Fishing Reports 2011
Izorline Visits Cedros & Cowtown
Andy Cates docked Red Rooster III at H&M Landing December 19 following the annual Izorline 10-day trip with 29 passengers, including chartermaster Norm Fujimoto of Izorline.
“We fished at Cedros and the 13 Spot, for near-limits of tuna and yellowtail,” Cates said. “The lower banks were tough, but on the second day there we chased fish with porpoise for 47 yellowfin of 30 to 80 pounds. The next day the water rolled over and went green but the dorado didn’t care. We fished one day on the Spud for a single bite from one 240-pounder.”
Joe Dubler of Palmer AK got the big boy, which came in at 248.8 pounds on the H&M scales. He got it with a mackerel bait on a double hook rig under a balloon. He said he used 80-pound Izorline spectra on an Avet 4/0 and a Calstar 770 XXXH rod.
Ross Wojoe of Mar Vista won second place for a 78.8-pounder. David Reed of Ontario took third for a 68.8-pound yellowfin and TJ Lee of Huntington Beach got fourth place for a 66.9-pound tuna. Nick LaFarga of Wilmington stood in with the lineup group with his best-of-the-trip 46.8-pound yellowtail.
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CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, - MONDAY, DECEMBER 19TH 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 10 DAYS
AREAS FISHED
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 27 Izorline Charter
FISH COUNT: 325 YELLOWFIN TUNA 325 YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE JACKPOT 246.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JOE DUBLER OF JULIAN, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 78.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ROSS WOJCIETHOWSKI OF LOS ANGELES, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 69.8LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DAVID REED OF ONTARIO, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 66.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY THEADORE LEE
Dec. 18, 2011
Good evening folks. Good weather all the way home. It looks like a 7:00 am ETA for tomorrow.
See you then
Andy Cates
Dec. 17, 2011
Good evening folks What a nice day of travel. No wind all day and a nice warm day overall. From the reports above we are ready for another nice day tomorrow.
Football tomorrow and the guys are ready for a day of relaxing and watching the games. Sounds like fun with good weather.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Dec. 16, 2011
Good evening folks.
One bite today and one fish 240 pounds. We worked at it until 2:30 and then headed up. Joe Dubler was the lucky angler that tied into the cow. Good visual on decent size fish but only the one bite.
Now we are headed up and the weather is great. I hope it holds up for the next 2 days.
Andy Cates
Dec. 15, 2011
Good evening folks.
Not much on the Tuna today. Conditions turned for the worse with a lot of green water. We did have a great day on Dorado that made up for the lack of tuna. Floating objects pay off good down here, with nice size dorado to go with full speed action. We have one more day and we are trying the lower banks again in hopes of Jack pot fish tomorrow.
The weather got really nice and we are enjoying it on the anchor as we speak.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Dec. 14, 2011
Good evening folks.
Yesterday was a frustrating day with sign of fish but no bites. Literally no bites. We left that area and started offshore. We found an area that offered 30 to 80 pound tuna. Pretty good action with 47 decent size fish for the day. We headed up early in need of bait and will be in the bay tonight trying for mackerel. It could be a long night. We need bait. Hopefully it bites and we can get back on that tuna first thing in the morning.
Andy Cates
Dec. 13, 2011
Good morning folks.
Yesterday was another great day. Different fish though. We had action from daylight untill 3 in the afternoon.
The same grade of fish as we have seen on the upper end of the Ridge, but biting. Yellows were mixed in as well to add more color. No exotic bottom fish. In our situation we can now focus on bigger fish, Everyone already has plenty of fish just a few big fish would go a long way. We will be on the lower banks today. It sounds like sign of better fish just has not been biting. The Dorado are still around so we may get a chance at those as well.
4 days on the lower banks. Wish us luck.
Andy Cates
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Nick with his trophy yellowtail from the ridge
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Dec. 11, 2011
Good evening folks
The overnight stay at Cedros paid off well with great yellowtail fishing all morning.
Decent size fish with the action that was perfect for the first day of fishing. Yo-yo jigging and flyline with good surface action made for a classic morning. Things died after lunch and we pointed it south for the Ridge. We will be there first light and spend the day targeting action based fishing before we head down to the Lower Banks.
Weather is good and looks good for a few days. It will be nice to get into some warmer weather.
Andy Cates
Dec. 10, 2011
Good afternoon folks. We just left on our annual Izorline sponsored 10 day trip. We have had a couple of raffles and Tady , Calstar ,Mustad and Izorline were the primary sponsors.
The weather is great. We are going to take advantage of the weather and start fishing tomorrow. Wake up at Cedros and spend the day after Yellows and then head down to the Ridge. With the lunar eclipse and clear skies the morning was quite a sight. Not to mention a great breakfast and hot coffee to go with.
We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 14 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CLARION
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 26 Rod & Reel Memorial Trip
FISH COUNT: 150 YELLOWFIN TUNA 18 WAHOO 30 PARGO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 279.6 LBS
YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MARK MOFFAT OF SAN DIEGO, CA.
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 228.6LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY HANS REUCKERT OF GRANADA HILLS, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 223.2LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PEI CHENG LIU OF OCEANSIDE, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 40.2 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY PEI CHENG LIU
225.6lbs 214.6lbs Mark Moffat
218lbs 215.2lbs 203.2lbs Todd Cameron
210lbs Charles Tanaka
208.8lbs 206lbs Hemzeh Abdelmuti
207lbs Pei Cheng Liu
200.8lbs Hans Reuckert
On the Big Mack
Mark Moffat of San Diego is a regular on the Red Rooster III, with a best-ever tuna of 285 pounds. He nearly beat that fish on his latest trip when he weighed one at 279.6 pounds. Then he weighed two more at 225.2 and 214.6 pounds, which gave him 700 pounds for the three tuna. The big one won first place on a nice trip with skipper Andy Cates to the Buffer Zone, which produced a total of 13 cows, tuna over 200 pounds.
Mark was one of 21 anglers aboard, and told dock reporter Bill Roecker “I got bit on the drift after a long soak. The fish was very sluggish at first, and then took half my spool. At the end he came up on the port bow.”
Mark baited a large mackerel on a 10/0 Mustad 7691 hook, tied to 130-popund Izorline and 130-pound Line One spectra. He fished with an Accurate ATD 50 reel and a Calstar 6455 rod.
Hans Rueckert of Granada Hills is another long-time (25 years) Rooster rider, and he took second place for his 228.6-pound yellowfin. He also had one at 200.8 pounds. He said the big one bit a mackerel on a 10/0 7691 hook. He fished with 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One spectra on an Accurate ATD 50 W reel and a Calstar 765 H rod.
Chang Liu of Oceanside won third place for a 223.2-pounder. He got another fish that went 207 pounds. He said he took the big one on a sardine and a 7/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook. He used 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Izorline spectra on an Accurate 50 W reel and a six-foot Truline rod.
Todd Cameron of Long Beach got tuna of 218, 215 and 203 pounds. He fished mackerel baits on 10/0 VMC hooks, and used 130-pound Seaguar Premier fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One spectra on a Tiagra 50 W reel and a Calstar 770 XXH rod.
Charles Tanaka of San Francisco caught a 210-pound tuna with a sardine on a ringed Owner Super Mutu in 6/0 size. He fished with 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One spectra on an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar 770 XXH rod.
Hemzeh Abdelmuti of Huntington Beach was another gold-touched angler on the Rooster trip. He got a 206 and a 203.8-pound tuna. He fished sardines on 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hooks. He used 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon, 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One spectra on a Tiagra 50 reel modified by Cal Sheets and a Super Seeker 2 x 4 rod.
“The big one took an hour and a half,” he remarked. “My best fish before this trip was a 45-pound tuna.”
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Dec. 5, 2011
This morning so far we have , 21 tuna Mark Moffat 270 lbs his third fish over 200lbs for the trip. Chang caught a 220lbs this morning. Todd landed his third fish over 200lbs for this trip. Currently our biggest fish 270lbs
We will fish till noon today, then start heading home! We are concerned about getting home on time. Yesterday was heavy wind, which made for poor fishing, but today is much nicer!!
Report more soon. Andy Cates.
Dec. 4, 2011
25 knots of wind very tough conditions. We had 5 tuna, 197lbs, 193lbs. It was very difficult to fish with these conditions.
Dec, 3, 2011
“20 Tuna, very nice grade fish 130-225lbs
1 drift for a dozen fish 3 fish are over 200lbs. although the wind started to come up, which made the drifting a little faster then we’d like. “
Dec. 2, 2011
“Yesterday it started off very good in the morning. With about 24 tuna, biggest being at about 195 lbs. It got a little tough in the afternoon and early evening with heavy shark problems. But today it seems to be going better with already 6 Tuna, hopefully throughout the rest of the day, it will stay the same. Report more later. Andy Cates”
Nov. 30, 2011
“Scratch drift fishing today. It has been nice weather today. It was a bit slow yesterday, but were able to catch about a dozen tuna.
Today, we had 30 Tuna. Two of them taped at 215lbs & 220lbs. Hoping for a couple more chances before the end of the day.
Looks like we may be putting together a good fishing trip! Report back tomorrow. Captain Andy Cates ”
Nov. 28, 2011
The Red Rooster III just left on Friday, November 25th on a 14 day trip! This trip is a Rod & Reel Radio trip, and a Memorial trip for Bill Ghelisn, Ernie Wirth, & Guy Halpain. We will report more details one we get to our fishing grounds!
“Great weather going down, enjoying the Santa Ana! We will begin fishing tomorrow! Reports will be through the office, as we are having issues with our email service here on the boat. Thank you for your patience.
Captain Andy Cates.”
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 13/10 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: TBA
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 25 ACCURATE FISHING PRODUCTS
FISH COUNT: 221 YELLOWFIN TUNA 25 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 271.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY AL WALBRIDGE OF VERNTURA, CA.
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 241.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DENNY HILL OF CASTIAC, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 238.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BOB PETERSON OF ALPINE, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 41.8 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY JACK NILSEN OF CORONA, CA
210. Lbs Caught by Bill Roecker
208.0 lbs Caught by Laurens Rhinelander
204.4 Lbs Caught by Tim Coomes
Big Tuna Cake, Wahoo Frosting
Paul Sweeney and I returned from a wonderful ten-day flyback trip late Sunday night, November 20. The Accurate trip with chartermaster Jack Nilsen filled the boat with big tuna, a sweet cake frosted with a good morning of wahoo fishing, in weather that was just as tasty. The storm approaching San Diego as we left passed over us on the way down with no more discomfort than a day of rain, and turned to clear skies and subsiding seas that flattened more with each of the five days we spent fishing off the newly greened island of Clarion. As though to remind us of our luck, we flew into LAX in a rainstorm, and down to San Diego in the tail end of another dousing of the Southwest’s most precious resource.
Many of the 23 anglers aboard got the best tuna of their fishing careers, and that included Paul and I. He picked off an estimated 170-pounder on the kite using the Accurate ATD 80 reel they call “The Tractor,” and I saw my first cow hit the deck. It wouldn’t have arrived there had I not had the assistance of second skipper Derek Waldman, who bailed me out of a couple of near-spoolings. That was the fish from Heck at the least, and it made seven long runs on my 100-pound gear, three of which allowed me to view the end of the more than 500 yards of new Kanzen spectra on my Accurate 12. Tom Ferrari also was my much-appreciated big fish saver the next day.
On our way south, many wonderful prizes were given to all anglers, and a drawing was held for some expensive items (rods from Calstar and Seeker, 500-yard spools of Kanzen and packets of 30, 40 and 50-pound Seaguar, Red Rooster III prints from Peter J, an AFTCO harness and Socorro belt, copies of At The Rail, etc.) More goodies like Mustad hooks, Salas iron jigs and Zuckers trolling jigs and calendars went into another packet for everyone.
There were plenty of big fish for all on the trip; yellowfin of up to the taped 274-pounder caught by “Big Al” Waldbridge of Ojai, once a high school basketball star there and now a successful farmer of avocados and other produce. It was his first cow. The weights mentioned here will become official after the Rooster arrives November 23 with most of the long range fleet, just in time for Thanksgiving.
The next apparent best tuna was taped at 244, for rookie Denny Hill of Santa Clarita, under the wing of the trip’s best angler, Brandon Hayward, the saltwater editor at WON. Brandon’s ability to hook and handle big tuna on a seven-foot Calstar with 100-pound spectra and a couple feet of flourocarbon inspired me to try a similar rig, and right away I found it effective.
I’d given up on the concept about ten years ago, because the heavy shaking of big tuna on the initial runs “like to tore my arms out of their sockets.” But the new longer “rail rods” with lighter tips seems to make a big difference, and the spectra-to-flourocarbon combo gets bit like your best hopes. I’m sold, thanks to Brandon.
My own rig made use of a new Super Seeker 1 X 3 rod wrapped for me by Pat Doyle, an Accurate 12 with Seaguar Premier 100-pound at the end of the 100-pound Kanzen I was trying out, and a super-strong Mustad Demon 4X circle hook in 6/0 size, hooked in a sardine. I tried the ‘dine nose, back and belly-hooked and got bit all ways, though I still favor the nose-hook as the usual method for soaking at a distance. I got one fish and saw a couple of other hooked “on the grind” that way.
Captain Andy Cates put us on the fish every day, and recommended fishing 100-pound line and leader on the sardines and 130-pound gear for bigger baits like mackerel. They bit each dawn, at mid-morn and again in the afternoon and at sunset. It made for drift fishing in great style, with drifts lasting from 20 minutes to a couple of hours, before we’d run upwind again to start over. The worst thing about fishing sardines was contending with the juvenile boobies that pounced on baits they could see or reach.
Most anglers compensated for the birds by putting a two-ounce egg sinker two or three feet up from the hook. Dropping the bait in close to the boat was another option to avoid bird strikes. Sharks were not much of a hassle, I’m pleased to report. We lost only a few fish to them, and they didn’t seem interested in the small baits.
Cleaning some for meals and purging a couple of big fish demonstrated they were eating lots of pelagic red crab, along with small rockfish and a few elongated baits, along with our sardines. The water was a fine 78 to 79 degrees, clear blue-purple and just right for yellowfin.
We spent our last morning fishing for wahoo to squeeze in among the tuna plugging a hold of refrigerated sea water, after we finished off two brine holds of fish caught earlier. I started out with a hot hand, getting the first jig fish on a silver Sea Strike 33 and then another right away. I wasn’t so lucky on the next one, which spit the jig. But I was more than pleased to get that brace for the fresh hold, and didn’t lose the jig, which Waldman had attached for me with 40-pound Izorline XXX with a double line Bimini knot. Three strikes, two wahoo on the deck and no jig loss; that’s about as good as it gets for me.
I took a look at Hayward, fishing a 9-foot Ulua, who’d haywired a short piece of wire to his spectra, and tricked several skins to attack his Salas 7X “Python” or a “Gay Soldier” with a “normal” slow retrieve on the slide. I saw one appear from the side and grab the jig in the center. A look at the jig after the fish was decked confirmed my observation, which Brandon had missed because he turned his head at the moment of the attack. He got that one and several others with the same method, and I’ll now refer to him affectionately as “Haywire.” His method will be something else for me to try on my next trip into the waters where the skinnies live.
