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The American Angler returned early this morning with a variety catch...there were Yellowtail, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Albacore and Dorado. Thanks to everyone on the trip - we hope to see you all next year!! Check out pics below of jackpot winners - congratulations. 1st place: Jeff Bonafede 34.8 lbs Yellowtail 2nd place: Taylor Allen 32.8 lbs Yellowtail 3rd place: Dale Cornett 31.4 lbs Yellowfin tuna
The boat departed early with the Uesugi-Kimura gang - it was really fun getting to see everyone and you wouldn't believe the BEAUTIFUL produce that they brought to share with the boat and the office. Thank you so much guys and have a great time. American Angler |
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LAST DAY We ran back up to finish our trip on the Offshore scene, but not to fish around any other boats. We ended up putting together a fair day of fishing on just about all species; Albacore, Yellowtail, Dorado and Yellowfin Tuna which wrapped things up on a good note. Myself and the entire Crew would like to Thank all of you for joining us again this year, and a special Thanks to Doug Hone and his gang who used to fish with Brian and me when we owned the Pacific Queen - these guys would come out from Nevada to go 1.5 day fishing with us then and now they're 5 day fishing with us on the American Angler now!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOUR CREW Sam, Taro, Ray, Jon, Cam, Nate and Greg. ETA 0600 1 spot on 5 day trip departing Tues. Sept. 2 |
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A DAY AT THE BIG ISLAND This morning we got off to a good start - the Yellows were biting right after daylight. As always, good things don't last forever - we could have enjoyed a longer bite, that's for sure, but just about all the gang got a few shots at fish. Some got a few and some got Rocked. The rest of the day was no lead pipe cinch, we tried a lot of our favorite spots for next to nothing for our efforts. We did finally land on Tuna that felt like things could have gotten going, but The Sheriff was on patrol and He was hungry for fresh Tuna. We our en route to fish our last day offshore and hopefully finish it off with a bang.
GOOD NIGHT, The AA Gang |
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LOCAL ZONE!!! We started up around 50 miles from home and began looking around in the dark to find some fish to shut down on, at 0515 in the am we found a dab of tuna and waited them out. At 0615 we hooked our first fish, we ended up landing some nice Yellowfin, Albacore and a couple of BFT'S for the morning in the cluster of boats. The photo of the day is Dale and Taylor with some of the Yellowfin for the morning. We are enroute for the Big Island to fish around some shallower water tomorrow... so wish us luck.
GOOD NIGHT, The Gang |
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VERY NICE WEATHER We fished the local area today and mixed it up with some of our old friends. We had a pretty decent day on BFTs mostly 12 to 20lb grade fish with a mix of Albacore. The photo of the day is Brent Curtis with one our Albies. We are going to fish this zone in the morning and then most likely make a run down to the Big Island.. .
GOOD NIGHT, The Gang |
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Angler's Choice gang is home This 5 day trip docked at 7am, highlighted by another fine Yellowtail catch. The fish were beautiful out of the RSW and they were mostly a very nice grade. Thanks to Luc from Anglers Choice for the nice giveaways and for putting new sponsor Christine on board - the group enjoyed her enthusiasm. And of course, thanks to all our wonderful passengers on this 4 dayer turned to 5 days - everyone went with the flow and we appreciate it. Check out pics below of jackpot winners - congratulations. 1st place: Eric Newby 41.8 lbs Yellowtail 2nd place: Dennis Saylors 37.4 lbs Yellowtail 3rd place: Ernie Seko 34.4 lbs Yellowtail
The boat departed with another 5 dayer - have a great time! American Angler |
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EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT In a nut shell, we had a good day of Yellowtail fishing, but things are never the same from day to day. This morning we didn't land on the premium fish as the day before, but throughout the day we moved around and made things happen. We are on the Anchor enjoying a nice dinner right now and then will start running up the line and fish offshore tomorrow before it's time to bundle up the rods and call it a trip. The photo of the day is the gang with our trophies from this afternoon.
GOOD NIGHT AND WISH US LUCK, The Gang |
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ANOTHER DAY IN THE LEE Today was one of those days were we saw more than we hooked. The gang had to work for every fish they caught- it didn't come easy, but when it was all said and done we landed well over 50 absolutely Premium Size Yellows. We are going to spend another day down here in the Land of Giant Yellows and run up tomorrow night. The photo of the day is Allen Paieri with one of the first fish caught this morning.
