Hello anglers, We have had excellent fishing for tuna today. We already have 34 of the better-size tuna this morning. That gives us 100 of those grade fish total so far for the trip. It doesn’t get much better than that. Fred Baker landed a nice size wahoo on a raider jig without wire this morning. That made his day! More later, Capt Art
Hello anglers, We had a phenomenal day with steady action all day long! We landed 99 yelllowfin tuna and 72 of those are the better size fish, averaging around 60 pounds. We also caught a few dorado and 5 wahoo. Nanette Smith of Huntington Beach landed her first wahoo ever. Not much more to add than–what a day!!!!!! We are headed north to Cedros Island for a try at some yellowtail tomorrow afternoon. More then, Capt Art
Hello anglers, We had a great day here at Alijos Rocks with steady fishing most of the day. This afternoon was better than the morning with the majority of the fish in the 50 to 75 pound class. A few of the 20 pounders were mixed in, as well as a few dorado. We landed three wahoo today. We ended up with 64 yellowfin tuna with 54 of those being the better size fish. We are ecstactic that we had the opportunity to catch this grade of fish all day. We are staying the night and spending our last day here at the Rocks. More then, Capt Art
Hello anglers, Arrived at Alijos Rocks around 9:30 this morning. The weather is great and the water temps are the same as last trip. Boats already here have a few fish aboard and are seeing fish boil around. Our first fish was a wahoo landed by our re-ride passenger Ken Piel from Oregon. He bought a brand new Calstar rod and an Avet reel at Fishermans Tackle Shop upon arrival from his first trip to Alijos last weekend and it paid off! He landed the first fish of the trip and it was a wahoo on straight mono to boot. Pretty lucky for Ken. The tuna fishing is a little on the slow side so far, but we see plenty of fish around the boat. They are not biting right now but I’m sure we will get busy later. More this evening, Capt Art
Hello anglers, We saw a lot of tuna today that wouldn’t bite. We managed to land 18 yellowfin tuna, 2 dorado, and 2 wahoo for our efforts today. Twelve of the tuna were the better grade tuna. We lost about that many which was a little unusual compared to last trip where we had minimal losses. We are staying the night and hope things change around and the tuna bite. The weather is good with light winds and no sea condition. More tomorrow, Capt Art
Congrats to Doug Nance, Steve Heffner, and Jeff Nagel!
This 7-day trip had 22 anglers and they caught 258 yellowfin tuna, 52 dorado, 78 yellowtail and 1 wahoo. The jackpot winners are:
A big thank you to Steve Lamb for some amazing photos from this last trip! Check them out on our Photo Gallery.
Art Taylor docked his boat at Fisherman’s Landing October 2 after a good seven-day trip to The Rocks, with a stop at Benitos on the way home. His 22 anglers scored very well on quality yellowfin tuna up to 100 pounds.
Doug Nance of San Diego took first place for a 109.8-pound yellowfin tuna. He told dock reporter Bill Roecker it bit a sardine on a 3/0 ringed Owner Mutu hook tied to 40-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon leader and 65-pound Power Pro Spectra. He used an Avet JX reel and a Calstar 700 MH rod.
Steve Heffner of Hailey, ID won second place for a 108.2-pound tuna
Jeff Nagel of Laguna Niguel won third place for a 75-pound Alijos Rocks yellowfin.
George Guardino of San Diego (featured for the month of September in the new 2011 Sportfishing Calendar with the year’s best halibut) caught the trip’s only wahoo, on a sardine without wire. He said that luck hook was a Gamakatsu 2/0 in the J-hook style.