Others got skinnies on bait, Raiders and other long, heavy jigs. We had numerous stops, some initiated by short strikes, which produced nothing on the trolled jigs, but proved wahoo were waiting for dropback offerings. The Marauders did their usual good job of producing skinnies for the trollers.
Fishing in the Buffer Zone off Clarion Island on a ten-day excursion with the flyback option is a smart option. We were there because the tuna on the southern banks weren’t biting well when we left port. As skipper Cates said, “Drift fishing was classic. We had fish of 80 to 140 pounds every morning, and 120 to 180 pounds in the afternoon. I don’t see why more people don’t do this. Five days of catching big tuna puts a lot of fish on the boat, with just about all the fishing you can take, and you don’t have to make that long ride home.”
It wouldn’t be proper for me to end this story with a grateful thanks to this trip’s sponsors: Accurate, AFTCO, Calstar, Five Star, Izorline, Mustad, Salas, Seaguar, Seeker, Sportsman’s Seafood, Zuckers and others. Jack Nilsen gets kudos for putting the trip on and embellishing it with over $50,000 worth of loaner reels and rods. Jack was assisted by Leo Reihsen and Gary Gillingham, who helped any and all anglers who needed it.
I’d also like to applaud Cates and his fine crew of Derek Waldman, Tom Ferrari, Fernando Calleros, Julio Ochoa and chefs Rick Shedd and Chapman Murphey. The food was excellent, right on, and with their help I was for once proud to return without gaining unwanted weight.
We gave the Sportsman’s award of my book At The Rail, a copy of the IGFA yearbook, a new Salas 7X and a Five Star discount certificate to Bob Peterson of San Diego, who brought his 18-year-old son Caleb on his first long range trip. Caleb wanted a 100-pounder. The tuna obliged him beyond his hopes, repeatedly, and made him a new long ranger, a young man who’ll be back, again and again, without doubt. Bob was also rewarded with first cow, taped at 222 pounds.
So what do I really think about this trip on the Red Rooster III? Delicious.
Nov. 19, 2011
Good morning folks.
We finished off the trip yesterday and packed it up. Great fishing again and great weather . No outstanding fish the last couple of days but nice grade up to 190 pounds. Classic drift fishing. What a great trip.
We will be in Cabo tomorrow morning
Andy Cates
Nov. 18, 2011
Good evening folks.
We had another nice day with 41 tuna for the day. Biggest fish today about 190 pounds. We didn't hook any bigger fish that we know of. It was a bit slower today but only compared to the last few days. Really a nice day of fishing with great weather. We have most of the day tomorrow and then we will head over to Cabo. It does look like nice weather for the ride in. We will get a new update tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Nov. 16, 2011
Good evening folks We had another great day. 47 tuna with 4 fish taped out over 200 pounds.
Bob Peterson with his personal best 225. Joe Arimitsu with a 204 and lost a bigger one just below gaff. Tim Coomes with a 205 and Bill Roecker with a 204. They were close to the 200 lb. mark and even if they don't make it, its still great fish. All day action with great weather.2 more days left . Maybe we will get chances at a couple more decent fish.
Andy Cates
Nov. 15, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a great day today. 54 tuna and what a great grade of fish. Average is about 150 pounds with some bigger and some smaller. Fish up into the 190's and one fish 245 caught by Denny Hill. His personal best before that was a 140 lb. he caught yesterday. He made a big jump scoring that cow. We did have a couple other chances at possibly cow's but no luck. Maybe tomorrow. What great fishing so far.
Andy Cates
Nov. 14, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a fun day at the Island. Things started slow but when we got on the fish it picked up with long drifts on fish from 120 to 180 pounds. The morning brought smaller fish 60 to 90 pounders but also brought this 270 pound tuna caught by Alan Walbridge. We did hook another big one but it fell off. No daily JackPot today but Bill Roecker had a great first tuna prize that included a 5 star certificate . Seagar line and Salas jigs. Tomorrow we may have another pot. Oh Yah, Jack gave a ten pack of Salas jigs for the first tuna on the deck. Sweet!
50 tuna today and hoping for more tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Nov. 12, 2011
Good evening folks. It looks like we just missed the storm. With smooth seas and a nice ride. Rigged up the Tuna gear today. Got a few other things ready. Still nice weather and looking forward to our last day of travel. That will be tomorrow.
Have a good night
Andy Cates
Nov. 11, 2011
Good evening folks.
Our first day of travel brought some great raffle items. Accurate sponsored the trip with many others. We have Bill Roecker out with us this trip. Hopefully we get some nice fishing and weather for some great pictures. heading down has been great weather. a little rain but flat calm seas.
Tomorrow we start rigging up and do a Tuna seminar to get the day started. We handed out some of the loaner Accurate reels and Calstar and Seeker rods today. All the guys are anxious to get fishing.
We will report again tomorrow.
Andy
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 24- Charkbait.com
FISH COUNT: 20 YELLOWFIN TUNA, LIMITS OF DORADO, 290 YELLOWTAIL, 26 GROUPER, 18 BLUEFIN TUNA AND 8 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 48 LBS WAHOO TUNA CAUGHT BY BRUNO BUZINSKI OF LA CRESCENTA, CA.
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 34.O LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY KENNETH PEIL, OF PORTLAND, OR
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 28.8 LBS BLUEFIN CAUGHT FRED GARY THOMPSON OF RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 61.4 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY STEVE PFEIFER OF CORONADO, CA
Nov. 9, 2011
Good evening folks. It has been a slow ride home. Spotty weather has held us back. It looks like 9:00 in the morning if everything goes good tonight.
See you then
Andy Cates
Nov. 8, 2011
Good morning folk. After a rough slow go last night we were not able to stop on the 13 this morning like we planned. We have to keep going just to make it home on time. The weather is nice now near the beach. Hopefully it stays nice and we can make up for lost time.
We will update an ETA tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Nov. 7, 2011
Good evening folks. Yesterday we did the ridge run. We came up with 8 wahoo for the all day troll-a-thon. We ended up down by Mag bay and went in for bait last night. That worked out good, we caught plenty of bait and we are ready for today.
Today was one stop shopping on nice size dorado. A floating object brought us spectacular dorado fishing. The weather came up and we are going to try to get up the line. We are a long way from home and we need to make good time. Maybe an afternoon at San Pablo tomorrow. We will se how are travelling goes.
Andy Cates
Nov. 5, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a fun day of fishing with a typical variety, yellowfin, Bluefin, yellowtail and dorado. The numbers weren't real high but all together it added up to a nice day. Tomorrow we do the ridge run in hopes of wahoo. And dorado. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Nov. 4, 2011
Good evening folks.
We had a nice morning of yellowtail fishing. A stop at Benitos paid off with great action on yellows. It also put us in position to be on the ridge tomorrow morning. The weather is still nice and heading down.
Looks like about 930 in the morning arrival time.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Nov. 3, 2011
Good afternoon folks. We left yesterday on The Charkbait 8 day trip. Nice load of bait and heading south. Mark had a nice giveaway and then into a great New York steak dinner.
We caught a few small tuna this morning. We didn't find any schools but the weather is nice and now we are rigging up for the next few days. We will be fishing yellows tomorrow at Benitos and then proceeding south.
Andy Cates
Two For Loftus & Martin
Andy Cates brought Red Rooster III home to H&M Landing October 30 following the annual Loftus & martin 14-day trip to Hurricane Bank and Clarion Island’s offshore waters. There were 23 anglers aboard, and they had a very good catch of large tuna from 90 to 268 pounds.
The big 268-pound yellowfin was caught by John Wichmann of Oceanside, who used a fresh Super Seeker 6463 XXH rod he’d won in a raffle aboard the Rooster on the way south. It was custom-wrapped by Smitty G., he said.
“My fifth cow and the best one yet,” said Wichmann. “He was the strongest one so far. I was only out with my bait maybe three minutes in water that was full of sharks. My last ten bites were all sharks. This guy took off like a freight train, and he stayed outside during the hour and a half fight.”
John said he used a Mustad 9/0 7691 hook on 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Izorline spectra on a Penn 50 VSW reel and his new rod.
Terry Robb, on his second long range trip, bagged the second-place fish, a 214-pounder. He said it bit on a sardine and a 9/0 Mustad 7691 hook tied to 130-pound Maxima fluorocarbon and 130-pound Maxima line on a an Accurate ATD 50 reel and a Black Steel Seeker 6460 XXH rod.
“I got him in 20 minutes,” said Terry. “He came up in the port corner.”
Fred Wakefield of Santa Ana won third place for a 197.6-pound yellowfin tuna.
The anglers spent their last day of fishing at the San Benitos Islands, where they caught bass from the boat’s skiffs and a nice bunch of yellows from the big boat, noted skipper Cates.
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CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 14 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: HURRICANE BANK, CLARION, BENITOS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 23- WINTERWANDERLUST/ LOFTUS & MARTIN
FISH COUNT: 150
YELLOWFIN TUNA 20 WAHOO 100 YELLOWTAIL 35 GROUPER
1st PLACE JACKPOT 268 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT
BY JOHN WICHMAN OF OCEANSIDE, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 214.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT
BY TERRY ROBB OF MONTROSE, MI.
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 197.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT FRED WAKEFIELD OF SANTA ANA, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 86.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY IVAN FJINAKA OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Oct. 29, 2011
Good evening folks. Yesterday we had a great day. Fishing for bass in the skiffs and catching yellows on the big boat. really nice weather and a great ride up. Tomorrow we will be in at 7:00 in the morning. See you then.
Andy Cates
Oct. 26, 2011
Good evening folks.
We spent the day travelling up. The weather was a little bumpy but really not that bad. We will be up on the Ridge tomorrow to try for a little variety and then move up the coast.
Hopefully the weather gets a little better.
Andy Cates
Oct. 25, 2011
Good evening folks.
Yesterday was a long day releasing fish and not getting any chances at big ones. There was decent sign of better fish on black porpoise but no bites. A couple of good schools of non trophy size tuna, just not what we were after.
The weather is nice after a full day of rain and thunder and lightning. Nice weather now as we run up. We are going to finish off up the beach maybe the ridge or maybe Cedros for a day and then head it home.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Oct. 23, 2011
Good evening folks. We have been off line and but now have strong signal. We will see how long it last down here.
We had great fishing out at the Bank. 130 to 180 pound fish with a few bigger. Biggest fish out there was 205 caught by Terry Robb. The weather was ok and we had a long ride into the Island. It is nice in the lee right now but had rain almost all day. Biggest fish today was 270 caught by John Wichman.
We will try again tomorrow for Jack Pot fish. The sharks are bad and makes it very frustrating but the guys are hanging in there. Just a couple more big ones and we would be stoked.. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
From: Captain Andy Cates (via Red Rooster III Office):
10/21/2011
We have been having a very successful trip so far! The fishing has been very good! Yesterday, we caught about 35 Yellowfin Tuna. Today, we have so far 50 YFT. All between 100-190lbs. One at 205lbs. The weather has been fair, no hurricanes, and no sharks!
Unfortunately, we have terrible SAT reception, therefore getting the report to you has been a struggle.
We will report back soon!
Capt. Andy Cates
Oct. 18, 2011
Good morning folks. So far the ride down has been great. We have had a couple of great raffles and started tuna rigging today. We had a birthday party for John Loftus yesterday. Larry bought him a 275 dollar bottle of Cognac. The present from the crew was a little more subtle. A pair of dikes. But worthy anyway. A great night for football. And a great ride down.
We will keep you posted
Andy Cates
“The First Wave:” Super Skins Coming In
Andy Cates brought the Seaguar/Newell/Yo-Zuri/Catchy Tackle/Hayabusa and FishingVideos.com trip with 28 anglers and chartermaster Richard Hightower home to H&M Landing October 15 after a great eight-day trip with 28 anglers. The group fished on The Ridge and briefly at 170 miles, finding tuna at the short distance and yellowtail and wahoo on The Ridge.
“This is the first wave of superhoos,” he told dock reporter Bill Roecker. “We’re eager for more!”
The best superhoo weighed 79 pounds on the landing’s certified scales. It was caught by retired fireman John Stuemke of San Diego on a home-made black and orange bomb.
Halloween must be close, because many of the big skins taken on the trip showed a preference for jigs of those colors. Hightower showed a bit of his old wahoo form by taking several on jigs, on Catchy Tackle bombs with a gold head and black and orange skirts, and also on some Catchy Tackle Sea Strike 33 jigs in gold and pink and silver and blue.
Dan Newell of La Mirada won first place for his first wahoo, a 67-pounder that ate another Catchy Tackle spinner bomb with a gold head and pink, purple and black colors.
He said he used 50-pound Yo-Zuri Hybrid line on a Newell 533 reel and a seven-foot rod, defeating the gator-like critter in 20 minutes.
Phil Faubert of Huntington Beach won second place for a 65-pound ‘hoo, and Rooster regular Gary Grimaud of ocean Beach won third place for a 61-pound wahoo. Several other very large skins were caught on the troll, including the 78.6-pounder caught by David Carillo of San Ramon.
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CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: THE RIDGE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 21- NEWELL/ YO-ZURRI CHARTER
“The First Wave:” Super Skins Coming In
Andy Cates brought the Seaguar/Newell/Yo-Zuri/CatchyTackle/Hayabusa and FishingVideos.com trip with 28 anglers and chartermaster Richard Hightower home to H&M Landing October 15 after a great eight-day trip with 28 anglers. The group fished on The Ridge and briefly at 170 miles, finding tuna at the short distance and yellowtail and wahoo on The Ridge.
“This is the first wave of superhoos,” he told dock reporter Bill Roecker. “We’re eager for more!”
The best superhoo weighed 79 pounds on the landing’s certified scales. It was caught by retired fireman John Stuemke of San Diego on a home-made black and orange bomb.
Halloween must be close, because many of the big skins taken on the trip showed a preference for jigs of those colors. Hightower showed a bit of his old wahoo form by taking several on jigs, on Catchy Tackle bombs with a gold head and black and orange skirts, and also on some Catchy Tackle Sea Strike 33 jigs in gold and pink and silver and blue.
Dan Newell of La Mirada won first place for his first wahoo, a 67-pounder that ate another Catchy Tackle spinner bomb with a gold head and pink, purple and black colors.
He said he used 50-pound Yo-Zuri Hybrid line on a Newell 533 reel and a seven-foot rod, defeating the gator-like critter in 20 minutes.
Phil Faubert of Huntington Beach won second place for a 65-pound ‘hoo, and Rooster regular Gary Grimaud of ocean Beach won third place for a 61-pound wahoo. Several other very large skins were caught on the troll, including the 78.6-pounder caught by David Carillo of San Ramon.