GOOD NIGHT, The Gang |
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MOSTLY TRAVELING We made the long run down to San Benitos Island to get a few hours of fishing in before the sun went down and after trying a couple of spots we finally found somewhere to keep some steady action going til the sun fell over the horizon. We ended the afternoon with 58 Yellowtail ranging 15 to 25 lbs for our efforts which made the long run worthwhile. We're going to stick around this neck of the woods for tomorrow and and then we'll just take it from there.
GOOD NIGHT, The Gang |
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The boat returned at 6am with a great catch of beautiful Yellowtail, and other accompanying offshore species. Thanks to everyone on board this trip - it's so great to see our regular passengers and we also had quite a few first timers on this trip, thanks for fishing with us on the American Angler, guys! Thank you, Rusty, for sporting all the crew in new Oakley shades! And thanks to Doug Taylor for the beautiful shirts he made for all the passengers and crew - the designs were nice and the shirts were soft - thanks!! Check out pics below of jackpot winners - congratulations. 1st place: Bob "Chappy" Chapman 41.2 lbs Yellowtail 2nd place: Dan Spiegel 37.8 lbs Yellowtail 3rd place: Joe Ferris 33.4 lbs Yellowtail
The boat got away a little early with the annual Anglers Choice summer trip - have fun guys and first time female sponsor, Christine. American Angler |
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Playing Through Last night we experienced a little chop for the first time this trip, but when daylight arrived the sea condition had backed off to a tolerable level. We planned on going through the area of water that we had fished on the way down and we found areas of good clean water that had potential for good things - we even had random jig strikes on small bluefin tuna,yellowfin tuna and the occasional dorado. Unfortunately for us while traversing the areas where the jig stops occurred, we couldn't find any fishable kelps and in the areas that we did find kelps, they had either small fish or no fish at all. Regardless of an uneventful last day, we had a great trip and everyone on the group meshed into one fishing machine. Posing with a sample of small sashimi nuggets is Bryan Sherman, Joe Ferris and Ken Kaida.
Looking Forward To Seeing The Group Next Year, The Guys |
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So Lucky We are so lucky to be a part of what this is all about. Twenty four individuals on vacation, doing something that they are passionate about while leaving lifes stresses behind. We enjoyed a flat calm night broken up by a short bait making session and woke up to another great day. We started picking good grade yellowtail on our first stop and that continued throughout the day. We never encountered the pandemonium of everybody-having-one-on type fishing but instead had a steady pick. Being that it was day two at the islands, there was a real relaxed feel on deck with a lot of people relaxing. And as is evident by today's picture, everybody is having a great time.
Traveling Up, The Guys couple of spots available on 5 day departing Sun Sept 7 |
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Mellow Every fishing group has their own personality and the group we have aboard is very mellow. We have a great mix of seasoned veterans and a couple of first timers. It was very apparent the calmness that a few individuals possessed when the fish started biting during the breakfast call - there were several individuals that didn't flinch and enjoyed their breakfast rather than rushing out on deck. We questioned some of them and their reply was that they were sure to catch a few. We wish that we could someday be as confident and cool about it. By good fortune, they ended up being right and we went on to have a successful day of fishing. After good morning action on 15-25lb fish, we went looking for premiums. We saw plenty of fish but unfortunately they would not cooperate. Luckily for us in the evening we found a batch that wanted to bite a little bit and everyone got to sample the excitement of these big fish rolling around throwing water. Lilians Collins gets the assist from our beloved "mijo" showing off one of these beautiful fish.
