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2010 season overview -

It started off with all the right signs as boats were not only seeing a lot of Albacore but also catching a lot of Albacore. Our first trip proved that assessment correct as we had an excellent trip on Albacore right out of the gate. From that trip forward, it was some of the most inconsistent Albacore fishing we've seen. One trip you could have a hundred fish day, next trip you would be lucky to catch ten; it was tough fishing. We saw plenty of fish all season long but they just didn't cooperate. Thankfully, we could head on into the yellowtail islands and had some pretty epic fishing pretty consistently.

Cedros Island, the lee side in particular, was outstanding fishing on big yellowtail in the 25-40+ lb. range along with some smaller grade yellows and a white seabass bite was always a possibility. It was a huge bonus to be able to work our way into the islands and put a nice catch together for our anglers. Although we love fat yellowtail fishing in the calm waters of an island, the welcome comings of our first nine day trip kicked off our season to Alijos Rocks and the Ridge was happily accepted with open arms.

Alijos Rocks was Alijos Rocks. Good fishing on some school-size tuna in the 15-30 lb. range and a couple stops there produced some quality days on quality fish in the 40-90 lb. range. Wahoo fishing at the Rocks was good, not great. Big wahoo were always lurking around and we got some pretty good whacks on them from day to day. If the Rocks were cold, we made our way into the Ridge for a variety of gamefish. School-size tuna, wahoo, yellowtail, dorado, pargo, and grouper were the items on our fish-count board and it wasn't uncommon to have great days on all species. Bottom-line, we had some very productive seven to nine day trips. With that, November fell on us and we put the small gear away and busted out the Tiagra 50's for some world class yellowfin tuna action in the 100-380+ lb. range.

We had only two big fish trips, with only one of them connecting, but we managed to really put together an epic trip on the big tuna. The conditions were perfect and we had ourselves a couple of really good days on the biggun's. Our big fish of the year went to Mr. Greg Koonce with his 379.8 lb. monster of a fish and shortly there after, a 405.2 lb. beast was landed. 2010 - the year of the 405.2 and 379.8. Although the milestone of a four hundred pound tuna was reached, the story of our 379.8 was much more interesting, so don't forgot about that one. In all serious, congrats to both parties involved on two monumental catches of a large yellowfin tuna.

In closing, we had a successful season and we will be shutting the Polaris Supreme down for the winter. We'll be doing various maintenance projects here and there so if you're down at the landing, see if we're around and stop by. I'd like to thank Tommy for allowing me to write our daily reports for you. I had a lot of fun telling the stories about our adventures and the feedback was very nice from everyone. I hope to continue to tell tales of epic fishing, slow fishing, weather, Discovery Channel moments, and all things having to deal with the Polaris Supreme and I can't wait to write about our 2011 season that starts in June. Take care everyone and whether it's at the dock, at the Fred Hall Show in Long Beach from March 9th - 13th, or anywhere, we hope to see you all again soon.

From the entire Polaris Supreme staff: Tommy and Susan Rothery, Drew, Jed, Matt, Mark, Schooler, Barry, and myself; thank you to all of our passengers for another great season.

Richie and Team Supreme.

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

Well, here it is friends. The final report of the Polaris Supreme's 2010 fishing season. Before I get too ahead of myself, here's an update of our big fish weigh-in.

John Rabinowitz - 70.0 lb. yellowfin tuna

Jack Dreser - 69.6 lb. yellowfin tuna

Phillip Bruce - 68.6 lb. yellowfin tuna

Congrats to the big fish winners. Here is a rundown of our day yesterday as we wind down our trip.

The passengers didn't do much work yesterday, they finished breaking down their tackle and enjoyed a lovely travel day in cold, overcast weather. Once the gear was broken down, the crew sprung into action. Normally, our "winter cleaning" is done for the three days of travel while taking the boat from Cabo San Lucas back to our home port in San Diego. This year, we had one day to get things done and it was an all day affair. Fillet yellowtail for Schooler's fish taco lunch, scrub the rails with Trisodium Phosphate on the upper deck/main deck, scrub the boat, break down tackle, freshwater tackle, organize the upper deck/tackle storage, head cleaning, and scrub the entire engine room; including walls, ceiling, stringers, floor boards, mains and generators, hoses, pumps, and just about anything located in the engine were detailed out. Four crewmembers spent the entire day from dawn until dusk completing our tasks. Not to mention, the entire galley/salon was buffed out by Chef Schooler and Mark.

All in all, a busy day for us but we did have time to eat three meals and chat with passengers during breaks. We once again would like to thank the entire group for being the excellent sports that they were during a tough fishing trip. Every single passenger we had deserved to have epic fishing, but it didn't happen and we apologize for that. With all of our technology, fish savvy, and experience, we can't make the fish bite. Plain and simple. We feel that we were in the best positions to catch quality gamefishes, but this time was not our time for a glory trip. That's why we come back year after year, because next year could be the banner trip and nobody wants to miss that. So thank you to the passengers for being great people and understanding that fishing is guaranteed, but catching isn't. Thank you.

Hi friends. After going the entire trip without very much action for a full day of fishing, we finally had a good day of fishing. Yellowtail fishing along the beach was just what we needed to end the trip and although it doesn't quite make up for the lack of tuna action, it does make us feel good that we could put these guys on some fish. They earned it. The yellowtail we caught today were in the 14-20 lb. class and our weather was the icing on the cake. Nice weather throughout the day with sunshine. So that is all. We'll be traveling up the line from now until Sunday morning when we arrive back in San Diego. We'll chat with you tomorrow and have a good Friday night to kick off your weekend.

Good evening, sports fans. For today's report, I'm going to go back to the report from Tuesday for a minute. Back when I was typing the report for Tuesday night, I couldn't help but have the vision of a college football coach addressing his team at halftime of the big game. The big game that they were losing I might add and if you've ever watched a good sports movie, it seems like the same scenario always plays out. The final game of the season is highly anticipated and once the game begins, they let their emotions get to them and are out-played in the first half. Back to our fishing, for the first half of our trip, it seemed that we were being out-played by the fish we were targeting. We just couldn't win as we watched the fish do whatever they wanted and the outcome was looking like a total loss. Come Tuesday, I felt that a halftime speech was something that I certainly had going through my head.

Waking up on Tuesday, walking down the ladder to the deck was the same as the team coming out from the locker room and taking the field with a renewed energy/passion for the second half of the game. Wednesday morning, we hooked three fish before breakfast. I know that that's not anything special, but considering the four days prior, three fish before breakfast was wide open fishing for all we knew. From that point on, we just slowly picked away at the yellowfin tuna in the 25-50 lb. class all the way until around hors d'oeuvre time and then it shut off and that was our day. Kind of like when the team that is down at half time, comes out onto the field and plays smart football. Little screen passes and a solid run game to pick up yards and march down the field to the end zone to make the game a little bit more interesting. So the fourth quarter was about to begin, Thursday morning was upon us and with the game in reaching distance for our comeback victory. Was today to become the epic fourth quarter drive that wins us the game? Was Thursday going to be the banner day that completes our story of an epic comeback in the game of fishing?

Without being to much more wordy, we lost the game of tuna fishing, bailed out of our current location around 11 am and are currently on a trek to do some yellowtail fishing to end our trip on hopefully a strong note. The gang did an admirable job and gave it their all and sometimes, that's fishing. We can't make the fish bite, sorry. So that's it, all day Friday we will be on the hunt for some yellows and we'll let you know how we end up. Our weather is a bit rolly but nothing that we can't handle. Wish us luck and have a great evening.

Good evening, friends. Well, our day was a little better today so that's the good news. The bad news is a little better still isn't very good. First thing this morning, we hooked three fish and it was looking like the story book ending that I wrote about yesterday. But, after that they shut off and our heads were starting to hang a little bit. Then, right around lunch time, the fish decided to bite a bit more steady and for a period of an hour or so, we started to hook some fish until it slowed to a very slow scratch until dark. Not a great day by any means but at this point, it was our best day of fishing and we were thrilled with it. Once again, not much to report today. We're going to give this place until tomorrow to get right and if fishing is poor, we will be taking off at noon to get set up for some yellowtail to round out the trip. If fishing is good, we'll stay. We'll see how things play out tomorrow and go from there. Our weather is OK and the passengers are still doing just fine. Good night and wish us the best.

Hello friends. A while back, I was given a Thesaurus to help with writing these reports and every night, I riffle through it to try and find a big, fancy word of the day to use. Sometimes I'll look for a word just to pretend that I'm somewhat literate, sometimes I'll look for a word that describes our mindset about a day, and sometimes I'll look for a word that best describes our fishing. The past couple of nights, I've attempted to find a word that truly describes our fishing and I just can't find one that can properly express the depth of how fishing is. Without getting too verbose (Thesaurus word), fishing is tough right now. We see the fish, the conditions are fine, and we're doing everything that we possibly can without the use of firearms or explosives to capture these things and it's just not working. We're not catching fish because our anglers don't know how to fish, don't fish hard, and we're certainly not catching fish because they have bad attitudes and just don't care any more. The guys are constantly at the rail and have the mindset that the next bait they toss in the water will result in a hookup. We can't say enough about how great their attitudes have been even in the toughest of times and we can't show them our appreciation enough. All we can do at this point is chalk it up to the old motto "that's why it's called fishing - not catching" and go to sleep with the hopes that tomorrow is a new day and tomorrow, we're going to clobber them.

So far, this trip has been quite the "character builder" and something has to give. Just like anything in life, this trip can now go a couple different ways. The fishing can continue to be dreadful (Thesaurus word) and we'll tell stories of "remember that 11 day trip in December of 2010?". At this point, it would be very easy to think that that might become the case. Or, things could do a complete one-eighty (Please, please, pretty please with a cherry on top) and we could have an epic ending to this trip. THAT is what would make a great story. The story would go something like "remember that 11 day trip in December of 2010? We couldn't catch a cold for five days and then, in the bottom of the ninth with no one on base, 2 strikes, 2 outs, we made a rally and made the comeback of all comebacks as the fishing went off and we completely forgot about the plaintive (Thesaurus word) days before." Now THAT would be a fishing story. Us crew members have heard hundreds of great fishing stories about how the hatches couldn't be shut because of so many fish, they begin to all sound the same after awhile. But to hear a story of a trip constantly being in the dirt and then, the stars aligned just right and the trip was salvaged at the last minute, that story doesn't get old. We're hoping that the fishing up to this point was just a cruel gap-filler in our story, leading up to the dramatic climax that sets our story right. I'm fired up. All we can do is remain positive and give em' hell in the morning.

Discovery Channel moment of the day: As I look out the port side window, there are about half a dozen bottle-nose dolphin chasing flying fish about 10 feet from the boat. The poor flying fish have no chance, even with the ability of flight, they are no match for the superior hunting skills of the dolphin. On that note, good night and good riddance, please wish us luck.

Hi friends. For a while there today, things were looking REAL bleak and it was beginning to look like we were cursed or something, but we managed to get some fish to bite later in the day. The weather kicked up a bit yesterday and the fish showed some sensitivity towards the heightened weather conditions because they did not bite very well for us. The sign certainly is there for us to piece together a nice day on some quality yellowfin tuna, so we're going to camp out for the night and hope for the best tomorrow. Our weather is a little breezy with some swell but it's just fine, just a little bit chilly. Nothing more I can say about today, a slow pick on the tuna fish with a handful of yellowtail to keep things interesting and we're praying for this fish to hit the switch and start to bite for us. Maybe the fish had a long weekend and they were suffering from a case of the "Mondays". Maybe tomorrow they will be back on the program because the potential for a really banner day is certainly there. We'll see. We'll be back at it in the morning and wish us luck.

On an ending note, we here at the Polaris Supreme family would like to congratulate Captain Mike Lackey and company for their historic accomplishment. 405.2 lbs??? Simply amazing, still hard to fathom that the first yellowfin tuna over 400 lbs was captured and once again, good going to Mike and the gang. Incredible.

P.S. I'd like to wish my father a very happy birthday today. Without my father getting me not only sportfishing but fishing in general, who knows where I'd be this day, so thanks Dad, I love you and have a great birthday.

Hi everyone. I'm going to get right to the point, we didn't see/hook a large tuna this morning. So we pulled anchor and began looking for some mammals holding large tuna. We quickly found some mammals but we once again were unsuccessful in hooking a cow, so we made the decision to bail out of the area and begin the trek to locate some biting fish of any size in a new location. The conditions down here just don't seem right and you can blame it on what you want (current, water temp, moon phase), bottom line, the fish are in a funk and we're not in the mood to stick around and see if things change, we're ready to put some fish in the wells and that's our plan right now.

During our travels today, we constantly had two mast-men scouring the horizon for common dolphin and kelps all day but our efforts went unrewarded. We looked at plenty of good water all while enjoying the nice ride to our next destination. Other than a light wind chop, the seas were calm and the sky was clear, just how we like it. Anyhow, we'll be to the area first thing tomorrow morning and we're hopeful that tomorrow will be our day for some action. We'll see.

Now that I have some time to do some typing, I'd like to say a few words about a special someone that most of you might know. On this day thirty-one years ago, a life was brought into this world that changed the landscape of not only the Henderson family but the sportfishing community as well. His appetite for fishing is surpassed by few and his name is certainly synonymous with legendary. A fish-finding machine, a talented songwriter, and a loving uncle, this man sets the standard for everything that you could ask for in a crew member. He's second in command on the Supreme but first in our hearts and today, we wish Captain Drew Edmund Henderson a very, very happy 31st birthday. We didn't really celebrate his birthday very much today but Charlie M. and myself did sing a lovely duet of happy birthday to Drew and I don't know if we could've purchased any gift for Drew that could've made him smile like he smiled during the song. Job well done. We love you, Drew, and we hope to celebrate tomorrow by catching a bunch of fish. That's all, we'll chat with you tomorrow and have a great start to your work week.

Hi friends. Well, I don't have a report with weights of the fish we caught today, I don't have a titillating story to tell you about an anglers fish we boated, and I don't have much to say about today other than this; the conditions were not right, the fish were not located by anyone today, and we covered a lot of water in hopes of finding the goods. With a trip of this length, we have plenty of leeway with our options and we're going to give this big tuna fishing another full day before we decide to exercise those options. The weather is nice, the folks are in good spirits, and we're going to forget about today and focus on tomorrow. Wish us luck. Good night.

Good evening everyone. The Polaris Supreme is just hours away from "The Promise Land" and we're currently attempting to catch a few Humboldt squid to use for tomorrow's kite baits. So far, no luck, but we'll give it a couple more shots this evening before we put the blinders on and head for the big fish area. In less than 8 hours we will be there and we'll try our hand at fishing for giant yellowfin tuna. We're pumped.

As for our activities today, we put the finishing touches on our tackle in flat calm weather as we continued on our southerly trek. It's been smooth sailing all day and after lunch, the gang took the opportunity to read books, get sun tans, and just take it easy before the game of big tuna fishing begins. An emollient day for us onboard the Supreme and like I said before, we're just a wake up away from hopefully being embattled with large tunas. The reports still sound the same from the past couple of days from the boats already fishing the area. Not great numbers but the sign is there and we're hoping that our timing will be just right for the switch to turn on and have a repeat of the fishing we had last trip. We're excited and we'll check back with you tomorrow. Wish us luck, wish us luck, and wish us luck. Bye now.

Greetings everyone. Standard travel day for us here on the Supreme. We awoke to gorgeous weather conditions, enjoyed some flapjacks for breakfast, and immediately after, we dove into our tackle seminars. With a strong emphasis on sticking with the right gear, how to conduct yourself during the fight, and going through all almost every situation one could be faced with while doing battle with giant yellowfin, we left the galley and the gang got down to business rigging tackle. The wide range of tackle we employ on a trip of this nature makes today an all day affair of making sure our gear is ready to go and in working order. Thinking about it as I type, I'd like to share with you all of the species that we target on a trip like this. Squid, Mackerel, Calico Bass, Yellowtail, Dorado, Wahoo, Grouper, Pargo, and Yellowfin tuna from 25 - 379.8+ lbs. are just a few to name. From our 25 lb. outfits used to make bait and everything in between, all the way up to out 100-130 lb. rigs for tackling giants, must be properly assembled and ready to go at a moments notice. Harnesses are properly fitted, hooks must be properly crimped, and spectra to mono/fluorocarbon connections are tied with NASA-like precision. Bottom line, I could type out a few paragraphs about what goes into a day like today but the long and short of it, there are a lot of elements that go into getting ready to begin fishing on a trip like this. Tomorrow, the gang will put the finishing touches on their gear, the crew will continue making sixty-plus double sardine leaders for the kite, and maybe, just maybe we will wet a line for a little bit to break up the travel time before we arrive at the big fish grounds on Saturday morning.