FISH COUNT: NEAR LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL AND YELLOWFIN TUNA, 40 WHAOO,1 GROUPER
1st PLACE JACKPOT 67.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DAN NEWELL OF LA MIRADA, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 65.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PHIL FAUBERT OF NEWPORT BEACH, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 61.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT GARY GRIMAUD OF SAN DIEGO, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 78.6 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY DAVID CARILLO OF SAN RAMON, CA
Oct. 14, 2011
Good afternoon folks. What a great finisher. Great weather and aquarium wide open fishing on Yellowfin tuna. Nice fish too, 18 to 25 pounders. What a great way to finish, right to the very last bait on board. Being that we are close to home we will be in at 6:30 in the morning to get started unloading.
Wow what a nice way to end the trip.
Andy Cates
Oct. 13, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a slow day at Cedros, Excellent sign of yellowtail just not the size we were after. The guys released some in the morning and then we spent the rest of the day trying different shallows and kelp lines in hopes of bigger yellows. The day ended at Benitos where we had a huge North west swell that kind of turned the Island over. The water was foamy and ripped up. We have nice weather and finishing offshore with the lack of anything else to do. Maybe we will bump into something good. We have the weather for it.
Andy Cates
Oct. 12, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a great day of variety fishing. One anchor job offered action until we left at 3:00. Yellowfin tuna, dorado and yellowtail. Everyone had plenty of that by the afternoon and we started heading up. The weather is great today and we will be at Cedros tomorrow. It will be a nice relaxing day and hopefully a few standout yellows to seal the trip up. Maybe even a seabass or two.
Nice weather and great 8 day trip fishing.
Andy Cates
Oct. 11, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a nice morning on yellowtail and then trolled it up for a couple of strikes. More traffic today and less wahoo but we stayed busy on Dorado and yellows. We spent a lot of the time on the move hoping for strikes but they didn't come. Anyway we are moving up and hoping for more action and variety tomorrow. Some school size tuna would be great and of course wahoo. We will see,
Andy Cates
Oct. 10, 2011
Good evening folks. What a surprise for us today. 36 jumbo ridge wahoo. All day action with epic battles on big Wahoo. The guys had at it with the casting jigs and Bombs. Certainly a great surprise. Yellowtail fishing was nothing short of great and some Dorado and a few Grouper to make a classic variety ridge day.
We are going to try it again tomorrow and hope more wahoo move in with this full moon.
Andy Cates
Oct. 9, 2011
Good evening folks.
Tough day here today. We spent the day offshore outside the ridge and came up with a couple of kelps with very little on them. We had one wahoo in the morning and hooked a couple others on kelps but with a few dorado that was it. A lot of off colored water. Plenty warm just greenish. Not good. We got that out of our system and will be on the ridge tomorrow. Hopefully that goes better.
Andy Cates
Oct. 8, 2011
Good evening folks.
We left yesterday on our annual Newell/ Hyabusa /Seagar 8 day trip. As usual we had a great giveaway and raffle that included tackle and reels. Also shirts and hats. A nice welcome for the guys from the sponsors. Today has been a nice day of travel with a seminar in the morning and rigging the rest of the day.
We might make a quick stop at Benitos just to break up the ride and be fishing offshore tomorrow looking for Dorado on kelps and whatever else we can come up with. The weather is getting better all day and tomorrow looks to be flat calm. A perfect setup to look offshore.
We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: JOE D’ ACQUISTO
DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 7 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: RIDGE, ALIJOS ROCKS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 21- ANGLER CENTER/ PELAGIC GEAR/ SONNY JONES
FISH COUNT: 340 YELLOWTAIL, 128 DORADO, 40 YELLOWFIN TUNA, 1 GROUPER, 7 WAHOO, 1 PARGO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 108.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY WALLY AKIMOTO OF SAN DIEGO, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 67.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JEFF BRUNER OF LAKEWOOD, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 50.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT SAL TOCCO OF SAN DIEGO, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 52.4 LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY DAN SAUNDER OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
Rooster: Seven Skins, Limits O’Tails
Joe D’Acquisto brought Red Rooster III home to H&M Landing October 7 after an eight-day trip down the Baja that found limits of yellowtail, seven wahoo and some good tuna at Alijos Rocks.
Wally Akimoto of San Diego won first place for a 108-pound yellowfin. He told Bill Roecker he caught it with a sardine on a 5/0 Mustad hook on 50-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, 50-pound Maxima line and 80-pound Spiderwire on a Trinidad 30 reel and a seven-foot GRUSA rod.
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Oct. 5, 2011
Good Afternoon Folks, We had a good day of fish yesterday at the rocks. With a mixed bag of yellowfin, yellowtail, dorado and wahoo. The tuna range from eighteen to twenty two pounds with a couple that are seventy to a hundred pounds. The wahoo are thirty five to sixty pounds. The yellowtail and dorado you had to weed through. We fished for a couple hours in the morning and are heading home. We decided to stay here sense it was the only game in town for tuna. This morning the water rolled over and we had a sample of all the species. The weather is ok but is suppose to get choppy. Wish us luck on the ride home. We'd also like to thank Sunny Jones and are sponsors AKU Lures, Ballyhood Int Lures, 5 star processing, Jimmy Decker Guided Trips, Pelagic Gear, and Angler Center. For all the great give always and prizes. On behalf of the crew and myself we'd like to thanks to a great group of guys. This is my last trip on the rooster and like to say thanks to all and good fishing to you. Bent rods and smoking drags to all.
Joe and RR3 Crew
Oct. 3, 2011
Good Evening Folks, We had a great day of fishing .We had yellowtail, dorado, pargo and a grouper. The yellows where a notch better then yesterday the majority of them where eighteen to twenty two pounds with some better. The dorado are twelve to eighteen pounds with some better. We are on our way to the Alijos Rocks to see if things have changed out there. We will be there in the morning. Wish us luck. The weather is choppy. There's not much wind but some seas.
Joe and RR3 Crew
Oct. 2, 2011
Good Evening Folks, Today we fished the 13 and had a great afternoon. We arrived at one o'clock and the fishing was great. We had a mix of yellowtail, yellowfin tuna and dorado. The yellows where all sixteen to eighteen pounds. We had to weed through a lot of fish today. The tuna are eight to twelve pounds with an occasional twenty two pounder. The dorado are all good size we moved further down the ridge in hopes more steady action wish us luck. We will report back later.
Joe and RR3 crew
Rooster Six-Day
Andy Cates brought Red Rooster III home from a six-day trip with 19 anglers on September 30, with a good catch of yellowtail and dorado.
The winning fish, a 37-pound yellowtail, bit on a new Tady 4/0 jig in Mexican Flag colors, dropped by Robert Davis of Chino Hills.
“He rocked me, and took over 15 minutes to bring up,” said Robert. “It was a good fight.”
Davis said he got his yellow on 40-pound Izorline, 65-pound Power Pro spectra, and Avet JX Raptor reel and a Calstar 700 H rod.
Andy Tenery of Austin, TX won second place for a 24.2-pound dorado. Ernie Walters of LA won third place for a 24-pound dorado.
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CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 6 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE, CEDROS,
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 20- ONORODS.COM
FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL , NEAR LIMITS DORADO, 89 YELLOWFIN TUNA, 1 GROUPER
1st PLACE JACKPOT 37.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA AUGHT BY ROBERT DAVIS OF CHINO HILLS, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 24.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ANDY TENERY OF AUSTIN, TX
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 24.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT ERNIE WALTERS OF LOS ANGELES, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 18.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ANDY TENERY OF AUSTIN, TX
Sept. 29, 2011
Good evening folks.
Not exactly a great finisher. Scattered jig strikes on yellowfin and only one school that did not bite. Kind of a long haul back up here for that, but you never know. We have had back to back finishers up here and I think that the fish up here are coming to an end. Fortunately for us all of our trips now are longer voyages to the southern waters. Still we had a great trip with plenty of fish in which most of it came from below Cedros.
Anyway great weather and we will be in at 700 in the morning.
Andy Cates
Sept. 27, 2011
Good
evening folks. Yesterday we had action in the afternoon on yellows
and tuna.
About 100 yellows and 40 tuna. Tuna were 12 to 25
pounds and yellows about the same. We looked offshore in the
morning, with the wind and green water it didn't work out.
Today
was a whole different story with small tuna and yellows in the
morning and a move that brought good biting yellows and great
Dorado.
Aquarium style dorado
fishing and fish up to 30 pounds. Beautiful fish and biting.
So
far a great trip and the weather is getting nice as we speak.
Tomorrow we will be at Cedros and then heading up to finish off in
the offshore grounds.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Sept. 25, 2011
Good morning folks. We are making our way down the coast. The weather is up and the offshore scene seemed a bit dicey. Even after our hit on the way home on the last trip, I am feeling a little weary stopping short. Headed for Benitos and on. It is windy right now but going with it is nice.
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH
– SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2011
LENGTH OF
TRIP: 6 DAYS
AREAS
FISHED: OFF SHORE, CEDROS, BONITOS,
GUADALUPE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 19- ROB PENELL
FISH COUNT: 176 BLUEFIN, 71 YELLOWFIN TUNA, LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE JACKPOT 87.2
LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA AUGHT BY STEVE ROBERTSON OF LOLO, MT
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 84.4 YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY SEAN MARKELINE OF VENTURA, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 79.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PAUL MARTINEZ OF LAS VEGAS, NV
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 16.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JULIUS DEOCAMPO
Sept. 23, 2011
Good afternoon folks. We finished off with a bang today. Wide open action on Bluefin and yellowfin. Great weather and great fishing always makes for a nice finish. Now we go deal with Ensenada and US customs and then at the dock at 730. Nice ride up, we are stoked about that.
Andy Cates
Good morning folks. We had a long day at the Island , butr did manage to get our Jack Pot fish. Sharks and missed bites were a factor but bottom line just not very many bites. A fair show with fish boiling around just not much go.
It was nice weather and a different scene but tough scratch fishing. Thankfully we did get some chances tough.
We are fishing offshore today and could really use a hit to finish off with.
Andy Cates
Sept. 21, 2011
Good evening folks. Really a nice day today. The fish at Benitos are all nice grade. 18 to 25 pounds with a few bigger. Long drifts with action the entire time. Mostly Yo -Yo fish but biting the sardine on the heavy biting stops. Classic Benitos fishing.
We are on our way out to Guadalupe hoping to get our Jack Pot settled. It does sound like a tall order but with a little luck it may happen. Still not much sign there but looking for Jackpots doesn't seem like too much.
We will see
Andy Cates
Sept. 19, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a tough first day offshore. The beginning of the end was 2 nice schools that would not bite. We even took over a school from another boat and that didn't last very long. We were due for a tough day with the great luck we have had. Hopefully we can make up for it. Tomorrow we try for yellows. Hopefully we can put together a nice day .
Andy Cates
Izorline Trip Scores
Joe D’Acquisto docked Red Rooster III at H&M Landing September 18 at the end of a six-day trip sponsored by Izorline.
“We fished three days offshore,” said Joe, “and a day each at Cedros and Guadalupe Islands. We were just about limited out on tuna and yellowtail.”
Kent Fukumoto of Santa Ana won first place for a 75.4-pound yellowfin tuna, the only one of 11 big tuna hooked at Guadalupe that escaped the hungry sharks nearby. He said he bagged it with a sardine on a 3/0 ringed Super Mutu hook on 50-pound Seaguar Premier fluorocarbon, 50-pound Izorline and 100-pound Izorline spectra. He fished with a Trinidad 30 reel and a Calstar 700 H rod. The fight lasted a half-hour, said Kent and the sharks were chasing his fish when it was gaffed aboard.
Andy Perez of Anaheim won second place for a 26.2-pound tuna. Ian Burke of Lakeside got a 23.8-pound yellowtail for third place, and Joshua Finger of Scottsdale, AZ won the coveted trolling jacket for an 18-pound yellowfin he got with a cedar plug.
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Sept. 17, 2011
Good Afternoon Folks
Sorry for not reporting yesterday. We had a really tuff day we had four bluefin for our efforts. We saw lots of fish they just didn't want to play. Today was another story we had a great day so good we had to drive away from them biting as we where out of time. We will be checking in to Ensenada tonight. Then going to us customs in the morning. If all goes well we should be at the dock between six and seven. We turn around tomorrow for another six day .Wish us luck. The weather is absolutely beautiful grease calm and we hope it stays that way.
Thanks Joe and RR3 Crew
Sept. 15, 2011
Good Evening Folks
We fished Guadalupe today and it was not all that cool. The sharks where really aggressive and ate almost everything we did manage to scrape one seventy pound tuna away from them. We are on our way to fish offshore wish us luck as we will need it. We will report back later. The weather is great and hope it continues to be that way.
Joe and RR3 Crew
Sept. 14, 2011
Good Evening Folks
We fished for yellowtail today and it was good fishing. It was slow in the morning but by lunch time it was game on. The yellows are sixteen to eighteen pounds with a few better ones mixed in. We are on our way to Guadalupe which sounded really slow today but we are hopping that tomorrow things have changed. The weather is absolutely beautiful. Wish us luck for tomorrow cause it sounds like we will need it. We will report back tomorrow.
Joe and RR3 Crew
Sept. 13, 2011
Good Evening Folks
Today we fished offshore and it wasn't all that. The weather came up and the fish went down. We all saw a little bit of sign but it just didn't want to bite. We are on our way to the island to try for yellows. There has been good sign so our hopes are up. Keep your fingers crossed that it wants to bite tomorrow. We will report back tomorrow.
Joe and RR3 Crew
CharkBait Finds Tuna, ‘Tails
Andy Cates docked Red Rooster III at H&M Landing September 12 after an excellent four-day trip with 24 anglers and CharkBait owner Mark Smith aboard as chartermaster.
“It was seven-day fishing on a four-day trip,” remarked Cates on the dock. “It was almost too good. We had wide-open fishing on yellowfin and bluefin tuna offshore, excellent fishing for yellowtail at Cedros Island, and wide-open offshore again on the way back, ending up with near-limits around. And we had great weather.”
Darren Sato of Irvine jigged up the winning yellowtail, a 31-pounder that struck his blue and white Salas 6X Jr. at the big island. He told dock reporter Bill Roecker he fished with 40-pound Izorline, 60-pound Izorline spectra on an Avet JX reel and a Calstar 610 rod.
John Antoline of Placentia won second place for a 26-pounder, and “Tutt” Tuttoilmondo of Lake Elsinore won third place for a 25.6-pound yellowtail
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CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 4 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE, CEDROS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 17-
CHARKBAIT
FISH COUNT: 300 YELLOWFIN TUNA 119 BLUEFIN TUNA 299 YELLOWTAIL 5
DORADO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 31.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL AUGHT BY DARREN SATO OF IRVINE, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 26.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY JOHN ANTOLINE OF ROWLAND HEIGHTS OF CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 25.6 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY GERARD TUTTOILMONDO OF LAKE ELSINORE OF CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 20.9 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY WILLIAM CLARK
Sept. 10, 2011
Good evening folks.
