Saturday Jan 9 - Well we had a very good start off early this morning. Al got the first ever swordfish landed on this boat at about 3:30 am. Jeremy backed that up with a 182 lb. yellowfin, also caught in the dark. Then we stayed pretty wide open until about 7:30am, on the smaller grade tuna which all were released. We then went looking around for larger grade tuna for the rest of the day. Everyone put forth a valiant effort but we just couldn't connect on the bigger fish. Plenty of the smaller grade, but the cows eluded us. Today we wound up the trip and are heading into Cabo to fly home tomorrow. The guys are breaking down their tackle and looking forward to sitting down to a nice lobster and filet dinner. I have to say these guys are some of the toughest guys we've seen. They really hung in there with such a great effort on their part in trying for the cows. This was an outstanding group and we all had a great time. We will be at the dock on Wednesday morning to weigh in the cows that were caught in the beginning of the trip. Come down and see us.

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Tommy and crew

Friday Jan 8 - Again, and I know it sounds boring, but we have absolutely gorgeous weather. The first half of the day was dead with no action. But then the afternoon took off and kept us busy until dark. They were all smaller grade and we released them all. We'll be trying this area again tomorrow morning. Another boat in the vicinity caught a couple of nice ones. Everything is going good. It was nice to have some action today. We will continue looking for the cows.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday Jan 7 - Another gorgeous weather day. The guys were sitting around saying it looked like the calm waters of Lake Havasu. It was lounge chair fishing but very little action. The guys still have high spirits though knowing that the fishing can turn around in a day if those two and three hundred pounders want to bite. We are going to hang tough here though on the big fish bank. We still have two more days to fish.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday Jan. 6 - What an absolutely wonderful day today. We're living the dream this trip.......as far as the weather goes. Everyone got a great tan today and enjoyed good tunes on deck while fishing hard all day. Signs of tuna were bleak. We covered a lot of territory and the bottom line was we saw a lot of fish, but none over 10 lbs. the weather looks like it will hold for the next two days. Three more days to fish. We are biding our time and hoping for the nice grade yellowfin to show back up on the shallows. Everyone is having a good time and are in good spirits. So as we sit down to a nice pork loin dinner with mushroom gravy and honey carrots we are thinking about tomorrow and hope that the conditions will be favorable. Wish us luck.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday Jan. 5 - Well today although it was gorgeous, relaxing and beautiful, the fishing sucked. Except George and Al both got a 175 pounder each. Our current changed direction and then completely shut off and the fish disappeared with the current. We're going to make a move and see if we can change our luck. Hope everyone is good at home and we miss you all.

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Tommy and crew

Monday Jan 4 - Well I'm sitting here watching the gorgeous sunset over nice calm seas looking towards Hawaii. Hope everyone over there is having a great time like we are here. They are probably getting ready for some cocktails with their sunset while we are done here and are getting ready to sit down with some juicy, fall off the bone, baby back ribs, fresh corn on the cob, beans and jalapeno corn bread. Our fishing today was not quite as spectacular as yesterday. Although it was slower we still had a fun day and there was enough to keep us here another day. Today Charlie was the hot dog with a 251 lb., 170 lb., and a 136 pounder. Al got a 110 pounder and Eddie landed a 162 pounder. George released a 165 pounder. Bryan released a 115 pounder. Jeremy released a 85 pounder. And Craig released three over 100 with one at 110, one at 120, and one at 130 pounds. Bob hooked a good one at dark, but he got away real quick. So another day done.

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Aloha,

Tommy and crew

Sunday Jan. 3 - The day started off great. We hooked three nice fish first thing this morning. Things then died out for awhile then picked up again for another four nice fish. The whole day progressed that way. Things would slow down for about 1 1/2 hours and then pick up and get busy for 1 1/2 hours. On and off all day. The quality of fish is just wonderful. The tally for the day is as follows: Craig Johnston - 170 lb., 175 lb., 180 lb. and released a 75 pounder. Bryan Davis - 230 lb., 145 lb., and released a 120 pounder. Jeremy Chandler - caught a 225 lb. and released a 100 pounder. George Davis landed a 155 pounder. Charlie Middleton got a big one at 275 lbs., a 145 lb., and 155 pounder. Al Tokunaga brought in a 155 pounder and Eddie Stokes caught a "bubble" fish that weighed 197.28 lbs. The hero of the day who made us all proud was Bob Milliken who got his personal best at 172 lbs. He wasn't the only one to catch a personal best, but he made the largest jump from his previous biggest fish. These are real hold fillers. And we had so much fun we are going to do it again tomorrow. It was just a fantastic day fishing in beautiful, gorgeous, calm weather. Our hors devores were great. Utilizing our catch from yesterday we had yellowfin and yellowtail sashimi, yellowfin poke, and yellowtail and sheepshead ceviche. Dinner was a sesame encrusted seared ruby red ahi with fresh green beans with butter almond sauce and rice. The boys all want to say hi to their wives or girlfriends.

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Tommy and crew

Saturday Jan 2 - We had beautiful weather here again today. One of the most gorgeous days of traveling down this year. Jock strap and sun visor weather. Fortunately no one took it literally. The Coors light issue has been resolved thanks to a few boats in the fleet that we passed today. We tried for yellowfin, yellowtail, grouper, and wahoo just to get meal fish on board. We had success on the yellowfin and yellowtail and struck out on the grouper and wahoo. All in all a fun day though. Nice way to break up the ride down. Bob pulled on several fish today. I think he got the kinks out and is ready to pull on a 200 pounder. All the boats down below today had excellent fishing. And that makes the excitement pretty high here. I doubt we'll get much sleep tonight. The guys all say hi to all the girls back home. We will be fishing tomorrow where Eddie's brother Kevin caught his 300 pounder.

Wish us luck. Hope you are all having fun with whatever you are doing.

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Tommy and crew

Friday January 1 - Happy New Year! We again have some absolutely gorgeous weather. The guys are all doing great. And no girls, there is still no one seasick. However, we may need to put out a call for Coors light as our supply in rapidly diminishing! Eddie caught us a yellowfin on the troll for some sushi tomorrow. Our destination is to head inside towards the inner banks. The reports form the code group all sound great. Even when they are not catching, they are still seeing good signs. Tomorrow we will make a run on the Ridge and try for some grouper just for fun and try to pick up some yellowtail and yellowfin for some ceviche, poke, and sashimi just to break up the ride. Our lunch today was street tacos made with prime rib and of course all the toppings. Dinner for New Years Day was Shrimp and scallop fettuccine.

So under clear skies and clam seas we travel on.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday December 31, 2009 - We departed today on George Davis's annual private charter with eight passengers on board. The usual suspects on board are, George, Bryan, Craig, Eddie, Jeremy, Charlie, Al, and one newbie Bob. It's great to have Bryan and Eddie back on board. We took off early and loaded up some great looking bait. Our weather is 100 times better than last year. We know you girls are wondering and no, no one is seasick. They did start celebrating the New Year very early this morning. Well mainly the under 50 crowd. But things wound up early.

Lunch today was a great chicken Ciabatta sandwich with relleno chilies, Monterey jack, avocado, tomato and onion. And of course for News Year Eve we had prime rib, baked potato, fresh asparagus and Caesar salad.

Dinner and a movie and they were in bed by 9pm.

Our options look good. We won't make the final destination decision until tomorrow around mid-day. Everyone is excited and looking forward to fishing. We are having a great day, hope you are too. On behalf of the crew and passengers we wish you all back home a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous New Year.

Thanks for checking in and we will send in the next report in 2010!

Tommy, Drew, Dave, Richie, Jed, Barry, and Mark

P.S. To Jen, Jeremy say "Meow". He really appreciated the two pictures of his best buddies asleep on his pillow and the bag of fur. It really meant a lot to him.

Friday December 11 - We are traveling home in gorgeous, sunny weather with the wind behind us. Hopefully this will keep up as we get nearer to San Diego. Our ETA for Sunday morning will be 5:30am. Come down and see us.

Tommy and crew

Thursday December 10 - If I thought yesterday was great, I didn't think today would be even better. We had just another fabulous day. Same grade of fish and the anglers did excellent job catching the tuna on lighter line. As with the past couple of days we also had a few marlin sprinkled in. The wind came down and our weather is gorgeous. And to answer the most popular question this time of year, no we haven't seen any of the 200 lb. tuna since we arrived. But the fishing is just excellent, wonderful. Today is our last day and we are now heading for home. This trip will depart on December 1st for 2010. Check out our schedule on line and come out and fish. We have trips from 3-16 days.

We'd love to have you on board.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday December 9 - Had an absolutely phenomenal day fishing. Kite fishing was as good as it gets. Several times during the day we couldn't get out fast enough. Same grade of fish 70-130 lbs. No signs of the cow fish since we got down here. Our weather is windy and choppy today but plenty fishable. We're having a great time and we have one more full day. We're going to do this again tomorrow.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday December 8 - All Right! Things turned around. We had an excellent fishing today on 60-130 lb. tuna. We have gorgeous weather and two more days to fish. Hopefully this kind of action will continue.

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Tommy and crew

Monday December 7 - After three days of looking for the big fish we are discouraged. It feels like the Grinch has stolen Christmas and all the presents and left nothing but pine needles. With the exception of the first day when we had a decent hit, every morning after a few hours things just shut down. So we are making another move. We are hoping for a different day. While we have heard that your weather back at the dock is cold and rainy, we are still experiencing great weather down here. We still have three full days to fish so wish us luck.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday December 6 - We picked up 14 of the smaller grade tuna today. Looked at more fish and porpoise then we have all year, but nothing wants to bite. Blame it on the moon or whatever. They just aren't biting. So we have some exciting reports on a different area which we will be trying. Everyone has high expectations for tomorrow. The weather is still great. So wish us luck that we might find a big hungry herd of cows.

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Tommy and crew

Saturday December 5 - In the early part of the day we fished on 70-100 pound tuna and then it died. We also had a handful of school size. We hope it will rebound soon to the stellar cow fishing that was happening 3 days prior to us arriving. Our weather is just beautiful.

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Tommy and crew

Friday December 4 - Today half of the guys caught some nice wahoo and the other half gave it a good shot but didn't land one. We also caught and released some small tuna and yellowtail. Our weather is good.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday December 3 - Today is a travel day. We rigged tackled and enjoyed the good weather going down.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday Dec.2 - We departed today with "Tonk" (Charles Thomas) and Friends. We left the dock nice and early and it looks like we will have a nice travel day.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday November 15 - We arrived at the dock at 6am and weighed up the jackpot. First place went to Mike Payne with a 227.8lb. yellowfin tuna. This earned him a free black 200 lb. Tuna Club jacket. Second and third were almost twins. David Manning had a 169.8 pounder and Pete Mostert had a 168.6 pounder. This was a great trip, great group, and we look forward to seeing you all again next year. Now for those of you that want to go for a cow but haven't book a trip yet, now is the time.

We have one more trip with openings before the end of the year departing on December 2. It is extremely light right now but we are a confirmed go. We will be targeting the cows and wahoo. Give yourself an early present and come out and join me and the crew on this 11 day adventure.

