Jerry King’s passing

The 9-day Fish Down/Fly Back trip had 212 yellowfin tuna, 78 yellowtail, 10 wahoo, and 30 (released) marlin for 17 anglers. The jackpot winners are: Danny Coe (222.2# yellowfin tuna), Lloyd Doyle (179# yellowfin tuna), and Alex Ruiz (158.9# yellowfin tuna) An honorable mention goes to Carl Schmidt of San Diego for his 210.9# yellowfin tuna. Thanks to everyone who made this trip a success! Capt Art and Celia

Hey anglers, Today we concentrated on the big yellowfin tuna again and the day started with Allen Ross of Lake Forest, California landing a 120 pounder. We thought that was a great start! We landed some dorado and released some marlin before lunch and then the wind came up and we had trouble holding anchor. We were seeing fish on a regular basis on the fish finders but they wouldn’t bite. After lunch we finally got the anchor to hold in 20 knots of wind and Steven Schneider landed a 60 pounder. We continued to release marlin and land a few more dorado. We saw plenty of tuna but they just wouldn’t bite. Lucky Lloyd Doyle landed a 90 pounder mid- afternoon and that was the end of our tuna action. After dinner we all met in the galley and discussed arrival in Cabo tomorrow and we ended the trip with the GRAND PRIZE drawing for our SONAR program. The winner of this year’s GRAND PRIZE is Chris Edmundson of Mission Viejo, California. Congratulation to Chris for winning a free spot on a 3-day trip next year and a rod and reel combo from Shimano! We would like to thank all of our sponsors for SONAR this year and look forward to having them back for next season’s SONAR program. Capt Art

Hey anglers, Today we fished north of Cabo and had OK fishing on medium-size dorado. We releasd about 12 striped marlin as well. So we had some action and some fun. We had a chance at some big yellowfin tuna but they didn’t bite very well. Lucky Lloyd Doyle from Long Beach landed the only big tuna today. It taped out at 180 pounds. Tex Gough from San Diego landed the only other tuna–a 40 pounder. Both tuna were hooked on greenback mackeral. Since we saw some big tuna and had a chance today, we are staying at this spot for our final day. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey there, Another day on the grounds today. Fortunately we had a little action and we landed 5 of the bigger yellowfin tuna. We landed two fish over 200 pounds and the other fish are in the 140-160 pound class. Danny Coe from Woodland Hills and Carl Schmidt from San Diego landed the 200 pounders and Lloyd Doyle from Long Beach landed a 152 pounder. Alex Ruiz from Alta Loma landed a 145 pounder and Kent Cremolini from Walnut Creek landed a 155 pounder. So we were rewarded for our efforts the past two days and are headed for another spot where we can anchor up, let everyone fish and still have a chance at catching a big yellowfin tuna. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey there, We replenished our bait supply really well last night. Then today, we arrived in the zone where there is a chance to catch a big yellowfin tuna. We didn’t catch one of those big fish but we did look at quite a few fish and we hooked and lost two of them. The weather remains good and we are staying in this zone another day and hope that the fish cooperate tomorrow. Capt Art

Hey everyone, Today was a day looking offshore for paddies and whatever we could find. The weather is still outstanding with an hour or two of light rain this morning. We didn’t have any trouble finding kelps today, but finding one that had fish on it was another thing. We did find one good size paddie this afternoon that had a few wahoo and a few good size dorado. Doug Nance from San Diego had his 50th birthday today and he celebrated with landing two nice wahoo –a birthday to remember. We did find some more yellowfin tuna associated with common dolphin and we had some action for a couple of hours. The size of those fish was the same as what we saw at Alijos Rocks–25-40 pounds. We are headed for the bait grounds tonight and then we will concentrate on better size fish tomorrow. Capt Art