It's All Good The Guys |
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Mix Where we get the terminology to describe the type of fish that we are catching is sometimes beyond me. We started offshore in beautiful weather, kelping and dragging jigs. We got in an area of scattered tuna sign and enjoyed a sample of "jig and a bait" style yellowfin tuna action. We captured 18 decent grade tuna fish before we dedicated the rest of the day to kelping. We never found a kelp that was loaded up, but managed to pick all day long. We ended up with a nice "mix" of yellows and dorado and everybody had a great time. Looking For Premiums Tomorrow, The Guys |
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The American Angler returned early this morning with a beautiful catch of yellowtail along with tuna and dorado.... Thanks again to everyone on this charter - we look forward to seeing all the guys on this one every August! Check out pics below of jackpot winners - congratulations! Also one of Reid's nice Yellowtail, posing with his dad. 1st place: Rick Endo 45.2 lbs Yellowtail 2nd place: Ken Fujimoto 38.8 lbs Yellowtail 3rd place: Fred Sako 37.8 lbs Yellowtail
The boat departed with an open trip of regulars and a few new American Angler passengers - good luck guys! American Angler |
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Today was a success offshore. We had a nice shot at a few kelps and ended the trip with Dorado and Yellowtail. Thanks so much to Harry Yamada and Roger Kuramoto for all their work organizing this trip once again this year, we appreciate all you do to put it together! The Guys |
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The good life We spent spent another day enjoying the tranquility of yellowtail fishing at the islands. After a flat calm night, we were fortunate enough to put the anchor down in the right place. We enjoyed steady fishing with two to eight fish hooked up at one time for a better part of the morning. We pulled the anchor mid morning in search of premium yellows, and once again we had the good fortune to stay busy on those for the rest of the day. A great time was had by all and we are traveling up for offshore fishing all day tomorrow. The only way to live, The Guys (spot available on the Tues, Sept 2nd five day trip....) |
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Change of pace Today we switched gears and decided to put the anchor down and enjoy some world class yellowtail fishing. With every cast - not knowing if you were going to hook a 15lber or a 30lber. From yo yo lures to surfaces jigs, every bite was a smile. For some this was a first and a once-in-a-lifetime experience. With good weather and the opportunity to catch a beautiful premium grade yellowtail, we are sticking to ours guns and giving it another day down at the island. Today's picture is our wonderful group displaying some of the premium yellows that the islands have to offer down here.
Enjoying the scenery, The Guys |
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Keep Trying We decided to spend the day in blue water looking for tuna fish while taking advantage of the good weather. We started seeing signal right away with a few jigstrikes and bait fish after first light. We saw enough signal to keep us interested, but we just couldn't put it together. After we captured three handfuls of mixed yellowfin and bluefin we decided to continue our search further south. We did not know what to expect in this uncovered area and what we found was a kelpless and fishless zone. Luckily for us, our mastmen never give up and we were rewarded with twenty more yellowfin tuna right before dark. Todays picture is Gary Teraoka and Greg Young with a matching pair of nice flats.
Never Say Never, The Guys |
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Ken's Gang is back The boat returned this morning with a wonderful catch of Yellowtail, Dorado, some Albacore, and a handful of Bluefin. A huge thanks to Ken and Wes of Ken's Custom Reels for their work all year long towards these trips - also thanks to KK Pono, Fishworks and Tady for all their gifts. Hi Sonia - we'll see you on the 6 day! Check out pics below of jackpot winners and one of our awesome crew, Nate - who we're pretty sure just gaffed that beautiful fish for a passenger... 1st place: Chris Slaughter 37.6 lbs Yellowtail 2nd place: Chris Demcak 37.6 lbs Yellowtail 3rd place: Zeke Harloff 36.4 lbs Yellowtail Honorable Mention: Leann Sisson 35.6 lbs Albacore
The boat departed with the Harry Yamada/Roger Kuramoto charter today. Thanks again to Roger for supplying all the Hawaiin Bakery goodies - which the entire landing got to enjoy!! Have a great trip guys. American Angler |
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NEVER SAY DIE! We have had a great trip on Yellows and Mahi - the only thing we were lacking were.... Tuna Fish. Nothing like waiting til the 9th inning to pull a Rabbit out of our Hat. We finally got on some Albacore and a mix of BFTS late in the day to finish off just a wonderful trip with a fabulous group of guys. The Photo of the day is some of the gang with the first 3 of 40 that we landed this afternoon. We would like to say Thanks to everyone on the boat for coming out with us and especially to Ken and Wes, our sponsors. We always have a great time with them and are looking forward to their upcoming 6 dayer.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, Your Crew, Sam, Brian, Taro, Jon, Cameron, Nate and Greg ETA 0600 |
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THE WEATHER JUST DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS We spent the day traveling up the line and just for kicks stopped on a couple of Kelps to break up the ride. We did manage to scratch some nice Mahi's and a few nice Yellows, but we never found any Tuna type fish. The photo of the day is Mr. Tyler with about a 30lb Yellowtail and you can see in the photos background what a flat ocean we have right now. We will be in position in the morning up in the Albacore zone and hope it's the right day for us.