If you can't get away then have a great holiday and maybe we'll see you next year.

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Tommy and crew

Saturday November 14 - Travel day home. A little choppy but we should be at the dock by 6am. Come by and say hi!Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Friday November 13 - Well Friday the 13th proved to be unlucky for us. We scratched a few of the smaller yellowtail and spent the day looking for the yellowfin tuna that were in this area. But we bombed out. Where'd they go? There were three of us here and we all struck out for the day. The weather was choppy but workable. We will now start for home and travel all day Saturday. Looks like we may have a bumpy ride. We will be at the dock Sunday morning.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday November 12 - We woke up to beautiful weather and a nice surprise with a day of good wahoo fishing. We also had decent fishing on the smaller grade tuna to go with it. Late in the day we picked up three nice grouper. Everyone is having a good time and we will be at it again first thing tomorrow.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday November 11 - First and foremost, Happy Veteran's Day. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you, to all the vets and active duty military for their service. We had an absolutely beautiful, calm day out here fishing. But the fishing stunk. They decided to take the day off and celebrate our vets. We did land two 50 lb. tuna but mostly we just watched 100 pounders jump out of the water and splash around. Rather frustrating. We're done with the trophy's. Now we are off to hunt down a mixed bag of game for the next few days.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday November 10 - Had another great day fishing. The grade was a little bit larger, with half in the 65-85 lb. range and the other half in the 20-30 lb class. We have excellent weather and there are still good signs of the bigger tuna, so we will give it a try here again tomorrow. We still are hoping for some cows. Everyone is having a great time, including the crew. This is just a really fun group. And chef David is keeping everybody happy putting out some absolutely fantastic meals.

We are booking for 2010, in fact some trips are already full. So look at our schedule and give Susan a call.

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Tuesday November 10 (early report) -We had great fishing yesterday on the 35-55 grade yellowfin tuna and lost a couple in the 150 lb. range. This morning Pete landed a 160 pounder at daylight. So we are looking around today for that better grade tuna. Wish us luck!

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Tommy and crew

Sunday November 8 - Today was a trophy fish day. We hooked a lot of nice big fish and landed about half of them. Fred Meyer had an 80 pounder and Sasha Salganick and Craig Heberer both had 85 pounders. Then John Esler and Gene Cornthwaite land a couple around 110 pounds. And the top fisherman of the day went to Dave Manning with one at 145 lbs. and one at 157lbs. The biggest fish for the day went to Mike Payne with a 207 pounder. This will earn him a free 200 lb Tuna Jacket back at the dock! Fishing on the big fish was good. We lost a few to many for to many random reasons to mention. Our weather is good and we will give it a go again tomorrow.

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Tommy and crew

Saturday November 7 - We had a fun day pulling on fish, but not much tagging. Most were the smaller grade yellowfin and yellowtail. Later in the day we found a nice grade of yellowtail and a few pargo. Our weather is good.

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Tommy and crew

Friday November 6 - Today was basically a travel day. We rigged our gear and stopped for a handful of yellowfin tuna. The weather was nice all day and the guys are excited to get down below in hopes of the bigger grade tuna. The water has cooled off to an acceptable 78 degrees. We need a few more anglers for the December 2, 11-day trip so if you've been thinking about getting out here give Susan a call.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday November 5 - Our passengers arrived early at the dock this morning for a quick and early departure. We are excited to be back out fishing on a 10-day with Craig Heberer and his Humbolt Fishin' Lumberjacks! Many are repeats and some are new, and they all are very anxious to get down to the fishing grounds. We got a nice load of bait and are heading south in some gorgeous weather.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday October 11 - We hit the dock early and weighted up our jackpot fish. First place was a tie with Ed Rubio and Derric Culpepper. both had a 31.6 pound yellowtail. Third went to Dennis Mc Neely with his 29.8 pound yellowtail. We are now in at the dock and will be doing some boat maintenance for a couple of weeks.

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Tommy and crew

Saturday October 10 - Today we traveled up the line in choppy weather.

Friday October 9 - We had another great day of yellowtail fishing and continued on off shore to pickup a few nice yellowfin tuna and a couple of handfuls of nice dorado. Weather was good for most of the day and started getting rough late in the day. We will start working our way home tonight.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday October 8 - We had an absolutely fantastic morning fishing the yellowtail. It was as good as it gets. Fun, fun day. We finished off the afternoon with quality 25-35 pounders for everyone. Weather is also absolutely excellent.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday October 7 - Weather started off good in the morning and then turned sloppy later in the day. Our fishing started off good, but tagging was not that great. Lots of small yellowfin tuna and a couple of handfuls of nice dorado.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday October 6 - We departed nice and early today on a five-day trip with 24 excited anglers. Loaded up our bait and we are off again!

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Tommy and crew

Sunday October 4 - At the dock this morning our jackpot winners were Gus Chabre with a 33 lb. yellowtail and there was a tie for second and third place with Brent Corken and Gregorio Mazon with their 32.6 pound yellowtails. We are in until Tuesday.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Friday October 2 - We started off with a round of good 25-35 lb. yellowtail and then it died. We went searching and got into a phenomenal bite that was wide open for 3 hours.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday October 1 - We have fantastic weather. In fact it is a little too hot, calm and no breeze. But that's ok. We had spectacular fishing today. It was just excellent on the homeguard yellowtail. Everyone is having a good time. And yes, Ramon did catch a bunch!

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday September 30 - Traveled all day today. No fishing until late and then it was very poor. The weather was rough until late, but our ride was ok. And Ramon Mazon sends a big hello the the Kingsview coworkers in Tulare and Fresno.

Wish us luck for better fishing and weather tomorrow.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Tuesday September 29 - Departed today on a 5-day. Our bait looks good and we are heading south. The water is rough, however since we are heading down it is behind us and we have a good ride. Wish us luck.

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Tommy and crew

Monday September 28 - We arrived at the dock this morning with a great catch, and a couple of big wahoo. Jackpot went to Howard Lund with a 51.6 wahoo, second went to Rudy Hernandez with a 46.6 and third went to Andy Nordquist with his 46.4 wahoo. But the big bruisers on the dock were Scott Belardes's with his 79.6 wahoo and Larry Bennett had the whopping 90.4 wahoo. Now that will make a few tacos. The big ones were not in jackpot as they were caught on the troll. Thanks Stephen and Scott Belardes. Great group of guys. We had a great time with you all and look forward to having you back on board. Now the crew and I will be on the beach tonight and depart tomorrow on a 5-day.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday September 27 - Traveling home. We are in overcast weather, and having a nice ride.

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Tommy and crew

Saturday September 26 - Wound up the trip with some fantastic yellowtail fishing. The guys fished until they called it quits. When it slowed to just a couple of guys, we packed up and are heading for the dock. Our weather is great.

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Tommy and crew

Friday September 25 - We had good wahoo fishing today and excellent tuna fishing again. The weather is fantastic and we are living the dream!

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Tommy and crew

Thursday September 24 - We had a phenomenal day fishing quality grade yellowfin tuna. We fished daylight to dark. Just a really beautiful grade of fish. We also had good numbers on the yellowtail and a good grade of dorado that had some pushing 50lbs.! And our weather, well it has improved considerably. Flat, slick, calm. Really nice.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday September 23 - Sloppy weather today and the wahoo fishing was quite diminished. 11 wahoo and 26 nice dorado for the day. And we just could not catch a respectable tuna. Hoping for better weather tomorrow.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday September 22 - We had a good day wahoo fishing and got one nice tuna. The weather is a little bit choppy, but not too bad. Everyone is having a good time.

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Tommy and crew

Monday September 21 - Today was was a travel day. We ate great food, took naps, gave a seminar, rigged up gear, watched a video from last year, and just enjoyed the day and company.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday September 20 - We arrived at the dock this morning at 6AM. Glenn Briscoe came in first with his 59 lb. tuna. Second was Henry Proo with a 42.8 lb dorado and third was Scott Oberg with a 32 lb. tuna. Ron Cox also deserves recognition for his huge 56.4 lb. dorado. Ron however was not in the jackpot. According to Bill Roecker this is the biggest dorado so far this season. So now we turn around and are off again on a 8-day trip with the Old Wild Bunch charter. Le Roy Belardes started this charter and unfortunately we lost Le Roy in April this year. However his two sons Stephen and Scott are taking over this year. Everybody is excited to get underway and get their lines wet and pull one in for Le Roy.

On another note, Susan said we still have 2 spots open on Sept 29, and 5 spots on Oct 6th. These are both 5 day trips and are a perfect time for Guadalupe and excellent yellowtail fishing. Give her a call if you would like to get on board. I will be running these trips with Drew, Dave, Richie, Jed, Mark, David, and Barry. They are such a great crew.. Give her a call at 619-390-7890.

Thanks and wish us luck!

Tommy and crew

Friday September 18 - Finished up the trip with some pretty decent yellowtail fishing. Our weather is gorgeous. We'll be at the dock Sunday morning. One spot still open on the next 8-day if you can get away. And the 5-day Guadalupe trips still have a few spots.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday September 17 - Had good fishing today on the yellowfin tuna up to 40 lbs. Had some yellows and dorado also. We released probably a couple hundred of the smaller grade tuna. Let 'um grow up. Weather was choppy most of the day, but laid down late.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday September 16 - We had excellent yellowtail fishing today amidst some choppy weather.

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Tuesday September 15 - We had choppy weather today, but excellent fishing on Dorado. We caught and kept, and caught and released for over three hours straight on just one of the kelp patties. We are hoping for better weather tomorrow. Everything is going good.

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Tommy and crew

Monday September 14 - Travel day. Great weather. Anxious anglers. Wish us luck. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Sunday September 13 - Departed today with a full load for a 7-day trip. The bait looks a little rugged. But our weather is good and we are ready for another great adventure.

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Tommy and crew

Saturday September 12 - We came in this morning with Rob and Dave's charter. Great group of guys, great trip. Jackpot went to Tim Brown with his 82.6 lb. tuna, Cesar Reguindin had second with a 73.4 lb. tuna and John D'Ornellas closed it with his 72.6 pounder. We also weighed in another 14 tuna all between the 60-72 lb range. Nice grade of fish.

Also worth mentioning Darren Haraldson had a nice dorado at 42.2 pounds and Darren Cherry had a nice yellowtail at 49.6 pounds. We are in for the night and then will depart on another 7 day trip tomorrow morning.

We still have one spot on our 8 day trip departing September 20th if you can get away.

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Tommy and crew

Friday September 11 - Today is a travel day. We will be at the dock tomorrow morning at 6:00am. But our eyes are open and we do have 40 lb. rigs ready just in case. See you at the dock.

Tommy and crew

Thursday September 10 - We had an excellent day fishing yellowtail and dorado. Our weather is still great.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday September 9 - Incredible yellowtail fishing today. Wahoo made a brief showing on the deck and we had good fishing on the release size tuna but only kept a few. We also picked up 19 monster dorado. Several of them have to be over 50 lbs. We will find out at the scales. And the highlight of the day for everyone was actually the large whale shark that hung out next to the boat today. It was really cool. Weather continues to be great.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday September 8 - Had another good day fishing here today. The scores for the wahoo and tuna were flipped from what they were yesterday. It was a good day for the wahoo and just ok for the tuna. The weather is absolutely gorgeous.