We had a great day at the Island. Nice grade of fish. 16 to 22 pounds with some fish up to 30 pounds. Action all day right up untill evening, We dropped the anchor for dinner and will be paddy hopping tomorrow in hopes of Dorado. It sounds like the weather is good and we should have a nice ride up tonight, What a great day.
Andy Cates
Sept. 9, 2011
Good evening folks.
Our first day of a 4 day started off with a bang.
Aquarium style fishing on school size Blue fin and Yellowfin. A great 3 hour stop that left everyone exhausted after non stop action. The afternoon brought a few dorado as we worked our way down to Cedros and stopped on kelps.
We will be at Cedros first thing in the morning and looking for a nice day of yellowtail fishing. The weather has gotten better all day and we should have a nice ride tonight.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Sept. 7, 2011
Good Evening Folks
We had a day and half trip today. We left the dock early in order to be able to make it down to that lower yellowfin zone. We made it down to the area at around nine and the edge was not to be found. There was us and five other boats and no one ended up find them. We ended up having a beautiful day kelp fishing. We had a great day on dorado and a few yellowfin with some small yellows mixed in. The dorado are eight to eighteen. The few yellowfin that we caught are the same as the dorado. The yellows are from eight to twenty five with alot of shakers mixed in. The weather is beautiful, grease calm just the way we like it. We will be at the dock at around nine o'clock.
Joe and RR3 Crew
CAPTAIN: JOE D’ACQUISTO
DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND- , MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 15-
LABOR DAY TRIP
FISH COUNT: 272 YELLOWFIN TUNA 28 DORADO 13 BLUEFIN
1st PLACE JACKPOT 24.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MITCH CHAVIRA OF CARLSBAD, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 24.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CHARLIE MCGHEE OF ENCINITAS, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 21.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JAMES YEE OF SAN DIEGO, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 15.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY LEE ALPERN OF LOS ANGELES, CA
Sept. 4, 2011
Good Evening Folks We had another great day of fishing offshore today and are on our way home. We had a mix bag of fish again today. The majority being yellowfin, with also a couple handfuls of dorado and bluefin to go with it. The morning was slow but by lunch time it was game on if you found the right school. The only bad thing about this body of fish is that it keeps going south and not north. We will be in tomorrow around nine or nine thirty. The weather is nice but not grease.
Joe and RR3 Crew
Sept. 3, 2011
Good Evening Folks. We had a great day in the offshore ground. We had dorado, bluefin and yellowfin. The average size is sixteen pounds with a few better ones. Wish us luck for tomorrow as we will be offshore again and also hope the weather stays the same or comes down to grease calm.
Joe and RR3 Crew
Sept. 2, 2011
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: SUNDAY, AUGUST 28TH-
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5
DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CEDROS, OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 14- LARRY BROWN CHARTER
FISH COUNT: 320 BLUEFIN TUNA, 210 YELLOWTAIL, 90 YELLOWTAIL, 1
WHITE SEA BASS
1st PLACE JACKPOT 51.0
LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY PHILLIP BELL OF PLAYA DEL RAY, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 39.4LBS
YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY LARRY BROWN OF PLAYA DEL RAY, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 36.6LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY DAVID LEFFAN OF EL PASO, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 14.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PAUL JOHNSON
Sept
2, 2011
Outdoor Writer Bill Roecker
Top
O’ The Morning
Phil Bell of Playa del Rey and the LA Rod & Reel Club had a pretty good start to
one of his days aboard the Red Rooster III with skipper Andy Cates when the boat
stopped to fish overnight at Cedros Island on a five-day Larry Brown charter.
“I was sleeping in the galley about four a.m. when the cook woke me up to say
that deckhand Tom had just got a whopper yellowtail. He gaffed it himself. So I
got up and went outside, and got a big white seabass, a huge yellowtail and a
thresher shark,” said Phil to dock reporter Bill Roecker at H&M Landing
September 2. He was helped to display his fish by his son Andy of Coos Bay, OR.
Phil won first place for his big “biscuit,” caught on a mackerel on a dropper
loop sunk with eight ounces of weight. He said he used 60-pound Izorline and
80-pound Power Pro spectra on an Avet LX reel and a Seeker Black Steel 6465 H
rod. The white seabass weighed 51 pounds, a sleek trophy in itself. His big
yellowtail weighed 43 pounds.
Larry Brown of Playa del Rey won second place for a 39.4-pound yellowtail. He
wanted to thanks some of his sponsors: Avet Izorline, Owner and Phenix Rods.
David Leffman of El Paso won third place for a 36.6-pound yellowtail.
Lisa Kenny of San Diego got her best yellowtail ever, a 32-pounder, and posed
with Captain Cates.
Sept. 1, 2011
Good afternoon folks.
We finished off today with a great stop on Bluefin and yellowfin. Got what we
needed and now are on our way home. The weather last night was poor and going up
the beach we hope we find a better ride.
We will be in at 800 in the morning
and the boat leaves on a 3 day. The prospects look good especially if the
weather comes down.
Andy Cates
Aug.30, 2011
Good morning folks
Yesterday we had a great day of yellowtail fishing.
Flat calm no wind and
hot. Most fish from 15 to 22 pounds . No stand outs. Very fun drift fishing.
So far this morning we have a few nice yellows up to 40 pounds and one White
Seabas about 50 pounds. So far they look to be the Jack pot fish . But time will
tell.
Great weather and we will be offshore tomorrow to finish a great trip
Andy Cates
Aug. 29, 2011
Good
afternoon folks
We had an excellent first day with wide open Bluefin and yellowfin tuna.
What a great way to get started. The weather was perfect and now we're heading
down to Cedros for hopefully some yellowtail action.
We had a great raffle yesterday and Larry Brown and the passengers came up with
1600 dollars for donations. All items were raffled and appreciated.
Thanks to:
Avet Reels
Pheonix Rods
Shimano
Body Glove wetsuits
Baja Fish gear
Big Hammer swim baits
Izorline
Sportfishing Magazine
Sportsman seafood
Invisa swivel
Ken Bush custom rods
High tide sportfishing's Holy Mackere & HT jigs Long Range sportfishing San
Diego style Book Aftco Booya AA worms/Optimum Knot 2 Kinky Fisherman's
processing Chuck Byron art MDRA WON Thanks again we will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Outdoor writer Bill Roecker 8/28/2011
Andy Cates returned Red Rooster III to her berth at H&M Landing August 28
following a seven-day Izorline trip with owner Steve Ichinokuchi aboard, along
with 18 other anglers.
Cates reported the day before: “So far today has
worked out with Bluefin, Yellowfin and a couple of Albacore. Things have changed
with flat calm weather and all day drifts.
The start of the stop was wide
open and then tapered off to a pick. You get flurries on fish as you drift.
Light line is best with 25 and 30-pound line with Seaguar flourocarbon. The fish
are small so a small hook works out as well. We are going to drift until 300 and
then head it for home. Hopefully we can get a few more hits.
“Epic
yellowfin fishing in the afternoon,” he reported later. “We drove away from them
and headed home; an epic ending of a great trip.”
Cates told
Roecker, “We got our trophies at The Rocks. Fishing was good on The Ridge, and
prospects for tuna look good between there and Punta Eugenia, maybe on the same
fish that were on the Petrel Bank earlier. Yesterday we had near-limits on tuna
of combined species.”
Paul Oster of Mammoth Lakes won first place
and the Izorline Trophy for a 109-pound yellowfin. He said it came to him after
biting a sardine on a 3/0 ringed Owner Mutu hook tied to 40-pound Seaguar
fluorocarbon leader. He used 40-pound Izorline and 80-pound Line One spectra on
an Accurate 665 reel and a Calstar 760 ML rod.
Ceasar Requindin of
San Marcos won second place and the Coveted Trolling Jacket for a 99-pound tuna
and one a great deal smaller, about 14 pounds. Mike Hobbick of Fullerton won
third place for a 98.2-pound tuna.
Mike said he had thrown his
very expensive, foreign-made reel into the water after its drag system failed on
the one fish. It was still attached to the rod, he said, because the nuts
holding it were locked jam-tight.
“I wrote a letter about my
feelings to the company,” he stated.
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CAPTAIN: ANDY
CATES
DATE OF TRIP: SUNDAY, AUGUST 21ST- SUNDAY,
AUGUST 28TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP:7 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE, ALIJOS, CEDROS, RIDGE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 13- IZORLINE SPONSOR
FISH COUNT:LIMITS OF YELLOWFIN TUNA,
LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL, 2 ALBACORE
1st PLACE JACKPOT 109.4LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PAUL OSTER OF MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 14.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CEARSER REGUINDIN
Aug 27, 2011
good afternoon folks.
So far today has worked
out with Bluefin, Yellowfin and a couple of Albacore.
Things have changed
with flat calm weather and all day drifts.
The start of the stop was wide
open and then tapered off to a pick. You get flurry's on fish as you drift.
Light line is best 25 and 30 pound with Seagar flourocarbon. The fish are small
so a small hook works out as well.
We are going to drift untill 300 and then
head it for home. Hopefully we can get a few more hits.
Andy Cate
Aug 26, 2011
Good evening folks.
We made a few stops this morning and picked up a few yellows. With what we had
we left before lunch and started heading up. We will be in the Bluefin grounds
tomorrow . I hope we can get lucky and finish off with some action. It would
make a nice finish to a great trip Andy Cates
Aug 25, 2011
Good evening folks.
We started off this morning with epic yellowtail fishing. Typical ridge yellow
fishing at it's finest. We did see some tuna which was good but not biting.
Hopefully some tuna fill in there soon. The water and conditions were plenty
good. We ran up the line and looked for kelps and struck out on that and hit a
few areas of porpoise for nothing. We decided to go up and mess around at Cedros
tomorrow mostly just to put us in position for the Bluefin and yellowfin area
the next day. It sounds like the weather up there is coming down and should be
nice for us . Hopefully the fish bite and we can end with more action.
Andy Cates
Aug. 24, 2011
Good
afternoon folks.
More of the same here at the Rocks. very challenging
fishing. We have 18 tuna and 10 yellowtail. Half of the tuna are nice fish , up
to 100lbs but very hard to catch. Between the light line and sharks it is hard
to stay at it.
It looks like we may leave here this afternoon and head in for
some ridge action. That way everyone can get a bite. And yes it is still windy.
Andy Cates
Aug 23, 2011
Good evening folks
We got in at the Rocks at 1100 and got the anchor down.
No jig strikes on our tour around the rocks.
We picked 16 tuna and had a
tough day with dragging anchor. A lot of wind mid day. 6 Tuna from 30 to 80
pounds the other ten 15 to 25lbs. Fish were lost by sharks and light line
failures.
We decided to try it again tomorrow and if
it is poor we will go offshore and look for kelps.
We
will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Aug. 22, 2011
Good morning folks. We left yesterday on a longer summer trip. A 7 day sponsored by Izorline. Steve and Jim are out with us and looking for a nice week of fishing.
We are headed down and bypassing the Yellowfin / Bluefin area . Things sounded a little spotty in that area but still fish to be had.
We are headed down and make a decision on starting point this afternoon.
Andy Cates
Under A Paddy
The only albacore of the trip and the first longfin of the summer for Red Rooster III came to long-time regular angler Ron Hirao of Huntington Beach on a three-day trip with skipper Andy Cates that returned to H&M Landing August 21. Ron won first place in the jackpot for the rare critter.
“We had another fantastic day of fishing,” Cates reported the day before docking. “The yellowfin season is on. Same grade of fish 15 to 22 pounds, maybe a couple bigger. The action was great with if you can believe this. We had 46 jigstrikes in the last two days, with four people on a trolling team. A lot of stopping and going mixed in with wide open, in-the-corner stops.”
Hirao’s jackpot winning albacore weighed 35.2 pounds, and bit a sardine on a tiny size four Owner Flyliner hook tied to 20-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon. He fished with 25-pound Ande line and 65-pound Power Pro spectra on an Avet HX reel and a Phenix 700 H rod.
Armando Castillo of Oxnard won
second place for a 26.6-pound yellowfin, and the coveted trolling jacket
for a 22-pounder. Tony Gonzalez of Monterey Park won third place for a
22.4-pound open water yellowfin tuna.
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CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: THURSDAY, AUGUST 18TH- SUNDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 12-
BOB MICHENER & FRIENDS
FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWFIN TUNA, 10 DORADO, 2 BLUEFIN TUNA, 3
YELLOWTAIL, 1 ALBACORE
1st PLACE JACKPOT 35.2 LBS ALBACORE CAUGHT BY RON HIRAO OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 26.6LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ARMANDO CASTILLO OF OXNARD, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 22.4LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY TONY GONZALEZ OF MONTEREY PARK, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 20.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ARMANDO CASTILLO
Sat. 20, 2011
Good evening folks.
We had another fantastic day of fishing. The yellowfin season is on. Same grade of fish 15 to 22 pounds . Maybe a couple bigger. The action was great with if you can believe this. 46 Jigsrtikes in the last 2 days. And 4 people on a trolling team. A lot of stopping and going mixed in with wide open in the corner stops.
Everyone had a great time and the excitement is here. Let's hope it holds up and more is to come.
Andy Cates
Aug. 19, 2011
Good afternoon folks. So far today we have had a great day of fishing. Yellowfin tuna, Dorado and yellowtail. The Yellowfin seems to be a new area and a nice spread of fish. Perfect for these shorter trips. 15 to 22 pound fish with a little variety mixed in. We did have a slow start this morning but when we got in the area things changed for the better. We still have the afternoon and evening so we will report later.
Andy Cates
Aug. 18, 2011
Good evening folks. We left this afternoon on a 3 day trip and hoping that the offshore scene pays off. It sounds like the weather is decent and some fish around. Hopefully tomorrow is our lucky day. We have a great load of bait and ready to go.
Andy Cates
West Coast Anglers
Captain Joe D’Acquisto backed Red Rooster III into her slip August 18 after a five-day West Coast Anglers trip with co-charter masters David Rosenthal and Robert Peterson and 17 other anglers aboard. They fished offshore, at Cedros Island and up the beach, said Joe.
Three halibut were caught, two by charter master Rosenthal and one by Peterson, when the boat tried inshore up the beach.
James Pollard of Grand Terrace won first place for his 40-pound Bluefin tuna. He told dock reporter Bill Roecker it bit on a sardine and a 2/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook. He used 40-pound Seaguar premier fluorocarbon, 40-pound Big Game line, 60-pound Izorline spectra backing on an Avet JX reel and a Graftech seven-foot rod.
Dan O’Leary of Pt. Loma won second place for a 38.3-pound Bluefin and Pete Peterson, Robert’s brother, won third place for a 37.2-pound Bluefin tuna.
