 0900.After getting a few yellowtail and saving a few better size tuna we took off. Not to mention this dandy dorado caught by Grant Larson shown here with one of our star crew members Greg Tangi. The last 46 hours have been some of the best fishing a guy could ever ask for.With fantastic yellowfin tuna fishing during the day and fair yellowtail fishing at night, this is been as good as it gets spring time fishing at the rocks. We are running up to Chester's Rock,We have a couple days left to fish so we are going to target some quality yellowtail to top off the wells.

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20 lb. Dorado caught by Grant Larson

Last night,tired after a great day of fishing, Captains Brian & Sam Said " You ain't seen nothin yet! We'll show you fishing tomorrow that you'll never forget!" And sure enough they did. After anchoring in the morning,we started catching 35-40 class yellowfin right away.Throughout the day we continued to catch yellowfin, with a final count of 190 of quality fish.Captain Sam did a random weighing of 40 fish and they tipped the scale between 25-47 lbs.Also in our catch for the day were 35 nice grade yellowtail. With the weather drop dead gorgeous,we had a superb day of fishing. All anglers on board fished hard and are ready to go back at it tomorrow!

We finished up last night fishing in the dark and reeled in 50 more great quality Yellowtail!

50 lb. yellowtail caught by charter master Brad Lemoine
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We arrived here about 11:00 AM and the morning started out slow. It seemed to be some time around one o'clock when things started to happen. We stopped on a sonar school just outside the rocks a couple of miles.It was game on! As the afternoon progressed there were more spots to try, so we made a few more stops and ended the day with 176 yellowfin tuna, 25 to 40lbs.

We are just leaving for our 8 day trip, we are headed to Alijos Rocks Let's catch the big ones!

The boys are getting ready !

The American Angler finished their trip yesterday with 25 Albacore: 10-25lb fish. They worked an area about 100 miles away from home and the fish just seemed to have their noses in the mud. Still good weather, though.
The highlight of the trip was the excellent Yellowtail fishing, and they took home an Albacore - for a little something extry. The weather was nice the entire trip and the food was delicious. All in all - sounds like a great trip!

The next trip leaves tomorrow, Monday, June 3, at noon - an 8 day trip.

The boat called in tonight to report a catch of 33 more of those nice- size Yellowtail. These fish were all 25-35lbs; the biggest was 39lbs. They left the Islands at lunch time and are running up to Albacore grounds to try and round out the trip.
Weather is still nice and they are looking forward to day 4 of this 5 day trip.

Heading up for Albacore -
Sam and Brian

Captain's Brian and Sam just called in a report for the past two days of fishing. Yesterday they had nice weather, and picked up 10 Albacore while traveling. Today they had as good as it gets Yellowtail fishing at the south end of Cedros - where 16 anglers had limits of 12-20lber's and great weather. They capped off the day at San Benitos Island with all 25-30lb Yellowtail. The biggest fish of the day was 33lbs.
The boat will spend 1/2 day fishing there again tomorrow and then move it on down the road.

Outstandin' Yellowtail fishin'
Sam and Brian

Sam and Brian called in at 9:30pm tonight to report 69 albacore today - most of them 8-10 lbers. There were several caught on jig strikes and a few were bait fish. The guys also reported several spots of jumpers and said that these are definitely new fish moving in - and not last week's catch. They also said the weather was absolutely gorgeous again today!
Sounds like they can't wait to get back out there on Tuesday (they leave at noon for another 5 dayer). Tomorrow morning's ETA is 6:30am.

Check back on Wednesday, May 29th for next report!!!
Sam and Brian

Different day this morning, we caught 21 yellows around the islands.Water conditions were still a little chilly - 57.5 to 58.5. We saw fish but they were acting different today. We chose to leave San Benitos Islands at noon. There were fair scores of Albacore today 70 to 90 miles from home. So, due to circumstances, we're going spend the last day of our trip up in that area. Still nice weather.

Check in later!!
Sam and Brian

Captain Sam just called in, at 9:15 pm, to report a fun day of Yellowtail fishing! The passengers ended the day with 77 nice grade yellows - most were 15-18 lbs. and some were over 20. They have decided to spend tomorrow in the same area - San Benitos - and then take it from there. They are sitting on the anchor and everyone just finished a delicious cashew chicken dinner. Check back tomorrow for a report on day 3 of this 5 day trip!

Live satellite report....7:45 PM
We are on our 1st day of fishing on a 5 day trip with 20 passengers on board, we had decent weather today. We finished up with a catch of 20 albacore weighing in between 10-15 lbs. Most of the fish were caught on jig strikes. Our catch was scattered throughout the day, reeling in a few fish at each stop.
Friday we will also be targeting Yellowtail, we are going to Cedros, & San Benito Island areas. We are anticipating good fishing there! Check back tomorrow evening for our next update.

Good evening everyone here are a few photo's and a final recap of our day & a half trip. We had 23 passengers aboard, most of them read the Allcoast Sportfishing board. We departed the landing at7 PM with a good mix of nice anchovies & Sardines and headed South. We were fortunate, the weather was great, and we all got a good nights rest. We started trolling at 5:45 in the grey light. The 1st trolling rotation did not catch a fish, our 2nd rotation yielded 1 Bonito caught by one of your webmasters Connie Kling. We were almost thru the 3rd rotation at 8:45 when they got 2 Albacore on jigs, and 5 bait fish. The Albacore are running 10-15 lbs, and everyone is excited. The rest of the day went pretty much the same until 7 PM when the bite shut off. We had a few stops for 10-20 fish, everyone worked well together. Our final count was 101 Albacore, 11 Bonito, and a few Spanish Jacks (good sushi). The tackle setup that worked the best was 20-25 lb. line, #1-2 hook with a 3/8 ounce rubbercore sinker, and a Anchovie for bait. There were also some fish caught on the slide with small green plastic baits on a leadhead. The trolling jigs were pretty much the standard colors, purple & black, zucinni, mexican flag, purple green & black, and also a white one that was on one of the boat rods. Congratulation to Scot Curry who placed 1st in the jackpot with a 27 lb. Albacore, 2nd place fish was 24 lbs. There was one fish larger that was caught on the troll but did not count in the jackpot. Robert Withsosky was the lucky drawing winner of a Albackore tackle box donated by Jeff Jost. It was nice mix of people of different skill levels with the veterans helping the less experienced. Sam, Brian & the crew were awesome as usual, the food was fantastic prepared by Howard & Sara, thanks for the great trip everyone.

We start our long range trips Wed. May 22, there are openings on many of our trips thru June. It will a great chance to get a shot at the early Bluefin.