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Tommy and crew

Monday September 7 - Happy Labor Day to everybody back on the beach. We had a good day out here fishing yellowfin tuna up to 65 lbs. and had a nice sprinkling of wahoo to go with them. Our weather is gorgeous and we plan to do it again tomorrow.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday September 6 - Travel, seminars, rig, sleep, eat, read, watch tv,

tell stories. Check gear again. Getting ready.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Saturday September 5 - What a great trip. We arrived back at Fisherman's Landing at 7:15 and unloaded. Our jackpot went to Jason Campbell with his 66 pound yellowfin. Second went to Peter Gutierrez with his 65.8 pounder and third went to Mike Baynes with his 64.6 yellowfin. Garry you always put together a great group, and this year was really fun for the crew as well. Thank you and see you all again in 2010. Today we will be departing on the Rob & Dave Charter. We will be out for seven days. Got a great looking load of bait and we are headed south.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday September 3 - What a day! We had fantastic fishing on 20-50 lb. yellowfin tuna. We also had a couple of handfuls of dorado and a couple handfuls of albacore that were up into the 40 lb. range to go with them. Our weather is still beautiful, gorgeous in fact. There are still good signs around and we are hoping for another good day tomorrow.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday September 2 - Had an absolutely excellent day fishing the really good size yellowtail. They were up to 40 pounds. We also had 9 nice size yellowfin to go with it. Our weather is great. The fall is just a really fun time to fish. We have a couple trips left this year with open spots. If you want to do Guadalupe, we have two 5-day trips on Sept 29 and Oct 6. If you want to do the Ridge and Alijos, we have an 8-day September 20, 10-day October 14 and an 11-day on December 2.

Give Susan a call if you have any questions. 619-390-7890 Thanks for checking in.

Tommy

Wednesday September 2- (early morning report) We are having good yellowtail fishing. Our weather is great. Flat calm. There is no threat to us from the hurricane in case you are wondering.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday September 1 - Not much of anything going on. Looked all day long and only found one kelp. We definitely won't be in this area tomorrow. Weather is great. Everybody is doing fine.

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Tommy and crew

Monday August 31 - We had another good day of wahoo fishing. The kelp patties didn't produce much of anything else. Our weather is absolutely gorgeous. We are going on the hunt for yellowfin tuna.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday August 30 - Evening report - Kelp patty fishing was good today. We had absolutely great fishing on dorado and wahoo. Our weather is flat calm. Everybody had a fun day. We still have some open spots on the upcoming trips if you want to come out and get into some of this great fall fishing.

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Tommy

Sunday August 30 - (Early morning report) Our wahoo fishing has started off real good. The conditions have changed for the better and our weather is still good. Wish us luck.

Tommy and crew

Saturday August 29 - We had good wahoo fishing today and everyone is having a great time with them. There is almost no sign of tuna of any size. The weather is excellent, but it is hot and sweltering.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Friday August 28 - Today was spent traveling, conducting the fishing tackle seminar, eating good food, napping, rigging gear, renewing old friendships and making new ones, reading, relaxing, and all in great weather.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday August 27 - At the dock this morning we weighed in Pete Delgado's bluefin which went to 101.6 pounds. He was not in jackpot though so first place went to Neal Tamashiro with his 65.8 pounder and Bill Fix was second with his 65.2 lb. tuna and Dr Al Salganick closed it with his 63 pounder. We had many in the 50-60 lb range. We had some really good fishing on the yellowfin, albacore and bluefin. Now today we have a very excited group heading out on Garry Robert's annual 9-day trip. The crew and I are equally excited as this is our first long range trip of the season. We have our blinders on and are heading down with a nice ride.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday August 26 - Absolutely phenomenal albacore fishing again. These things are slugs. We fished them into the dark in excellent weather. Tonight we are winding up a great trip with a great group of passengers. Bob we sure did miss you at the rail and look forward to seeing you soon. We will be at the dock at 6 am and then turn around and head south on Garry Roberts annual 9-day.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday August 25 - Got into the albacore good. You can quote me, it was excellent albacore fishing.

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Tommy and crew

Monday August 24 - Excellent fishing on the 50 lb. grade yellowfin tuna with a few good size yellowtail thrown in. Our weather continues to be gorgeous.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday August 23 - We bypassed the albacore fishing and headed straight down to fish the big tuna. Had a pretty fair day and hope tomorrow will be even better. Our weather is excellent and everyone is having a good time. And we'd like to send a "Thank You" to Tom from* Jokers Wild in Henderson Nevada.* He sent out some nice hats and shirts and hopefully some of that "Lady Luck" that can rub off for some great fishing. We look forward to seeing you out here next year and maybe in our off time you'll see us sitting at one of your tables or slot machines!

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Tommy and crew

Saturday August 22 - Got to the dock and unloaded the fish to the scales. The jackpot went to Dwight Hand with his 56.4 yellowfin, second place Jeffrey Abrams with his 47.6 yellowfin and third went to Henry Main with his 43.2 pound yellowfin. Thank you Ryan Christianson for hosting this Let's Talk Hookup trip. Today we will depart on Bob Vance's annual 5-day trip. We will miss Bob this year as he is unable to make it, but his good friend Joe Beck is stepping in to take over for this year and we look forward to having Bob back on next year. We have a nice group on board. Most are repeats and some new faces. We got away early from the dock and loaded up the bait and are heading south.

Wish us luck.

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Tommy and crew

Friday August 21 - We had an absolutely excellent day fishing the albacore in beautiful, calm weather. Most of our fish today came from two wide open stops. It was really great. Needless to say everyone is having a great time here on our last day of fishing. We will be in tomorrow morning at 6am.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday August 20 - Offshore showed great promise first thing in the morning and then fell on it's face for the rest of the day. We had one small hit mid-day, but otherwise that better grade tuna didn't surface.

The local fishing was down also. We are still having great weather and we will be offshore in new territory tomorrow.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday August 19 - Had a scratch day fishing offshore with the exception of kelp which was holding a mix of fish. Overall it was a little slow and we caught a little over 50 for the day. Our weather is fantastic. We will go looking for a new area tomorrow as this one is shrinking up.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday August 18 - We arrived at the dock at 6:00 am with our jackpot winners Mike Hagan in first place with his 62.8 pound yellowfin, John Hom with his 59.6 pound yellowfin and Ron Heil, our charter-master with a 57.8 pounder. This was a great group of mostly regulars and a few new anglers. Thanks for a fun trip and we look forward to seeing you all again next August. Today we depart on the "Let's Talk Hook-up"

charter. Wish us luck and thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Sunday August 16 - Had a good day fishing off the Island for nice grade yellowtail. They were in the 25-35 pound range. Our weather is great. We will be back offshore tomorrow looking for pelagics. Everyone is having a great time.

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Tommy and crew

Saturday August 15 - The good sign on the big tuna is they are still here but just not biting real well. We scratched away at them today. We picked up 13 fish for the morning and 30 yellowtail to go with it. Hope they want to bite tomorrow. We will stay and fish until the evening. Weather is just great and everyone is having a good time.

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Tommy and crew

Friday August 14 - Absolutely fantastic weather and just incredible fishing on the yellowfin tuna today. We also had a nice mix of bluefin, albacore, dorado and yellowtail. We are off to look for big yellowfin and yellowtail at Guadalupe Island. We are having a great day. Hope you are too!

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Tommy and crew

Thursday August 13 - The jackpot went to Alex Rogger with his 82.6 pound yellowfin. Second place was Jerry Cowan with a 60.4 tuna and John Warner finished it off with his 59.8 pounder. We are now departing with Ron Heil and his 23 anglers for a 5-day. Everyone is excited to be away from the dock with an early departure. Susan said we still have open spots on the 4-day Let's Talk Hook-up Charter departing next week on Tuesday the 18th and the 5-day on August 22. So call your boss and tell him you're going fishing. And if he's a cool boss, bring him too!

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Wednesday August 12 - Had a fun day fishing off shore and picked up a combo of bluefin, yellowfin and albacore, sometimes all in one stop.

Wasn't wide open, but enough to keep us busy. Weather backed off and was fantastic. We'll be in to the dock at 6am tomorrow and then off on Ron Heil's annual 5-day.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday August 11 - We fished for a day at Guadalupe again. Excellent signs but not the numbers we hoped for. Only half the guys got a fish today. On the good news side, fishing went off, off shore today and we are heading that way to get a full day of fishing in for our last day. Our weather is good.

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Tommy and crew

Monday August 10 - We started our day scratching away at 40-50 pound tuna, then they took a powder and it died for the afternoon. We then went looking for the larger yellowtail. Most were in the 40 lb. range. We had good success, but heavy losses.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday August 9 - Got an early start at Guadalupe Island. Every one got a good shot at 50lb.+ tuna and a couple of yellowtail. Signs look ok today. Still good fish around. We are looking forward to tomorrow. And our weather, it is good.

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Tommy and crew

Saturday August 8 - We traveled in and made it to the dock at 6:00am.

Jackpot was William Taylor with his 60 lb. yellowfin tuna. Thanks to Robin Gledhill and Blue and White. You put together a great group and we look forward to seeing you all again next August. Today we will depart on our third trip in a row that is a limited load of only 20 anglers. This is Eric Rogger's annual 5-day charter. Hopefully the weather is laying down out there and the fish are still hungry. Wish us luck.

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Tommy and crew

Friday August 7 - Sloppy weather today. We spent a little time fishing. Winds were exceeding 20 knots and we hope it goes away. This was a good trip, but it was a great trip considering the weather conditions. See ya at the dock tomorrow morning.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Thursday August 6 - It was quite enjoyable fishing behind the island and getting away from the open sea for the day. Tuna fishing was ok but kinda off for what it has been. We also had a few nice yellows thrown in with them.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday August 5 - Absolutely fantastic day fishing out here. I have to say it's pretty nice with this ultra light load. This is the second trip in a row with only 18 passengers and let me tell you, there is plenty of room at the rail. And coming over that rail throughout the whole day we caught some of that smaller grade yellowfin mixed in with bluefin, yellowtail and dorado. It was great fishing in some sloppy weather. We're off to look for quality yellowfin like the ones that won jackpot last trip. Everyone is having a great time and looking forward to the calm lea of an island.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday August 4 - We finished up our day fishing yesterday with a steady mix of yellowfin, bluefin, and yellowtail. It was bumpy on the way home, but we had a great trip. At the dock the jackpot went to our fantastic charter master Tom Chaparro with a 66 lb. yellowfin, Mark Arbunich was second with his 62.8 yellowfin and Travis Donahue was third with a 61.6 yellowfin. Thanks Tom. You and your group worked hard and we look forward to seeing you all next year. At the dock we have Robin Gledhill and his private charter of 18 anglers anxious to get on board and underway. So quick turnaround and we are off for another fishing adventure.