On an ending note to our travel day, we've had near glass-calm sea conditions all day, sunshine, and a light breeze. With that being said, it was one of the most beautiful days of the year on the water and this evening's sunset was the icing on the cake. The scene reminded me of a painting that Bob Ross would create on the Saturday morning PBS programming from back in the day. So that's all. We're almost there and the reports once again sound OK from the area. Take care now and we'll inform you of our doings tomorrow evening. Bye-bye.

Good evening folks and a happy December to all of you. Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving, all of us did, but now we're back at it as we departed this morning for an 11 day excursion. Our bait loading went smooth and our arsenal of bait is topped off and ready to go. Quite the hodgepodge of bait too; small, medium, and large sardines mixed with some small to medium mackerel. As of now our bait is happy and we hope the trend continues as we motor to greater points south. The fishing reports sound OK from the area. Not great numbers but the chance to land a 400lb yellowfin tuna is becoming more and more of a reality. Rumor has it that one of our code boats has a fish that is very, VERY close to the magic number. We'll see just how close it is in a few days when they arrive home.

Anyhow, that is our story. Our weather is beautiful and tomorrow we will begin tackle seminars, tackle preparations, and some more travel time. It's good to be back and we'll check in tomorrow evening.

Hello everyone. The gear is broken down, the engine room is spotless, the rails have been stripped of old teak oil, and the boat has been scrubbed from anchor to transom. Before all of that, we did have some time to catch a couple of yellowtail, some vermilion rock fish, some lingcod, and one nice cow cod. Now that we're heading up the line, due to arrive to the docks at approximately 6:00 am, we have some time to reflect on the OTR 10 day trip.

We started the trip with a bang, having two days of some of the best fishing for cow yellowfin that one could ask for, we had an amazing dorado bite off a kelp, and we even managed to put together a score on some yellowtail. Pretty much the only thing missing was a nice whack on the wahoo, but we can't make them bite and if the conditions were right, I'm sure we would've caught some. Maybe next year. All of this fishing was done in flat calm weather and sunshine. Sometimes we get lucky and have nice weather for the majority of a trip but the weather on this trip was A+ for nine days straight. Thanks Mother Nature, we owe you one. We're grateful for many things on this trip and we're also grateful for many people aboard. We here on the Polaris Supreme would like to give thanks to some of the people, in detail.

First, we'd like to thank Craig Heberer for handing out the Humboldt Lumberjacks hats and Sumo gear. Next, we'd like to thank Ben Meyer for once again putting together a professionally done recipe book/CD for all to take home. This book is over 200 recipes for various tuna meals and I'm sure they'll be put to use immediately by our passengers and crew alike. We'd also like to thank Jim Bostian. Jim, owner of Crystal Pier Hotel in Pacific Beach, is a pleasure for the crew to have onboard and I'm sure that he's also a pleasure to share the rail with. Not only an outstanding fisherman but an outstanding person as well. Whether it was helping serve meals, scrubbing the boat after a stop, stapling tags on dorado, or hooking and handing off a fish to a fellow angler, Jim does it with the utmost class and we hope to see him again real soon. Quickly, we'd like to thank the person who brought the book of "The 400 Facts You Didn't Know About Chuck Norris". Also, we issue thanks to Herb Yamanaka. Herb took countless hours of underwater footage/videos as his youthful enthusiasm was felt from minute one of this trip. He's going to have his hands full editing all the footage he took as he will be making a video for all to take home. Herb also gave away some of his hand-crafted wooden bowls to the folks and gave away a number of his homemade, fly-fishing inspired lures. And lastly, we'd like to thank the master of ceremonies, Mr. Lon Mikkelsen. Lon outfitted everyone with an OTR harness/plate that needed one and gave a personal seminar on how to properly use what we feel is the best stand-up harness for tackling big tuna. He handed out OTR hats, shirts, and other various goodies to everyone and from all of us, thank you Lon. You can get OTR information at OTRfish.com. I could write about everybody on this trip until I'm blue in the face but I can't so we'd just like to say that we are thankful for all the passengers we shared the boat with for the past ten days. From top to bottom, they were a joy to have onboard and we hope to see each and every last one of you real soon.

So that is all. Tomorrow we'll be home and we'll see the true weight of all our big tuna. From our measurements on the boat, we have 10 tuna over 200 lbs. and the top three big fish will be Greg Koonce's 347 lber, Lon Mikkelsen's 294 lber, and John Esler's 262 lber. If you're in the area, stop by and check out the beauties we'll be hoisting on the scales at Fisherman's Landing. What's next for us on Team Supreme will be a brief lacuna as we'll be in for the Thanksgiving holiday festivities and then back out on Dec. 2nd for an 11 day trip. Thanks for reading and we'll check back with you when the time comes. Take care and have a happy Thanksgiving.

Good afternoon amigos. We began our day in the very early morning hours with the hopes of catching some squid to use for bait. The early wake-up call was the boss kicking in our crew quarters door yelling "they're floating, lets crowd em' up!!!". As I walked down the stairs, still half-asleep and coughing up a lung (there is a cold that's being passed around the boat), I couldn't help but do a double-take as I've never seen anything quite like the sight I saw. In my 10 years of sportfishing, I have never once seen a squid float like I've always heard about and this one was the real deal. In a couple crowds we had all the market squid that we needed to use for bait and then some. At times, the squid were so thick under/around us that we had to move the boat as the screens that lie under the hull used for our numerous pumps were getting clogged up with squid. Quite impressive to say the least.

So we were ready to fish yellowtail and had every bait, with the exception of krill, that a yellowtail would consume on a daily diet. Mackerel, sardines, and squid were used today to capture yellowtail at a not-so steady pace but we managed to put together a morning on 16-20 lb. yellowtail as we worked our way up the coast. We found ourselves on the hunt for some more yellowtail at a different area and when the conditions were unfavorable, we put ourselves in position to be right on top of the "secret grouper spot". Well, the spot was so secret that not even the grouper knew where it was but the Calico Bass found their way to our offerings and we renamed the spot the "secret Calico Bass spot". The gang had a rollicking good time pulling on 2-5 lb. Calico's in flat calm weather and true to the form of this group, almost all of the fish were released. We did have to keep a couple as mortality was imminent but I'd say 98 % of what we caught was thrown back into the Pacific. Highlight of the day was the hootin' and hollering match led by Mr. Matt Kiesse as the boys were a happy bunch playing around with some world class bass fishing. The motto of the trip is now "Cows and Calico's".

So there you have it. A light-hearted day of pulling on whatever type of fish wanted to bite in beautiful weather. We're currently on course for our last stop of the trip and put a bow on the OTR 10 day trip. Good weather, good friends, good times, and good night.

P.S. Drew says "I love you, Ma" and Mark would like to send his love to his Dad.

Hi friends. Reprehensible would be the best word to describe our day as it definitely was not one to write home about. Our group is after some variety and we gave it our most valiant effort today, but with no current comes no life and that's the story of our day. I should mention that we released quite a few fish today as most of what we caught was on the small side of things. The anglers are showing just how conservation-minded they truly are as we let the little ones go to grow. From top to bottom, all of us in the Polaris Supreme family can't show enough appreciation to that sort of practice.

So that's it. The weather remains optimum as we are motoring up the line to try and locate some squid along with some yellowtail to finish out our trip. Once again, not much to report today but we remain optimistic for a full day of yanking and cranking tomorrow. We'll chat with you soon.

Today, we set our sights on some coastal species and everything was set up perfectly. Warm water, calm weather, and an eager group of anglers ready to do battle with any and all game-fishes that the waters off Baja Sur were willing to give up. One minor problem. We didn't have any current and ninety-nine times out of one hundred, if you have no current, your not going to catch a whole lot. We did OK on some yellowtail, tuna, and some grouper but we we're left unfulfilled and wanting more action. We took off just before lunch on the hunt for some dolphin holding tuna and some kelp paddies. We found both but the fish we were targeting were bashful and we once again were left feeling unsatisfied. It was just one of those days but our chins remain high for a great full day of fishing tomorrow. It's our last day down here as we will have to begin working home towards San Diego. It's the bottom of the ninth, the score is tied, and we're up to the plate. Here we go.

For this evening's festivities, Polaris Supreme passenger Mike Payne got his wish as we entered the bay to make some mackerel to supplement our sardine supply. It wasn't the best fishing for bait we've seen but we got the job done and we're currently en route to our next destination. We'll be there in a few hours and wish us luck.

Hi friends. We began this morning with a bang as we hooked four fish right off the bat as Chef Schooler didn't even have his stove on to begin cooking breakfast. The size of the four fish we caught were between 135 and 155 lbs. As for our total on big fish today, that was it. It was a day of watching 100-250+ lb. fish boiling all around the boat and after those four fish, we never landed another big tuna. We spent some time looking around today for some biting fish but we never could locate any. Late in the day, we did locate a nice kelp paddy that was corroded with some ferocious 8-18 lb. Dorado. And that was pretty much our day in a nut shell.

For tomorrow, the Polaris Supreme will be in search of wahoo, Dorado, yellowtail, pargo, grouper, and some school-size tuna to add to our stellar catch of big fish. It's a change that is welcome with open arms. This group is one of the more altruistic groups of passengers we've had and we wish to leave some big tuna for the other boats rather than stay another two days. It's time for a change of scenery and a change of pace. We saw evidence of that with our Dorado bite today as the highly stressful and physically demanding fishing for cows turned into a relaxed, fun-filled bite on one of the funniest fishes in the ocean. The laughs were loud and the smiles were contagious from passenger number 1 all the way to Chef Schooler. To top it off, the Eastern Pacific is a placid ocean today with a light breeze and flat calm weather. We're stoked. Hopefully tomorrow we can connect with something different. Have a great day and we'll chat again.

p.s.s. My favorite moment in our Dorado bite was when Herb put his "under water camera on a pole" into the water to get some footage and almost couldn't get it back. They where biting that good. Tommy.

Alright, first things first. This will be a long report. Next, the original report for yesterday was the names and size in pounds of every angler from yesterday. One problem. Only one person did not catch a fish yesterday and we didn't want to single anybody out. For this evening's report, we are singling out a few people with the first person being Mr. Tim Kelley. Tim's turn on the kite didn't come until just before dark and the fish hadn't been on the chew for an hour or so. This morning, it was Tim's turn and it wasn't before long that a tuna exploded on the kite baits. After a short battle, Tim landed a 187 lb. yellowfin tuna and his fish completed the cycle. Everyone on the boat has caught a fish over 120 lbs. Congratulations to Tim and all our anglers for their accomplishments. Next, not only are we singling out Mr. Greg Koonce but also a surprise guest in this report. Here is the story.

Greg's turn on the kite didn't last too long as a hole was left in the ocean by the fish that erupted on his kite baits and the battle ensued. Greg is an excellent fisherman and did everything by the book to achieve deep color on his fish. His fish was one of the more cooperative fish in recent memory as it's circles were just perfect coming up on the bow of the boat. Everything was fine as the fish was just a few feet away from gaff and then, it happened. Just when we thought it was all good, a Guadalupe Fur Seal swam by to get a closer look at an animal four times it size and the tuna spooked, took off with a burst of speed right around the anchor line. Just like that, in a matter of two seconds, the fish was wrapped in the anchor line and to make matters worse, the second hook for the double sardine rig caught the anchor line and the weight of the fish pulling on a stationary object broke the hook in the fishes mouth. No more hook and line attached to the fish and our hearts and the fish were beginning to sink. The fish was just out of gaff range in front of the anchor line, diving out of sight, and as all crew members attempted to gaff the fish, not one crew member on deck were able to sink a gaff in the fish...except for one. Galley assistant/deckhand/roving patrolman/waste management supervisor/all around nice guy and Super-Human Mark Clark was up on the cat head and reached with all his might, hands on the butt end of the gaff, fully extended and on his knees on the cathead, managed to grab on...to it's tail. Now, if this fish would've made one kick with his tail and dove out, Mark would've joined him in the water. By the grace of the Fish God's, Mark was able to pull the fish up, tail first, and four other crew members sunk their hooks in this beast. The fish finally made it on board after a struggle to get over the rail and the beast was taped out at 347 lbs. We did many tape jobs on this fish to get the perfect measurements and bottom line, fish of 300 lbs. can fluctuate 20 lbs. either way so the weight of Greg's fish will be truly told on Thursday when we arrive back in San Diego and we hang his fish on the scales at Fisherman's Landing. Congratulations to Greg and I think he owes Mark a drink when we get back in, at the least.

Last but not least, I'm sure he doesn't want to be singled out, but we must talk about Mr. Jim Bostian. I could go on forever and a day about what kind of a person Jim is, just know that Jim is one of the nicest and most laid back guys in the world and he is always a pleasure to have on board. Basically, poor Jim had "one of those days" on the kite. We caught some very nice fish as Jim waited patiently for his shot from 6:00 am until 1:00 pm. Not once did he consider giving up his spot, he fished all the way through, and not once did you ever sense a lick of negativity from Jim. Finally, right after lunch, Jim got bit. He landed a beauty and when I say beauty, I mean if we were offshore on a 3 day trip in July. His fish went 35 lbs, by far the smallest we've seen in two days here. So back out for Jim and about an hour later, Jim finally had a lunker on the end of his kite rig and Jim successfully boated a 175 lb. Yellowfin tuna. Just goes to show you a couple of things. Good things happen to good people and never, EVER give up on your kite rotation. Oh yeah, once Jim put down the kite rig and picked up the fly-line rig, he hooked and captured a 172 lber and one right at 200 lbs. that we landed a little after dark. Good going, Jim.

So that's it. I could tell you all about every angler and their trophy story on this boat, but I can't type anymore as pulling all these big fish over the rail have made me quite somnolent. Let me tell you, I'm not the only one. Our weather is excellent and we'll be here again tomorrow. Here is the angler list and the weight of their fish (approximately) that managed to capture a fish other than the previously mentioned anglers.

Here is our report for our illustrious day. The numbers are the pounds in which the yellowfin tuna we caught were measured and taped out at.

177, 157, 160, 127, 124, 158, 205, 179, 145, 191, 159, 141, 216, 135, 138, 163, 174, 174, 166, and last but not least, a 294 beauty caught by our master of ceremonies, Mr. Lon Mikkelsen. We had a great day.

We're going to try for squid tonight and needless to say, we'll be here tomorrow.

Hi friends. Not a whole lot to report today. We continued traveling to our intended destination while keeping an eye out for something tasty to stop on. We found an area of Common Dolphin that relinquished a handful of yellowfin tuna in the 22-30 lb. category to a few lucky anglers. We saw plenty of fish, but they didn't bite, so we continued on with our journey. We also managed to snag a couple wahoo to round out the day. Like I said, not a whole lot to talk about today but hopefully tomorrow will give us plenty to talk about. On that note, we'll be fishing for trophies first thing tomorrow morning and it's time for everyone onboard to get some rest. Wish us luck and happy hump day.

Hi friends. "Tackle Day" onboard the Polaris Supreme was a great success as we got our tackle prepared to pull on some type of game fish tomorrow. We won't make it down to the Big Fish zone until the following day but tomorrow we'll be on the hunt for kelp paddies holding wahoo and porpoise schools with some school size tuna. We started this morning off with a hearty breakfast and soon thereafter, the tackle seminar commenced and let me tell you, there was nothing remotely laconic about it. We discussed every single detail that goes into to hooking and landing Yellowfin tuna in the 100-300+ lb. class. Most of our anglers have done this type of fishing before but it's always nice to refresh their memory after being off the boat for a year. After that, it was on to making up 200 lb. Monofilament leaders, double sardine leaders for the kite, and splicing on top shots to the reels. This all day affair came to an end just as the sun dipped below the horizon and now it's onto the galley for cocktails and a Seafood Alfredo dinner. It's currently the calm time before the storm.