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CAPTAIN: JOE
D’ACQUISTO
DATE OF TRIP:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13TH-, - THURSDAY, AUGUST 18TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS
AREAS FISHED:
CEDROS ISLAND, BEACH, OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP
11- WESTCOASTANGLER.COM
FISH COUNT:
190 YELLOWTAIL 66 BLUEFIN 31 DORADO 28 YELLOWFIN TUNA 3
HALIBUT
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 38.3 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DAN O’LEARY OF SAN DIEGO, CA
Aug. 16, 2011
Good Evening Folks The morning started out slow but by the afternoon we on. We had a great day of fishing. The yellows where twelve to eighteen pounds. We are going to try the beach in hopes of more action. Wish us luck we will report back later.
Joe and RR3 Crew
Monday, August 15th: Yellowtail & Dorado 90 total
Aug. 14, 2011
Good Evening Folks. Today we fished offshore and had a great day of fishing. We had a mix bag of bluefin and yellowfin. 66 Bluefin and 28 Yellowfin. We had twenty five of the thirty to sixty pound class tuna. The afternoon was dead so we started to slide south we are going to fish offshore tomorrow to see if we can get some kelps with yellowtail and dorado. Wish us luck. We will report back later.
Joe and RR3 Crew
H&H Outdoor Marketing Trip
Andy Cates brought Red Rooster III home from a five-day Seaguar/Newell/Yo-Zuri trip with chartermaster Richard Hightower and 24 anglers aboard. They included John DeVries and Gerry Benedicto of Seaguar, out for a holiday of fishing with their West Coast rep Hightower. WON saltwater editor Brandon Hayward was also along. The group found a good catch of yellowtail and bluefin tuna, along with four super-sized white seabass produced during a visit to the Cedros/Benitos zone.
Ron Lloyd of Pacific Grove won first place for his 41.5-pound white seabass. He said it bit a squid, made in the daylight at the islands. The squish was pinned to a 3/0 ringed Super Mutu hook on 50-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 80-pound Power Pro spectra. Ron used a Trinidad 20 reel and a seven-foot rod.
Charles Lair of Moreno Valley got a 36-pound yellowtail to win second place. Carl Schielzeth of Westminster won third place for a 35.1-pound yellowtail. Rich Holland of Aliso Viejo stood in the lineup with his honorable mention white seabass of 44.8 pounds
Additional report from Rich Holland
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: MONDAY, AUGUST 8TH- SATURDAY, AUGUST 13TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CEDROS ISLAND, BENITOS, OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 10-
NEWELL/ SEAGUAR/YO-ZURI
FISH
COUNT: 275 YELLOWTAIL, 155 BLUEFIN, 10 YELLOWFIN TUNA & 2 WHITE SEABASS
1st PLACE JACKPOT 41.5 LBS WHITE SEABASS CAUGHT BY RON LLOYD OF PLEASANTON,CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 36.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY CHARLES LAIR OF MORENO VALLEY, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 35.1 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY CARL SCHIELZETH OF WESTMINSTER, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 14.9 LBS YELLOWTAIL CARL SCHIELZETH OF WESTMINSTER, CA
Aug. 13, 2011
Good morning folks, Yesterday was a great day with a nice school of small Bluefin. We got a school at 9:30 and drifted until 1:00 catching fish the whole time. Starting out wide open and then tapering off to 4 to 6 going for hours. Certainly what we need to finish the trip off. There is a little small yellowfin to go with but the attraction is definitely the Bluefin. We did see bigger ones around the outside of the school but only caught one 35 pounder. That one went in the galley for Sushi.
We leave today on another five day trip and the set up looks good. Joe will be on and taking the Red Rooster to the grounds Good luck guys.
Andy Cates
Aug. 11, 20111
Good evening folks. Today was pretty tough. Conditions went sour on the south end and sent us scrambling around looking for sign of fish. We ended up at Benitos late and didn't have that great of fishing. Heavy impact from the sea lions. A lot of looking around and came to the conclusion that Cedros needs a couple days to straighten out.
Tomorrow we will be offshore and hoping to finish off with some action on Bluefin.
Let's hope they are still biting tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Aug. 10, 2011
Good evening folks We had a nice day of fishing today. Starting the morning with a couple of nice White Seabass and a handful of nice yellows. From there we scratched the rest of the day and fish untill dark.
We decided to fish a half a day tomorrow in hopes of a few seabass and nice grade yellows. Putting our selves in position for the last day offshore. We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Aug. 9, 2011
Good evening folks.
After a long day to Benitos the evening paid off. We had steady action untill dark and picked up 91 yellows . Nice grade 18 to 25 pounds.
The Newell Hyabusa sponsored trip had a great giveaway with hook, Reels Seagar spectra and flourocarbon. A few other items to go with. Of course we were graced by Richard Hightower as well.
Andy Cates
“A Great Fight”
The five-day Bekendam/Jackson trip aboard Red Rooster III with skipper Andy Cates concluded August 8, when Cates docked the boat at H&M Landing. Anthony Medina of Santa Ana won first place for his 42.85-pound yellowtail.
“It was a great fight,” said Anthony, “and it lasted about 15 minutes.”
He said he got his prizewinner on a mackerel and a 4/0 Owner Super Mutu hook tied to 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon. He also used 40-pound main line, 65-pound Power Pro spectra backing, an Accurate BX-2 400 reel and a Calstar 700 H rod.
Scooter Richardson of Buell, ID won second place for a 40.85-pound ‘tail. Alan Forbush of Grants Pass, OR found a 40-pound jurel, good for third place.
Ron Hendrickson of Ontario won the trolling jackpot for a 21.7-pound yellow that took an aluminum cedar plug. Ron owns Johnson Marine on West Holt Blvd. in Ontario
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CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3RD – MONDAY, AUGUST 8TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CEDROS ISLAND, OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 9-
BEKENDAM/JACKSON
FISH
COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL 65 DORADO 10 YELLOWFIN TUNA
1
WHITE SEABASS
1st PLACE JACKPOT 42.8LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY ANTHONY MEDINA OF PLACENTIA, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 40.85 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY SCOOTER RICHARDSON OF BUHL, ID
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 40.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY ALAN FORBUSCH OF GRANTS PASS, OR
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 21.7 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY RON HENDRICKSON OF ONTATRIO, CA
Aug. 6, 2011
Good evening folks
We finished off with 60 of those nice yellows. It was a great morning and conditions look good down here again. We drifted around for Halibut and accidently caught a 35 pound White Sea Bass. We will take it. We are heading home tonight.
Andy Cates
Good morning folks.
Yesterday offshore kelp fishing was pretty epic.
With all the yellow you wanted and then scratching 64 Dorado and 10 tuna in the afternoon. The only bummer was the big south swell and wind from the northwest. But all in all it was a great day. Aquarium style fishing and everyone had a great day. I can't remember that good of kelp fishing. You do have to go a long way though.
So far this morning we have about 40 of these nice yellows at Cedros. 30 to 40 pound fish. With a few bigger We will report later.
Andy Cates
Aug. 4, 2011
Good evening folks.
The offshore scene started with a good kelp for 75 yellows. Things looked good and we were back at it looking for more. Not another kelp holding fish. We covered another 60 miles for no kelps. Kind of anti climatic but tomorrow we have hopes for another area that may also produce Dorado. The weather is nice and looking forward to a busy day.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Aug. 3, 2011
Good evening folks.
We are headed out on another five day trip. Looking for some action offshore tomorrow. It does look like the weather will be improving. A big hurricane down south will make nice weather up here for us. Sounds like the kelp paddy prospect is good. Just need to get on a good line of kelps. Hopefully things will continue to warm up and send some yellowfin tuna our way. We will try and keep in touch communication has been tough with the satellite but we will do our best Andy Cates
Bluefin Jim’s ‘Tail Trip
Joe D’Acquisto docked Red Rooster III at H&M Landing august 3 after the seventh annual Bluefin Jim five-day charter with 32 anglers and chartermaster Jim Casey. They found an excellent catch of bigger yellowtail at Cedros Island, and brought home near-limits.
“We fished offshore and at Cedros,” said D’Acquisto. “We had excellent fishing at Cedros for average-size yellowtail.”
“The weather was bad for tuna,” noted Bluefin Jim. “Although we did get some yellows and dorado off kelps. The best of our fishing at Cedros was in the lee at the south end near the salt plant. It was nice there. The big ones bit all day on the second day. It was a steady pick, mostly on bait. Thanks to Joe for a great trip! We released about 40 yellowtail.”
“Woody” Wood of Highland won first place for a 43.95-pound yellowtail that sucked in a large mackerel bait on an 8/0 Mustad 94150 bait hook. He said he used 50-pound Izorline and 80-pound Izorline spectra on an Avet HX reel and a Calstar custom 875 rod by Kenny’s Rod & Reel. The fish was his best-ever tuna.
Henry Seiler of Fountain Valley won second place for a 43.25-pound yellowtail
Kris Tjon of Irvine and John Berg of Evanston, WY tied for third place with 42.9-pound yellows.
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CAPTAIN: JOE D’ ACQUISTO
DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, JULY 29TH, - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3RD 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 5 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CEDROS ISLAND, OFF CHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 8-
Bluefinjim.com
FISH
COUNT: 300 YELLOWTAIL 10 DORADO 3 YELLOWFIN
TUNA
1st PLACE JACKPOT 43.95 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY ARNOLD WOOD OF HIGHLAND, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 43.25 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 42.9 LBS YELLOWTAIL (SPILT JACKPOT) CAUGHT BY JOHN BERG OF EVANSTON, WA & KRIS TIJON OF HIGHLAND, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 15.5LBS LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BILL CAMPBELL OF ANAHEIM, CA
Aug. 1, 2011
Good Morning Folks
Sorry we've been able to report but we have had no signal. We had a good day the first day offshore with yellowtail, dorado, and a couple of yellowfin tuna. The weather was really nasty and it made things tough. We went in to Cedros Island and had a great day yesterday on yellowtail. We had twelve to eighteen pound fish and the came back up to the island and some cow yellows just before dark. This morning we are fishing for cow yellows and are catching some at this time we have fifteen with biggest one pushing fifty pounds the rest are forty pounds. We are stoked to have great weather and good fishing. Just in case this thing wont let me put out any more, we would like to thank all our sponsors Shimano, owner hooks, Izorline, Salas jigs, lead masters, big hammer lures, Berkley and five star for all the great giveaways. Also thanks to bluefin Jim for putting this trip together. Wish us luck we will report back later.
Joe and RR3 Crew
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, JULY 22ND- FRIDAY, JULY 29TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 4 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE, BENITOS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 7- MIKE
MAHONEY CHARTER
FISH
COUNT: 100 YELLOWTAIL 34 YELLOWFIN TUNA 30 ROCKFISH
1st PLACE JACKPOT 27.0 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY MIKE MAHONEY OF DANVILLE, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 26.7 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY FRANKLIN RILEY OF ALAMO, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 25.7 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY FREDRICK TINSLEY OF FREMONT, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 18.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY LORI ANDERSON
July 28, 2011
Good afternoon folks. Contact has been tough because of bad reception. Benitos didn't work out so great. Conditions were poor with no current. In the afternoon we were over on the west side of Cedros and caught some yellows until dark. We definitely missed the morning bite. But that is another story.
Today we are trying to salvage with a nice pick on yellows up the beach. Good grade of fish as well. Nice weather and thankfully staying somewhat steady on decent yellows.
We will be in tomorrow at 9:00. We are going to fish to the last minute and try and catch more yellows today.
See you tomorrow.
Andy Cates
July 26, 2011
Good evening folks.
We had a long morning and then got down into some warmer water and found sign of Yellowfin Tuna.
So far we have only found one area of porpoise but we managed 34 tuna from 15 to 22 pounds . The action was pretty good for a while and then ended. Tomorrow it looks like we will be at Benitos for yellows. Let's hope it works out.
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, JULY 22ND- MONDAY, JULY 25TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 3 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 6-
FREELANCE FISHING
FISH
COUNT: 45 BLUEFIN TUNA 5 YELLOWFIN TUNA 3 YELLOWTAIL
1st PLACE JACKPOT 41.9LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY KEN MCAULEY OF PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 39.6 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BUDDY VASHAW OF THOUSAND OAKS, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 39.2 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY BILL BENNETT OF SAN DIEGO, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 19.5 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BILL BENNETT OF SAN DIEGO, CA
July 25, 2011
Good morning folks. Yesterday took a turn for the worse and left us looking at fish that would not bite. A real bummer after the first day and the expectations for the second day. We stopped a lot during the day and tried to stay busy with kelps and anything we could find.
There is a slight sign of yellowfin tuna in which we caught a few of those but only 5 yellowfin 3 blue fin and 3 yellowtail for the day.
Any how we leave today for a 4 day trip and have the option for Cedros if need be.
We will be in today at 9:00 in the morning. We stretched it out last night hoping for a kelp with yellows but did not work out,
Andy Cates
July 23, 2011
Good evening folks.
We have had better than expected fishing today with 43 bluefin from 15 to 40 pounds. Some good action at times but mostly drift fishing with 1 to 3 going. Heavy losses with the light line to get a bite. 20 pound is the go to line test. Some guys are doing ok with the heavy line. The 25 pound. Certainly a turn for the better in the offshore scene. Now if it would just get consistent that would be nice.
We have another day out here and are hoping for similar or of course better. With the typical light loads so far this season it looks like all the boats are getting some action. Like I said hopefully it continues.
Still fishing and hoping for a few more before dark.
Andy Cates
July 22, 2011
Good evening folks.
We just headed out on another trip, Glenn's 3 day trip will take us down to the Bluefin grounds starting first thing in the morning.
We have a great load of bait, weather and sign of fish sounds good. Let's hope they bite even a little tomorrow.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Giant Jurel Under Weeds
When the winner of the first place jackpot is named Fisher, you’d think his catch would be exceptional, and this one was. Robin Fisher of Lakewood fished under a paddy during his six-day trip aboard Red Rooster III, and hooked something big.
“Everyone thought it was a tuna,” he told dock reporter Bill Roecker July 22 at H&M Landing. “When it bit it went down, down, and kept going down. It made two long runs, too, and when I got it up to color everyone said, “Look at the size of that yellowtail!’”
Fisher decked his big yellow, and other anglers took a variety from the same kelp, including bluefin yellowtail and dorado, but Robin’s toady boy weighed 57.85 pounds on the dock scales, and brought him first place when skipper Joe D’Acquisto hung the contenders. His group had limits of yellowtail.
The fight lasted 15 hard minutes, said Robin, who dropped a sardine in on a 3/0 Owner Flyliner hook. He said he fished with 40-pound Big Game line and a Pro Gear 454 reel on a custom Sabre seven-foot rod.
Patrick Fuller of Las Vegas won second place and the coveted trolling jacket for bluefin of 37 and 14 pounds.
Regular angler Al Jackson won third place for a 36.15-pound yellowtail, and old-time long ranger Tom Reynolds of Torrance stood in with the lineup with his 26.4-pound halibut.
“I was fishing for one of those,” he told Roecker.
“Fishing was good at Cedros,” said skipper Joe. “We spent two days there and also got some exotics: bluefin and dorado.”