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Tommy and Crew

Monday August 3 - This morning started off good with excellent signs and catching nice size bluefin. Weather has backed off a little and hope it keeps up. Today is going to be good. This is an unbelievable season.

From day to day we don't know where we are going next for just some really great fishing. New stuff is just popping up everyday. We do still have openings on our "Let's Talk Hookup" 4-day departing August 18 and August 22, 5-day. And we have a new 5-day trip we put on for Guadalupe departing Oct. 6. These are the only short trips that still have openings. So give Susan a call and come out for some great fishing.

Thanks for checking in. We will update our day later on tonight.

Tommy and crew

Sunday August 2 - Off shore today fishing kelp patties and tuna schools for an extreme variety. Never knew if you were going to get a yellowfin tuna, bluefin tuna, dorado, yellowtail or albacore! Had a great day except the weather could've given us a break. It was rough out here today. We are off to the bluefin grounds tomorrow.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Saturday August 1 - We had a good morning on the yellowfin and then they took a powder. So late in the day we switched gears and scratched away on some nice yellowtail.

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Tommy and crew

Friday July 31 - Traveled down to Guadalupe with high expectations for getting back into the action on the yellowfin tuna and we were not disappointed. We had a great day. Lots of fun action.

Tommy and crew

Thursday July 30 - Docked the boat this morning a little later than usual. We had some great fishing yesterday and it delayed us just a couple hours. Jackpot winners were Paul Oates in first place with his 58 lb. yellowfin. Cody Emerson beat his dad and grandfather who were also on the trip with his 53.6 pounder. And third was Al Preschutti with his 52.8 pound tuna. We had a really fast turnaround and back out around 10:45 with Tom Chaparro and his ultra limited load charter of 18. We will be out for 5 days and hope the fish will continue to be hungry.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday July 28 - We started the day off in great weather and and had a mixed catch of albacore, bluefin, and yellowfin. We wish we had our permits today for Guadalupe because the tuna fishing went off there today. We won't get our permits until tomorrow as they are being delivered to us by another boat. So see ya tomorrow morning. We will have a few hours to fish Guadalupe and hopefully it will treat us right.

Thanks!

Tommy and crew

Monday July 27 - Had a great day fishing the yellowtail. Had lots of action. We will be back off shore tomorrow to try and find the albacore and bluefin. Our weather is ok. A little choppy but not bad.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday July 26 - Look hard all day to no avail. The albacore and bluefin have vanished. Where'd they go? We are in good weather and will be on the hunt again tomorrow.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Saturday July 25 - Well yesterday was just as good as the previous days. Our anglers are ready to come home and take a break and enjoy their fine catches. We were first boat in this morning at 5:30 and weighed up for jackpot and again the women showed their skills with Carolyn Woodward coming in first with her 46.4 lb. bluefin, Greg Hyden was next with his 45.8 and Eve Oldenkamp finished it up with her 43 pounder. Congrats to all. Now we are out again with Matt Herrington and his group for another 5-day. Hopefully we will have the same conditions. We have some openings on the radio talk show "Let's Talk Hookup" charter August 18th and the Bob Vance charter on August 22. And if you are starting to think about wahoo and those bigs cows, we still have some spots in the fall. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Thursday July 23 - We had another good day fishing the nice grade bluefin, and yes the albacore are still here. They also are a really nice grade. This is some of the best fishing we have seen in the past 4-5 years. The weather is beautiful and calm. I know we filled the Chaparro limited load trip on the 30th, but we do still have some open spots at the end of August and I think the July 25th still has a couple spots. If you've been on the fence waiting to see what the season was going to bring, it is here. Don't miss out on this outstanding fish.

Give Susan a call 619-390-7890.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy

Wednesday July 22 - Excellent fishing today on the yellowtail. Everyone had their fill within a few hours. We went off to look for the trophies. We are still enjoying the beautiful weather and everyone is having a great time.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday July 21 - We had world class fishing out here today on the 28-38 pound albacore with a few in the 40 pound range thrown in. Absolutely phenomenal fishing! The bluefin also cooperated and everyone had a chance for a few of them. The weather is gorgeous. And everyone on board is obvious having a great time. We hope to see you out fishing soon. There are a couple open spots on our July 25th trip. If you can get away, give Susan a call 619-390-7890.

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Tommy and crew

Monday July 20 - We departed early this morning with Mark Costello's 5-day charter. Loaded up some nice bait and slid out of the harbor. Reports sound promising so we hope luck will be with us.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday July 15 - We arrived at the dock this morning at 8:00 am and unloaded. The women on board proved victorious as jackpot went to Katherine Friesen who was out with her dad. She had a nice 43 lb. bluefin. Second place went to Carmen Morales with her 33.6 lb. bluefin and third place went to Katherine's dad Brian Friesen with his 30.8 bluefin and that just barely beat Irene Gonzales who had a 30.6 pound bluefin.

We now will be at the dock for a few days and prepare to depart on Mark Costello's 5 day charter on Monday. We still have a few open spots on a couple of 5-day trips and the four day trip with Let's Talk Hook-up at the end of August. Also Tom Chaparro has one spot now on his ultra limited load 18 passenger trip July 30th. So if you have that craving for some fresh ahi poke, and have permission from the boss or wife, give Susan a call and come out and join us! 619-390-7890 Thanks!

Tommy and crew

Monday July 13 - Today fishing was tough for the fleet and the weather didn't make is any easier to work. We were lucky as there was a bluefin school that stuck with us and there were a few albacore mixed in.

Everyone is hanging in there, working hard at the rail and having a good time. We are hoping for another big hit like we've had on the past couple trips. Wish us luck!

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Tommy and crew

Sunday July 12 - We got in this morning and weighed up the jackpot.

According to Bill Roecker, we have the biggest albacore caught so far this season! Hubert Bell won 1st place with a *47 lb. albacore.

*Second place went to Tom Carr with his 42.4 pound blue fin and wrapping up with 3rd place was Lohn Storms with his bluefin that weighed 38.6.

The whole catch was just a beautiful bunch of fish. Great trip and a great group of guys. Thank you Jorge, Brett and Jim! Now we have cleaned up the boat, restocked the galley and the bait tanks and are off again for another 3-day. We heard fishing was a little slow today so we hope it will pick up again tomorrow.

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Tommy and crew

Friday July 10 - Excellent, excellent, excellent albacore fishing! And fair hits on the 30 pound bluefin to go with it. Beautiful weather. Everyone is having an excellent time. This is probably the best albacore fishing in four to five years. Thi is a great time to get out. And just to mention it again, we are only a few spots away from making our 3-day on the 16th a go. Call Susan if you can come out with us.

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Tommy and crew

Thursday July 9 - Got into the dock this morning at 9:00 am and the jackpot fish were Bob Snyder with a 37.8 bluefin, Dave Grabenauer with a 36.4 bluefin and Edward Coppock with his 33.2 bluefin. Quick turnaround and we are out on a 3-day charter with a great group of guys including some father son teams. This trip is full and the next 3-day is full but we still have openings on the 3-day leaving July 16th. So if you can find the time come out and get some of this great fishing give Susan a call in the office. 619-390-7890 Thanks, Tommy and crew

Wednesday July 8 - Absolutely phenomenal albacore fishing today and good fishing on the 25-35 pound bluefin. Excellent weather. Everybody is having a fantastic time as you can imagine. Coming in late tomorrow morning with a 10:00 am ETA.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday July 7 - Fishing today was good on the albacore. It started out slow but we pulled it out of the hat at the end of the day. Two other boats out here had good scores also. One on albacore, and the other on the bluefin. Our weather is excellent off shore and hopefully we will be top dog tomorrow!

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Tommy

Monday July 6 - Today we had excellent fishing on the 16-22 lb. yellowtail. We are in beautiful weather, with lots of fish and are having a great time.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday July 5 - Well our weather is sloppy and choppy. The albacore fishing was good, but not so much for us. We were right there in the thick of things, but we only got a few samples. Our score for the day was near the bottom of the bucket. The signs are still good for the albacore in the 3-day range. So we hope our luck will change for the better tomorrow.

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Tommy and Crew

Saturday July 4 - We departed today on Paul Hess's annual 5-day trip with 24 anglers. Most are repeats but there are a couple of new faces. Paul always puts together a great group of anglers. Prospects are exciting right now as one boat just had a couple hundred albacore in the

18-22 pound grade. So far this morning things sound a little bit slower but this fish is definitely in the 3-day range and you should be able to get two days of fishing in. So look at the schedule and maybe one of our 3, 4 or 5 day trips will fit your schedule! We have loaded up a nice supply of bait and we are on our way. Wish us luck and thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Tuesday June 30 - We arrived at the dock this morning at 7am. We had a great trip with a great group and look forward to seeing some of them again in a couple months on other trips!

Our jackpot winners were Philip Dudley with a 38.2 lb. yellow, Michael Wintjen came in just ahead of his father with a 36.8 pounder and his dad weighted in with his 36.0 pounder. And just like we have been seeing these past couple of weeks, there were many of these cookie cutter yellowtail fish on the dock. We will be in for a couple days and back out with Paul Hess's charter on the 4th.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Sunday June 28 - The morning started off with great fishing on the nicer 30 lb.+ yellows. In the afternoon it was really wide open on the 16-18 pounders. Justin also landed a nice halibut. And still, our weather is absolutely gorgeous. Tomorrow we will be heading back up to see if the bluefin and albacore have any interest in our baits.

Thanks again for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Saturday June 27 - We hunted around all morning for the big yellows we got last night but none were to be found. Midday we decided to bail out and go look for some of the smaller grade 12-15 pounders and we got into them good until dark. What started out slow turned out to be fantastic. Tomorrow we will be back looking for the bigger grade. Our weather, companionship, and food is great and everyone is having fun.

On the albacore, bluefin scene, although some of the guys are seeing big schools of bluefin and smaller schools of albacore, the off shore fishing is poor at this time. These guys just aren't biting...yet we all know that can change in a day. So we will be patient.

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Tommy and crew

Friday June 26 - We got to the fishing grounds late today and had some good signs. We fished until dark for some of those bigger yellows. Our weather is beautiful. We put a new 3-day trip on line for Thursday July 16 returning Sunday July 19, for $990. This will be our only 3-day for the rest of the season. (The other two are full) Give Susan a call in the office if you can get away. 619-390-7890.

Thanks for checking in, Tommy and crew

Thursday June 25 - We arrived early this morning and weighed up the jackpot fish. There are two jackpots for this trip. One for the kids and one for the adults. On the kids jackpot the winner was Annie Burgess with a 39.4 yellowtail, second was Dominic Ortiz with a 35.8 yellowtail, and third was Sydney Mack (daughter of one of our captains, Dave Mack) with a 35.6 pounder. For the adults, our charter master Larry Brown pulled in the biggest with a 40.2 lb. yellowtail, Robert Thacher had a 39.6 lb. yellowtail, and Fritz Jacobsen rounded it out with a 37.8 pounder for third place. And we weighed many more of these cookie cutter fish. It was a really fun trip. Quick turn around and we are off again with a great group of guys. Mal Wagstaff and Joe Beck have joined together this year with their annual 5-day charter.