Reports from the boats still sound encouraging but with one more day of travel left, we'll have to be patient until our turn arrives. The Tiagra's are in working order, the OTR harnesses have been fitted, and all the connections have been checked multiple times. It's almost time to put all our work to the test. We're ready. Time to wet some lines. Our weather is good and we'll speak with you tomorrow. Take care.

Good evening friends. After a one week hiatus, we come back to you live, from the Polaris Supreme. We departed Fisherman's Landing first thing this morning on our annual Ocean Tackle Research 10 day expedition with Lon Mikkelsen and his closest friends. We made our way to the bait receivers, quickly loaded up on medium/large sardines, and then cleared Point Loma with our bow pointed at greater points south. Upon clearing the point, we found ourselves rolling around in a short wind chop but we managed to ride it out and our weather progressively got better throughout the day. As for our fishing game plan, we're leaning towards a straight run to the big fish area and beginning the assault on some cows. The reports from the area sound like there are some good scores to be had and the relay of information from the bridge to the passengers currently have all onboard antsy in the pantsy.

With all this excitement running through our minds, we must remain vigilant to the fact that we still have two more full days of travel to the area and spending the next couple of days making sure our tackle is at optimum performance is imperative. Giant Yellowfin tuna will expose any imperfections in tackle so tomorrow we'll be hard at it in our tackle preparation. Just like this past Saturday at Fisherman's Landing, tomorrow is our own "Tackle Day". Hopefully our hard work will yield us a mighty opulence in the form of cow yellowfin tuna. We're out, we'll chat with you tomorrow. It's good to back.

Good evening folks. We wrapped up our Peppermill Hotel and Casino 3 day trip with a nice little morning whack on the yellowtail. They put on a nice show for us and a few decided to bite our baits as well as the surface iron's we tossed at them. The bite lasted for a few hours and our passengers had a ball cranking in 15-20 lb yellowtail in the Baja sun. Oh yeah, the weather. Absolutely stellar weather conditions of glass calm seas, a breath of breeze, and sunshine. We ended the day by making a few rockcod drifts before we left for home. Our weather is still gorgeous as we make our way towards home, enjoying the Fillet Mignon and Lobster feast that the galley guys have prepared for us. A great way to end a trip and we'll be arriving back to Fisherman's Landing tomorrow morning at around 8:00 am. Take care and we'll chat with you again in a week. If you happen to find yourself down at the landing for "Tackle Day" on November 6th, stop on by the boat as Tommy, Drew, Jed, and myself will be onboard to chat with. Hope to see you, have a great weekend.

Good evening everyone. We began our first day of fishing on our inaugural Peppermill Casino 3 day trip by arriving to the area before the sun came up to try and capture some yellowtail and white sea bass. We were successful in not hooking a single one, so it was onto the hot halibut area. Once again, we did not hook a single halibut and things weren't looking so good. We motored around throughout the morning and finally found some yellowtail breezers to stop on. We saw a lot of yellowtail today and although we didn't hit a home run today, we did hit a few singles and doubles but our group didn't mind that at all. Most of our passengers are first-timers and just pulling on one yellowtail was enough for some as they discovered that yellowtail pull very, very hard. To add some variety today, we tagged some lingcod and some quality red rockcod to boot. All in all, our day was decent and we'll be giving the yellowtail a morning to get with the program and after that, we'll be on to bigger and better things...we hope.

Our weather is as gorgeous as you can get and the gang are having a blast. They're currently downstairs, enjoying a cocktail and dining on Chef Schooler's Cajun wahoo, shrimp, and scallops with a mango butter sauce. We'll be trying for some squid to use tonight for bait and hopefully the yellowtail and/or seabass will be bountiful tomorrow. Wish us luck, have a good night, we're out.

Good day friends. After a brief vacation the past couple of weeks, we untied the boat from the dock and departed on a 3 day charter. We put on all the healthy sardines that we needed from the bait receivers and are currently on course for points south. Our weather is quite pleasant and the outlook is promising for good weather in the upcoming days. For tomorrow, we've decided to give some coastal areas a look-see and will be targeting yellowtail, white sea bass, and halibut to start off our trip and if a couple tasty bottom critters happen to latch onto our hooks, we'll take em'. After that, we'd like to head offshore to look for kelps and see if maybe we can't find ourselves a couple of tuna fish or two. Of course there are many different factors that go into making that call so we'll see how we do tomorrow and how the weather will be for Friday. Not too much to report today other than good weather, good food (and drinks), and good company. We'll check in tomorrow and wish us the best.

Good day folks. Our fishing time for this morning quickly diminished as we bumped and thumped our way up the line last night, so today was strictly a travel day due to our bad speed last night. The gang broke down gear, watched movies, and took naps. Us crew-members completed various maintenance and cleaning projects while Chef Schooler and Mark continued kicking out the finest of meals. Pancakes, yellowtail taco plates, and of course, fillet mignon and lobster for dinner. We're enjoying our ride very much as it's a little overcast with a very light sea/wind state. Our ETA for tomorrow morning around 7:00 am, plenty of time for all of us to watch the San Diego Chargers dominate some team from the Oakland area. Anyhow, thanks for checking in and we'll speak with you when that time arrives. Take care now.

Hi friends. Today's goal for us was to find a bit more action on the yellowtail for the guys and more action is exactly what we found. We started off anchored for nada, we drifted a few times for a couple boxes, and then we anchored up once more to find that the fish were giving off a much more ferocious vibe than a couple hours prior. While drifting, by far the best method of hooking up was the yo-yo iron but once we got settled in on the anchor, the fly-lined baits started to produce quite well for us as well. You could choose either jig or bait and you had a yellowtail on the end of your line. The grade of fish wasn't all that bad either, we'll call it a 12-18 lb. average with a 20 lber. thrown in now and then. Bottom line, it was a fun morning of catching yellowtail in the Baja sun and when we had our fill on the school-size fish, it was time to make a move to finish up the day and get our fill on "cow" yellowtail. In short, we were unable to connect with any cows and come nightfall, we had to motor on up the line and begin the long trek back for home.

So that's all. We're San Diego bound and our weather program shows that our weather is going to be less than favorable. We might have time to make a rockcod drift or two but we'll see if the weather cooperates and how good of speed we make. We'll see how it plays out and we'll chat with you tomorrow. Happy Friday and enjoy the start of your weekend. Take care.

Good evening everyone. After traveling from mid-morning yesterday until mid-morning today, we finally arrived at our next stop on this five day expedition - yellowtail land. After having phenomenal fishing here for most of the summer, we couldn't help but wonder if this familiar place would be as good as we left it several weeks prior or if this place would give us the slip. Honestly, it gave us a little of both and when all was said and done, we feel a tad bit disappointed with the outcome of today. We definitely had to work hard to get a bite and we had to work hard to land the fish. Yellowtail from 18-25 lbs with a nice mix of the "premiums" that we so desperately desire at today's location are currently chilling in our RSW well and although we're not all that stoked with the quantity, we're very pleased with the quality. We did see plenty of those homeguard yellowtail to keep us around for another day but for whatever reason, they're not in a biting mood so we will be making a move tonight looking for a little more action to give our anglers. Let's hope the grass is greener on the other side.

As the anglers dined on their veal chops, we began the task of motoring to our next destination as we will be trying for an evening yellowtail bite and from there, it's onto spot number four of our trip for tomorrow's fishing. Our weather today was breezy and cold up until about lunch time when the sunshine took over, the breeze subsided, and the jackets finally came off. Beautiful weather and gorgeous sea conditions to finish out our day and we're hoping for a repeat not only for tomorrow but for the remainder of the trip up until we arrive in San Diego on Sunday morning. So that's a wrap-up of our day. As always, wish us luck and we'll speak with you tomorrow.

Hi friends. We spent last night drifting in the rain with the hopes of waking up to a biting school of bluefin/yellowfin laying under the keel. We repositioned ourselves in the dark and after finding the spot we liked, we shut her down and again, the waiting game began. Just before grey light, the troops awoke from their slumber and got to to the rail, ready for the games to begin. The bluefin took a little while to get with the program and after awhile, we got our first mark. We watched one fish on the meter turn into two, then three, and before you knew it, the school was under us and "the big hit" was beginning to brew.

For the next few hours of the morning we stayed very busy, keeping multiple fish hooked up at all times and reaping the bounty that Mother Ocean provided for us. The bounty - bluefin tuna in the 12-22 lb. range and a token yellowfin tuna that looks to be in that 30 lb. range. It was the type of action where breakfast was put on hold so that we didn't miss an opportunity to capture a quality specimen because we knew that it was a morning bite or bust. Our anglers didn't mind one bit waiting for breakfast, the shot at hooking up with a bluefin tuna thwarted any hunger that they might have had for French toast. No offense, Chef Schooler. Anyhow, although we didn't have the mother load of "big hits", we did have one of the biggest hits of all the boats in the area and we take great satisfaction in our great success. But like they say, all good things must come to an end, and after our morning bite was reduced to nothing, we began the search for the next batch of victims. It didn't take us long to figure out that it truly was a morning time bite as we never located another school, so we made the decision to point her on a southerly course to those oh so familiar yellowtail grounds. Here we go again.

So that was a "brief" report of our activities today. Highlight of our travels this afternoon was a yellowtail we caught of a kelp that looked to be about 35 lbs. What that toad was doing with all the juvenile fish, who knows. Weather today turned from a morning of a stiff southerly breeze and rain squalls to flat calm and sunshine in the afternoon. As of now, we're enjoying our weather very much and we hope that tomorrow we're able to put on some shorts, tank tops, and a sun visor as our long pants, jackets, and beanies that we've been wearing now smell of fish. Good problem to have. We also hope to throw a bunch of yellowtail into our RSW wells tomorrow. That's our plan for now. We'll check in tomorrow. Have a great night.

We're baaaaaaack. We departed early this morning on our final 5 day trip of the season with a nice load of bait, an eager group of anglers, and a well-rested crew. After evaluating our many options that we have for this trip, we decided on giving the local tuna zone a good, honest long range check. The local fleet had some very hearty scores on bluefin and yellowfin tuna in the prior days and we wanted in on some of the late season tuna bite as well. We swapped out the wahoo trolling gear for a more appropriate assortment of feathers, cedar plugs, and other various tuna jigs to drag behind the boat. We arrived in the zone at about 2:00 pm and for the next few hours all we had to show for our efforts was a big goose egg on the fish count board - not good. At around 6:00 pm, we stopped on a single fish mark that responded nicely for us and we managed to boat a handful of bluefin and yellowfin tuna. The bluefin were 15-22 lbs. and the yellowfin were the same grade with the exception of two that were in the 30 lb. bracket. With the exception of that stop, it was a slow day down here but we feel that this area is holding some potential for a big hit and we don't want to be elsewhere when it does happen. We'll be here drifting all night and giving it a try starting at first light tomorrow morning. We're happy with the sample of fish we had today but we're looking for the real deal tomorrow. Here we go.

So there you have it. It feels good to be back on the water and we're anxiously awaiting the "big hit" that's hopefully coming our way. We're also anxiously awaiting our traditional departure meal of Prime Rib that Chef Schooler/Mark have prepared for us. Our weather was rather interesting today as we had a slight swell, a breeze that subsided throughout the day, and a couple rain squalls to boot. We also saw one of the most intense rainbows that many, including Tommy, has ever seen. We didn't find the pot of gold at the end, or a bowl of Lucky Charms, and it didn't rain Skittles but we did enjoy the spectacular view and it goes to show that you never know what you might see out here on a long range trip. Wow, I've spent way too much of this report talking about rainbows. Wish us luck and we'll chat with you tomorrow.

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Good afternoon friends. We spent just a handful of the morning hours fishing and we were able to throw on a few more handfuls of fish before we had to point her on course for home. After catching some yellowtail and yellowfin tuna on the anchor, we trolled around and managed to coax a couple of those wahoo to latch onto our jigs and shortly after, things dried up and we made the call to break down gear and prepare for the trek home. So we got all the gear bundled up, scrubbed the boat from bow to stern, and then dined on fresh yellowtail with Schooler's lemon-butter caper sauce before most headed down for a nap. As of five minutes ago, we made the afternoon snack call as the galley gang prepared a sushi spread for the folks to enjoy. I'm currently typing as fast as I can so I don't miss out. The rave reviews are starting to make me hungry.

So there you have it. We are putting a bow on this 8 day trip and our traveling weather is windy, but with a light swell, the ride is fine. I'll say one thing, if the weatherman had a Facebook page, we would not become fans. Anyhow, this will be our last report for a few days so in closing, we would like to say thank you to our group of anglers that we have on-board currently for being a great cast of characters and making this trip that much more enjoyable. These guys deserved the excellent fishing that we had and this will be one of those trips that they'll be talking about for years to come. So thank you very much from the members of Team Supreme and we'll see you next year.

Like I said, this will be our final report for a few days but we'll still be traveling up until our arrival to Fisherman's Landing on Monday morning. For our ETA back to the dock Monday, please give the office a call at 619-390-7890. Take care everyone and enjoy the weekend. We'll chat with you again on October 5th as we depart on our final 5 day trip of the season. If your schedule allows, give Susan a call and come join us as we still have a few openings left. Hope to see you guys then. Be good.

Ricardo y Groupo Supremo

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Good evening everyone. A little change of venue for us was welcomed with open/sore arms as we put forth our best effort to capture some wahoo, yellowtail, dorado, pargo, grouper, and yellowfin tuna. In short, we were successful in capturing five of the six species so all that's left for us is to hopefully tag a couple of pargo. Basically, that's all that's left for us to accomplish on the species list for the trip and that's going to be our plan for this evening's fishing activities. With that, I'll fill you in on our day.

In the morning time, we anchored up on the spot to catch some yellowtail and catch some yellowtail is what we did. Kind of a mixed up grade from 15-28 lbs. and all sizes in between. Fly-lining sardines and jigs worked fine but the dropper loop seemed to be the best method for hooking the yellows. For a while there, we didn't know what we were going to bring up from the bottom; yellowtail or grouper. That's right, we did capture a couple of hands full of nice grouper to go along with our yellowtail bounty and after things dried up, the tuna's decided to let their presence be known. Not the cleanest tuna fishing we've seen and when I say not the cleanest, what I mean is that it wasn't straight 15-25 lb. yellowfin tuna, it was more mixed up with 4-8 lbers and some small skipjack tuna. We shook our share of those "dinks" off and after weeding thru the small stuff, we were rewarded with a decent score on the better grade tuna to round out our day. We didn't necessarily "clobber em" today, but that wasn't our mindset to begin with. We just took what the ocean offered to us and the gang had a fun day at the rail. Hopefully we can add some pargo and a couple more wahoo to the RSW well and end our trip on the highest of notes.

So we're anchored up, awaiting Chef Schooler's sesame seared ahi dinner to be served, and maybe a few brave souls will drop a line down to see what they end up with. Maybe they won't, but we'll be here all night and we'll be fishing for a few hours tomorrow before we wrap it up and head up the line to San Diego. Our weather is OK for now and the weatherman says that we're going to have nice weather for the remainder of our trip, we'll see about that. So wish us luck and we hope everyone out there has a great start to their weekends. Enjoy yourselves.

Richie and the boys.

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Hello everybody. We once again started off this morning by getting to the rail early, getting the kites up early, and hoping for a nice morning whack on the tuna. Everything went according to plan and we just kept things rolling for the remainder of the morning up until the time we decided to bail around lunch time. Although this morning's fishing was slower than the previous days, our anglers have had their fill on 40-75 lb. yellowfin tuna so it wasn't too big of a deal. So with that, we pulled anchor, trolled around for a little bit, and caught a handful of wahoo before bidding this place farewell and began the trek to our next destination for our final leg of our trip. Our traveling weather is quite nice and we're in "search mode" for a kelp paddy holding dorado and/or wahoo as we speak.

