Oct 11
2010
Oct 10
2010
Oct 10–Day’s end report
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!”
Oct 9
2010
October 2-9
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:
- Ace Neely, Lancaster, CA — 97/4# yellowfin tuna (left)
- Bob Yoshimoto, Thousand Oaks, CA — 96# yellowfin tuna
- Nanette Smith, Huntington Beach, CA –87.4# yellowfin tuna (right)
Oct 9
2010
Crew at the Rocks (and a few tuna)
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!
Oct 9
2010
Oct 10–Early report
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!
Oct 9
2010
Great Searcher Trip by Bill Roecker
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.
Oct 8
2010
Oct 8
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
Oct 6
2010
Oct 6 mid-day report
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
Oct 6
2010
Oct 6-Day’s end
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
Oct 5
2010
Oct 5
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