Tonight we welcomed them on board with a delicious prime rib dinner and everyone is excited for tomorrow.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday June 23 - We had a great day again today on the yellowtail and the size has really improved. They were all 30 to 40 pounds. Really nice quality. We also had a halibut find it's way to our deck. Our weather is just gorgeous. We will be heading up to the albacore and bluefin grounds tomorrow and hopefully they will be hungry.

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Tommy

Monday June 22 - We had an excellent day fishing the yellows from daylight to dark. They were the smaller grade 15-16 pounders with a few 20 pounders thrown in. The weather was a little bit windy, but it was sunny and we had good seas. Everybody had a fantastic time today. Fun steady action. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Sunday June 21 - We fished for a few hours on our way to the yellowtail grounds but only got a few albacore and bluefin. There was some sign, but most of the fish were down. Our weather remains good.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Saturday June 20 - We departed today on Larry Brown's annual 5-day father/son, father/daughter, mother/son, mother/daughter, grandfather/grandchildren .....(you get the picture). Every year we have so much fun on this trip. While most are repeats we have a few newbies. Lucky are a couple of our anglers as they have three generations together for this trip. Now that is special. We loaded up our bait, gave our seminars and are headed out off shore. We will be looking for blue fin and albacore and yellowtail on kelp patties. Our weather is good and hopefully it will stay that way. Thanks for checking in. We will keep you posted.

Tommy and crew

June 1 - Monday Well, we have completed our annual maintenance and

Coast Guard inspections so we are ready to go fishing! Memorial Day weekend started off the season with the first albacore being caught (since January) and a couple of bluefin also. That has all of us on the boat excited as well as most of you. Water conditions look spectacular for the season and we hope to have some water charts on the web site soon for you to view. We are also please to pass on the fact that the Guadalupe permits have been granted for the next two years. I know a lot of you are looking forward to fishing there. We have our schedule on line for you to look at. Prices are the same as last year and as of right now there is no fuel surcharge. So let's hope the cost stays down. We have two new 1 1/2 day trips that we added on and we still have some openings on some of the 4 and 5 day trips this summer. Give Susan a call and she can check dates and availability for you or your group. 619-390-7890. And one more thing, tune in to Let's Talk Hook-up June 13th, Saturday morning (7-9am) and yours truly will be on with Pete Gray. It's always a good time and I hope you will call in with your questions. But you can also call me any time in the office.

On behalf of the same old crew and myself, thanks for checking in and I hope you can get out and fish with us this year.

Thanks,

Tommy

Friday December 26 - Well after being at the dock for the last two weeks enjoying the holidays with our family and friends, we are now anxious to get back out on the water.  We departed today on George Davis's annual 16 day charter with 7 anglers on board.  We loaded up a nice batch of bait and got off with an early start.  Our weather heading down was rough.  It was just nasty, nasty, nasty.  One of our new passengers (Jeremy) with this group got broke in right by sleeping for 20 hours, but most of the guys just enjoyed watching movies on the big new flat screen that Santa put in the galley.  Our weather calmed down around one in the morning and it is good to have the weather behind us.
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Tommy and crew

The Polaris Supreme will be at the dock until Dec. 26 enjoying the Holidays.  We wish all of you good health, peace and happiness.  Reports will resume December 26th.
Thanks,
Tommy and crew

Saturday December 6 - We made a short attempt in the morning to catch some better grade tuna. But it just wasn't happening.  Midday we we fished some of the smaller grade  tuna for a few fish.  The last three days haven't worked out like we had hoped for for the cow tuna.  The guys put serious time at the rail, but our timing was just off. 
Tomorrow we will be looking for dorado and wahoo on kelps.  The one thing that has been consistent is the weather.  It is still great.
Thanks,
Tommy and crew

Friday December 5 - Our timing sucks.  This place fell flat on its face today for everybody.  We picked up one fish around 150 lbs. and stopped on many schools that didn't want to bite.  We made attempts later in the day for small grade tuna, but that didn't work out either.  Hoping for something better tomorrow.  The weather is still good.
Tommy and crew

Thursday December 4 - We made a move to the banks where the 200-300 lb.
fish were caught.  But things there fell flat.  We only caught two for our efforts.  Jay picked up a 150 lb., and Robert also picked up a 150 pounder.  One of the other banks went off today and the guys had some great fish.  We are going to bust a move to the area with reports of 100-200 pound fish.  Our weather is good.
Thanks,
Tommy and crew

Wednesday December 3 - This morning we had a quick hit on the tuna, but it dried up fast. Shortly there after we got a call that a couple of the code group guys were in thick yellowfin. After a few hour run we joined them and it was unbelievable fishing on the 25-35 lb. fish. A really phenomenal hit. And we have beautiful weather to top it off. It was a good day.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday December 2 - We had excellent wide open fishing on the small yellowtail. You could catch all you wanted to, but we released almost all. The anglers kept about three apiece. We had scratch fishing on the tuna. They just don't want to show themselves. Our weather is excellent, as is the food. Great sashimi spread today.

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Tommy and crew

Monday December 1 - We had a lot of action today, but the quality wasn't there. The guys kept a few small yellows, but most all were released. Our weather is great, just beautiful. We are hoping for a better day tomorrow.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday November 30 - Today is a travel day. We have good weather while rolling down. Nice and sunny. We did the usual tackle seminar for everything from yellowtail to cow tuna. Of course, we are enjoying great company, fishy fish tales, and delicious food coming out of the galley. Real tasty prime rib last night. And the customers enjoyed being able to either have the special breakfast of the day, or Chef Jeff will also prepare to order some other breakfast choices. Reports sound good from down below so we are anxious to get there.

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Tommy and crew\

Saturday November 29 - Well weighing in the big ones this morning was wonderful. We ended up with 13 over 200 lbs. and the big one weighed in at 306 lbs. We also had several in the 270 lb. range. It was great to see so many people at the dock to see the big fish get weighed in.

Thanks for coming down. And now we are off again with the "Tonk and friends" 10 day charter. Twenty two anxious anglers ready to do some battle of their own in hopes of some more of these great quality fish.

Wish us luck and thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Wednesday November 26 - Sorry for the long delay in getting a report out on our present trip. The passengers just got dropped off in Cabo to fly home in time to be with their family and friends for Thanksgiving.

This trip was nothing less than fantastic. Tom Pfleger had nine guests aboard, all experienced anglers and they put at least *14 tuna* on board *over* *200 lbs., *and *1* *over 300 lbs. * We also have the same amount in the 170-195 lb. range. And then the cherry on top was two excellent days of catching wahoo. We will arrive to the docks early Saturday morning and then turn around and depart on Tonk and Friends 1st annual 10 day trip. And in reflecting on being thankful this time of year, I am thankful for the great passengers we always seem to have on all of our trips year in and year out. An absolutely awesome crew that never stops giving it their all to each and every passenger to make sure they have a great trip. And of course my family and friends that support this adventure that I am so lucky to do, which to some is called work. We hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Tommy, Drew, Dave, Richie, Jed, Jeff and Mark

Friday November 14 - Guadalupe wasn't all we had hoped for. We got a handful of small grade tuna and a couple around 50 Lbs. Also a handful of yellowtail. We never got a chance to see the great white sharks.

They just didn't show up. The weather of course is beautiful. We will look around a little bit tomorrow and then head home. Our eta is 5:30 Sunday morning. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Thursday November 13 - We covered a lot of ground from daylight to dark in hopes of dorado, but no luck. No signs. We will be at Guadalupe tomorrow and hope the tuna are in a biting mood.

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Tommy and crew

Wednesday November 12 - We scratched out 60 mixed fish today including 8 wahoo. Just no real big hits. A little action here and there. No real big size except for the wahoo. They are a nice grade. Our weather came down mid morning but got bumpy late in the day. We are going to do something outside of the box and go look for dorado and then on to Guadalupe for the last day of fishing in hopes of a better grade yellowfin.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday November 11 - Happy Veterans Day and on behalf of my family and crew, a big THANK YOU, to all the vets, active duty service men and women and their families. I'm sure you all had a better day celebrating  our vets than we had out here. We spent the day scouting for very little. We had a few of the smaller grade tuna, but no sign of the big tuna, dorado, or wahoo. In the evening we did have a little bite on the yellowtail. And while our weather was good, it was a slow day. One of those days you wish you could push a button and move 100 miles. We did have a delicious dinner of seafood alfredo with tuna and yellowtail grilled on the side and fresh asparagus. So we are off to bed hoping for a better day tomorrow. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Monday November 10 - Everyone had a good time today with some excellent fishing today on the 20-30 lb yellowfin tuna. We also pulled in a few grouper. Weather was choppy in the morning but got nice in the afternoon.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday November 9 - Fantastic fishing today on the 30 lb. tuna. We had lots of good action in absolutely gorgeous weather. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Saturday November 8 - Fantastic fishing today in the morning on yellowtail. Most in the 10-12 lb range and we didn't keep but a handful. Spent the rest of the day looking for wahoo, dorado and yellowfin with not much luck except for a few wahoo. Our weather is spectacular. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Friday November 7 - Today is a travel day. We are lucky with some great weather. The group enjoyed swapping fish stories, our tackle seminar and some excellent Dorado enchiladas for lunch. We are getting our gear rigged and will be ready for action tomorrow. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Thursday November 6 - We departed today on Lon Mikkelsen's OTR (Ocean Tackle Research) annual charter. He likes to keep his charter limited so we departed with just 20 passengers. Many are repeats and a couple are new faces, but all are excited to get down below and get started.

We loaded up some nice looking bait and we are on our way. Our weather is unbelievable. It has been blowing for the past few days, but today is slick, flat, calm. Jeff welcomed the group with a tasty Cajun Mako shark dinner, with wild rice and grilled fresh zucchini and yellow squash. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Sunday November 2 - Woke up to some sloppy weather this morning, but then later it got nice for about five hours. But then it got sloppy again. We did however have good fishing on the yellowtail and tuna.

Looks like we might have a rough ride tomorrow. We will be into the dock on Tuesday morning. Check back or call for the ETA.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Saturday November 1 - Today was another lucky day with finding some wahoo that wanted to bite. Everyone had a shot at one. Our weather however is starting to kick up some.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Friday October 31 - Got lucky today and found the mother load of dorado. We fished the kelp patty for three hours of non-stop action.

Range was 12-18 lbs. We also release lots. Our weather is still good.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Thursday Oct. 30 - Great fishing again today on the tuna. The wahoo and dorado however are not accommodating us. Our weather is still just excellent.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Wednesday Oct. 29 - Slow fishing today. No luck on the giant yellowfin tuna. Plenty of potential for the future. Tomorrow we will head out for new fishing grounds. Our weather is still fantastic.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Tuesday Oct. 28 - Fishing today again was absolutely fantastic on the 25-35 lb yellowfin tuna. Everybody was tired and sore with only a couple of anglers left at the end of the day. And again our weather is just gorgeous. It was fun watching the tuna on giant bait balls of sardines right next to the hull. It's just tuna, tuna, tuna! Tomorrow we will be concentrating on looking for the bigger tuna. Wish us luck!