So there you have it. Our fish holds are wedged with beautiful yellowfin tuna and after bringing up our bait, the center slammer has now been turned into our last RSW fish hold and it's up to the boys to throw something down there. What do we plan on throwing down there? Wahoo, dorado, yellowtail, pargo, and maybe a grouper or two. What are we having for dinner? Veal chops, risotto, veggies, and warm brownies with vanilla ice cream. I'm not to hyped on the veal chop but you can bet your sweet tush I'm stoked on the brownies and ice cream. Who's birthday is it today? Our very own Chase "Little Squirrel" Burke is turning 20 years of age today. Happy birthday Newt. Anyhow, we're out. Wish us luck and have a great day/night.

Richie and the Family.
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Howdy friends. To be completely honest with you, I was going to walk in the wheelhouse, turn on the computer, and for my report this evening I was going to type "see yesterday's report". In actuality, we did have a few things that were different today than yesterday so the intended report would not have been totally truthful. I wouldn't want to do you guys like that so here is the report for today.

We hooked our first tuna a little after it got light out and from that point forward it just kept getting better. Steady fishing on 40-70 lb. yellowfin tuna was once again the "norm" for our anglers with only a couple of the smaller grade fish being hooked. Almost straight big fish. If you could get a hot bait to swim away from the boat and stay out of a tangle (way easier said than done), you had a quality tuna on the end of your line. With the fly-lined action and the kite action, we stayed very busy this morning. We had some flurries that really put anglers and crew alike to the test and I'd like to think that we all passed with flying colors. Standout fish of the day went to Scott Oberg with an estimated 90 lb. yellowfin tuna, we'll see the true weight at the docks but nonetheless a beauty of a fish. At about 3:00 pm, for whatever reason, the action really slowed down and soon thereafter, the bite was completely shut off. Our anglers didn't mind, they needed the rest and took full advantage of resting sore muscles. After only two days of being here, the gang are all worn down and in need of a well-deserved break. The break will be short-lived though as we'll be doing this again tomorrow. Eventually, all good things must come to an end...just not tomorrow. Not yet.

So that's it. We had almost the exact same score today as we did yesterday on all species so we are thrilled about that to say the least. As for our weather, it kicked up a bit last night and sleeping, or lack thereof, was an adventure. The good news is it seems like it's come down a notch and it isn't as horrible as it was before - knock on wood. With two stellar days under our belts, we hope to continue the trend tomorrow and finish our stay down here with a bang. Have a splendid night and pray for good weather on our end of things.

Richie and the boys.

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Good evening everyone. Here is our report for our first day of fishing on-board the Polaris Supreme. We had terrible wahoo fishing, we had absolutely horrible dorado fishing, and we had downright pathetic yellowtail fishing. The fishing for yellowfin tuna however was enough to make us forget about the lame fishing we had for the other species, at least for today. Alright, enough joking around. Bottom line, we had a great day on the tuna from 40-70 lbs. with a handful of 12-25 lb. fish to keep things interesting. The weather is rather uncomfortable so we did pull our share of hooks today but all in all, we captured a good percentage of what we hooked so that was a major plus. Even with sitting on the anchor, we bounced around quite a bit today but the fish didn't seem to mind one bit as they bit very well for us from when we arrived until the sun was long below the horizon. There wasn't a long period of time throughout the day when we didn't have 1-4 fish going with an occasional flurry of having 5-8 hooked up at once. Not a bad way to start off our trip if you ask me.

In closing, judging by the smiles on everyone's faces and the Ibuprofen being passed around from crewmember to crewmember, we had an excellent day and we see no reason why we can't stay here and try for a repeat of today for tomorrow. Call it luck, karma (I think it's karma), the tuna god's, call it whatever. For whatever reason we smoked em' today and our day couldn't have been any better - fishing wise. You could be a "Debbie Downer" and say that we could've had some more wahoo but you won't hear a whisper of negativity from the gang on-board. They're happy, they're hungry, they're tired. So are we. We wouldn't have it any other way. See you tomorrow and keep wishing us luck.

Richie and the Polaris Supremes'.

P.S. Scott would like to say hello to Brendan. Brendan, you're dad had a very good day today and we hope to see you out here with him in the near future.
Also, hey Kub. I lost my duck-bill's over the side this morning. Thought you'd like to know that. Love, Richie.

Good evening sports fans. Today was a full day of rigging, seminars, eating, sleeping, and motoring down with the swell (thankfully) to "the spot" where the fishing part of this expedition will finally begin. We are all giddy with excitement as the anticipation of pulling on yellowfin tuna, wahoo, yellowtail, and dorado for the next few days is getting to be too much for our fragile little minds to handle. The classic question of "are we there yet?" is becoming the standard ice breaker to the beginnings of a conversation on-board and thank goodness we don't have another day of travel tomorrow. To answer the million dollar question - No. We are not there yet but we will be sometime in the early morning hours of the 21st. To say that we're all very eager to go fishing is an understatement. We're ready. We are very, very ready.

As I write this, the news that a turkey feast for dinner has just been handed up. How fitting right? We're all in need of a sleep aid tonight and you couldn't ask for a better meal to be served. Thanks Chef Schooler. Lastly, the good reports keep broadcasting from the boats in the area and we can't help but have visions of excellent fishing for us tomorrow. I hope we're not getting too up to be let down. We'll see though. I have to think that we have some good karma rolling around the boat and we're going to roll in there and get a nice shot at them. On that note, wish us luck as tomorrow is finally the day we've been waiting for. We'll report back to you as the day concludes.

Hi friends, remember us? Just your pal's over here on the Polaris Supreme checking in. We departed San Diego early this morning to embark on our first 8 day trip of the season with plenty of familiar faces coming to join us. Our bait loading couldn't have gone any smoother as we took on plenty of gorgeous sardines along with a nice mix of 6" mackerel to add some variety and color to our tanks. As of now, our bait looks to be in good condition and we're excited about putting them to good use in the near future. The passengers had a pretty laid back morning for their first day on-board. The gang stowed away their gear, watched movies, talked shop, and enjoyed a nice southerly course to our intended destination. As for the crew, it was a pretty standard first trip back for us. Making sure our equipment is in working order, trying to remember where everything goes, and attempting to regain our "sea legs" without falling down and embarrassing ourselves. Thankfully, we were successful in doing all three and the routine is starting to feel somewhat normal again. Not a whole lot to report to you today but I figured since I haven't put my fingers to the keyboard in a couple weeks that I would give you a solid rundown and do a nice little report for you fine folks at home. One of these days I'll keep things short and simple for you...not today.

So that's it. We're back in the saddle and everything feels right again. Fishing reports from the area sound very, very good and the weather reports sound very, very poor. The weather is forecasted to come down in the upcoming days so hopefully the weather guy is right on with his predictions and we can swap out our beanies for sun visors. Currently, we have the swell/wind on our quarter, it's a bit chilly, but our ride is just fine. Wish us luck and we'll report back to you tomorrow evening. Take care.

Buenos noches amigos. Our final day day of travel aboard Garry Roberts 9 day trip was spent in normal fashion for us. The weather last night was a little bit bumpy but we broke on thru to the other side and enjoyed a very nice day of weather from early this morning to right now. This morning the passengers completed the break down of their gear as us crew members completed our standard clean up/maintenance procedures. After that it was just a relaxing day for everyone involved. Some read, some played cards, and some watched a flick or two. The cinema features this afternoon included "The Blind Side" (2 thumbs up) and "Gran Torino" (1 thumb up). Classic day of eat, sleep, and enjoy ones company. The simple life for sure.

All in all we are all extremely satisfied with our trip and we can't wait to do it again next year. Garry once again put together a cast of characters that rivals groups of my closest friends of dozens of years. A real treat to take this group out for a fishing vacation and it surely validates the fact the we love our jobs and have such a unique mix of amazing passengers that makes waking up everyday to go to work a true pleasure. I'm surely speaking on the behalf of the entire crew when I say not once during the trip did I feel like I was at work. It really felt like a paid vacation with all of our friends. This was one of those trips that we would've had an exceptional time regardless of how full our fish holds became and how adverse weather conditions were. We here at the Polaris Supreme family would like to say THANK YOU to Mr. Garry Roberts and friends for being such awesome people, from Tommy & Susan, Drew, Jed, Chase, Barry, Mark, and myself. We'll see you all again real soon.

So wrapping it up, I'm truly sad that we're closing the book on this trip but all good things must come to an end. Tomorrow morning is a special time as we motor up thru San Diego Bay, empty the fish wells, and get to see the look of bewilderment as our passengers take a look at their catch from the trip. After 9 days aboard, time flies with the fun and people forget about the truly stellar catch we're bringing back to San Diego. Tomorrow is the reminder that we had phenomenal catching. Our ETA is scheduled for 7:00 am tomorrow and we'll chat with you again when the time arrives. Take care everyone and we hope you have a great start to your weekends.

Hi friends. Our weather got a little bit better throughout the duration of the night and currently our weather as of now is just some breeze with a light sea state. We kept on motoring up the line today and found ourselves at our familiar yellowtail spot to do a little fishing for some cows before calling it a trip. The afternoon bite or lack there of didn't really materialize but we gave it a good shot up until dinner time. We managed to capture a few nice one and some calicos in absolutely pristine weather but the hot bite here was nonexistent. Back to the weather, it honestly seems like with the exception of the days traveling down that we haven't had a nice weather day the entire trip. Bottom line, we were ecstatic to be out of the weather and it was a nice day for "change of pace" fishing. What I mean by that is for the past 5 days we've been doing some hardcore angling for large tuna and wahoo so to just wet a line and not worry about making a huge catch was a breath of fresh air. We weren't worried about trying to yank on a big yellowfin or trying to catch up with a fast paced wahoo bite that gives us the adrenaline rush that we all desire. The day was reminiscent of when you're on the bicycle at the gym and you do the 2 minute cool down after the intense pedaling session is complete. This afternoon was the 2 minute cool down. Don't get me wrong, we would've loved to have pulled on some premium yellowtail's but it never happened so we took it in stride and enjoyed our last hours of fishing with our good friends. Just like when you go to the pond as a kid and hope to catch a blue-gill or something like that. Nice way to wrap this trip up that's for sure.

So we're done. We anchored up and enjoyed a tasty pork loin dinner before we pushed the throttles forward and set her on course for San Diego. We'll be traveling all day tomorrow and hopefully the weather will cooperate. The forecast looks OK, we'll see if there is any truth to that. Hopefully the weather man is wrong but in a good way. We'll check back with you tomorrow and thanks for checking in.

Good evening folks. We successfully made it through a very sloppy night of weather to arrive our destination in the early morning hours. After trolling around for a bit and with only a small handful of wahoo to show for our efforts we decided to drop anchor to get setup for tuna fishing. Not long after we got established in our spot the tuna's started to bite a little bit and this trend would continue throughout the morning. Nice grade of fish too. 40-65 lbs. with a few bigger and a few smaller to round out our already stellar catch of fish. We certainly didn't land everything we hooked and we had some real heartbreaks. Whether it was pulled hooks, chew-off's, or shark related incidents we did lose our share of fish, but that's fishing. Needless to say, we were happy with what we threw in the fish holds this morning. While doing work on the tuna the wahoo seemed to build up as the day progressed as well and we picked away at them when they rolled on through. Kind of herky-jerky fishing to be honest with you. Does one tie on a wire leader for wahoo and risk the chance of not getting a tuna bite or does one stick with straight mono and risk the chance of landing a wahoo? Either way, we still lost a lot of wahoo and when the tuna bite disappeared we pulled anchor to go take care of some wahoo fishing proper. Marauders, bombs/raiders, and wire leaders. We were ready to roll as were the wahoo and we slowly but surely put a really nice day together on the skins. A real nice grade of fish too. Definitely a few more hoo's from 40-60 lbs were captured today. Breaking it down, we had a very nice day on the skin with a nice mix of tuna to go along with it. We're happy and we couldn't have asked for a better way to end our stay down here.

When all was said and done, our wahoo honey hole had dried up and we pointed her on-course for yellowtail land to try to not only get in a few hours fishing tomorrow but also to try and avoid the weather that's forecasted. Our weather is currently OK. It could definitely be better but as long as the water pitchers are staying on the dinner table you're not going to hear too much more complaints out of us. We'll be trying for some of those premium yellowtail's to put a lid on the Garry Roberts 9 day trip. We bid you farewell, happy September, and we'll chat with you tomorrow.

Hi friends. After having the kind of day like we had yesterday, it was pretty much known by all that today was a wahoo or bust kind of day. Well, if we were going by that then today would be a bust. In reality, it wasn't but we really were hoping for a cherry on the wahoo but it never happened. Once again, we have some pretty good back-up plans and they worked out just fine for us. The morning session for us was more dorado and yellowtail, most of which we released but we did keep a couple nicer models of both as well. In the afternoon time we got on another breezer of that 18-25 lb. class of yellowfin tuna and we slowly but surely put together a nice drift on those creatures. If we really wanted to, we could've easily had all we needed on that size of fish but we obtained another cliché saying "go big or go home". In actuality, that is what we're doing for our final leg of the trip. We pointed her on course mid-afternoon to our final stop on the Garry Roberts extravaganza and we'll be looking for trophies and then going home. Currently, our weather is sloppy and serving dinner is a little bit challenging but Barry/Mark are pushing through and getting it done. Just trying to type this report is rather difficult with the weather but Paul Simon and Capt. Drew are helping me get over the hump.

So that is all. Nothing much to talk about today. Just remember, go big or go home. We'll arrive to destination "large fish" tomorrow morning in the early hours. Take care now.

P.S. I'd like to wish a happy birthday to my lovely mother Cindy. Happy Birthday Mom. Don't party too hard tonight. Also, Chase says hi Julie.

Good evening sports fans. One of the beauties about a trip of this length is that we have plenty of time to make a nice, healthy catch to bring back to San Diego for our passengers. There are times that the whole trip is just picking and scratching and by they end of the trip you have a pretty darn nice load of fish. Other times, you might not be able to provide the catch that keeps people telling stories of "you should've been here last year". Today, for whatever reason the stars aligned just right, the conditions were perfect, and we had ourselves "one of those days" - in a good way. Oh yeah.

We arrived to our destination in the morning hours to find that the wind was up and the wahoo were down. No troubles, we had a back-up plan and Plan B happened to work out just fine for us in the form of yellowtail. The yellow's we caught this morning were a solid 18 lb. average, some bigger, some smaller, all in all it was a very nice size of fish. To say we had an excellent morning on yellowtail would be putting it lightly and by no means would I be putting into true focus the action on yellowtail we enjoyed. Any way you wanted to hook em', you hooked em'. Easy fishing. To throw in some variety we managed to boat a handful of some tasty groupers and a tasty wahoo as well. Next thing you know, Barry/Mark are serving wahoo enchiladas (I'm speaking on behalf of the entire group and saying that they were money) and we were pulling anchor to concentrate solely on tuna/wahoo to finish out the day. Maybe others would be pretty content with the morning we had but we hold high standards here on the Polaris Supreme and we we're just getting warmed up.

Once we set out the trollers, part II commenced as we motored around the shallows looking for the elusive wahoo and to be honest with you, they remained elusive this day. It's OK, the dorado kept us busy throughout the afternoon and when they ran their course, we decided it was time to focus on some tuna. It didn't take us long to locate a nice breezer and the first few baits to hit the water resulted in immediate yellowfin tuna boils. Next thing you know, we're on. The entire boat was bent and the pandemonium ensued. Classic run and gun fishing on 18-25 tuna was the M.O. for the remainder of our afternoon with a sprinkling of dorado to keep the action steady. We did a lot of catching today but we also did a lot of releasing as well. The juvenile fish were let go to grow and when certain angler quotas were met, we released some very healthy fish back to their habitats. I'd be fairly right on by saying we released half of what we caught today, no doubt in my mind. To round out our already epic day, the dorado decided to let themselves be known once more and we had a nice little sun downer on the flat's with a couple nice bull's coming over the rail. Cherry on the sundae. You can't beat the day that we had. If you want to get nit-picky, we could've had a bunch more wahoo today but why would you with a day like we had. Anyhow, we need to have something to do for tomorrow. Wahoo or not, we had an excellent day today, period.

One can admire everyone's attitude towards scratch fishing and lousy weather but when you have great fishing and good weather, people's true personalities come out and it just makes for a very fun, enjoyable day of fishing. Needless to say, the gang couldn't be happier at the moment and our plan for tomorrow is to remain here to target some more tuna and hopefully get a whack at those wahoo. We're hoping for some pargo to spice things up tonight but nobody in their right minds has left there staterooms to try. Can't blame them. They did a lot of work today and we're all in need of some recovery time. On that note, I'm going to recover myself. Chat with y'all tomorrow. We're out.

