Captain Art's Blog
7/3/2009
Jul 3
Dave Hatchett, Ray Puckett, and Calvin Groshong are already winners! They brought a friend fishing, won a gift and are entered into the SONAR raffle for a free 2010 trip and rod/reel!
7/3/2009
Jul 2-Day's End Report
Capt Joe Santos with the gaff. Photo by Steve "Wrong Way" Lamb.
We're just finishing up the second annual KW birthday bash 1.5 day trip!
Based on information received on the way out to the fishing grounds we opted to head about 120 miles down in the search of albacore, bluefin, and kelp paddy yellowtail.
Our morning started out with a jig strike for two albacore, followed up by a meter mark that led to 15 bluefin tuna. After that we managed to pick off a few more albacore throughout the day and visited a number of kelp paddies for some really good quality yellowtail.
Our count for the day is 41 yellowtail, 15 bluefin and 7 albacore. We're all glad to see the fishing improve out here and the conditions look promising!
So come on out and catch some fish.
Capt Joe Santos and the Crew
7/3/2009
Jul 3
And they're off...
7/2/2009
Jul 2
Capt KW at his birthday bash,
7/2/2009
Jul 2
Photo by Steve "Wrong Way" Lamb.
We are fishing 110 miles southeast of San Diego and we found a school of 12-20 pound bluefin. We've landed 15 of them so far, with several more hook-ups. There's also albacore around--we've got just two so far.
The weather is good too. Wish us luck for the rest of the day!
Capt Kevin
p.s. Happy Birthday, Kevin!
6/28/2009
Jun 28
Happy Rita! Photo by Steve
6/27/2009
Jun 27
Photo by Steve "Wrong Way" Lamb.
Timing is everything, including sometimes for fishing too! There had been good signs of albacore and bluefin tuna for the past 4 or 5 days, but not today. The fish disappeared today and it just so happens we're out here on a 1.5 trip.
Most of the fleet has less than 20 fish per boat--there is one boat with 35 albacore and another boat had a lucky kelp paddie for a bunch of small yellow tail. We ended up with 7 albacore, 3 bonito, and 1 yellow tail.
The weather is good and hopefully the fish will reappear tomorrow or the next day.
There are still some spots available on our next 1.5 trip, hopefully the fish are up and biting.
More next trip,
Capt Art
6/26/2009
Jun 26
Hello anglers!We are leaving on a 1.5 day trip this afternoon and will report from the tuna grounds tomorrow. Wish us luck!
Two boats from Fishermans Landing have been in the area over the last few days. One boat had 60 albacore and 14 bluefin two days ago, and yesterday another boat had 25 albacore.
More tomorrow,
Capt Art
p.s. We have room on our Jul 1-3 trip, if you want to try your luck with these albacore!
6/21/2009
Jun 21
Photo by Steve "Wrong Way" Lamb.
We now have photos in the Photo Gallery from the WON-sponsored 3-day fishing trip June 18-21. Enjoy!
celia
6/20/2009
June 20
The jackpot winners! Photo by Steve "Wrong Way" Lamb.
Today we are in a different area 140 miles from San Diego. Yesterday there were albacore and bluefin tuna caught by another boat here. We saw lots of fish on the surface but they wouldn't bite that well.
We managed to land 28 albies in the 15 to 20 pound range. Some of the other boats in the area had better luck on some of the spots, so they had a little better fish count. The encouraging thing is that this is a different area with what appears to be good signs of fish.
Things have definately changed for the better with more fish showing up all the time. There has been a lot of bluefin tuna seen in several different locations so there is hope for the up coming trips.
Capt Art