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CAPTAIN: JOE D’ ACQUISTO
DATE OF TRIP: SATURDAY, JULY 16TH – FRIDAY, JULY 22ND, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 6 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: OFF SHORE OF SAN DIEGO, CEDROS ISLAND
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 5-
FREELANCE FISHING
FISH
COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL 16 BLUEFIN 4 DORADO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 57.85 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY ROBIN FISHER OF LAKEWOOD, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 37.00 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY PAT FULLER OF LAS VEGAS, NV
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 36.15 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY AL JACKSON OF BUENA PARK, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 14.7 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PAT FULLER
July 21, 2011
Good Evening Folks
We fished offshore and saw really good sign of twenty five to thirty pound bluefin. We also had a kelp with bluefin, dorado and yellowtail. One of the yellows of the kelp was close to sixty pounds. We are still offshore today in hopes that the weather coming down will bring the fish back on the bite. The weather came up a little bit but has backed of to almost grease. Wish us luck. We will report back tomorrow as long as the satellites will let us.
Joe and RR3 crew
July 18, 2011
Good Evening Folks
Today we had a great day of fish on yellowtail. We started our morning out with a few premium yellows and a couple of halibut. The we went and tried for the stock grade yellows. The yellows where twelve to sixteen pounds. We had a great afternoon of none stop action. We will be here again tomorrow and then offshore in hopes of some tuna. Wish us luck we will report back later.
Joe and RR3 Crew
PS Roger Mike says your missing out and he may have a jp fish..
Rooster Gets Opah
Red Rooster III arrived at H&M Landing when skipper Andy Cates docked the boat July 16 after a six-day trip.
“Benitos was good fishing,” he said. “Cedros was OK, and we spent a nice morning at Sac Reef fishing up the beach. Conditions there looked good.”
Lance Yamanaka of Pasadena won first place for his 38-pound yellowtail. He caught it with a sardine on a 4/0 VMC hook on 25-pound Seaguar Premier fluorocarbon, 25-pound Izorline and 60-pound Izorline spectra. He used a Trinidad 16 N reel and a Calstar 850 H rod.
Tom Porter of Whittier won second place for a 35-pounder, and Bill House of Rogersville, AL took third place for his 32-pound yellowtail.
A 61-pound Opah was caught by Kyle Lambie of Vista, on a chrome/glow Sumo jig in the 6X Jr. size. He sat in with the winners for a lineup shot.
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: SUNDAY, JULY 10TH – SATURDAY, JULY 16TH 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 6 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: THE RIDGE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 4- FREELANCE FISHING
FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL, 150 ROCK FISH, 4 BLUEFIN, 1 OPAH
1st PLACE JACKPOT 38.5 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY LANCE YAMANAKA OF PASADENA, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 35.7 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY TOM PORTER OF WHITTIER, C
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 32.3 LBS YELLOWTAIL CAUGHT BY BILL HOUSE OF ROGERSVILLE, AZ
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 13.6 LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY LEW CONTRERAS
July 15, 2001
Good evening folks. Our offshore day was more of the same. Sign of bluefin with no bites. We stopped on different little areas of fish and only one school responded with a Jig Strike and a bait fish that fell off. We made a meter mark stop and were surprised with a 75 pound Opah. Haven't seen one of those in a while . Good eating fish and really pretty fresh out of the water. The Opah got one place JP and the little Bluefin looks to be our trolling JP . So we did get something accomplished today. The weather is choppy and we should be home between 7:00 and 8:00 in the morning.
See you then
Andy Cates
July 14, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a nice day inn calm weather today. More Yellowtail action this morning and then some drifts for rock cod to end the day. The seabass thing didn't work out but a nice day on the Baja coast.
Tomorrow we will try our hand offshore. it is a little choppy. But we are hoping to get lucky and get a few Bluefin tomorrow We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
July 13. 2011
Good evening folks.
We had another nice day of yellowtail fishing. Today action was untill the evening after making a move to Cedros. the morning at Benitos was ok but the sea lion's were a little more aggressive and kind of spoiled it.
Cedros was no slam dunk but we did get to see some great slide type fishing where everyone has one on and the stern is yellow with yellowtail. It was really a good time and good action. The fish were a bit bigger at Bonitos 18 to 25 pounds as the fish at Cedros were more like 14 to 16 pounds. Still a lot of fun though.
With the Yellowtail urge being satisfied we are headed up to the beach and hoping for a few Seabass. We have some live squid so we are hoping for the best.
Andy Cates
July 12, 2011
Good evening folks.
We had a nice day of yellowtail fishing. Well, actually until lunch. After lunch we did not catch much, the whole place went dead. But this morning, good action on 18 to 22 pound yellows, a few bigger as well. We are giving it another day yellowtail fishing. We scooped some squid today in the mix of the yellows. Hopefully we hook a couple Seabass on them tonight.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
July 11, 2011
Good evening folks a tough day offshore. Nice weather all day and great looking conditions. All we came up with was 3 small bluefin on three different stops. There was actually fair sign of small fish but would not bite.
Anyway we will be fishing yellows tomorrow. Hopefully we can come up with some good size fish.
Andy Cates
July 10, 2011
Good evening folks. We left on a 6 day trip today. We will be spending the day looking offshore in hopes of some new fish moving up. The water structure looks good and the weather is great for looking.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Rookie’s Supercow Gets Gyotaku
Rookie long ranger Alec Robbie hadn’t been out for more than eight days (that trip was on the Rooster with Bill Roecker and got Alec into the Sportfishing Calendar for July 2009), but that didn’t seem to matter as he caught three giant yellowfin on the Red Rooster III’s annual June Heat excursion. The fish weighed 314.8, 285.5 and 221.5 pounds: not bad for a rookie.
The big fish was used for a Gyotaku print custom-made by Peter J of Newport, shown here in the photo.
Robbie told Roecker he only got sharked once on the trip, which says something about his luck, because everyone else had many more contacts with grinners. Alec won a new Accurate ATD reel, since he got his supercow on an Accurate trip with an Accurate reel.
The college student used sardines on Mustad 6/0 ringed Demon circle hooks. He fished with 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon, 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One spectra on an Accurate 30 reel and a Calstar 770 XXH rod.
“He took me down to my last 20 wraps,” said Alec. “The clips were on the backup rig. He fought for 45 minutes and stayed outside the whole time. He took me around the boat once, and he came up on the bow.
“I expected tough fishing. I put in a lot of time at the rail and stayed out there at night, and it paid off with the 221-pounder that I got about 11 PM when everyone else was in bed.”
Rooster Whacks Tuna
“Coach” Cliff Clark’s annual eight-day Beefer trip honored deceased chef Jorge Nicifore this year, and Coach had some art commissioned for Jorge’s family and the 28 anglers who made the trip. Jorge’s family was at the dock to meet the boat and pose with the picture.
Skipper Andy Cates guided the eight-day trip, and he weighed the catch at H&M Landing July 10. His anglers had limits of tuna and yellowtail. One of the yellows was a monster of 57.5 pounds, likely the largest of the season so far. It was caught by Bob Hohman of San Pedro, on a sardine and a 2/0 Owner Gorilla hook, his best yellowtail ever.
Nick Montilepre of Corona won first place for a 78.6-pound yellowfin tuna. The fish ate his sardine on a 5/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook. He tied that to 50-pound pink Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon and 60-pound Izorline, and fished with a Daiwa Saltist 30 reel and a custom Truline eight-foot rod.
Ernie Osuna of San Juan Capistrano won second place for a 76.9-pound tuna. Ron Chaing of San Diego got third for a 76.6-pounder, and Scott Marachael of Long Beach took a special fourth place (trolling) jackpot for a 76.3-pound yellowfin tuna.
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: SATURDAY, JULY 2ND- SUNDAY, JULY 10TH 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: THE RIDGE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 3 JORGE NICIFORE/COACH’S BEEFER XII
FISH COUNT: LIMITS OF YELLOWTAIL LIMITS OF YELLOWFIN TUNA
1st PLACE JACKPOT 78.5LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY NICK MONTELIPRE OF CORONA, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 76.9 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ERINE OSUNA OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 76.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY RON CHAING OF SAN DIEGO, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 76.7 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY SCOTT MARCHAEL OF LONG BEACH, CA
July 9, 2011
Good evening folks. It turns out we have had a nice ride home. It looks like about 8:00 in the morning. Maybe a little earlier. We are anxious to get home and weigh up the Jackpots for The Jorge Nicifore Memorial.
Thanks
Andy Cates
July 7. 2011
Good evening folks. We finished off the tuna fishing by 1:00 PM and started heading up. We made a couple of stops on the ridge and now are breaking down the gear for the ride home. Another great morning of fishing. I can't say the caliber was as heavy as yesterday but it was really just perfect for what we had planned. We are heading up and may look at the area where we had yellows on kelps. Not to catch more but to check it out for the next trip. Nice weather right now and we are hoping for more of the same.
We will report again tomorrow
Good morning folks. The internet was offline the last 2 days so no live reports. Yesterday was the best fishing we have seen in quite a while. Starting the morning with a mix of fish from 18 to 70 pounds. That shortly turned into more 40 to 70 pounders with hits on 25 to 30 pounders. The afternoon brought straight 40 to 70 pound fish with a few bigger mixed in.
It was right on the corner fishing. The fish were swimming all around the back of the boat and picking off the sardines at will. We ended up with an epic day of fishing. The weather was fantastic. Pretty much a classic 8 day trip scenario.
So far this morning it is a little slower but we are picking at the 50 to 70 pound fish and expect similar to what we had yesterday afternoon.
Andy Cates
July 6, 2011
Hot beautiful weather by lunch today!!! Just absolutely gorgeous, and it seems the Tuna knew it as we managed to catch 150 tuna! About 40 fish between 50-70# and the other 110 are 15-30 lbs. Excellent so far.
Andy Cates
July 5, 2011
GOOD EVENING FOLKS. We had a great day of yellowtail. Really nice grade of fish and a great caliber of fishing. by lunch time we were all done and went offshore looking for kelps. We found one big kelp and it didn't offer much. We are going to try it offshore tomorrow in hopes of tuna . We really didn't get into good water untill 400 in the afternoon. nice blue warm water that we will try in tomorrow.
Andy Cates
July 4, 2011
Good evening folks. We started off this morning with a nice kelp that offered decent size yellows from 15 to 25 pounds. We were excited about another one and proceeded to drive into cold dirty water for most of the morning. We ended up on the top end of the ridge in the afternoon and found poor conditions but we were still able to scratch yellows get a few Grouper and release a handful of Black Sea Bass.
The grade was mixed up and we had to release quite a few to get the 1oo yellowtail for the day. Allan Lemburg picked off a yellow about 50 pounds and Dave Malmberg with a nice Grouper about 60 pounds.
Tomorrow we have high hopes on the lower end of the ridge and will be targeting yellows and dorado. Let's hope it works out.
Andy Cates
July 3, 2011
Good evening folks. We had great weather today. Basically a travel day with some rigging for tomorrow. We decided to head down to the Ridge with the poor report from the Rocks. We will see if we can get some action tomorrow to start things off.
This flat calm weather should hold for a couple of days. hopefully it makes for an enjoyable day tomorrow. We won't get to the grounds untill lunch. A lot of uphill current that we were fighting will soon bring up some tuna, we hope.
Andy Cates
July 2, 2011
Good evening folks. We are on our way on the Jorge Nicifore memorial charter. We have a great load of bait and good weather. We started off with an excellent dinner and tomorrow we are going to start seminars in the morning and then rigging.
Great to see everyone back again this year. Lets hope the water warms up with the good weather and the Tuna start biting.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
July 2, 2011
Century Yellowfin Chew At Alijos
“We fished offshore for a day,” said Red Rooster III skipper Joe D’Acquisto July 2 at H&M Landing. “Then we spent four and a half days at Alijos Rocks. We got some real nice tuna and had a good scratch on yellowtail, for near-limits.”
Tuna were fewer in number than the yellowtail, but they were of excellent quality, with more than a dozen over 90 pounds and four yellowfin were over 100 pounds. Two dorado were also caught. The eight-day trip with 25 anglers and chartermaster Michael McVey produced most of the big tuna on squid under the kite.
Cam Taylor of Brooks, Alberta won first place for a 106.2-pound tuna. The fish took a kite-fished squid on a 10/0 Mustad 7691 hook on one of the boat’s Super Seeker kite rigs. Cam said the fish fought him for 45 minutes.
“It’s my best tuna,” he told dock reporter Bill Roecker. “The action was heavy on the kite.”
Dean Kopchok of Huntington Beach, 15, goes to Marina High. He’s a surfer, and Dean won second place for his 105-pound tuna. He took it on a flylined squid and 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader, after an hour-long fight.
Archie Irion of Escondido was third for a 101-pounder he got with a Yummee Flyer under a balloon, in just 10 minutes on an eight-foot rod and an Accurate 12 reel.
Long-time Rooster regular Tom Reynolds of Torrance won a Red Rooster III jacket (ordinarily the trolling prize) for his fourth-place 100.4-pound yellowfin. Tom has fished long range since the 60’s, and he wanted to praise his Accurate BX-2 600 reel. He stood in with the lineup shot, as did Mark Payne of Poway, who got a 49.6-pound yellowtail with a ‘dine on 40-pound gear.
The Rooster left again the same day, on “Coach” Cliff Clark’s Beefer 12 eight-day trip in remembrance of much-loved chef Jorge Nicifore. Coach had special sublimated design T-shirts made by Santee artist Trevor Dawson, and the original art will go to Jorge’s daughter Dr. Christina Nicifore.
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CAPTAIN: JOE D’ACQUISTO
DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, JUNE 24TH – SATURDAY, JULY 2ND, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: ALIJOS ROCKS & OFFSHORE
TRIP/CHARTER
MASTERS:
TRIP
2S11-
MCVEY &
FRIENDS
FISH
COUNT: 293
YELLOWTAIL
72
YELLOWFIN
TUNA
2 DORADO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 106.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CAM TAYLOR OF BROOKS, ALBERTA CANADA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 105 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DEAN KOPCHOK OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 101 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ARCHIE IRION OF ESCONDIDO, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 100.4 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY TOM REYNOLDS OF TORRANCE, CA
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July 1, 2011
Good Evening Folks
We are on our way home from a great trip with a mix bag of yellowtail and yellowfin tuna. It is a beautiful grade of fish and we can't wait to get the dock to unload. We leave tomorrow on another eight day and are hoping that the rocks stay the same. The weather sucks so we haven't made that good of time we will be at the dock between 8:30 and 9:00 AM. The weather is suppose to come down so keep your fingers crossed. We will report back later.
Joe and RR3 Crew
June 30, 2011
Good Morning Folks
We had a good morning on yellows and a handful of tuna. We are on our way home from the rocks. The weather is suppose to blow we hope not wish us luck that it stays nice. We will report back tomorrow on an eta to the dock. The average on the yellows and the tuna are the same we did have a yellow that weighed fifty pounds. we'd like to thank Mcvey and all the sponsors for all the great giveaways. Thanks.