P.S. Discovery Channel moment of the day: We saw a whale shark on multiple occasions. How cool is that? Talk about a massive creature, very humbling to see such a massive body right next to a 90 foot boat. I love my job. Later.

Hi friends. I'm going to be blunt with you guys. Things didn't quite work out like we had hoped for today. With the decent sign of fish we saw yesterday we never in our wildest dreams would've thought today would've ended up like it did. But, if there is one guarantee in fishing it's that things are guaranteed to change...and they did. We awoke this morning to find that the weather also did a complete 180 from yesterday with a stiff breeze and a following swell to go along with it. We saw sign right from the get-go when we began fishing and first thing this morning we boated a couple nice tuna in the 50 lb. class. Then all of a sudden, it died. No sign whatsoever. Where they went, we don't know. They're probably just down with the weather up, that's our best guess. We did scratch up a couple handfuls of wahoo this morning and a couple of anglers landed their first ever skin (congrats) but all in all, it wasn't enough to keep us around to finish out the day. Right around lunch time we decided to point the bow towards greener pastures (hopefully) and give this place a day or so to regroup not only fish-wise but weather-wise as well. On our travels today, we came across a few kelp patties that were either holding "fly-swatter" dorado's or nothing at all. Our weather is a tad bit rolly but it's definitely manageable. We'll be at our next destination tomorrow morning and we'll take it from there. Enjoy your Sunday and we'll chat with you tomorrow.

On a sad note, on August 28th, 2010 Capt. Drew unintentionally parted ways with his lucky dykes and he asked me to say a few words for our fallen brother. All I'd like say is you became not only a dear friend to all of us on-board but also a part of our family here on the Polaris Supreme. You worked hard and for that I say this, good-night sweet prince.

On a lighter note, that local fishing took on a new story-line. Small bluefin are starting to bite as well as some 35-50 lb. yellowfin tuna. Just give Susan a call already at 619 390 7890 and ask her about our Labor Day 3 day trip. Take care folks.

Good evening. Now that things have settled down here I have time to fill you guys in on our day. We arrived to our destination in the late morning time and we immediately began dragging the jigs it didn't take long for a couple of wahoo to find themselves on the wrong end of those jigs. We bombarded them with the usual barrage of jigs, bombs, and bait rigs and all the fancy gear we threw at them didn't matter this morning. The wahoo weren't in the biting mood early today but the small dorado sure did enjoy everything we threw at them. We tagged a few of them and took a few for the galley but we released the majority of them. Anyhow, after patrolling the area for wahoo and coming up short we decided to get the anchor down and do some tuna fishing. Right out of the gate, it was on. If you could get a bait to swim away from the boat you were tugging on a tuna. One problem, they were footballs (12 lbs. or less). We applied the same practice on the tuna that we did with the dorado. Sashimi, poki, and ceviche will be had for afternoon snacks in the very near future. We did happen to find a few of those nicer tuna swimming around and I'd have to say our hook to land ratio was pretty good. We didn't set any records today on our count but we had a nice start to our trip on 40-70 lb. Yellowfin tuna.

So the tuna thing fizzled out in the afternoon and we busted a move around the ridge on the hunt for wahoo. Problem was, those pesky dorado found us again. Kind of frustrating to be honest with you. We kept at it with the trolling jigs and we finally got rewarded with a couple nice "bingos" on wahoo in the late afternoon time. Our last stop of the day was pure mayhem. Fast-paced wahoo action is chaos to begin with, now add in the factor of the dark of night, what a circus. I mean that in a good way though, it really keeps not only us crew members on our toes but our anglers as well. It was somewhat of a challenge at times to keep track of things but we were all plenty ready for the task. Bring it on. We ended our day with a nice deck load of wahoo's and we're currently anchored up with the hopes of a nighttime yellowtail bite (here we go again). We'll see what gathers up underneath us tonight and we'll be at it first thing tomorrow morning. With day 1 in the books, we're anticipating an even better day manana. On that note, we're tired, we're hungry, we're out. Take care.

P.S. Couple things here gang. First off, Hurricane Frank is no longer a hurricane, it's a tropical depression and it in no way has had any affect on us whatsoever. It never did to begin with. End of story. We're all good. Also, the boats fishing yellowfin closer to home once again had a very good day on 15-25 lb. fish. Just reminding you to give Susan a call about our Sept. 4-7 trip and come join us for some late season tuna action.

Good evening folks. Today was a standard travel day for us on the Polaris Supreme. After breakfast we had a full in-depth tackle seminar on the various types of fishing we'll be employing on this 9 day trip. Trolling for Wahoo, jig fishing for Wahoo, bait fishing for Wahoo/Tuna, and kite fishing were all explained in detail and tomorrow we will be testing our anglers on everything they've learned. Other than that, the gang rigged tackle, made wahoo leaders, took naps, or just lounged around and enjoyed a lovely day rolling down swell in super weather. As for the crew, we completed some miscellaneous maintenance jobs as well as make sure our wahoo/tuna tackle were in tip-top condition. Standard travel day. Just a laid back, relaxing day to get us prepared for the next few days of fishing. Reports sound encouraging from the area so we're ready to get on down there and get at em'. We should arrive at our destination tomorrow morning sometime. In the meantime, we've got turkey on the brain and Barry/Mark vow not to disappoint. Thanksgiving in August. Sweet. Chat with you tomorrow.

P.S. A few of the boats in 3 day range are starting to really put some scores together on Yellowfin tuna 16-25 lbs. It sounds like scores range from 50-100 fish per boat. Just a friendly reminder that we have a 3 day trip leaving Sept. 4th returning September 7th. Maybe this fish is starting to get settled back in and we can enjoy some good late summer/early fall fishing. Give Susan a call to book a spot at (619) 390 - 7890.

Hi friends. We arrived back to Fisherman's Landing this morning at 7:30, a little later than our expected ETA due to the weather but we made it. We began the task of unloading the beautiful catch of yellowtail that Joe Beck and friends captured and all were amazed by the display of toads wheeled up to the scales this morning. You couldn't ask for not only better quality but better quantity of yellows that we brought home with us, it was just a stellar trip, plain and simple. Oh by the way, Greg Dewitt's white seabass weighed in at 57 lbs. with some of the belly missing due to "seal interaction". Congratulations Greg, some people fish for seabass exclusively and have never caught a toad like that one. Our thanks goes out to Joe Beck and the gang for being such a pleasure to have on-board and to the entire group, we'll see you again real soon.

So today we departed on the infamous Garry Roberts 9 day extravaganza with a whole bunch of familiar faces joining Garry and ourselves for a good time. We're pretty happy with our load of bait and we're currently very happy with our weather as well. On a side note, this trip means a couple of different things for us crew-members on the Polaris Supreme. It means not only the half-way point of the 2010 season but it also means the beginning of our transition from our Summer 3-5 day trips into our late Summer/early Fall 7-10 day trips. The places that we would normally stop and fish in the previous months are merely travel points to let us know how much further we still have to go to points south. A thought process transition from Albacore, Bluefin, Yellowtail are now thoughts of big Yellowfin Tuna, Wahoo, and Dorado corroding our fish holds. The trolling feathers are stowed away and the big Marauders are ready to be set back into the wake. It's definitely a special time of the year and we welcome the change with open arms. Here we go. We're fired up, to say the least.

Enough gab for one day, we'll report to you tomorrow and let you know about all the fun one can have on a travel day aboard the Polaris Supreme. Take care.

Friends, I have some excellent news. WE CAUGHT A WHITE SEABASS...FINALLY! I was beginning to think that these fish where just some urban legend or a figment of our imaginations. Anyhow, we arrived to the spot at around 2:00 in the morning, dropped the anchor, and the gang got after it with various jigs and dropper loop assortments. It was that type of fishing where you just send your rig to the bottoms, cradle your rig under your arm, sip coffee and BS with the person next to you. At about 5:00 in the morning, the sun was just starting to crack when Mr. Greg Dewitt's reel started screaming. After wraps on the propellers, wraps on the anchor chain, and a fight with a seal, we successfully boated the beast. Sweet, estimated weight is around 45 lbs. or so. A beautiful fish and congrats to Greg. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. A little after that, Kub Ito hooked one but when we boated the fish, a groan of disappointment rang out as all Kub did was catch a 25 lb. Yellowtail. It must've been a great trip if we're bummed about catching another quality yellowtail.

So that was our morning. A Yellowtail and a white seabass for a couple hours in the morning light and after that we called it a trip. Our weather is very nice and our ETA tomorrow morning is 7:00 am. Thanks for checking in and look for the trip wrap-up report tomorrow. Take care.

Hi everyone. Today was our final day down here at Cedros Island and we couldn't have scripted a better way to finish our trip. Standard morning routine for us - catch mackerel, immediately send them back where they came from on dropper loop rigs, catch big yellowtail, take pictures. Mission accomplished, on to the next spot. We motored around a bit and we weren't all that flattered with what we saw so we made a U-turn and decided to give one last spot a little more of a thorough investigation. Going about this particular spot with a fine-tooth comb, we stumbled upon what looked to be a very fishy looking area and man did it look good. We initially drifted along the ridge and hooked a couple but after awhile it was apparent that these fish were content with their surroundings so we dropped the anchor to stay right there with them. It didn't take these fish long to get comfortable with us there and it didn't take us long to get down to business on these brutes. We stayed very busy from about 10:00 in the morning all the way until about 2:00 in the afternoon when things died down. Preferred method to capture these cow yellow's was a fly-lined sardine for sure. The one negative from this whole thing was the lack of surface iron action. It would be one thing if 30-40 lb. yellows weren't boiling everywhere around the boat but they were and they didn't eat the surface jigs too well. Oh well, we'll take em' any way we can get em'. The few we did hook on the surface jigs was the highlight of the spot. Watching multiple 30lb yellowtail fighting for your jig and then finally inhaling it is one of the most exciting feelings in fishing, no question. Chef David has a new appreciation for not only surface iron yellowtail fishing but also for a 9'3" Ulua rod. You know it's good fishing when you're hooking and handing off yellowtail to your chef because everyone else has a fish on. Priceless, he caught a very nice fish as did all of our anglers today. Just an epic day of fishing and I'll be writing about this day in my personal log book for sure. A+ fishing, A+ weather, thanks Yellowtail Land, we're out.

We're currently heading up the line in and we're rockin' and rollin'. Not fun. Anyhow, we're going after the elusive Seabass in the morning time and then we'll be putting a lid on our final Summer 5 day trip of 2010. Thanks for checking in, talk with you tomorrow.

Well friends, I could keep this report very short and tell you to just read our previous twenty fishing reports from down here at the Yellowtail grounds but that wouldn't be fair to all you readers out there. Maybe I'm just trying to glorify my reports in some way but I do feel the urge to give you the "broken record" report. If you just want the meat and potatoes report, here it is. We once again had excellent fishing on quality Yellowtail today and once again had very nice weather to boot. If you want the juicy details, please read on.

The morning bite on bait/yellow's wasn't too hot but we did do enough damage on both species to keep us busy in the morning. All the fish we hooked on the mackerel were lunkers but like I said, it wasn't really anything to set the world on fire. So we began searching around various spots just after breakfast and it took us a little time to find what we were looking for. To end the suspense, we found what we were looking for and we ended up putting a nice afternoon together on 15-22 lb. Yellowtail. Any type of outfit worked well to capture these specimens but what was great about today more-so than previous days was the surface iron action that we enjoyed. Always a blast watching big yellows chase the jigs up on the surface. Basically, we could've clobbered that grade of fish but we what we really wanted to do was to get in position to be pulling on some premiums' for the rest of the day. To be honest with you, we're kind of still waiting for that to happen but it actually did give us some time to concentrate on catching some more mackerel to add to our arsenal. Blessing in disguise I guess. Bottom line, we had a fun day in the sun pulling on Yellowtail. Not a bad sounding broken record right? Good yellowtail fishing, good weather, good yellowtail fishing, good weather. You get the deal. Music to our ears that's for sure.

We'll be here tomorrow for one final day and it's trophies or bust. Take care now.

Good evening friends and happy Sunday to you back home. How did we spend our Sunday you ask? Well, we awoke this morning to find that the dirty, cold water we have been traveling through the past few trips was now clean, blue, and warm water. Encouraging, but we did not see nor hook anything noteworthy so we continued on our course for an afternoon/evening Yellowtail bite. We arrived at our first destination shortly after lunch, picked our spot, and tossed some lines in the water. The Yellow's didn't take long to locate our offerings and we enjoyed steady action of those critters for a while. The grade was mixed up but for the most part they were 18-24 lb. fish. We hooked a few smaller ones but we released them back to freedom and took great satisfaction in doing so. The Yella's bit fly-lined sardines best but it seemed like the better grade of fish came on the yo-yo jigs. After a few hours of keeping 1-5 hooked, things dried up so we made a move to another location and got setup a little before the sun went down. We'll call this particular location "Big Fish" and the Yellowtail which make their home here were just that, big fish. We ended our day catching a box-full of those premiums and also ended our day catching some mackerel to use for bait. We're hoping this trend continues throughout the dark because the mackerel have been the key bait to have when attempting to capture these bruisers. So all in all, we had a very productive day and we'll be giving this a full days effort tomorrow. Hammer time.

Our game plan for the night/early morning is simple. Catch mackerel , catch Yellowtail, and catch White Seabass (Please, please, please). Pretty simple, we don't like to complicate things too much here on the Polaris Supreme. So there you go. Our weather is gorgeous as can be and we'll be reporting back to you tomorrow evening. Wish us luck.

Good day folks. This morning we tied up at 5:30 am at Fisherman's Landing, said our farewell's to the Blue & White gang, and welcomed aboard Mr. Joe Beck and the fine crew he has assembled for this 5 day voyage. Joe will be filling in for Mr. Bob Vance as charter-master and we'd like to say hello to Bob and wish him well from all of us here on the Supreme. Anyhow, we did our lightning quick turnaround once again, left the dock at 9:10 am, and cleared Point Loma at about 10:15 with a decent load of bait and an eager group of anglers. The weather is super and we'll be reporting back to you tomorrow evening with tales from our first day of fishing. The game plan is still the same. Get down to the Yellowtail grounds and do work on those beauties for a couple days. That's our plan and we'll see how things unfold. Enjoy your weekend and have a lovely rest of your day.

P.S. Tommy asked for me to relay this to anyone who'll be riding the boat this year. We've recently discovered this amazing device called a camera and the majesty it has bestowed upon us has been quite entertaining for us on-board. What I'm getting at is that with all of these pictures we have been taking and putting on the website some photos that haven't made it onto the website are just sitting in our computer. Tommy says that if you would like all of the photos we take on your particular trip, bring with you a 1 MB "SD Disk" and at the end of the trip we will copy/paste the photos from our computer onto your disk for you to enjoy at home. Thanks.

Hi friends. We didn't make too good of speed running up the line last evening so we weren't able to spend our last couple hours trying to catch a Halibut and/or a Seabass. All we did today was enjoy a nice day of travel relaxing, napping, or watch DVD's. The evening's final meal (Fillet Mignon & Lobster) was a hit as usual as was the bottles of wine and the photo slide show of the trip. Thank you to Mr. Robin Gledhill and his entire cast of fine gentlemen for once again choosing the Polaris Supreme as their operation for enjoying 4 days of fishing, fun, and camaraderie. We'll see you guys next year.

Our weather for the moment is fine. Not a whole lot of wind but there is a little bit of a swell that rolls us around every so often. We're currently making proper speed and we'll be at the docks tomorrow morning at promptly 5:30 am. Thanks for checking in and have a great night.

