Hey anglers: We left on our spring 7-day trip yesterday, with high hopes for some good fishing at Alijos Rocks. We are travelling and trolling today, enjoying the great weather and getting the arsenals ready. We arrive at the Rocks tomorrow morning. Wish us luck! Capt Art
Hey anglers, Our day was spent looking for yellowtail on kelps. We had to work hard for the ones we caught, but we ended the day with about three fish per rod. The size was from 8 to 12 pounds. The weather was great and the water temp was 62 to 63.5 and mostly blue in color. There were a couple of bluefin tuna caught in the fleet today so it is good to see a sign of those fish this early. We are headed west tonight to try a different area tomorrow to check out a good-looking pocket of warmer water. More tomorrow, Capt Art
Hey anglers, We decided to do some prospecting today by going out 100 miles to the west last night. There is a pocket of warmer water on the water chart that looked promising. We found the warmer water (62.5) and lots of good size kelps, but unfortunatley there wasn’t any fish on the kelps. We covered a lot of territory on this trip to scout things out for the future. We didn’t come up with very much but there are signs of life with blue whales and bait, so it looks good. The good thing is that the water is on the cool side which could be good for us in the future. There are signs of bluefin tuna in several spots so that is encouraging as well. It looks like we need a little more time for things to develop. We’ll run again on the June 1 trip to continue our tuna search. Capt Art
Hey anglers, The 2007 season is finally here! The crew and I have been anxiously waiting for the season to start. We departed on our 10th annual “Captain Potatohead” trip with a great group of 25 passengers and a good load of bait. We headed southeast to a pocket of water that looked good. We hope to get some action on kelps for yellowtail. Maybe we’ll get lucky and see some sort of tuna. The weather is great and so we are looking forward to tomorrow. Capt Art
Hello anglers! We just launched the boat back into the water today after a 10-day maintenance period in drydock. We got all our annual inspections and bottom work completed with a lot of hard work. The boat will be at Fisherman’s Landing for some dockside work until we head out for its 37th year of fishing. We still have some spaces open on the first trip over Memorial Day weekend. We always have a good time on that trip and usually get into some early yellowtail and albacore. Hope to see you aboard in 2007, Capt Art