Joe and RR3 Crew
June 28, 2011
Good Evening Folks
We had a great day of fishing. The tuna where all seventy to ninety pounds with a few at thirty pounds. We also had good yellowtail fishing. The yellows ranged from fifteen to thirty pounds. With the water warming up the fish seem to be more active and with the amount of fish boiling around one of these days they are really going to want to bite. The weather is beautiful and all the anglers are happy. With offshore sign being so far up the line we will probably stay here at the rocks to finish our trip, although it does seem to be perking up a little bit. Hopefully the fish are getting back on the bite. Wish us luck tomorrow for more of the same. We will report back later. Wish us luck.
Joe and RR3 Crew
June 27, 2011
Good Evening Folks
We had a good day of scratch fishing on tuna and yellowtail. More tuna then yellows. It's been the best sign of tuna yet. We had a couple of tuna from thirteen to eighteen pounds with the rest being seventy or great. We may Have a couple pushing a hundred pounds. We hope that tomorrow is the same or even better. Wish us luck. We will report back later.
Joe and RR3 Crew
We arrived at the the rocks this afternoon and had a shoot at the yellowtail and a couple of tuna. It seemed like things had died down by the time we arrived and are hopping that the morning will bring better action. The water has warmed up a little bit sense the last trip so things are looking up in that sense. We hope more tuna will arrive or the ones that are here bite a little better. We will see tomorrow. Will report back later.
Joe and RR3 Crew
June 26, 2011
Good Evening Folks
We fished offshore today and had a little bit of sign but no luck on putting a tag on anything. We we're in good water and saw plenty of food for the fish. It seems to me that they are down so we are going down to the stones to see if we have better luck down there and will wait for the bft to pop back up. The weather is beautiful so we are happy for that. Wish us luck tomorrow and keep your fingers crossed that the tuna pop back up.
Joe and the crew RR3
Salty Dawg’s Big
Bill Haven’s eight-day trip aboard Red Rooster III with 15 anglers and skipper Andy Cates returned to H&M Landing June 24 with a nice mixed catch, including some large yellowfin from Alijos Rocks.
“We had a great trip,” said Havens, a rod wrapper whose best fish weighed 91 pounds, to dock reporter Bill Roecker. “I got four good yellowfin and six bluefin tuna.”
He wasn’t in the jackpot, and got the big fish on a flylined bait.
David Bandy of Mesa, AZ won first place for a 90.7-pound yellowfin he dispatched in ten minutes after it took a squid under the kite (as did all three of the jackpot winners)
Bandy used one of the boat’s kite rigs to make the catch. The outfit has 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound spectra on an Accurate 50 and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXH rod.
Mike Reese of El Cajon bagged an 88.6-pound yellowfin for second place, and Charles Hudak of San Diego picked off an 80-pounder for third place.
Making
his
second
long
range
trip
was
14-year-old
Charlie
Saraspe,
son
of
Andy
and
Sarah
Saraspe,
owners
of
Five
Star
Fish
Processing.
Charlie
will
start
school
at
University
City
High
in
San
Diego
next
fall.
In
middle
school
he
was
a
baseball
player,
but
these
days
fishing
occupies
most
of
his
attention.
Charlie
got
his
best
fish
ever,
a
65-pound
yellowfin,
on a
flylined
squid.
He
also
caught
a
38-pound
yellowtail.
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CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: THURSDAY, JUNE 16TH – FRIDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 8 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: ALIJOS ROCKS, CEDROS ISLAND, OFF SHORE
TRIP/CHARTER
MASTERS:
TRIP
1S11-
SALTY
DAWG
RODS
TRIP
FISH
COUNT:
205
YELLOWTAIL
40
BLUEFIN
TUNA
16
YELLOWFIN
TUNA
1st PLACE JACKPOT 90.65 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DAVID BANDY OF MESA, AZ.
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 88.75 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY MIKE REESE OF EL CAJON, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 80.15 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CHARELS HUDAK OF SAN DIEGO, CA.
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 28.5LBS BLUEFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DAVE SUMETHASORN OF CARLSBAD, CA.
June 22, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a very tough day. looking at fish and not getting bites. There was a long stretch of scattered fish. Things look hopeful for tomorrow morning. We made a 50 mile move and saw fish throughout our travels. Hopefully they come together and bite.
We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
June 21, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a fun day today at Cedros. We had a couple of drifts in the morning for 15 to 18 pound yellows. Then found an area of better size fish, up to 35 pounds. Unfortunately they wouldn't bite. We sat and watched them boil around for as long as we could. Landing only four fish. Then checked out Chester's Rock for a couple of 15 pound yellows, back up to the Island for an evening of bass and watching an occasional yellow boil. The weather was epic , nicest day we have had with sunshine and no wind.
Tomorrow we will be trying for Bluefin tuna, wish us luck . Hopefully they turn on tomorrow.
Andy Cates
June 20, 2011
Good afternoon folks. We had a good morning with 110 yellowtail and 6 tuna from 50 to 80 pounds. We had all the ammo for the tuna, it just doesn't seem like there is much there. Squid fishing was good last night and we had plenty of those. It didn't seem to buy us any more bites than the day before. Although happy with the day and heading up to Cedros. We are going to give it the day and then finish off in the Bluefin grounds.
The weather is nice now after wind and rain most of the night and morning. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
June 19, 2011
Good evening folks. We got in here early enough to give it a full day. We picked 53 yellowtail and 9 tuna. The tuna are what looks to be our Jack Pot contenders. 40 to 75 pound fish. The yellows 18 to 25 pounds. It was windy all day and hopefully it comes down for the ride up. We plan on giving it untill lunch tomorrow and then heading up to Cedros and finishing off with hopefully a few Bluefin.
P.S. Charlie picked off a 70 pounder on the kite. He was pumped.
Andy Cates
June 18, 2011
Good evening folks. We are in travel mode right now. We spent the morning in search of another school of Bluefin. The weather came up and made it harder to work. The life was still there it just seemed like the fish were down for the morning. Same bird life and water conditions just no sign of fish. We looked around untill 10:00 and decided that Alijos will be our next stop.
Hopefully the water has come up in temp and some tuna have moved in. It would really be exciting to see and catch tuna at the Rocks. I know all the upcoming 8 day trips are eagerly waiting for the news of yellowfin.
The
Bluefin
fishery
is still
a go and
we will
give it
a go at
the end
of the
trip. As
the
weather
comes
down it
will be
easier
to
relocate.
We will
report
again
tomorrow.
Andy
Cates
June 17, 2011
Good evening folks.
We had nice weather today and spent most of the day looking offshore. We finally found some biting fish and picked off a school for 40 Bluefin before dark. It was a pleasant stop with decent size fish. 25 to40 pounders. We are going to do this again tomorrow and see if we can make scene of it a little earlier. Hopefully get a school on the sea anchor. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Good morning folks. We left yesterday on The Salty Dawg spring 8 day trip. Bait looks great and got a full load and headed down.
First stop will be this afternoon on the Bluefin grounds. Excited to see what is going on there and ready to go. We did all our seminar work yesterday and a little bit of rigging this morning.
The weather is surprising. Nice and calm. Wow what a change from our way up on June Heat.
We will write again tonight on how the afternoon goes.
Andy Cates
Sexy Supercows
A brace of 300-pounders tied up the loose ends of the big tuna season when the Red Rooster III, skippered by Andy Cates, arrived at H&M Landing June 12 after a 15-day June Heat trip sponsored by Accurate. Leo Reihsen was chartermaster. There were 11 tuna over 200 pounds.
The first-place winner came in at 315.3 pounds, caught by Laurens Rhinelander of San Diego, whose friends told Bill Roecker he was on his first two-week long range trip.
“It took 45 minutes,” Rhinelander told Roecker. “I thought he was a shark. I hooked about 40 of them the day before. He ran about 200 yards after he was hooked, heating up the reel pretty good. Then he went up and down the side.”
Laurens’ tuna took a salami mackerel on a 9/0 Mustad 7691 hook. He fished with 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 130-pound Jin Kai line with 130-pound Line One spectra on an Avet 50 SDS reel and a Calstar 7609 H rod.
Rookie long ranger Alec Robbie hadn’t been out for more than eight days (that trip was on the Rooster with Bill Roecker and got Alec into the Sportfishing Calendar for July 2009), but that didn’t seem to matter as he caught three giant yellowfin on this excursion. The fish weighed 314.8, 285.5 and 221.5 pounds: not bad for a rookie.
Robbie told Roecker he only got sharked once on the trip, which says something about his luck, since everyone else had many more contacts with grinners. Alec is eligible for a new Accurate ATD reel, since he got his supercow on an Accurate trip with an Accurate reel.
The college student used sardines on Mustad 6/0 ringed Demon circle hooks. He fished with 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon, 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One spectra on an Accurate 30 reel and a Calstar 770 XXH rod.
“He took me down to my last 20 wraps,” said Alec. “The clips were on the backup rig. He fought for 45 minutes and stayed outside the whole time. He took me around the boat once, and he came up on the bow.
“I expected tough fishing. I put in a lot of time at the rail and stayed out there at night, and it paid off with a 221-pounder that I got about 11 PM when everyone else was in bed.”
In third place for his 297.2-pounder, Bill Walsh of Chino Hills also had tuna of 244.5 and 230.2 pounds. He fished mackerel on a 12/0 Mustad 7691 hook, 130-pound Yo-Zuri, 130-pound Line One spectra on an Accurate 50T reel and a Phoenix 700 XXXXH rod.
Bob Goka of Northridge bagged a 286-pound yellowfin with a sardine on a 6/0 Demon hook tied to 130-pound Maxima line and 130-pound Line One spectra.
Bob Terry of Santa Monica spent a 45-minute interlude with a 270.2-pounder after it sucked in his mackerel on a Mustad 15/0 hook on 130-pound Izorline. He used 130-pound Izorline spectra on an Avet 50 W reel and a Calstar 7455 XXH rod.
Bob Michener of Oxnard got his 221.4-pound in a half-hour. It bit a kite-flown squid on a Mustad 9/0 7691 hook, and Bob used 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izorline spectra on an Accurate 80 W reel and a Seeker five and a half-foot vintage rod.
Jesse Baker of Culver City baited a mackerel on an 11/0 Mustad 7691 hook to catch a 216.7-pound yellowfin in 20 minutes. He fished with 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One spectra backing on an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar 770 XXHG rod.
This was the last big tuna trip of the 2010-11 season. Final results for the season will be forthcoming here from FishingVideos.com.
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LENGTH OF
TRIP: 15
DAYS
AREAS
FISHED:
CLARION
ISLAND, BANK
TRIP/CHARTER
MASTERS:
TRIP 5W11-
ACCURATE
FISHING
PRODUCTS
FISH COUNT:
125YELLOWFIN
TUNA
220 WAHOO
12 OVER
200LBS
2 OVER
300LBS
1st PLACE
JACKPOT
315.3LBS
YELLOWFIN
TUNA CAUGHT
BY
LAURENS
RHINELANDER
OF SAN
DIEGO, CA
2ND PLACE
JACKPOT
314.8 LBS
YELLOWFIN
TUNA CAUGHT
BY
ALEX ROBBIE
OF TRABUCO
CANYON, CA
3RD PLACE
JACKPOT
297.6 LBS
YELLOWFIN
TUNA CAUGHT
BY
BILL WALSH
CHINO HILLS,
CA
REMARKS:
TROLLING
JACKPOT
70.20LBS
WAHOO CAUGHT
BY AL
JACKSON OF
BUENA PARK,
CA
286.8
Caught by
Bob Goka
285.6
Caught by
Alex Robbie
270.2
Caught by
Bob Cherry
244.5
Caught by
Bill Walsh
230.2
Caught by
Bill Walsh
226.7
Caught by
Jesse Baker
221.5
Caught by
Alex Robbie
221.4
Caught Bob
Michener
203 Caught
by Ralph Cox
...Jessie
baker a 220,
Bill Walsh
267 ,Bob
Cherry a
265, Alec
Robbie a 286
and Bob Goka
a 289. It
sure seems
like it was
a lucky day
with what we
caught
through the
sharks. I
hope it
cleans up
and then we
will have
some great
fishing.
We will
report again
tomorrow
Andy Cates
June 5, 2011
Good evening
folks. Only
two fish
today worth
talking
about. Heavy
showing from
the sharks
today. We
hooked 5
nice fish
and landed
two. Alec
Robbie with
a 291 and
Laurens
Rhinelander
with a 306.
Trophies for
sure just
not much to
go with
them. In the
event we
hook more
tomorrow,
who will be
the lucky
anglers.
We will
report again
tomorrow
Andy Cates
June 4, 2011
Good evening
folks. The
Bank fell
apart today
and we left
to head
inside. 3
tuna and 15
wahoo. Thad
Peach won
the Boss
reel
Good morning
folks.
Yesterday we
finished off
with about
the same as
the day
before. 27
tuna and 25
wahoo. No
life in the
evening and
nothing
caught after
3:00 in the
afternoon.
Biggest fish
yesterday
...was
195 caught
by Thad
Peach. No
prize
yesterday
but today we
are giving
away a Boss
reel from
Accurate for
the biggest
tuna So far
Thad has it
with 170
pounder
caught this
morning. I
can't say it
looks very
good here
this
morning.
Only three
fish caught
and we don't
see the
sign. No
sign of bait
here last
night. We
caught one
flyer, the
only one we
saw. That is
not good. We
will report
again
tomorrow.
Andy Cates
June 2, 2011
Good evening
folks
Another day
of scratch
fishing. One
little shot
in the early
morning for
10 and then
picked in
the
afternoon
ending the
day with 30
tuna and 27
wahoo.
Alex Robbie
Won the
trophy today
with a 195
on a fly
line
sardine. Bob
Michner and
Bill Walsh
got bigger
fish. Bob
with a 203
and Bill
with a 220
but the kite
fish don't
count for
the daily
prize. Alex
walked away
with a nice
WFO tackle
box.
Bait is
tough and we
are running
out of
squid. Only
able to
catch a
handful of
flyers last
night mostly
in part of
the porpoise
eating them.
Tonight more
of the same
even less
flyers
though.
We will
report again
tomorrow
Andy Cates
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June 1, 2011
Are first
day brought
us 20 tuna
and 47
wahoo.
Everything
was on the
anchor
except for a
couple of
stops on
wahoo when
we first got
here. We
showed up at
9:00 and got
the anchor
down at
about 11:00.
Just one,
two, one or
two all day.
Biggest fish
about 190
pounds and
everything
else 100 to
170. Nice
grade we
will see how
it goes
tomorrow.
Hopefully we
can get some
flyers
tonight.
Andy Cates
May 31, 2011
Good
afternoon
folks. We
are back on
line and
will be
fishing in
the morning.
The weather
has gotten
very nice
and looks to
be that way
for a few
days. It
will be nice
to have good
conditions
to start out
with.
A wahoo
seminar
started the
day and
continued
with rigging
. Everyone
is very
anxious to
get to the
grounds and
get started.