Good evening everyone. Our first full day down here got started not-so-bright and very early with the boys trying to snag some greenies to use on dropper loop rigs. We caught a few, immediately sent them right back where they came from, and proceeded to instantly hook large Yellowtail. We continued to follow this program until we ran out of mackerel but we still had plenty of sardines/surface jigs to throw at em' and we had no problem hooking large Yellow's on those as well. All the fish we caught this morning were "premiums" with the smallest one being about 28 lbs. It was a fine pace to work with as we would keep 1-4 going at all times. The breaking fish 360 degrees around the boat would suggest that it would be wide open "all hands (Barry & Schooler) on deck" type action but like I said, we were just fine with the steady action they provided to us here on the Supreme. Things started fading out towards lunch time so we decided to look elsewhere and it didn't take us too long to locate some more fish. We tried some anchor jobs, made some drifts, and added a few more of that stock (14-20 lbers) grade to our day's tally, at least what we could get past the seals. Rather annoying to deal with but all in all, we are very happy with our day. Today's mix of fish was more like 70/30 trophies to school-size fish and today's mix of weather was 100/0 warm, breeze-less sunshine to cool, breezy cloud cover. Sweet.

So we closed the book on another stellar stay down here at the ole' Yellowtail grounds and we're making our way up the line to spend a couple hours in the morning trying for Halibut before we have to race for home. So that's our plan and hopefully everything works out. The guys are all in excellent spirits and everyone's looking forward to a good night's rest. We'll report back to you tomorrow and from all here on the Polaris Supreme, enjoy your Friday. We're out.

Good evening friends. Our first full day aboard the Polaris Supreme on Robin Gledhill's Blue & White charter was no different from our past few trips. We traveled throughout the night in A+ weather and awoke this morning to the same weather along with a million dollar sunrise. Standard protocol for our passengers this morning goes as followed; Eat breakfast, finish rigging up tackle, and relax in the sunshine. Can't beat that. As for the crew, we did some routine maintenance jobs to ensure that the Polaris Supreme is running in tip-top condition all while Chefs' David/Barry prepared a Pollo Asada feast for lunch. With lunch out of the way, the gang awaited with anticipation to do battle with the mighty Yellowtail.

Arriving to the spot right at 12:30 this afternoon, we found the conditions were not the most prime we've seen so it was going to take some time to get things dialed in. We hit numerous breezers of Yellow's but they weren't all that cooperative so we kept on rolling to where we felt we would have the best shot at some trophies. We picked and scratched at the stock grade fish all afternoon but once the early evening time graced us, it was the big boys who came out to play. We finished our day with a nice flurry on that nicer grade of fish and we felt we put together a fine score for a half-days fishing. When it was all said and done, we had about a 50/50 mix of 14-18 lbers and 22-35 lbers. Not a bad way to start things off. To make our day just that much better, the weather was once again A+. Thanks to Robin for making sure all of us were properly hydrated and properly coated with sun block. Just another example of the gracious doings our passengers share with us here on-board the Polaris Supreme.

In closing, our plan for the future is to kick the anchor over the side tonight and try to catch some Mackerel to use for bait. Rumor has it that the "greenies" are the preferred bait of choice in this particular spot. Of course we'll be dropper loopin' for Yellow's and White Sea Bass (hopefully) while we're here and when the morning arrives, we'll go from there. Have a good night, chat with y'all tomorrow.

Good afternoon folks. Here we are. Back in the saddle departing on our 3rd annual Blue & White 4 day adventure. Our master of ceremonies this trip is none other than Mr. Robin Gledhill and once again he's put together a fine group of friends to share the rail with. Before I get ahead of myself, I'll fill you in on our morning activities.

The boat tied up at Fisherman's Landing right on schedule at 5:45 this morning and unloaded a beautiful/ bountiful catch of Yellowtail. A lot of toads were gently pulled from our RSW well and loaded gracefully into the carts. Always love seeing those beauties roll on up from the boat to the scales. Top 3 big fish honors went to Bob "Ice Cream Man" Hagan 37.8 lb. Yellowtail, Mark Miller 36.4 Yellowtail, and last but certainly not least Mike Hagan 35.6 lb. Yellowtail. Congratulations gentlemen and thanks again to Ron Heil and company for being a fine group of passengers for us to serve once again. It was and always will be our pleasure. So onto the fuel dock for a top off on fuel and a freshwater rinse, back to the dock to load groceries, and before you know it. Bam, here comes the Blue & White gang ready for 4 days of fun in the sun (hopefully). After a stop at the bait receivers for a prime load of sardines, we cleared Point Loma at 10:45 and made our way into the galley for a first since I've been on-board the Polaris Supreme - turkey burgers. Thanks to Robin for the meal request because I would've never ordered one myself. I must admit, they were pretty darn good. It goes to show that trying new things can be a wonderful surprise...sometimes.

So there you have it. We're on our way to the majestic land where big, hungry Yellowtail live to start off our trip and after that, who knows. With our quick turnaround, we got an early start and we'll arrive at our destination in the middle of the day. We are currently loving every second of our weather and we wish for it to continue for the remainder of the trip. With the bow directed towards greater points south and the breeze at our stern, we say farewell and we'll report back to you tomorrow evening.

Today was a beautiful day on the Polaris Supreme. The seas of flat calm gorgeousness were a welcoming sight after it had been blowing for the last week and a half (I'm making it sound like we have been fishing in rough weather when in reality, we've been in flat calm sun visor and jock strap weather ourselves for the last 3 days But if we were offshore, we would have been sniveling about it, believe me). It was a foggy morning. There was a boat driving around without a working radar so we had to direct him on a safe course line around a reef. For those of you boat owners at home, don't go driving around where sharp rocks stick out of the water and lots of small pangas motor around without a working radar. The thing is, when it's foggy, the rails on the Polaris Supreme and probably every other boat in the world do this thing where all the little pores in the wood (ours being teak, yeah that's right) open up as if saying "scrub me now, you won't regret it" so we took advantage and scrubbed the rails, later on we will oil those bad boys and though they looked great as was, they will look a special great now.

Other things that went on aboard this rig today were book reading, movie watching, poker playing, napping was definitely involved, conversation, we stopped and checked out a sunfish a.k.a. mola mola. He or she put on a bit of a show, he came up right next to the boat and started rubbing on the hull and stayed there doing it until we left acting just like one of those whale sharks we see down on the ridge. It must of had an itch. We drove by our good buds on the Vagabond and cheered them on while they were gettin um. Always nice to see that. Finally some good Yellowtail fishing for our 3 day boat friends.

The boat had a nice take your time scrub today along with the rails and it was a great day for detailing out that Engine Room. We're getting in early again this trip so we can have another quick turn around to get down to the zone at a descent hour the day after tomorrow. Thank you Mr. Ron Heil for bringing out another great group of anglers and making our job the enjoyable job that it is. Good fishing, good weather, and good people, what's not to love? I have to get back in O.G.F. mode again and get down there and stuff my belly with fillet, lobster and finish it off with some carrot cake.

P.S. This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.

I thought yesterday was Sunday due to the Padre game being a day game. It just made it feel like a Sunday. Anyway, after I was on this morning at 3:00 a.m. I thought we may be starting her off early with Mr. Heil losing a biggin but we never got another bite until day break. There were only two gentleman fishing in the dark but no bites until day light. Everyone else were in their staterooms dreaming of different various themes. At day light we began gettin her done. We pretty much kept at least one of those jumbo's going all morning scratching out a nice morning until around 10:00 A.M. the sea lions sort of took over and started getting more then we were so we made a move. Before, during and after lunch we had some good fishing at another spot, 1 to 3 going all the time with very occasional flurries of 6-10 fish going at a time and that kept up until around 2 when it slowed. The rest of the day we scratched on those 30-40 plus pounders until dark. All in all we had a very successful trip here and are now running up the line. We're going to hug the beach tomorrow due to the windy offshore reports and we're going to make some halibut drifts in the morning and take it from there.

Good evening folks. Well it's good morning for me. It's 3:30 in the A.M. on Sunday the 15th, but for writing purposes we'll just pretend that it's 9:30 P.M. yesterday. We never did catch any White Sea Bass or Yellows last night, lots and lots of Calicos until we made a move back to the calm waters around 1:30 A.M. Tommy put the boat on a hot spot pretty early in the morning, before dark anyway and shortly after day break we started to hook fish. We remained like that for quite some time. A comfortable pace 1 to 3 going at a time with an occasional flurry for 6 or 7 going at a time. Most of these being in the 28-35 pound range. This was all good until some time before lunch the pressure just got to great for the fish. All morning long there were boats of all shapes and sizes trolling every which direction all around the boat. That's what we're blaming the bite stopping on anyways. We tried a couple more spots, one producing 14-16 pounders and the other a few of those premiums. We took a run to the cove and found the fish there eager to climb on and in an hour or so we had another 40-50 yellows before that stopped biting. We then made a move back eventually making it to where we started in the morning and threw another 10 of those toads on before dark. No bites other then calicos until just recently charter master Ron Heil came up to the bridge where I'm typing and said he lost the biggest toad of his life. Hopefully that means another great day to come. Got to go.

There will be a slight delay on the pictures Drew promised you. Because we are trying to send a large amount and they are high resolution the servers as well as the .com's and the .net's on both ends keep dumping them. Jed and I spent the Better part of the morning while traveling down resolving the issue we hope. We wont know till we hit the dock on the 17th. Then we should have The Lets Talk Hook Up trip, The Eric Rogger Trip and this trip the Ron Heil. Which by the way is the longest running charter we have (28years). Tommy.

O.k., on with the fishing talk. We arrived to the fishing grounds a little after lunch. Chef Schooler made us a nice chicken Caesar salad for lunch so we wouldn't have one of those make you tired full bellies (I highly doubt that's what he was thinking when he decided to serve it today). We made a few drifts in the windy choppy north head of the island for just a few fish before biding it ado (I bet spell check can't figure that one out). Just a few yards from there was windless flat calm sun screen wearing weather so we decided that's the place we'll find the fish and we did. The birds were very active and when we slid up to them and stuck our heads out the window yellowtail is what we saw. We had a nice drift on those but unfortunately it was short lived. We sniffed around there for a while before getting back in the search mode and covering more water. We found a few more spots here and there fore a handful more of fish here and there and then poof, it was dark. Tommy decided to take us around to an area of the island that very rarely if ever gets fished at night to try our luck at some night time yellowtail/white sea bass fishing. We are currently on anchor having a lovely thanksgiving dinner (I know the irony of having a turkey dinner when we're trying to stay up all night catching white sea bass and yellowtail so you don't need to mention it). Check back tomorrow and I'll tell you all about our night and day at the Island.

I'd like to start off saying that I am sorry. Richie is off this trip so your stuck with me writing our daily trip reports. So here we go. We had an early wake up this morning. We arrived to Fisherman's Landing at 5:45 a.m. Shortly there after we noticed the tide was at a low. Time for a leg work out. We had a large dinner the night before, and the night before that and so on for every meal of the trip and for me, as you will shortly see in the website photos for last trip, I needed the work out. After hauling all the passengers stuff, the fish, the trash up the steep ramp and carefully bringing the carts of next trips food down the ramp (which by the way chef Schooler and I slightly lost control of and broke a dock light post, sorry Fisherman's Landing) we scooted off to the fuel dock, did our oil change, fuel filter change, fueled the boat, fixed the nick knacks, fresh water scrubbed the boat, scooted back to our slip, loaded passengers, got bait, left the channel, we put her on course for tomorrow afternoons hot fishing grounds (Yellowtail Land that is) with the annual Ron Heil 5-day charter. We are currently making good speed and the weather is behind us. We finished our fishing seminar so now we're going to eat team galleys prime rib meal and then we'll all have sweet dreams, get up in the morning and start our day. Due to the great speed we're making and our hard work for a quick turn around, we should make the fishing grounds at a very descent hour. I know I'm not Richie but I hope this was educational and entertaining anyway. Check back tomorrow for the hopefully great fishing report.

P.S. As always, we are still on operation get fat mode (OFF), even more so now thanks to Mr. Bob Hagan (A.K.A. Ice Cream Man), for bringing on two coolers full of various ice cream pints and bars of various flavors. We're hoping for that low tide once again. Not really.

Good evening friends. We had a slight change of plans from yesterday's report so instead of rolling around the offshore grounds we decided to bend a course inside towards the beach. Why the change? Simple, the weather kicked up offshore and we didn't want to subject our passengers to getting the "you know what" beaten out of them. With that said, we switched modes from offshore tuna to inshore White Sea Bass. We scanned around the various spots as we motored up the line and we saw very large schools of birds and all the life that one would associate with sea bass but the sign of sea bass was quite unflattering. Basically, the birds that were up were just flying around just to fly around. A few spots of bait were seen under them but for the most part the area was devoid of any Sea Bass life whatsoever. Kind of the story of our entire day really. It was nice to be out of the weather that's for sure and we did catch some tasty fish to top off our catch so we're taking comfort in that light. At around 5:00 pm, we gave the announcement to break down the gear as it was time to make way back to San Diego. A valiant effort was given today by the troops and we'd personally like to thank Mr. Eric Rogger for once again putting together a great trip with a great group of folks. It was our pleasure to spend these past five days with them at the rail.

So that's it. Another adventure on-board Polaris Supreme is in the books and we're currently not enjoying our ride towards San Diego. It's a little bumpy and we're taking spray over the roof but it's forecasted to come down and we already see truth in that report. As of now, we're taking her easy and taking the safest approach possible. Our ETA is scheduled for 5:45 am back at the dock as we will be turning right around to leave on another 5 day trip. This time, Mr. Ron Heil will be taking his good buddies out for some good ole' fashioned fun and we welcome them with open arms. Look for Tommy's reports to continue tomorrow. Take care and have a swell night.

Hi friends. Well, we couldn't have finished up our stay at the Yellowtail grounds any better than we did this afternoon. We started off dropper loopin' not so bright and early this morning with the hopes of catching a White Sea Bass or two but we were unsuccessful in doing so. No biggie but it would've been a nice bonus to treat our anglers to. We gave it our all and right about the time the sun started to rise we were pulling anchor and on the prowl for some more of those big homeguard Yellowtail. As we motored about, Chef Barry and Mark treated us all to Eggs Benedict and a hot cup of coffee. Those guys are very good at their jobs let me tell you. Delicious. With our breakfast settled we found our first spot of fish and the Yellows definitely had the same vibe today as they did yesterday. They ate the jigs and bait just fine and we enjoyed very steady action throughout our day. The only difference in today from yesterday was our mindset. We had one thing and one thing only on our minds and that was trophies. We weeded through the school-sized Yellow's and caught a handful of nice ones with each drift we made. We bounced from spot to spot achieving our goal of releasing all fish under 22 lbs. and keeping only the bigguns'. At one point, we even released a handful over 25 lbs. What a beautiful thing. To be honest, we could've really done a number on these things but our anglers value conservation. We took what we all needed and sent back the rest to hopefully be caught another day. I believe we successfully released 65 + Yellowtail today between 15-30 lbs and that was before lunch. Oh yeah, not only were we treated to awesome fishing but we were fortunate enough to have another beautiful day of a glass calm ocean, a light breeze, and sunshine. Needless to say, we're stoked. How could you not be?

So with all the Yellow's we need, we bid Yellowtail Heaven adu and set a course for wherever the tuna are going to bite the best. Where that is, I don't know but it'd sure be nice of them to just cut us a break and bite. Currently, our weather is not good but it's not bad. We'll take it, it's just a little bouncy and breezy for our liking. Other than that, Eric and friends are doing A OK and we're just hoping for some tuna to put a bow on this trip. Bottom of the ninth, the score is tied, two outs, let's do this.

P.S. Super crew member Chase says hi Debbie (I love you Ma) and Julie (hope you're enjoying your time in Lake Powell).

Hi friends, sorry for being late on the reports to start off this trip. During the time that I would normally sit down and write out the reports, I decided to try my best to catch a late evening/early morning White Seabass. Let me tell you, I was very successful in not hooking a single one. Anyhow, here's a rundown of our past couple days.

