howdy anglers, Today was a nice way to end the trip by adding a little “color” to the pile. We had fair fishing on the rockfish and our weather is flat grease calm. We will be arriving tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. and then leaving the following day for another 5-day with Capt Art at the helm. That will be our last trip for 2010 and know it’ll be a great way to cap the season. Good angling and hope to see you on the water soon, Capt Aaron p.s. Kiana and Mika: Papi will see you soon!
Howdy anglers, Today was a little better than yesterday and we also had a amazing battle with a good ending. The yellowtail fishing was better today but still a bit slow. We had good signs but the fish weren’t eager to bite full speed. We had some really nice-sized fish come aboard–in the 40lb range. And now for the amazing battle: During our yellowtail bite this morning, a monster black sea bass bit a 6x jr on 30lb and the fight was on. The battle lasted about 45 min total and when the beast was brought to the surface we were all in awe. The fish was easily 400lbs! It was safely lowered back to the bottom, released to fight again. So we’re headed up the line to try for some “bottom grabbers” and then call it a trip. The weather has been awesome this whole time and we’re very happy for that. Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon, Capt. Aaron p.s. Mika and Kiana: Papi can’t wait to bring you out on the boat someday. Good night and sleep tight!
howdy anglers: Today was a slow day for us at Cedros Island but we’re hoping to get a hit on them tomorrow. We saw good signs today but they weren’t interested in what we had to offer. Tomorrow’s a new day. Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon, Capt. Aaron p.s. Mika and Kiana: Papi is fine and trying to catch you a fish or two!
Howdy anglers: Today was a nice way for some warm-up fishing. We had some good signs of the premium-grade yellows this afternoon and managed to get some aboard. The weather is very good and is supposed to stay nice for the next couple of days too. We’re gonna try again tomorrow early for some more yellows here at Cedros Island. Good angling and hope to see you on the water soon, Capt. Aaron p.s. Mika and Kiana: Papi says “Good night and give your mom a kiss for me!”
This 7-day trip had 22 anglers and they caught 181 yellowfin tuna, 52 dorado, 22 dorado, 9 yellowtail and 9 wahoo. The jackpot winners are:
Dear anglers: We got turned around this morning and headed back out with 10 passengers for our ultra-limited load 5-day trip. Stay tuned for some yellowtail news! p.s. Mika and Kiana: Papi hopes Mika is feeling better. He sends his love home to you all!
Howdy anglers: We have a great load of bait and we are headed to Cedros island. The weather is nice and the forecast looks favorable. We should arrive after lunch and we hope to have some fish aboard before dark. Capt Aaron p.s. Happy Birthday to Capt Cole today!
Art Taylor brought his Searcher home from a week-long trip October 9. He docked at Fisherman’s Landing and his 22 happy anglers got off to stow their gear and take care of the plentiful catch: almost ten quality tuna around for the fishermen.
“Just to recap this trip,” skipper Taylor wrote the day before, “we saw some of the best tuna fishing ever at Alijos Rocks in the three days we were there. And I can’t remember having two trips in a row with that degree of success on the size fish we landed. It just can’t get too much better than what we just accomplished.”
Ace Neely of Lancaster had the best, qualified yellowfin, a 97.4-pound tuna that bit on a sardine and a 4/0 Owner gorilla hook on 50-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader. He said he used 50-pound Big Game line and 80-pound Power Pro Spectra on a Pro Gear 45 reel and a Calstar 700 H custom rod.
“I was after this one,” said Ace. “My best one before was a 67-pounder. This one fought me for a half-hour, and took me around the boat one and a half times before he came up midship, thanks to some good deckhands.”
Bob Yoshimoto of Tthousand Oaks won second place for a 96-pounder, and Nanette Smith of Huntington Beach got third place for an 87.6-pound Alijos Rocks yellowfin tuna.
Hello anglers, We are travelling today in good weather and arriving tomorrow morning at 7 am. Everyone broke down their tackle today and the crew is giving the old girl a bath before lunch. (the office personnel does NOT like “old girl”) Yesterday we spent the afternoon at Cedros Island with not much success. We only managed to land five yellowtail for our efforts. The conditions were good with warm, clean water. We did have quite a bit of wind, so it limited the area we could work in. I’m sure there are some yellowtail around that island somewhere just not in the zone we checked out. There is a good sign of yellowtail down the coast a little ways from Cedros so the prospects look good for our final two trips of 2010. Just to recap this trip, we saw some of the best tuna fishing ever at Alijos Rocks in the three days we were there. And I can’t remember having two trips in a row with that degree of success on the size fish we landed. It just cant get too much better than what we just accomplished. More from Capt Aaron on next trip, Capt Art