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Monday Oct. 27 - We had great fishing today on the 25-35 lb yellowfin tuna. We released at least twice as many as we caught. (18-25 pounders). Our weather couldn't be any better. Flat calm gorgeous.

Chef Jeff served up a delicious veal shank for dinner, and now it's off to bed to rest up for another day tomorrow. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Sunday Oct. 26 - As expected, today was a travel day. The guys worked on getting their gear ready, and are anxious to get their lines wet.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Sat Oct 25 - We departed today with Larry Brown's annual 10-day charter. All are regulars and a great bunch of guys. We loaded up some great bait, and our weather is good and looks like it will continue that way for the next few days. If you are thinking of coming out for a 10 day, give Susan a call in the office. We have just one spot left for 2008 on our November 6th trip with Lon Mikkleson of OTR. 10 days, limited to only 20 anglers. We don't over book.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Oct.23

My favorite way to end a trip. Anchored up in unbeatable weather catching cow yellowtail all day long. Yellowtail up to 40+ pounds. It's the morning after now and we're heading home in unbeatable weather today also. We deserve it after our last few rides home, let me tell ya. We'll be in Saturday morning at 6:00 departing on another 10 day. I'll talk to you then.

Drew and the unbeatable crew

Oct. 22

Mostly a travel day today putting ourselves in position to be at Cedros Island tomorrow for jumbo yellowtail. We swung wide and looked offshore for anything floating with wahoo under it but we were unsuccessful. We couldn't even find a scrap of kelp. Not even a piece of trash. Descent weather. Like I said, we'll be in search of the jumbos tomorrow. The dinner bell. Fillet mignon tonight, gotta go.

Oct. 21

We got the job done today. Incredible tuna fishing on 25-35 pounders. Just what the doctor ordered after two days of scarce hunting. Tomorrow we'll be offshore in a different mode, Wahoo.

Oct 20

We struck out again on big tuna. It was great marlin fishing and whale watching in the morning. Mid morning we found a harbor channel marker buoy # 21 drifting very far from where it was supposed to be. It of course had lots of dorado with it and Steve Pistone got his first wahoo ever, a 20 incher. No joke. The thing was 20 inches. Our afternoon honey hole didn't have much honey although we made a descent drift for tan groupers. We never found the evening push. We will try for bait tonight and do it again tomorrow.

Oct.19

We struck out on the big tuna today. We never saw anything that resembled a tuna. We did however find a floating branch LOADED with good size dorado. All you could've asked for. We hit it a few times and carried on the search. We will be searching another area tomorrow for big fish.

Oct.18

It was no barn burner today. No ball of fire. Just a steady pick all day long. A good grade of yellowfin with a sprinkling of dorado and yellowtail. We're going to spend the day tomorrow in search of big tuna. Gotta go, it's rack of lamb tonight.

Oct. 17

We found lots of green water today. The fish didn't bite well in that condition so we had to search for the clean blue water. We found that water mid afternoon and after a little bit of searching we found where to throw the anchor over. After that it was game on. Everyone caught fish until their arms hurt. Tuna, yellowtail, and a handful of dorado and wahoo. Steak and the beautiful Alaskan king crab legs that passenger Jim brought was the icing on the cake. Thanks Jim.

Wednesday Oct 15 - Just departed San Diego today on the Bunker Memorial 10-day trip after two nights in the beautiful city. Not much to report. We didn't do much besides some lite rigging up. Weather is great. I'll check back tomorrow.

Drew and da crew

Sat Oct. 11 - We had an excellent morning fishing the yellowtail. We are now heading home and having steak and lobster for dinner. We will be at the dock Monday morning. See you there.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Friday Oct 10 - We had another fantastic day fishing the 30 lb. class tuna. Our weather is beautiful. We are going to finish up our trip with some yellowtail fishing before heading home. The guys are having a great time. We've had good fishing, good company and good food. And on that last note, for dinner we had a really good honey dijon mustard crusted wahoo. Just superb. Our next trip is full but if you have some time our 10 day with Larry Brown on Oct. 25 still has some open spots. He has over 15 sponsors for many freebies and raffles. Give Susan a call in the office. 619-390-7890 Also the 2009 schedule is up. Check it out for next year.

Thanks for checking in,

Tommy and crew

Thursday Oct 9 - Excellent weather. No worries on the hurricane. It is no where near us, or even close to us. We had fantastic fishing on 18-35 lb. grade tuna. We also had good fishing on small grade yellowtail. And the dorado we caught the other day paid off in some delicious dorado enchiladas for lunch! Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Wednesday Oct. 8 - Dorado fishing was really good again today. Seems like we couldn't go anywhere without being in the thick of them. We pretty much released all of the dorado today, however we did get a dozen or so wahoo for our efforts. The weather is is great, really beautiful. Tomorrow we are going to bust a move and hunt for some tuna.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Tuesday Oct. 7 - We had a great day fishing dorado in absolutely gorgeous weather. We also picked up a few wahoo, but no signs of tuna.

They were conspicuously absent. We are a little concerned that we don't even see them around. We hope to see some signs of them tomorrow.

Dinner tonight was a great rack of lamb.

Thanks for checking in

Tommy and crew

Monday Oct. 6 - Today was a travel day. Our weather is still good. We spent our time rigging and sharing more stories. These guys are full of them. It's a lot of fun to sit and listen to them. We will arrive tomorrow at the fishing grounds. Wish us luck.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Sunday Oct. 5 - We departed today on an 8 day charter with Le Roy Belardes and the Old Wild Bunch. And what a great group it is. There are quite a few guys here that fished with me 30 years ago! (Am I really that old?) It was great sharing memories of the past years, both theirs and mine. We are traveling in good weather and enjoyed a prime rib dinner to welcome the group. We will update tomorrow. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Saturday Oct. 4 - We had full speed fishing today offshore on kelp patties. However for the most part, the yellowtail and dorado we were catching were small. So we released all but a few. We did however get some nice grade yellowfin. No big hits, but good action as we picked away at 30 lb. yellowfin. Jeff prepared a great Cajun chicken with avocado, mozzarella and fresh salsa for lunch. And as we head in tonight he is serving us steak and lobster. We will hit the dock tomorrow morning at 8:00am. We will be departing tomorrow on an 8-day trip with "The Old Wild Bunch" headed up by Le Roy Belardes. If you are thinking of coming out fishing we still have some open spots with Larry Brown on his 10-day departing October 25th. Highly sponsored with lots of raffles and giveaways. Give Susan a call at 619-390-7890.

Thanks!

Tommy and crew

Friday Oct. 3 - Today we scratched away at a nice grade of yellowtail. Our weather is calm and we had a fun day of island fishing. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Thursday Oct. 2 - Today was greatly disappointing after such a great fishing yesterday. Our efforts for better quality fish did not pay off. We saw great signs of 80-100 lb. fish but they just didn't want to cooperate. They would boil up good and look promising, but we only got a handful of fish. We are going to leave this place and give it time to straighten out. We are going to look for a new area. Our weather is still absolutely premium. Warm, hot and balmy. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Wednesday Oct. 1 - We had an absolutely wonderful day fishing today. We had the most flat calm weather and the tuna fishing was as good as it gets. It was all offshore on sonar schools and meter marks. The fish were all 20-32 lbs. and few bigger. It was a good day to be on the water.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Tuesday September 30 - Well we are back out on the water. We departed today on a 5-day with 24 anxious anglers. There are some new faces mixed in with some regulars. Our weather looks like it is going to be good. We will be heading for open water to look for tuna. Dinner tonight was a superb prime rib, with fresh vegetables and potato.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy, Drew, Dave, Richie, Jed, Jeff and Mark

Friday Sept. 19 - The morning started off right with steady tuna and yellowtail fishing shortly after daylight. We remained until 10 am when we pulled it and tried to finish off with some more wahoo. We had a few stops for a dozen skin and are now headed home. We have had a great trip with an outstanding group of anglers, excellent weather and delicious food. We will be traveling the rest of today and tomorrow and arrive at the dock on Sunday. You can call the office on Saturday night for our ETA. 619-390-7890 Thanks for checking in.

Drew and crew

Thursday Sept. 18 - Hard to beat the day we had yesterday, but we did.

We improved the already outstanding trip we have going with a taste of wahoo. Found a little honey hole and caught a fair amount on several drifts. When that tried up a few hours later we anchored up and had good tuna fishing from three until dark. The tuna were 25-40 lbs with some in the 70 lb. class. We'll stay the night and will fish half day tomorrow.

Thanks,

Drew and crew

September 14 - Trip summary so far...

Still having issues with the data link on the sat phone and computer so it's been tough to try to get the reports out.  However the fishing is the complete opposite.  So far the trip is going perfectly as planned for the fishing.  Our first morning we had excellent fishing on good quality yellowtail.  From there we went outside and had great fishing on the dorado and got our limits.  The next day we had epic tuna fishing from 22-80 lbs.  Our weather has been excellent the whole time.  And our food has been no less than great, from the best cheeseburger in the world to the most tender flavorful fillet mignon.  We will be hunting the wahoo tomorrow and hope our luck will continue.                                    

The office has one cancellation on the 8-day trip leaving October 5th.  And if you want a 10-day, Larry Brown still has open spots on his Oct 25th trip.  Come out and join me and Tommy if you can.                    

Thanks for checking in.

Drew and crew (which I must say is outstanding!)

Wednesday September 3 - Where'd they go?? We got a few wahoo today, but nothing like yesterday. Our day consisted of scratching away at yellowfin, yellowtail, pargo, dorado, and wahoo on some different spots. Don't get me wrong. It was not a bad day fishing, just not like yesterday. Our weather is still good. Actually it's too hot, the water is 83 degrees. Not bad for the fish, but warm for us. Tomorrow we will be off shore kelping for wahoo, dorado and tuna until it's time to head home and wind up this fantastic trip. It's going to be a great fall season. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Tuesday September 2 - Wow, absolutely phenomenal fishing on the wahoo today.  We fished daybreak to dark in two main spots.  Wahoo everywhere we went.  Lures, bombs, bait and trolling all worked.  The anglers had a fantastic time in nice calm weather.  We will be checking out a couple spots tomorrow and have another full day to fish the wahoo.  Today Jeff prepared wahoo enchiladas for lunch and he absolutely nailed it.  They were sooo good.  Wish us luck for tomorrow.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Monday September 1 - Tuna fishing was good again today with nice quality tuna. We took off mid-day to hunt for some dorado and wahoo on kelps in the afternoon, but no luck. We will be on the Ridge tomorrow to sweep for wahoo. Our lunch today was an outstanding fresh tuna fillet with avocado, lettuce, tomato and wasabi sauce. We will update again tomorrow.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Sunday August 31 - Wow, I think we have to pinch ourselves to make sure it's real. We had an unbelievable day. You could throw a bait in the water any time from day break to dark and catch a tuna. Some anglers released as many as 15 tuna in the 35-45 lb. class. We also scratched a few wahoo. After a delicious dinner of a veal shank, fresh asparagus and red potatoes all our guys and one lady went to bed very tired. Our weather is gorgeous and we are looking forward to another fantastic day tomorrow. Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

P.S. Susan said we still have one open spot on the Sept. 14th trip and a couple on October 25th if you can come out and experience some of this great fall fishing. Give her a call 619-390-7890

Saturday August 30 - We started fishing in the dark and went full speed all day long on beautiful grade tuna 30-40 lbs. with several in the 80-120 lb. class being caught on the kite. We had several heart breakers with the sharks eating some of the big ones. The day was spiced up with a handful of wahoo. Our weather is absolutely gorgeous.