GOOD NIGHT TO ALL, The Gang |
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A NICE DAY ON GOOD GRADE YELLOWS Everyday, fishing is different - even if you're at the same location, it's never constant for very long. This morning it seemed like we were off to a slow start and then all of a sudden, a spot of the Big Yellows popped up and we headed for them. The past few weeks we've seen this fish pop, just not be eager to bite, but that wasn't the case today...we picked up 35 of those Big fish right out of the gate. Througout the day we had to work for everything we caught, but we just about got our daily limits with 90% of them being the premium grade fish, WOW. The photos of the day are Jay & Leann and also Jamie with a sample of the size fish that were caught today. The weather is still flat calm and we are going to run up tonight to put ourselves in position for Albacore fishing.
GOOD NIGHT, The Gang |
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OFF TO A GOOD START Today was the first day of fishing on our trip after traveling all day yesterday and we really didn't know what was in our future for the day. We stuck it out looking offshore in uncharted areas and it worked out... I love it when that happens. The weather has laid down beautifully, giving us excellent visibility to spot kelps which produced a fair amount of Yellows, Dorado and a few Yellowfin Tuna. When it was all said and done - what a great day it was! The photos of the day are Darrel with a nice Yellow and Johnny with a quality Flathead. We are going to fish the Islands tomorrow and hope to put a catch together.
GOOD NIGHT FROM THE TURN LEFT GANG one spot on the 5 day departing Tues. July 29 |
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Sport Chalet Group is Back! The guys returned this morning with a really nice catch of Yellowtail and a few Albacore which made for just a little variety. The Island fishing was great, the offshore fishing was not so great and the company was excellent. Thanks again to Brad Lemoine of Sport Chalet for all his hard work putting the group together - we appreciate you!! Check out pics below of jackpot winners - congrats. 1st place: Leland Blankenship 35.6 lbs Albacore 2nd place: Mike Caballero 34.8 lbs Yellowtail 3rd place: Tom Szczeblowski 34.6 lbs Yellowtail
The boat departed with Ken and the gang from Ken's Custom Reels - have a great time guys! Zeke, stay in the boat... American Angler |
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MAN THAT WAS A LONG RUN.. We worked up from the Islands all day to finally make it up to the some of the boyz who were scratching at some Tuna Type fish. We did stop and pick up a nice piece of firewood on the way and picked a few Yellows off a kelp to break up the ride. When arriving on scene, we had a couple of hours to catch some fish in a hurry. The photo of the day is Bob, JT and his brother Nic - with the firewood We would like to say Thanks to Brad, our sponsor, and all of the Sport Chalet Gang for coming out with us again. It is always a pleasure to take these Gentlemen fishing, and we're looking forward to fishing with some of the gang on the 10 day in the fall season. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
YOUR CREW, Sam, Ray, Jon, Jordan, Cameron, Nate and Greg. GOOD NIGHT AND SIGNING OFF.........ETA 0600 |
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED We are running up the line right now after a fun day of Yellowtail fishing in the calm of the Island. Sometimes when you're fishing for Yellows with your Longrod - and you cast at just the right time - the results are like Michael Changs in today's photo of the day. It sounds like slow fishing on the offshore scene but so did it 5 days ago when we had great fishing, maybe tomorrow will be our day!!!.
GOOD NIGHT AND WISH US LUCK, The Gang 2 spots on 5 day departing Tues. July 29 |
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TODAY WAS MORE LIKE IT! After a very long day of offshore fishing without producing any fish to speak of - today our timing was good. We arrived at one of our favorite fishing Islands and started to catch fish right away. When it was all said and done, we ended up with a very nice day of fishing. Most of the fish were 15 to 22 lbs and right before sundown we got on some trophies to finish up the day in a beautiful way. The photo of the day is Art and his son Mike Caballero assisted by Capt. Johnny at the gaff.
