Bill Roecker for FishingVideos.com & the San Diego Sportfishing Council
Net Update June 10, 2009
Another Supercow For Rooster
“Good evening folks,” wrote skipper Andy Cates June 9. “Another nice day of fishing with six fish over 200 pounds and one fish caught by Paul Oster that taped at 324.
“Once again with most big fish on the kite with a couple on the fly line sardine. Brandon Hayward got a 260 on the sardine as well as Art Green, who got a 270, sardine fish. With one day left, we are hoping things continue and we finish off with more chances at big fish.”
A Hit On Albacore!
“Our prospecting this morning turned up beautiful water conditions loaded with bait,” wrote Brian Sims, Royal Star skipper, on June 9.
“We looked for the entire morning with the feeling that a good school was just over the next swell. By lunch we came to the realization that our new area wasn’t loaded up with fish yet. So in typical Royal Star fashion we went looking again.
“In the afternoon we got into another area where conditions looked very good. Thankfully this area was holding albacore. We managed 34 albacore for the afternoon with a few yellowtail in the mix. We are very encouraged by the sign we saw as bait fish were hooked every stop. These fish are starting to fill in and hopefully this will just keep getting better.”
Royal Polaris Back On Water, Fishing
“We departed today at 09:05 hours on our Shimano sponsored seven-day trip,” wrote owner-skipper Frank LoPreste June 9. “I must say that for the crew and myself it is wonderful to be freed from the 12+ hours days of doing maintenance. We did get most of our work done and the boat looks great and appears to be running beautifully.
“We picked up an excellent load of bait and cleared Point Loma at 11:15 hours, headed for Alijos rocks. The Shimano reps passed out hats to all today and raffled off a Trinidad 16 with a butterfly jigging rod. The lucky number was 13, held by John Ma. Shimano has supplied the Royal Polaris with a large number of Tyrnos 30’s, Trinidad 30’s, and Trinidad 40’s complete with rods. Our passengers will have the opportunity to borrow these reels and field test them before making a decision as to whether to purchase. There will also be daily prizes awarded each day thru the trip.
“Some of you might want to note that the Royal Polaris has 2 three-day trips, leaving June 26th and July1st at $695.00 each. With the Royal Star catching 34 Albacore in a few hours today it seems likely that the 3 day trips in late June and early July will provide some excellent Albacore fishing. Call our office at (619) 226-8030 for information or reservations.”
Larger Model Yellowtail Biting
The bigger model yellowtail bit for us early in the morning from about 04:00 till after sun-up,” noted Shogun skipper Bruce Smith June 9. “Then we picked up the anchor and made our way back to the rocks proper where we picked away at tuna and yellowtail throughout the day.
“Most of the tuna being on the smaller side 12 to 25 pounds with a few handfuls in that 40-pound bracket. One highlight for us was at snack time. Randy, Pat and Norman put together fresh whitefish nuggets and a pile of deep fried market squid. A little bit of tartar sauce, cocktail sauce, lemon wedge and a shot of Tabasco turned it to a little slice of heaven.”
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