Flat calm heavy overcast. We had a great day and are excited to try it again tomorrow.

Tommy and crew

Friday August 29 - We traveled all day in excellent weather. We just rigged, rigged, rigged and ate, ate, ate.

We are excited to get to where we are going. Check in tomorrow for our report.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Thursday August 28 - We departed this morning nice and early with Garry Roberts and 19 other anglers for Garry's annual charter. We got a good load of bait, the weather is nice and everyone is excited to see what the next 9 days will bring. Wish us luck and we will keep you posted.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Wednesday August 27 - We fished this morning without much luck.  The one that we did hook the shark ate.  So this will be another chapter for Bob Vance in his charter diary.  Everybody had a great time and we look forward to seeing them all back again next year for Bob's annual trip. 

We will be in to the dock at 5:30am.  We depart on Garry Roberts 9-day tomorrow morning.  Myself as well as the crew are anxious to get down to Alijos.  The fishing reports have been really good and we are looking forward to having our own great reports.  Wish us luck, or better yet come join us and enjoy the great fall fishing.

Thanks!

Tommy and crew

Tuesday August 26 - Today we enjoyed the calm comforts of the island. 

We scratched all day on nice quality yellowfin tuna.  All in the 35-45 lb range.  There were larger ones that were hooked but the the great whites had their way with us.  Some anglers lost as many as two in the 60lb class due to the toothy critters.  It was a good show and pretty impressive to see a 12-16' great white eat a 60 lb tuna in a couple of bites.  We also had some pretty impressive bites as our dinner was an excellent Parmesan encrusted yellowtail with rice pilaf and a mixture of zucchini, mushrooms and onions.  Tomorrow morning we will give it one more shot here.

Thanks!

Tommy and crew

Monday August 25 - Absolutely a great day of fishing. From day light on we had excellent fishing on school grade yellowtail.  Our weather is good and everyone is having a great time.  We are off to look for tuna tomorrow.  We celebrated with Alex Zarifis as he turned 80 today!  Great way to spend your birthday.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Sunday August 24 - We traveled down to do some island fishing and late in the day we got into some excellent quality yellowtail.  However, it wasn't going to stop there.  Our evening bite was fantastic.  Absolutely beautiful big yellowtails.  Most all were over 30 lbs and lots over 40 lbs.  Today was a fun day to be on the water.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

P.S.  We still have a couple open spots on Garry Robert's 9-day.  The fishing has been great at Alijos.  Come out and join me and Drew.  It's going to be a great trip.

Saturday August 23 - Today we departed on Bob Vance's annual 5-day charter.  It's always great to see Bob and his group.  He is one of our longest running charters, and while there are always a couple new faces, there a quite a few that have been with Bob since the beginning.  We spent the day traveling, preparing our gear, and dined on a monstrous

grilled steak and potato for dinner.   We are underway and anxious to

get our lines in the water.  Check in tomorrow.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Friday August 22 - We our ending our trip with a scratch day of yellowtail and dorado.  Our weather continues to be good and we will hit the dock tomorrow at 7am.

Thanks,

Drew and crew

Thursday August 21 - Arrived at our fishing destination today at 9:30am.  As soon as we put the anchor down we were going full speed on a very nice grade of yellowtail.  The small ones were 16 lbs. and then went up to over 30 lbs.  The weather again is beautiful.. We headed up the line and got to where we were going before dark to fish a couple hours for rock cod and then we headed west into the offshore mode. 

Scallops and fresh yellowtail for dinner.  Very tasty.

Thanks for checking in.

Drew and crew

Wednesday August 20 - This morning we had a passenger who was having a medical problem and had to be airlifted off.  We were lucky as Coast Guard was near by rescuing some people off a sailboat.  So it was very quick and efficient.  Last report is he is doing well.  Fishing today was ok.  We got some jig strikes for a handful of tuna above the island.  In the afternoon we got the anchor down and continued to fish the tuna until a shark shut us down.  So we moved to another spot that had good signs of tuna.  But even though they were showing well they did not want to bite.  The yellowtail however did bite and we got some big hombart yellowtail for about an hour and a half until the shark found us from the previous spot and shut us down again.  So we tried to out smart him and swung back up to the original spot and got into some 20-55 pounders.  Tomorrow we will be in a different area and should be fishing by 9:30 tomorrow morning.  Our weather is ok.  There was some wind going

down, but not a bad ride.   And it was beautiful calm in the lee of the

island.  Chef Rick is on board this trip and made a great roasted chicken with a garlic cream sauce, zucchini and rice.  And dessert was Death by Chocolate.  Really good.  Thanks for checking in.

Drew and crew

Tuesday August 19 - We arrived at the dock this morning at 7:30 and would like to thank Ron Heil again for putting such a great group together.  We look forward to seeing you all again next year.  We are off again with the Let's Talk Hook-up charter.  Pete was unable to come but we have Ryan, who is also from the show, as our charter head. 

Needless to say he was happy to step in for Pete.  Wish us luck and check in again tomorrow.

Drew and crew

Monday August 18 - We started off with a good morning bite where Jeff Hoover pull in a 78 lb. bluefin.  We also caught some smaller grade bluefin and a nice grade of yellowfin.  However it was short lived.  By 9am we were off scratching for small, medium and nice grade albacore for the rest of the day.  For this trip we scratched away every day and caught enough fish for everyone to take home.  Our eta for tomorrow will be 7:30 am and then Drew will take out the next one which is the 2nd annual Let's Talk Hook-up Charter.  Weather has been excellent.  Well it's time to go down for dinner.  Tonight will be surf and turf, steak and lobster.  Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Sunday August 17 - Again another scratch fishing day with the usual mix of yellowtail, yellowfin, bluefin, albacore and dorado.  No big numbers, we just scratched away.  We spent the morning in the tuna area and mid morning to the end of the day we went looking for kelps and caught and released a lot of small dorado.  The weather again has been  excellent. 

The most interesting thing is that everybody is getting albacore strikes anywhere they go.  We are hoping the water will cool off in the next week and the albacore will start to group up and bite.  Chef Jeff is still serving up some great food.  An open faced steak sandwich for lunch and dinner was a superb cajun yellowtail filet and shrimp grilled with bell peppers and onions, served with fresh yellow squash, zuchinni and mushrooms and wild rice.  It was really good.  It looks like Alijos and the Ridge are starting off good.  The crew and I are anxious to get down on a longer trip for some of those bigger yellowfin and wahoo.  We still have a couple open spots on our 9-day departing August 28.  And if your looking more into the future, Larry Brown still has some openings on his 10 day on October 25th.   So come out and join me and the crew. 

We'd love to have you on board.

Thanks,

Tommy

Saturday August 16 - Today's numbers were better. We had a lot more fish, just not a real good size to them. The albacore and bluefin are around 12 lbs. with a few bigger. The yellowfin are bigger, around 25-30 lbs. Weather is still good.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Friday August 15 - Fishing today was sporadic. It had it's moments, but overall we just scratched with a variety of Albacore, Bluefin, Yellowfin, Yellowtail and Dorado. It was a pretty even mix of everything. Our weather continues to be excellent. So we will try again tomorrow and hope for more of the same, but a little bit better.

It's time for dinner. Chicken Cordon Blu is on the menu for tonight.

So we will check in again tomorrow.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

P.S. It looks like the long range season is starting off really good from the reports we have heard. We still have 3 spots on Garry Roberts 9-day on August 28. And if that's too long check out the new 1 1/2 day trips in September, or maybe our last 5-day on September 30. Call Susan 619-390-7890

Thursday August 14 - We departed today on the Dan Heil Memorial charter with his son Ron Heil as charter head.  It's pretty cool to see some of the old faces.  Dan's charter has been with me for over 25 years.  We were in a panic rush to get out and get to the local fishing grounds before dark.  We got about three good hours of fishing and snagged a handful of yellowfin, a bluefin and a beautiful opah.  Our weather is absolutely gorgeous.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

P.S. Two spots left on the "Let's Talk Hookup" charter departing next Tuesday.

Wednesday August 13 - Well we wound up the last day of fishing with some good offshore action on kelp patties.  Everybody pulled on a lot of fish and kept 2 or 3 nice quality yellowtail and dorado to take home. 

Weather is absolutely superb.  And so was our final dinner, steak and lobster.  We'd like to thank Eric Rogger and his group for such a fun trip.  ETA tomorrow will be 6am and then we will be departed on another 5 day.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Tuesday August 12 - We got a little bit of something throughout the whole day.  Everywhere we went we got yellowtail, but no real bug hits. 

Our morning bite had great quality but not as many as yesterday.  Our weather is still good because of the island.  Tomorrow we will be in open water on patties looking for dorado, tuna and yellowtail.  Great fresh yellowtail and shrimp scampi for dinner.  Check in tomorrow for our report.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

P.S We still have 3 spots on the 8/19 four day charter with "Let's Talk Hook-up"!

Monday August 11 - The day started in the dark with some great fishing on quality yellowtail.  After daybreak we still had good fishing on the school grade yellowtail with an 18 lb. average until noontime.  And then the afternoon took a powder and we couldn't find anything to catch.  The weather offshore is rough but we are hiding behind an island and are in good weather.  Dinner was a tasty Cornish game hen, fresh veggies, wild rice and a really good hot brownie pudding cake.  Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Sunday August 10 - Fishing was a little tough off shore today.  There was yellowfin for everyone and we got a few dorado on kelp, but not the big hits like we have been getting.  Fished the island with very little signs and only a handful of yellowtail.  Tomorrow we will be looking around the island.  Weather is decent, and looks like it will be getting better tomorrow.

Thanks for checking in,

Tommy and crew

Saturday August 9 - We departed today on Eric Rogger's annual ultra light load (19 passengers) 5-day trip. Eric always puts together a great group of anglers and this year is no exception. We have a couple of father daughter, father son pairs. This year we have had a few of trips go out with multi generations fishing together and as well as having a great time fishing, they are building great memories together.

So we are on the hunt for fish. Our weather is ok. Not flat calm, but it is ok. Tonight chef Jeff pleased everyone with a delicious rack of lamb, with a honey mustard glaze on the side. Fresh sauteed vegetables and roasted potatoes. Thanks for checking in. We will update again tomorrow.

Tommy, Drew, Dave, Richie, Joey, Jed and Jeff

Friday August 8 - Great boat, great crew, great food, great passengers, good weather, slow fishing. That's just the way it went down on this day and a half. We were in tuna mode trying for nice quality albacore.