We awoke the morning of the 8th and decided to take a less traveled path to further points south. Now we see why more people haven't taken the path. To be brief, we didn't see a whole lot. So we arrived to the secret Yellowtail spot around 6 pm, got the anchor down, and began trying for some bruiser Yellowtail. We hooked a few and landed a few and that was our night. The morning of the 9th, we were all rested up for the big day ahead of us. We rubbed the sleep out of our eyes, enjoyed a fresh cup of coffee, and immediately got lines in the water. It didn't take long for the Yellows' to wake up either. The youngster's (15-18 lbs.) we're up and around so we welcomed them with open arms. Soon afterwards, the daddy's woke up. 20-35 lb. Yellowtail we're out and about as well. We put the 30 lb. rigs back in the racks and tossed out the 40 lb. setups necessary to land these "cow" Yellowtail's. We caught these behemoth's mostly on yo-yo jigs and surface irons to start out our day but just before lunch that action had kind of run its course. Anchored up on one particular spot in the shallows, we saw Yellow's boiling all around the boat but we weren't having much success hooking them. Light bulb. They were boiling on Sardines and we happened to have plenty of Sardines ourselves. Why not just use fly-lined Sardines? Brilliant. The first three fly-lined baits to hit the water resulted in instant hook-ups and once all anglers made the switch, it was on. Don't get me wrong, we still hooked up plenty on jigs but we stayed a little more busy into the evening time with about a 50/50 mix of baits and jigs. Catching this premium grade of Yellowtail is probably one of our favorite types of fishing especially on the surface irons. Standout of the day was Mr. Richard Wong with a 40 lb. brute he caught on a yo-yo jig. It was weighed on a hand scale so we'll have to wait until dock scales to tell the true weight. So here's the recap. Good fishing on quality Yellowtail, A+ weather/scenery, and one tired group of happy folks. Stellar day.

What's next for us here on the mighty Polaris Supreme? We will be making a move tonight to hopefully get some shots at the elusive White Seabass. A few have been caught around these parts recently and one boat really did a number on em' a few days back. So with that said, we'll try our hand Seabassin' and once the sun comes up we'll be looking for a few more of those BIG Yellowtail to finish up our stay at Yellowtail Land. Wish us luck and have a great day. We're out.

Good evening gang, we're off once again on the hunt for any/all game-fish that we might come across in the upcoming days. Before I jump ahead of myself, we arrived this morning at 7:30 am to the dock, did the unloading procedures, refueled, and reloaded for our next 5 day adventure. Mr. Eric Rogger will be the Master of Ceremonies for the next 5 days and he brought along the usual suspects with him. With a fine group of familiar faces on-board, we departed Fisherman's Landing around 11:30 am. We loaded up with some medium to large sardines, ate Teriyaki Chicken sandwiches on a Ciabatta bun (so good), and rigged up tackle with various hooks and jigs. Afterwards, the group either took naps, read books, or played a friendly game of cards. Our current game plan is no different from the past few trips. We will be offshore tomorrow hot on the tracks for those Albacore, Bluefin, and Yellowfin Tuna and maybe, just maybe, they'll want to come out and play a little bit. If that doesn't pan out, off to the Yellowtail grounds for hopefully some more of those tasty critters. Eric and crew have that look in their eyes and they mean business. They're ready to pull on some fish that's for sure.

In closing, we're all stuffed from the standard departure dinner of hearty Prime Rib cuts and our beauty rest is next on the agenda. Our weather couldn't be better for the moment. The seas are calm as can be with a light breeze following along. So here we go. Great group of passengers - check. Healthy bait - check. Tackle ready to go - check. Lots of Tuna/Yellowtail/Dorado/White Seabass in our fish holds...to be continued.

Well, our morning didn't get off to quite the start we would've liked it to. To start things off, our weather traveling up last night was rather uncomfortable. We bounced around quite a bit but we made it to the grounds to find the weather was starting to get on the downhill swing. We like that. It seemed to subside throughout the day and currently our weather traveling home is quite enjoyable. Just to give you an idea of how our morning went, while filling the bait tank receivers with bait, greenhorn Chase unintentionally decided to get a closer look on the health of the center tank. Yep, he fell in, all the way to his chest. Luckily, the bait/Chase survived, but his pride definitely took a slam. Basically, it was a tough day of fishing for us today. We still see the fish scattered about but they were extremely reluctant to bite any bait with a hook attached to it. Our group hung tough today and we appreciate their good attitudes and their understanding of fishing. Sometimes they bite, sometimes they don't. That's fishing.

Around noon, we called it a trip, broke down tackle, scrubbed the boat, and rushed the galley for one of our personal favorite lunches of fresh Yellowtail tacos. If there weren't any nutritional consequence to it, I'd probably eat a dozen of them. Thanks to crew member Mark's son Chase Clark for donating a couple of his Yellowtail he caught yesterday. Also, thank you to "Rent Rod" Ryan Christianson of Let's Talk Hook Up for putting together a fine group of folks and for giving away some great gifts. Our thanks also goes out to Sammy Samuelson of Be the Fish Gear for all the shirts/hats/coolie cups he passed out this trip. Like I stated earlier, our weather is much more comfortable this evening and we should make our ETA of 7:00 tomorrow morning. We'll check back in tomorrow as we embark on a 5 day expedition with Mr. Eric Rogger and his closest amigos. Take care.

Good evening friends, here is a recap of our day. We arrived to the Yellowtail grounds a little after the gang finished up a tasty Eggs Benedict breakfast to find that things had changed from our previous days down here. We figured out quickly that it wasn't going to be as simple as it had been. Relying on our local knowledge of our surroundings, we dropped anchor at the super secret spot, tossed out some baits, and bingo. We were on. It wasn't full speed "all hands (Barry) on deck" action but it was a very nice pace on very nice quality game fish. The Yellowtail we captured today were a solid 18-30 lb. grade. Some bigger, some smaller. Bottom line, beautiful Yellowtail's are currently chilling in our 30 degree RSW tank. The only negative to our day was the howling wind that greeted us first thing this morning and never left us. If anyone has a good cure for wind burn, please give Susan a call so she can relay that valuable piece of information to all on-board. I'm not the only one who could use a remedy that's for sure. Other than the wind machine being dialed in to high, the day was a great success and our anglers are smiling ear to ear. Mostly it was the stellar fishing we had today but I'm sure Schooler's BBQ Baby Back rib dinner has something to do with it as well. This goes without saying but I'll say it anyways, we are all very happy campers.

With our fill of premium Yellow's, we're back on course to the offshore grounds in search of Albacore, Bluefin, and Yellowfin Tuna. The weather conditions haven't made for the best speed out there but we'll definitely be there in the morning hours. On a side note, a certain "somebody" with a Godfather like persona has told us that and I quote, " we will catch 100 Albacore tomorrow." We hope he's right. So on that note, we plan on catching 100 Albacore for our final day of fishing. We'll fill you in tomorrow and wish us the best.

Well, the rabbits feet rubbing and dancing we did last night didn't quite work out. Today, it was the same ole' song and dance from the tuna zone. After seeing good tuna life early this morning, we decided to shut her down short of our targeted way-point, drift, and see what would gather up under the boat before the sun rose. Nothing materialized, so off we went back to our intended destination. The morning time was frustrating as we really didn't see a whole lot of anything. It took us a while to get them located but once we did we were reminded of how mysterious these specimens truly are. We saw school after school after school and we feel somewhat slighted by our total for the day. I know one thing, we definitely want to be around when these things decide to bite. Why they aren't biting, who knows, but that's what makes this whole scenario so intriguing and keeps us coming back year after year in hopes of figuring these rascals out. One thing that we did notice today was the amount of Albacore seen. In the past few days, most of the tuna we've been seeing on the machines have been schools of Bluefin/Yellowfin with a scattering of Albacore. Today, us and the 3 other boats in the area saw many, many schools of straight longfins. So we're pretty stoked on that fact but once again, we're left scratching our heads on why the tuna aren't cooperating. Enough rambling, to sum it up, we saw huge masses of Albacore today and many of them are still around to swim another day.

Nightfall has arrived and we are on our way south to visit the Yellowtail mecca that has been so kind to us recently. Let's hope the trend continues. Our anglers dined on Chef Schooler's Seafood Alfredo dinner while Sammy from Be The Fish Clothing handed out shirts and hats to everyone. Thanks Sammy. We also sang happy birthday to A+ crewmember Jed Scott. So that was a recap of our day, Our weather is decent and we're looking forward to a fun-filled day of Yellowtail action tomorrow. Wish us luck and we'll report back to you tomorrow evening. Good night.

P.S. National Geographic moment of the day. We spotted a turtle with bait splashing all around it and when we rolled up on it we saw dozens of baits attempting to jump on its back for safety. One succeeded in doing so and just when you thought he was safe, an Albacore followed suit and ate the bait right off the turtles back, resembling a human eating from a plate. Pretty cool if you ask me. You never know what you're going to see out here.

Good evening friends. Did the ol' quick turnaround this morning, After arriving back at the dock at 7:00 am, we unloaded our passengers, their gear, their fish, and said our goodbye's to Tom Chaparro and friends. A lot of beautiful fish were loaded into the carts and we'd like to thank Tom for putting together another fine trip in 2010. See ya'll next year. In the blink of an eye, we were on our way to the bait receivers at 11:00 am with Ryan Christianson and the Let's Talk Hook Up gang. We took on a gorgeous load of premium sardines, ate lunch, and accomplished the various chores for a departure day onboard Polaris Supreme. Ryan also gave away some goodies to everyone on board including shirts, hats, jigs, and other gifts. With that said, we're all rigged up and ready to roll. As for tomorrow, we will be digging around the tuna grounds with the hopes of striking gold. Reports are the same from the tuna area today as they were yesterday. HUGE amounts of fish with just a handful of fish to show for the boats in the area. Maybe tomorrow will be the day these fish start snappin', maybe it won't. Nonetheless, we'll be there. All of the crewmembers in the wheelhouse are currently rubbing rabbits feet and doing spiritual dances just for a little extra luck. Hopefully, our efforts won't be wasted and the fish will bite well for us. Knock on wood.

In closing, it's a beautiful night on the Eastern Pacific and we're all ready for a good night's sleep. Our weather? A cool night's breeze with just enough swell to rock us to sleep. I could get very technical with how our weather is right now but I'll keep it simple, it's very nice. We'll chat with you fine folks tomorrow. Sweet dreams. Here we go...

Good afternoon folks. Our final day of the 2010 Chaparro/Stern Hogs 5 day was spent in the offshore tuna zone and after yesterdays showing of fish, we were anxious to get up and at em'. Well we got up, and we got at em', but the tuna must've woken up on the wrong side of the bed today because today wasn't the same as yesterday. Typical for the tuna fishing this year so far. Maybe they'll snap out of it one day and get with the program. Enough about them, here's what's up with us. To start things off, the weather kicked up a little bit this morning. Bummer. 15 knots of breeze and a short swell made looking conditions a little tougher than normal. Plenty workable but the white caps did make the ocean challenging to look at through the binoculars. At least it's sunny. Anyhow, the fishing was scratchy but it wasn't for a lack of effort on our parts. We managed to troll up some Yellowfin in the 25 lb. range and a sprinkling of those "fatso" Albacore for our morning. We're under the assumption that these fish are weather sensitive and things will pick back up in time.

At noon, we called it a trip and are rolling on up the line in OK weather. To reassure everyone on the fishing, fear not friends. There are still a lot of fish around and they are just down, not out. The couple of boats still in the area are still picking away at em' as we speak. Our scheduled ETA to Fisherman's Landing is tomorrow morning at 7:00 am. Capt. Drew Henderson will be back at the helm as we embark on our Let's Talk Hook-Up 4 day extravaganza. Thanks for checking in. Look for Drew's reports to continue tomorrow. Take care.

Greetings friends and a happy August to all of you. Let me start off by saying that I'm typing out this report and with a quick glance over to the fathometer, it's showing tuna from 6 fathoms (36 feet) all the way down to 20 fathoms (120 feet) solid under the boat. Oh yeah. Anyhow, we arrived to the offshore grounds this morning with the anticipation to that of a kid on Christmas Eve. In this case, Santa did not disappoint. In the morning time we had some steady action on the Albacore that have been so evasive to us in recent days. I'll say one thing, these fish have been eating well since we last saw them. The grade of fish today was at a premium. I'm sure we'll have a few in the high 30's/low 40's once we weigh them back in San Diego. Quality Albacore make the world a better place for sure. To throw in some color to our morning catch of longfins, we also captured a couple Bluefin and some Yellowfin Tuna. Things slowed down around lunch but picked back up again shortly there after. When I say picked up, I mean the ocean floated. Now we didn't set the world on fire with our numbers in the afternoon, but we did enjoy viewing the spectacular showing of surface feeding action that these Albacore provided for us. All things said, we had a very productive day of fishing. We caught fish a quite few different ways today. Jig strikes, meter/sonar marks, bird schools, breezers, and puddlers. Heck, we even had a couple friendly whales drop some fish off for us to catch. Thanks to them for that. Basically, the ocean was alive today and we would be fools not to throw out the sea anchor, drift for the night, and try this again tomorrow. Hopefully we can finish this trip up with a bang for our final day. As for our weather, it could be better, it could be worse. A small swell and a little bit of breeze throughout the day but it seemed like it came down a little as the day progressed. Stay tuned for our wrap up report tomorrow and have a splendid night. We're out.

Hola amigos, I'm sorry for sounding like a broken record from our past few trips but the Yellowtail fishing was once again stellar for us today. Team Chaparro (minus Mary. We miss you.) and the Stern Hogs enjoyed very good fishing on a fine grade of fish. It started off anchored up in the morning light for some better grade yellows in the 18-30 lb. range. I know I speak for the entire crew when I say that we NEVER get tired of seeing big, beautiful Yellowtail come aboard. Once our honey hole dried up, we motored around for a bit looking for a little more substance. It didn't take long for us to locate the "substance" and the gang pulled on yellows for the rest of the day. Back to the size of the fish, today's grade was a notch above what we had been catching down here. 15-22 lbs. would be my estimation. We'll see at the dock scales. Nonetheless, great fishing, great weather, great friends, great times. Enough said. As if we weren't pumped up enough from our day, the reports of Albacore have been handed down from the fleet so you know where we'll be. That's right, offshore for tomorrow with a score to settle with the tuna fish that have been giving us fits the past couple of trips. Currently, the weather is calm and we're all taking full advantage of the travel time to catch up on some sleep and rest sore muscles. We'll report back tomorrow. Good night now.

Good evening everyone. Today was spent offshore in the hopes of connecting with some tuna. In the morning time we located a very impressive school of Albacore and Bluefin but we only captured a couple of longfins for our efforts. We spent some time following the school around with the hopes that the bite switch would flip to on, but it never happened, so we continued making our way down to get setup for night time Yellowtail bite. Arriving at our destination just after dinner, which was a tasty tribute to a Thanksgiving Day feast, the gang got after it with the dropper loops. We fished hard from the time we dropped anchor until around midnight when the bite completely shut off. Although the quality of fish was excellent, the pace wasn't quite fast enough for us, so we sent the troops to bed, pulled anchor, and are currently en route to our next stop on the tour. Tomorrow's activities include pulling on Yellowtail all day, soaking up some sunshine, and having a little fun while we're at it. Wish us luck and have a fantastic night.

Good day friends. We arrived this morning at Fisherman's Landing around 7:00 am and unloaded our Southern California Tuna Club members and their fine catch of Albacore, Bluefin tuna, and Yellowtail. We said farewell to the gang and began our standard turn-around routine. Fuel, oil/fuel filters, oil, boat scrub, fresh linens, fresh groceries, you get the idea. Once all was said and done, we loaded Mr. Tom Chaparro and 17 of his closest friends for their annual limited load 5 day expedition. After a quick stop at the bait receivers to top off our bait supply, we began listening to the reports from various areas as the gang enjoyed lunch and rigged tackle. As of now, we don't know where we'll be starting off tomorrow, but there is still a lot of time left in the day to decide. For now, we'll just take it easy and see what the rest of the afternoon/evening reports will tell. The weather for our current course is very pleasant for the moment. Great weather for taking a good book and a beverage on up to the sun deck for a little R & R. Anyhow, we'll be checking back in tomorrow, hopefully with the report will read something like "we were very busy today and our anglers have sore arms from pulling on fish all day". We will see. Take care now.