We will
report again
tomorrow
night
Andy Cates
May 29, 2011
Good
afternoon
folks. We
left
yesterday on
our annual
June Heat
trip.
Sponsored by
Accurate and
Calstar. And
Also Seeker.
The weather
is poor but
we are going
with the
wind. Not to
much to
report. We
had a
seminar this
morning and
went over
the Jack Pot
and fish
processing.
Also the
daily Jack
pots from
Accurate
reels.
The weather
might be
better
tomorrow but
it sure is
windy right
now.
We will
report again
tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Big Boys Bang Baits
The Loftus-Martin charter with 24 anglers aboard Red Rooster III to the Hurricane Bank and the Buffer Zone returned to H&M Landing March 23 with a fine catch of yellowfin that included 14 tuna over 200 pounds and 236 wahoo.
“It was a productive winter trip,” said Cates. “There was low traffic down there, and fishing was good for wahoo and tuna.”
Dan Pope of Buena Park caught two big ones and won first place for his 283-pound tuna. The other weighed 243. He said he fished mackerel on 9/0 Mustad 7691 hooks tied to 130-pound Maxima and 130-pound Line One Spectra. He used a Penn 50 VSW modified by Cal Sheets and a Calstar 755 XH rod wrapped by Fisherman’s Hardware. He said the fight went about 45 minutes on the big fish.
John Aviles of Tracy won second place for a 270.8-pounder. He also got a 264.8 and a 277-pound tuna, but the big one was shark-bit. It might have weighed nearly 300 pounds had it not been missing a chunk from its back.
Aviles said he got his fish with mackerel on 9/0 Mustad 7691 hooks, with 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One Spectra on a Penn 80 reel tuned by Cal Sheets. He fished with a Calstar 760 XXH rod.
“The winner took me around the boat twice,” he told dock reporter Bill Roecker. “He took me around the anchor five times. He was a tough fish.”
Pete Fellini of Santa Paula won third place for his 266-pounder. It bit on a mackerel and a 9/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook tied to 130-pound Blackwater fluorocabon and 130-pound Line One Spectra. Pete fished with a Sheets-modified Penn 50 SW reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXXH rod.
Bob “Scrappy” Michener of Oxnard continued his quest to reach the 50-cow mark with three nice ones: 244.4, 261.4 and 261.8 pounds. He said he baited mackerel on 9/0 Mustad 7691 hooks, with 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One Spectra. He fished with an Accurate 50 W reel and a Seeker 6465 XXXH rod.
Tom Jackson of Norwalk bagged a brace of cows at 228.2 and 243.8 pounds. He wasn’t available for comment.
Rich Gallimore of Santa Paula took a 237-pounder with a sardine on a 5/0 ringed Super Mutu hook.
“My best fish,” remarked Rich. “It was a walk on the wild side. He pulled me around the boat four times.”
Bob Milleson of Lawndale also got his best fish, a 203-pounder. He said it bit a mackerel on a 9/0 Mustad 7691 hook on 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Spectra. He used a Sheets-treated Penn 50 W reel and a Calstar 760 XXH rod to take his first cow in a half-hour.
Ron Hirao of Huntington Beach whipped a 203-pounder in a half-hour, after it bit a sardine under the kite on an 8/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook. He said he fished with 130-pound Izorline Spectra on a Penn 70 reel and a Calstar 765 XH rod.
Dan Sunderland of San Marcos got his first cow, a 201-pounder, in 40 minutes. He baited a salami mackerel on a 9/0 Mustad 7691 hook tied to 130-pound Maxima and 130-pound Line One Spectra. He fished with a Cofe-modified Penn 50 W reel and a Black Steel Seeker 6463 XXXXH rod.
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: TUESDAY, MARCH 8TH – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CLARION ISLAND, HURRICANE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 4W11
FISH COUNT: 184YELLOWFIN TUNA 236 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 283.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DAN POPE OF SANTA PAULA, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 270.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BYJOHN AVILES OF TRACY, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 266.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY Pete Fallini SANTA PAULA, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 44.6LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY WOODY WOODRUFF OF TORRENCE, CA
261.8, 261.4 & 244.4 Caught by Bob Michener
243.8 & 228.2 Caught by Tom Jackson
243.8 Caught by Dan Pope
237 Caught by Rich Gallimore
203 Caught by Ron Hirao
203 Caught by Bob Milleson
201.1 Caught by Dan Sunderland
March 22, 2011
Good afternoon folks. We should be in tomorrow at 7:30 in the morning.
We will see you then and weigh up some cows!
Andy Cates
March 20, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a great day of travel with flat calm seas. margarita day and poker in the galley. Followed by sushi and california rolls. It looks like good weather tomorrow as well.
We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
March 19, 2011
Good morning folks. Last night we finished off with a few nice fish. John Aviles with a 260, Ron Hirao with a 201, Tom Jackson with a 225 and Pete Fallini with a 266. 15 tuna total for the day. That was enough to finish us off. We are headed up the line and so far the weather is nice. The guys are of course anxious to get home but we have a long way to go. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
March 17, 2011
Good evening folks. More of the same here today. We did manage two nicer fish. Dan Pope with another big fish, a 260 and Rich Gallimore picked off a 220. Once again the grade was nice and the weather nice as well. Hopefully we can finish off with a big hit.
Andy Cates
March 16, 2011
Good evening folks. Similar fishing again today, More sharks today mixed in that really took there toll here tonight. John Aviles had a fish about 270 that got a little bite in it. We lost a few other bigger fish due too sharks but ended the day with 24 decent size tuna. 100 plus pound fish up to 180 pounds. Nice weather today, hopefully tomorrow we have the same just no sharks. We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
March 15, 2011
Good evening folks. We had another day of scratch fishing with 26 tuna. Only one fish over 200, a 230 caught by Bob Michner. Wow is he the hot hand this trip. With the weather nice we are hoping to get on this nice grade of fish again tomorrow. All the fish today and yesterday were over 100 pounds. The grade is nice. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
March 14, 2011
Good evening folks, The weather was a little better today and we found a better grade fish. We had 28 tuna from 100 to 1170 pounds and 4 fish over the 200 pound mark. Bob Michner with a 254 Tom Jackson with a 225 Dan Pope with a 230 and John Aviles with a 260. We are hoping to scratch again tomorrow. The weather shows to be the same tomorrow so we will have some wind. Hopefully we are able to work. We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
March 13, 2011
Good evening folks. Windy conditions made it a little tough today. No big fish caught and ending the day with 28 tuna. Same overall grade, 70 to 90 pounds. A couple of better size fish but not enough to make a difference. Hopefully we can get on some better size fish tomorrow.
Andy Cates
March 11, 2011
Good evening folks. Tomorrow is the day. We will start fishing in the morning. The weather has been really nice and we are hoping the fish is really nice as well. Flat calm all day here. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
March 10, 2011
Good evening folks. Well, still driving. I will let you know when anything exciting happens. But I bet it won't be tomorrow. We will still be driving. Good weather today and a tuna seminar that kept the guys busy for half the day. Poker games were the highlight. Another day and then we will be on the grounds. We will report then.
Andy Cates
March 9, 2011
Good afternoon folks. Great weather so far. Travelling down on the Loftus and Martin 15 day trip. A couple of great giveaways to start things off. A brief seminar today and tomorrow we will get into the tuna seminar and rigging.
Our bait looks great and looks like a lot of cool water to travel down in. That should give the bait plenty of time to cure up.
We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 16/13 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CLARION ISLAND, HURRICANE
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 3W11
FISH COUNT: 140YELLOWFIN TUNA 106 WAHOO
1st PLACE JACKPOT 312.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PEI CHENG LIU OF OCEANSIDE, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 228.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY KI SONG OF LOS ANGELES, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 220.8 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JOE CHO OF FONTANA, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 56.8LBS CAUGHT BY KI SONG OF LOS ANGLES, CA
Feb. 22, 2011
Good evening folks. Yesterday we had a dozen tuna and 21 wahoo. Today we had 19 tuna one fish 220 pounds. The weather is nice and we are headed to the Cape. We will be there Thursday morning.
Andy Cates
Feb. 20, 2011
Good evening folks. Today we scratched 18 tuna and 30 wahoo. Two of the bigger fish. A 199 and a 204. Pretty slow but the wahoo filled in the time that the tuna bite were not available. Hopefully we have a good day tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Feb. 19, 2011
Good evening folks. After a tough day yesterday. Today we had 28 tuna and 17 wahoo at the Bank. The weather was great and there was a fair show of fish. Decent grade from 80 to 180 pounds. Biggest fish today 180 pounder. We will be here again tomorrow and hope we do as well.
Andy Cates
Good morning folks. Yesterday was pretty slow out at the Bank. We got a few wahoo and 7 tuna. We saw sign of fish around they just don't bite. One fish yesterday 213 and the other were 80 to 150 pounds. So far this morning we have 11 tuna and 5 wahoo. One little hit in the morning. We lost a couple of better size fish and biggest so far today is 150 pounds. Fortunately the weather is nice or this would truly be hideous.
No current right now, hoping things pick up soon.
Andy Cates
Feb. 17, 2011
Good evening folks. A little better today with 21 tuna on various stops. Big fish was a 204 in the morning and a 290 in the afternoon. It was nice to see a couple of trophies and hoping for more to come.
Andy Cates
Feb. 16, 2011
Good evening folks. I had no phone reception yesterday so no report. Not all that much to report though. 15 tuna for the day Biggest fish around 180 pounds, Can't really get anything to bite and stick around.
Same with today, biggest fish 175 pounds but just a little here and a little there. Hopefully tomorrow
Andy Cates
Feb. 14, 2011
Good evening folks. Tomorrow we start fishing. it has been a great ride down and everyone is ready to go! Bait looks good, Food has been great and guys are ready to burn off some calories. Wish us luck tomorrow, we need it.
Andy Cates
Feb. 12, 2011
Good afternoon folks. We left yesterday and so far have had very nice weather. This trip drops off in Cabo San Lucas on the 24th. We would be happy if the weather was even close to this by then. I doubt it. We did a quick seminar today after yesterday’s safety seminar. Tomorrow we start in on the tuna seminar. I want to thank Izorline and Mustad hook as well as 5 star fish processing for some great giveaways. The people really enjoyed them and looking forward to using these quality products. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES
DATE OF TRIP: SATURDAY, JANUARY 22ND- SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH 2011
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: CLARION ISLAND
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 2W11
FISH COUNT: 179YELLOWFIN TUNA 89 WAHOO
13 OVER 200LBS
1 OVER 300LBS
1st PLACE JACKPOT 309.0 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JOHN WELLS OF ANAHEIM, CA
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 273.2 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY TOM JENKINS OF EL MONTE, CA
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 264.6 LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ART CABALLERO TEMPLE CITY, CA
REMARKS: TROLLING JACKPOT 220.0LBS CAUGHT BY SONNY JONES OF SANTA ANA, CA
264.6 LBS, 250 LBS & 229.8 LBS CAUGHT BY ART CABALLERO
248 LBS CAUGHT BY RICH ROSE
244 LBS CAUGHT BY FRED KNILANS
242.8 LBS CAUGHT BY JOHN WELLS
234.6 LBS & 200.2 LBSCAUGHT BY MARTIN GOMEZ JR
231 LBS CAUGHT BY BOB MICHENER
219.8 LBS CAUGHT BY GLENN KERR
200.2 LBS CAUGHT BY BILL BRANDSTETTER
Feb. 5, 2011
As we make our way home in this nice weather. I wanted to thank the sponsors that were nice enough to support the trip. Calstar rods, Salas jigs, Sato crimps 5 Star fish processing Accurate Reels.
and Mustad hooks.
Thanks again
Andy Cates
Feb. 2, 2011
Good morning folks. We are headed home after finishing off this morning. 23 tuna with the biggest a 194. We lost another fish over 200 at the end of the drift. A nice way to finish the trip. We will be travelling today and heading up the line. Hopefully the weather
is ok.
Andy Cates
Feb. 1, 2011
Good evening folks. We had 15 tuna for the day and had a couple of losses on big fish late. Sonny Jones got a 203 in the evening. The other fish throughout the day were 120 to `175 pounds. We will give it the morning and start heading up the line before lunch.
Andy Cates
Jan, 31, 2011
Good morning folks yesterday we had 2 fish in the morning. Art Cabalero with a 256 and Fred Killans with a 226. We never got on the big fish again. A few other stops for smaller fish leaving us with 25 tuna for the day. So far this morning we have 7 fish Glenn Kerr got a 218 and the rest were 120 top 160. We are at it again.
Andy Cates
Jan. 30, 2011
Good evening folks More of the same today with a little less action. 25 tuna for the day. Still good and pleased with the day. John Wells picked off another 230 pounder and Matin Gomez J.R with a 203. Rich Rose had a nice fish but got sharked as well as Steve Chambless where
all we got was a Big head back of A 200 pound plus fish. Bummer. Looks like we might have a little wind tomorrow. It may make the Offshore scene tough. We will try again though.
Andy Cates
Jan. 29, 2011
Good evening folks. We had another decent day with 30 tuna for the day. We had a couple of chances at big fish. We only landed the one. Rich Rose pulled out a 240 after a long battle. The weather is nice and we are hoping for a good day tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Jan. 28, 2011
Good evening folks. We had a better day on bigger fish today. We had a couple more stops than yesterday that gave us a few more chances at bigger fish. Tom Jenkins with a 250, Art Cabelero with a 235, Martin Gomez J.R with a 213 and Bob Michner with a 215.We had 30 fish for the day and most from 120 to 180. Nice grade of fish I hope we can do it again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Jan. 27, 2011
Good evening folks. 25 tuna today. Better action but didn't land any of the bigger fish. Not like we hooked many but the ones we did got away. With it being the second day of fishing. People finally got rid of the jitters after the slow day we had yesterday.
We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
Jan. 26, 2011
Good evening folks. Our first day was pretty tough. Our first bite and fish was landed By John Wells a 292. We thought well here we go and proceeded to get no more bites. So, A lot of looking around with one more stop in the evening that offered a few bites and Art Cabalero pulled out a 203 and another fish 150. There were only a few other fish caught but those were the highlights. We are hoping that tomorrow we get more chances and can get a little more action for the day.
Andy Cates
Jan. 24, 2011
Good evening folks. Another day of travel with good weather. Not much to report, just heading south and rigging up. Tomorrow we will do a wahoo seminar and then be fishing the next day. Our bait looks good and has settled in. It looked a little shaky yesterday but now we look good. We will report again tomorrow
Andy Cates
Jan. 22, 2011
Good evening folks. We left on a 15 day trip this morning. We have a nice load of bait and heading down. Really looking forward to some warm weather. Although the weather in San Diego has been very nice. We have fog and cool conditions here now. I want to thank Bluefin Jim, Catchy Tackle and Pelagic clothing for all the great giveaways. Also Mustad hooks for the extra top notch hooks. Hopefully we get into some good fishing and get a lot of chances at big fish. We will report again tomorrow.
Andy Cates