We scratched 26 and some yellows and let go lots of flats. Descent amount of fish seen at times throughout the day, but they didn't climb on our hooks. Hopefully soon coming and more consistent. Next trip is a 5 day, so stay tuned.

Drew and crew

Sunday August 3 - Today was tough for the first 3/4's of the day looking for 30-40 lb. yellowtail and we only picked up a 1/2 dozen. by late afternoon we bailed out and went for the 20 pounders and had excellent time winding up our yellowtail fishing for the trip. Tomorrow we will be strictly concentrating of Dorado and any tuna we might find. The weather is still spectacular.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Saturday August 2 - Fishing today was absolutely fantastic. The morning started out slow. We were scratching on the anchor. We thought we were in for another slow day. But we made a move to a new area and had some phenomenal fishing on some nice grade yellowtail. Beautiful average of about 22 lbs or so. We were fishing with a porpoise school and sharks.

Lots of surface iron. Lots of action. Weather is good. Nice and sunny in the afternoon. Tomorrow we'll be be looking for some cow yellowtail.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Friday August 1 - The morning started our ok. We scratched yellows for about 4 hours and kelps patties. Little sign of dorado. As the day progressed it got tougher with few patties. Overall it was a slow day.

Our weather is still great. Tomorrow we our on our way to do some Island fishing. Wish us luck.

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and the crew

Thursday July 31 - We departed today with Chaparro's annual lite load charter.  This is his 10th year!  A fun group as always and the guys are anxious to get their lines wet.  We got a nice load of bait and headed out west looking for albacore and yellowfin with only a few landed. 

There were plenty of seiners.  Our weather continues to be good.  As we dine on steak and lobster we are looking forward to tomorrow to do some kelping.  Our web master who handles all our updates will be out fishing himself for the next few days, so there won't be any reports posted until Thursday.  Give Susan a call if you have any questions.  Thanks and wish us luck.

Tommy and crew

Wednesday July 30 - Fishing was not wide open today.  The guys topped off with the yellowtail for the trip.  They also had good fishing on the dorado on a couple of different kelp patties.  Our weather continues to be great.  As we travel home to make our 6:00am arrival tomorrow we will be dining on Pedro's exquisite prime rib dinner.  Come see us at the dock or better yet book a trip and come out with us.  Tomorrow we'll be heading out on Tom Chaparro's annual 5 day, 18 passenger, lite load charter.  So check in again in a day or so.

Thanks!

Tommy and crew

Tuesday July 29 - Fishing today was somewhat subdued. We gave Guadalupe a check to see if the tuna have arrived without much luck. We picked up 5 yellow fin and spent most of the day rocked by home guard yellowtail.

Our weather is gorgeous in the lei of the island. We will be back offshore tomorrow for some hot kelp patty action. It's first call for dinner tonight. Sauteed shrimp with tomato, garlic and parsley. So we will be back with you tomorrow.

Thanks

Tommy and crew

Monday July 28 - Fishing in the morning started slow.  Several schools of yellowtail with no success.  But by mid-morning things started to happen.  They bit well into the late afternoon.  The guys released lots of the yellowtail.  We then took off off shore for kelp patties with yellowfin, but only found a few dorado.  Our weather is good.  Tomorrow we are going to go looking for yellowfin.  Dinner tonight was Drew's favorite Osso Buso with parmesan potatoes and veggies.  Really tasty. 

We still have open spots on the 1 1/2 day departing August 7th, and the Let's Talk Hookup charter on August 19th has one spot.  So give Susan a call in the office and come out and join us!

Thanks for checking in.

Tommy and crew

Sunday July 27 - We had a great day fishing open water on the yellowtail up to 25 lbs, and dorado up to 20 lbs.   Our weather is excellent.  It couldn't be any better.  Today was just a fantastic day.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Saturday July 26 - Took off today on a 5-day and we are hearing that the albacore took off in the morning but then died, but the prospects for yellowtail are great. So we will look for the yellowtail first thing in the morning. Our weather is absolutely gorgeous. For dinner we dined on a boneless Cornish Game hen with a summer favorite, fresh zucchini, and a side of fettuccini. Very tasty.

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Tommy and Crew

Friday July 25 - We fished kelps today for some very good yellowtail fishing.  We had two good kelps by lunch so we made a move and traveled 30 miles to catch tuna.  However we were unsuccessful.  We found one good school that boiled and ate the jigs, but wouldn't react any further.  We hit another kelp late in the afternoon and scratched a few more yellowtail and dorado.  Our weather is beautiful.  It was a great group and great trip.

Thanks,

Drew and crew

Saturday July 19 - We got into the albacore grounds late in the morning. Most of the guys there already had a mix of around 30 albacore and yellowfin. We struggled and just couldn't find the right school until about 4:00 in the afternoon. Then it was wide open albacore fishing until 6:30. As we sat down to a superb dinner of Veal chops with Port and Mushroom sauce we reflected on what had started as a brutally tough day had turned into a simply great day!

We will definitely stay here and try this again tomorrow.

Thanks,

Tommy

Friday July 18 - We had an absolutely fantastic day fishing yellowtail in flat clam weather. Most were in the 16-22 lb range with some around

25 lbs. Late in the afternoon we received information from one of our code boats that he found a good area of albacore so we are off and on our way. We will have two days to fish the albacore. This is the first good hit in about six days and it is a new area so we are very excited.

Thanks!

Tommy and crew

Thursday July 17 - We had some good fishing on the yellows today around

12-18 pounds with some at 25 lbs. We released 100's of smaller ones.

There was plenty of action. The guys are having a great time. Our weather is ok not great, not bad. There is a little bit better sign of albacore. They are improving from what it has been recently. We will fish the yellowtail again tomorrow and save the last couple of days for tuna fishing. For dinner we had turkey breast with sausage bread stuffing and a sage wine sauce. So goodnight and wish us good luck for tomorrow!

Thanks!

Tommy and crew

Wednesday July 16 - We departed today on Don Fischbeck's annual 5-day charter, but without our charter head Don! Don we will miss you at the rail but we will bring some fish home for you. Don't be working too hard! Today the reports off shore are slow but there is some action at a few of the islands. So we loaded up with some good looking bait and are hoping for a possitive change for the albacore. Pedro is in the galley getting ready for dinner tonight which is going to be grilled tenderloin of beef with a red wine sauce. So we will update again tomorrow.

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Tommy and crew

July 15th - We spent our last day up with the local fleet jigging up some albacore and blue fin. The morning started off full of action but it didn't last long. We spent the rest of the day getting one here and two there until dark. It's amazing how you can see such good signs of tuna one day and two days later it disappears.

That's fishing. I found out one of my favorite meals out here is the Pork Oso Buso. It's incredible. And who can complain about last night's surf and turf? Rib eye and lobster. Oh yeah. The next trip's a 5-day. Wish us luck and check back.

Drew and crew

Monday the 14th - We didn't see a whole lot of action the next day aside from a couple handfuls of blue fin until late afternoon when we drove into an area of kelps. We had one stop with a nice hit on 15-25 lb. yellowtail and 2 fatso nose dragging albacore. We hit a couple more kelps with mostly smaller yellows we let go and one more kelp that we got another hit off of. A few more single jig strikes on albacore and a nice 25 lb. dorado later, it was dark.

 Sunday the 13th. We departed the harbor after getting bait and doing the whole lunch, seminars, and rigging up thing we drug some jigs back for a couple hours before dark with no success.

Saturday July 12 - Very good sign of albacore/bluefin today.  There were spots up puddling and boiling around everywhere.  Not too many big schools though, so it was good scratching from daylight to dark.  The tuna are from 12-40 lbs.  Mostly 20-30 pounders.  Some of the bluefin we've seen jumping are over 100 lbs., but we haven't gotten close enough to even try.  Weather couldn't be better.  It's like we're fishing in the bay.  We'll be at the dock tomorrow morning and departing on another 3-day.  It's prime rib night and just heard 1st call so see ya!

Drew and crew

Friday July 11 - We got out yesterday with a great group of anglers.

Our weather is gorgeous. The water is glassy and there is no wind. In the afternoon we chased some blue fin that didn't want to bite and an hour before dark we got into some albacore and landed a couple. Today the weather is still beautiful. Some of the best I've seen. We had a great day fishing the yellowtail on a bunch of kelp. We also had a couple of good stops on the blue fin and albacore. It was a really good day and we are staying here tonight and try to do it again tomorrow.

Our dinner was prawn kabobs with a spicy peanut sauce, with peas and rice. Very tasty.

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Drew and Crew

Thursday July 10 - We arrived today with a fantastic catch of Albacore, Blue fin and Yellowtail. Jackpot was a 42.4 lb. albacore with second and third both at 40 lbs. It was a great group and we look forward to having you all back again next year. Drew will be departing today on a 3-day. Prospects look good.

Thanks,

Tommy and crew

Wednesday July 9 - Yesterday morning we had some good fishing and the albacore and some great fishing on the yellowtail. Midday we got a nice round on the bluefin and late in the day we were back with the albacore biting full speed. It was a fantastic day. Weather was good and is still nice today. This morning we had a nice hit on the albacore. We have had some requests in the office to post the meals we serve on board, so we'll start putting some of that information on as well. Last night Chef Pedro served a wonderful duck breast fillet served in natural pan sauce. It was excellent. The night before we dined on salmon with a lemon, butter caper sauce. Also very tasty.

Some of our lunches on this trip were pork carnitas, with all the toppings and sides, and one day we had chicken marinara with pasta. Food and fishing is excellent! Paul Hess's group has also been excellent.

We will be into the dock tomorrow morning at 6am.

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Tommy and crew

Tuesday July 8 - Yesterday morning the fishing was great, but mid-day the fish went down.  About 4pm we were back into some great action on the albacore and smaller grade blue fin.  We also had some really nice hits on the yellowtail.  Our weather yesterday and today is good.  Today started slow with only a handful of albacore and bluefin.  However the yellowtail fishing is fantastic!

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Tommy and crew

Monday July 7 - Fishing yesterday was absolutely fantastic.  The grade of albacore that we were catching was beautiful with half being 30-40 lbs. and the other half averaging 22 lbs.  Weather yesterday and today is excellent.  This morning we are already into albacore, blue fin and yellow fin.  Looks like a another great day on the water.  Check our schedule if you want to come out and get into some of this good fishing.

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Tommy and crew

Sunday July 6 - Well late in the day yesterday we got into a good school of albacore. They bite well and everybody was hung on the boat. It was a wild afternoon and we ended up with a nice round of albacore. This morning we are in a new area. Prospects look good and we've had a handful so far. We are coming up on a really good looking spot so I will update again later.

Thanks!

Tommy and crew

July 5 Saturday - We departed nice and early on Paul Hess's annual 5-day charter. Every year Paul puts together a great group of guys. Most are always repeat customers, but I saw one or two new faces this year.

Everyone is anxious to get out there and get their lines wet. The prospects look good for albacore, yellowtail and yellow fin. Our weather is good for the start and lets hope it stays nice. Thanks for checking in!

Tommy and crew