Good evening to all. Today was our final day of our SoCal Tuna Club 5 day trip and there was only one thing on our minds...Albacore. As of now, Albacore are still on our minds because we didn't quite connect with what we had hoped for. We had a few stops throughout the day that made our day not all for lost, but overall it was a slow day. Everyone in the zone were concentrated on a tiny little area with the hopes that the late afternoon float would be grand. The float, or lack there of, was definitely not grand. Although we did see a couple massive schools of Albacore late in the day, we never saw the whites of their eyes. No boils, no hookups, no go. Encouraging to see such a nice volume of fish but discouraging to not get any response whatsoever. Scores for the day varied and we were smack dab right in the middle. Let my clarify, it wasn't like some guys clobbered them and some guys didn't. It was a slow day of fishing for all the boats down here and the numbers weren't so great. Needless to say, we feel very fortunate to have caught what we caught. At dark, we called it a trip and began heading for the barn. The best bite of the day was in the galley for sure. Our traditional final night feast of filet and lobster dinner was enjoyed by all. Our thanks goes out to our fine passengers today for always being on call to throw a bait in the water and keeping a good attitude towards the day. We'll be arriving tomorrow morning around 7:00 am to unload, refuel, resupply, reload and do it all over again with Tom Chaparro and the Stern Hogs. Thanks for checking in. Have a pleasant evening.

Howdy gang. Today's day from the offshore grounds was nothing to write home about but we're going to do it anyways. The numbers weren't the greatest but we sure did see a lot of life in the area. Birds picking on the bait from the surface and Bluefin tuna attacking from the bottom. We saw tons of fish and only managed to capture a handful. If this stuff decides to get on the bite, it's going to be a lot of fun for us. For now, we'll just keep our fingers crossed until then. We'll be finishing off our trip on the hunt for Albacore for our last day. Our weather is improving as we speak and we're currently enjoying a nice ride. Wishing you all the best and hopefully you're doing the same for us.

Good evening friends. Here's a rundown of our adventures to "Yellowtail Land" for the 25th / 26th of July. We arrived to our first destination just after dinner and began the dropper loop assault. Well, it wasn't quite an assault, but we did manage 7 quality yellowtail between 25-30 lbs. The gang fished hard throughout the night but sleep ultimately was needed, so we made the decision to bust a move and start off elsewhere in the morning. The morning time brought us cloud cover and breeze. Not bad by any means, but it was a little cold for my liking. Anyways, what was not cold was the fishing we enjoyed for the next few hours. Steady drift fishing for yellowtail in the 14-20 lb. range and that was before we decided to drop anchor. After we came tight on the anchor, it was GAME ON! Now I know you might be asking "Richie. What was the preferred method of fishing for these fish?" Well, today it was having a live bait or a jig with a hook on the end of it. Pretty simple. They bit very, very well and just to top off a stellar morning of fishing, the skies were sunny and the seas were flat calm. Awesome. After Chef Schooler kicked out his signature Carnitas Taco Plate with all the fixin's, we pulled anchor, gave up our spot to our fellow code boat, and boogie'd out of the area to focus solely on tuna fishing for the next couple of days. Now our plan is to go and catch lots of albacore and lots of bluefin. We'll be sticking to the plan, but it's all up to the tuna to make it happen. Currently, our weather is a little choppy but it's nothing we can't handle. Wish us luck and stay tuned.

Of shore fishing just isn't working out south of the border lately. Weather was good and catching was bad untill dark when we slid into the island for a little night bite on 25 to 30 lb Yellowtail. It was just a taste of what we are hoping for tomorrow. Our Southern California Tuna Club Anglers got to bed around 11:00 pm and we are off to set up for the morning. The local boys scratched up a afternoon after what was a brutally slow morning of albacore fishing up north. We are hoping that is on the up swing for the end of our trip. Good luck tomorrow and find me some fish. Good night and thanks for tuning in.

Off we go on a 5 day Trip. Our Charter head Dr. Al Hermer has put together a Limited load group of only 20 anglers for this adventure. As the end of the day approached we received news of one boat with over 100 Albacore and 4 others in the 60s. With the inconsistency in the bite we decided to head for the yellow tail grounds first. The weather is a little choppy but our ride is good heading down as our anglers dine on prime rib. Tomorrow will be a off shore day. We have a nice load of bait and are looking forward to putting it to good use.

After spending all day yesterday searching and not catching our 35 albacore we caught this morning seamed like a bonanza. They shut off at 11:00 and that was that. With the Albacore hit we got on the way down and one of those days fishing Yellowtail one can only dream of, our over all fishing was great. many thanks to our charter head Paul and his great crew of anglers. For my self and the crew we had a great time with all. From all of us good luck in the Marines Rose Go Kick Butt! and Be Safe! Thanks for tuning in. Eta is 7 am. Tommy and Crew.

P.S. Ya I know Richie writes and spells better than me. But he also dose a better job scrubbing and Drew wasn't letting him get out of it. Tommy.

Hello to all. Today we decided to look around at some new territory for the elusive albacore. I'm going to cut right to the chase, fishing was great and catching was terrible. We did see an area of birds/whales that looked promising but we never saw a tuna and that was the highlight of our day. Maybe in time this area will be productive but for now, we know where not to go. The weather is still picture-perfect and our anglers are all in good spirits. We are currently moving up the line to put ourselves in position for a full day of albacore/bluefin fishing for our final day. We'll check back in tomorrow and keep you posted on our day.

Wow, what a day we had aboard the Polaris Supreme. We arrived at our destination first thing in the morning to find calm seas and a slight overcast. After some scanning around, we located a nice school and within a few minutes we were bent over with yellowtail. It wasn't wide open by any means but it was a very enjoyable pace for our fine group of folks. Around lunch time, we went through a little lull and took full advantage of a chance to rest sore arms, enjoy a glass of water, and get out of the sun for a bit. Oh yeah, the weather was gorgeous. Flat calm with sunshine. The SPF 50 was flowing for sure. Anyhow, after a little break, it was time to go to work again. This go-around, the yellows gave off a much more ferocious vibe and we enjoyed excellent fishing to round out our day. The show of yellowtail was very impressive to say the least. Not many times when we would look into the water and not see free swimming yellowtail everywhere. In closing, we had a very fun day of fishing and we will be sleeping easy tonight. Our plan is to take a look in some different areas for tomorrow and to hopefully round out our beautiful catch of yellowtail with some tuna fish. Thanks for checking in and wish us luck.

We finally wet our lines first thing this morning and it didn't take us long to get the blood flowing with some Albacore jig strikes. After some short stops for a handful of fish, we found what we we're looking for. We enjoyed a couple of very good stops that kept us busy for the morning. We also threw on a few Bluefin tuna to round out our morning. After lunch, things kind of died down and we decided to head on a southerly course to do some Yellowtail fishing. The cherry on today's sundae was the absolutely beautiful weather. Flat calm, a light breeze, and a nice cloud cover to keep us from getting too toasty. Well thanks for checking up on us. We'll be at the Yellowtail grounds first thing in the morning. Take care.

Today we departed on our annual Paul Hess 5 day with 23 of his closest friends. After clearing Point Loma with a beautiful load of bait and an eager group of anglers, we enjoyed a wonderful lunch and rigged up tackle. After our tackle seminar, Sandra and Dave Lafferty went to work in the galley preparing a meal fit for kings and queens. Appetizers, clam chowder and Caesar salad. Main course, Fresh salmon and crab cakes with a hollandaise sauce with gourmet macaroni and cheese, asparagus and corn. To top off the meal, we enjoyed homemade cherry cobbler with vanilla ice cream. To sum it up, it was excellent. The service was top notch as well. Paul and Kyle served it up and Matt kept those dishes sparkling clean. The whole dinner was a thank you from Paul and friends for 10 years of the fine service he's been treated to onboard the Polaris Supreme. From all of us, thank you to Paul and the gang. Anyhow, reports from the tuna grounds sound encouraging so we will find ourselves in the zone tomorrow morning. Thanks for checking in and we'll keep you updated on what we do. Wish us luck.

We couldn't get in our groove today. Stops for 1,1,1,1,1. Saw plenty of fish. Nothing I would call a school but descent balls of fish that just wouldn't react for us. And that's all I have to say about that. Arrive depart tomorrow on another 5 day.

We made awful time coming up the line from Cedros last night then all day we got tied up with all the tons of bluefin schools we passed along the way. 60 miles of the fish. We also scratched yellows on the kelps we went by. The albacore evening area moved up 20 miles and we didn't get to the grounds until 3:15. We did manage to find a couple hungry biting schools of albacore before dark and put some more meat on the boat currently chilling at a comfortable 30 degrees. Weather is fine and we're going to enjoy some delicious lamb chop for dinner and hit the rack. We'll be here tomorrow to finish up the trip. We are far away from home but we'll stay as long as the fish are biting. Sorry Tommy, we might be getting home late on Monday.

For the past 2 weeks if you were a long range boat at Cedros you just rolled up to a certain spot on the island, shut down and made a day of it. Not today, that certain spot was not happening today. We had to fish. It took a while to locate them but around 11:30 we did. 6 schools up at a time. Unfortunately they were not biting fish. We'd stop on a big school for 6, stop on one for 3,1,0,6,12, like that. At 5:30 we stopped on the mother load school and had them almost jumping in the boat they were so thick but yet again, it didn't bite like advertised. We did get quite a few there and hit a couple more schools before dark where we caught some fish. Perfect weather today and should remain that way for at least a couple more days. We're going to take advantage of the glassy sea and head back offshore for the remainder of the trip. Good night.

We started off at the night before hot evening bite area with the fleet. We drove 20 miles to far before light. A code boat who had a later jump passed through that area at daylight and found some biting albacore. So the fleet slides up 20 miles. When we got up there we had time for a couple of stops before the door slammed shut. From then until we left, SLOW. We started to slide down. 20 miles later we're back where we started and we see the fish. 1 good stop, 3 short stops and 1 great stop later, we're headed down to the Island for some great yellowtail fishing and sun block wearing weather. Oh yeah, the weather today was just fine.

Good afternoon viewers. We arrived at the dock early this morning and weighed up jackpot. 1st was Tim Ryan with a 36.6 albacore. Second was Kirk Kirkpatrick with his 34.6 pounder and bringing up third was Dennis Mc Neely with one at 33.6. We are now rolling down in beautiful much overdue sunny weather. We have a full load of fantastic sardine and passengers eager to use them. I'm just sitting in the wheelhouse starring at my water charts and listening to my code boats trying to figure out where to be tomorrow. We're going to start somewhere offshore tuna fishing. The reports don't sound to great so we might have to do some fishing tomorrow and try and relocate these albacore. The weather forecast looks great so we have that going for us. It's almost seminar time and shortly there after dinner time.

That was great fishing yesterday but today was a different story. The fish really got scattered early and we never found any solid area on Bluefin or Albacore. Weather made looking good and we saw quite a few boilers but only scratched till we had to head for home at 2:00. Lucky our 20 anglers caught plenty of fish Yesterday. We will be in 7am tomorrow and Drew will be heading out on a 5 day with the boys . Their prospects look good with clear skies for water charts, Good weather , Great yellowtail at the islands, and the potential to have the kind of albacore fishing we had. Good luck to the next group and thanks to all the great folks on this trip.

July 12 Monday

Great Albacore fishing all day today. 25 to 30 pound fish. We will be giving it a try tomorrow. Busy Got to go.

We got a nice early departure today even though their where 7 long range boats arriving and departing on the same day. Weather is great and the bait is beautiful. We are going to make a long run to a new albacore area that is starting to develop. We should be their first thing in the morning. Wish us luck.

We started off with six jumbo albacore on the sea anchor this morning, then it was over. We searched and searched and searched for most of the day for just a few scattered jig strikes. Finally around 4:00 we ran into an area holding the albacore. We stayed busy till dark. No giant hits, just steady scratching from spot to spot. We were always running on something. A special thanks to all the passengers for keeping a great attitude and patience during the slow times. It makes a huge difference and we really appreciate it. Thank you. We get in tomorrow and turn right around on another 3 day so stay tuned.

July 8 - We departed today with our charter being headed up by Bret Lane, Jorge Da Silva and Jim Seifert. With 24 anglers on board, most are returning from last year with a couple of new faces. Got an early departure from the dock, loaded up the bait and we are off on the hunt.

We spent a long day looking around for 1 Albacore. We are a long way down south and where hoping for the kind of fishing Drew had on Mal and Joe's 5-day but no such luck .There are lots of Bluefin tuna around that didn't cooperate today like they did yesterday. Probably a little too much mesh action. Well here we go, another 300 mile run back up north to the local area where they had 100 to 110 albacore per boat. We will be their at day light chomping at the bit.

Monday July 5 - For the most part, we spent most of the day driving through a baron ocean. We picked up only 4 albacore for a long day of looking. We are headed to an area where there was some good bluefin. Our weather is great.

Sunday July 4 - Happy 4th of July!!! We departed today with a private charter for a 3 1/2 day trip. We are headed south to target that albacore and bluefin.

Very choppy weather today and very slow fishing, until 4:00 pm that is. Due to the poor reports the day before we made a long haul to some untouched, warmest water around in day and a half range the we found on a sea surface water temp satellite image. There were no fish in this zone. We looked hard till lunch time and took off for some different grounds. We ran into those grounds at 4:00 and from then till dark it was game on. Very good fishing. ALBACORE! The weather didn't come down but if the fish don't care, we don't either. The weather did come down after dark though and we had a nice comfortable nights sleep. Much appreciated after the night before. Leaving Sunday night for a 3 1/2 day private charter.

Wednesday June 30 - The report today is coming from Susan's kitchen (my wife and secretary) as the boat is at the dock preparing to depart on Friday. With all this great albacore being caught I wanted to share one of our favorite recipes we cook at home. She doesn't have exact measurements, but you'll figure it out.

*_Frito Fish_*
albacore fillets
Cardini's Caesar dressing
pepper jack cheese, shredded
crushed Frito chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat the fish with the dressing and let it sit for a half hour or so in the refrigerator. Mix up the cheese and Fritos. Spray the baking dish with Pam and place the fish in the pan and cover the fish completely with the cheese mixture. This will be a nice crisp crust when done. Bake for 30 minutes or until done. Time will depend on how thick you cut your fish fillets.
If you have any questions you can call her. Also we still have some open spots this summer. So come out and join us. It's going to be a fun summer.
Thanks,
Tommy

Tuesday June 29 - We arrived at the dock this morning at 7am. It was low tide and we had a lot of fish to push up that ramp, but everyone did it with a smile on their face. Our jackpot winners were Kub Ito with a 39.6 bluefin, Joe Beck had a 38.8 lb. albie for second. And Harry Harms took 3rd with his 38.6 lb. albacore. Mal Wagstaff and Joe Beck run a great charter and we are happy that they will be doing this one again next year. Joe also has a 5 day in August with a few open spots if you want to join him on that. Give Susan a call in the office and she can tell you what is still open.

Finished up today with some absolutely beautiful weather and some spectacular sights. Very large bluefin schools foaming on the surface feeding. The catching wasn't that great. They were in bluefin mode but we managed to hook and land a few and lose a few most every time we stopped. Some of our passengers were to busy taking pictures of the schools to drop a line in. Time for fillet and lobster. What a great trip. And I'm not just saying that. Thank you all.

Arrived to the island at 9:00. Arrived to the yellowtail at 11:30. Nothing red hot. 2 long drifts and some short stops to finish plugging the side fish holds. Left that fish in search for the big boys. We saw one big spot of the toads crashing on bait but 2 minutes later when we got to it it sunk out never to appear again. Heading up the line now still figuring out where to be tomorrow. We'll let you know.

Very good albacore fishing today! Yup. We even threw in a catch of blue fin too. Weather was not pleasing to wake up to but we worked with it and scratched out a good half day into lunch. The fishing slowed so we made a little move and it was game on the rest of the day. Oh yeah, the weather turned great to go along with it. We're all beat and are going to enjoy baby back rib night brought to you by team galley then hit the rack. We're headed to an Island to try our luck at some yellow tail catching.

Saturday June 25 - The albacore are back. Oh yes. We had some good fishing this afternoon on some good grade albacore. Some might call them fatsos. Descent weather today although it did appear to get windy and choppy late. We will be putting out the sea anchor tonight hoping for a nice ride and keep our fingers crossed the weather stays down and the tuna stay up. Sincerely Drew and Crew.

Thursday June 24 - We departed today nice and early with 21 passengers on the Mal Wagstaff/Joe Beck charter. Loaded up some bait and we are heading south in hopes of finding some of those albacore. Everyone is anxious to get down tot he fishing grounds and get their lines wet.