GOOD NIGHT, The Gang |
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THE OFFSHORE THING DIDN'T WORK OUT TODAY After having steady fishing just a couple of days ago, I thought it would be a No Brainer to go back down to the zone and start the trip. In the morning we didn't have a problem finding fish but getting them to bite was Impossible. After 16 hours behind the wheel with only 3 Albacore in the hatch, we had to make a move. We're enroute to the Island and rigging up our Yellowtail gear and will give that a try and let the offshore scene change for what we hope, is the better. GOOD NIGHT, The Gang |
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Crystal Pier Gang is home The boat returned this morning with a beautiful catch of Yellowtail, Albacore, a few Bluefin, Yellowfin and a halibut. Thanks to everyone on this trip for enjoying it year after year and to Jim Bostian who goes above and beyond the call of duty to entertain the group daily... Check out pics below of jackpot winners and Grandfather/Grandson - a definite memory-maker. 1st place: Jim Bostian 45.6 lbs Yellowtail 2nd place: Bob Williams 41.4 lbs Albacore 3rd place: Bill Goodwin 39.6 lbs Albacore
The boat departed a little late today with the annual Sport Chalet 5 day trip - we appreciate everyone's patience. Good luck guys! American Angler |
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LONG DAY UNTIL THE END Nothing like making a 200 plus mile move to catch a few fish, but we got to do what we got to do! Here's a couple of photos of the gang with what action we had late in the afternoon today - we were very fortunate to catch what we did from listening to reports that were coming out over the Radio waves. It's time to call it a trip and Thank all of the Gang from the Crystal Pier group with Ring Leader, (also Waiter, Boat Scrubber, Master of Ceremonies, and Prankster to name a few other job descriptions) Jim Bostian. You can't say enough about how generous Jim is with all his beautiful raffles prizes.... not to mention the Gag gifts which definitely kept things interesting!!
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, Your Crew, Sam, Ray, Taro, Cam, Jordan, Nate and Paul |
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THE DAY STARTED OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT This morning was a different day - the conditions were much better and so we went with that. We took a look at a spot we hadn't visited yesterday and it paid off... we had 3 to 5 going for a few hours on 14 to 25 lb Yellows and a few of those Jumbos mixed in to keep it interesting and the gang was real happy with that. Fishing shut off for us around 11:00am - we looked around where we caught fish yesterday but no go, so it was time to hit the road Jack. We hope tomorrow we'll be able to pick up a few Tuna Type fish to finish off the trip. GOOD NIGHT AND DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAMERA MAN? The Gang |
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BACK ON TRACK Just about every day that you're out here, fishing some things at certain times just set the tone - you know if it's going to be a good day or bad day. It doesn't matter if you're fishing for Rockcod, Tuna, Albacore, Salmon or Yellows.... when fish bite at the crack of dawn, it seems like you're off to a good start. The photo of the day is our Superhero, Jim Bostian, with the first fish of the day, which is the biggest so far and without a doubt, set the tone. We had a very nice day of fishing on Good Grade Yellows today; the gang had to work for them, but it turned out to be a productive day. We are going to take another shot at our fishing hole in the morning and most likely start moving up some time after lunch to an offshore destination unknown. For the time being we are enjoying the comfort of the Lee and will be back at it in the morning.
GOOD NIGHT, The Gang |
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Some days timing is everything We made the long run down to the Big Island to fish our first day and let the offshore scene straighten itself out. I would have to say we've had good luck in the late afternoon here, but it just wasn't one of those days. This place looked good when we pulled in, but the magic just wasn't there. We ended up with just a couple of nice Yellows and a Halibut for our efforts. The photo of the day is UNCLE Bill Kuehl with a 2 for 1 on the calicos during our hot sundown action bite. and we did release all of the Bass for Good Luck. The weather is very nice behind the Island and we are going to give it our best tomorrow.
GOOD NIGHT AND JIM IS SERVNG DINNER AGAIN!!!! The Gang |
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The boat returned at 6am this morning with a great variety of fresh fish - everything from Albacore to Bluefin to Yellowtail to Dorado to Halibut hit the deck....gently.... Thanks to Al Tokunaga and Eddie Wong for putting this one together and to everyone who joined the San Fernando Japanese American Fishing Club guys. Also thanks to The Gaydoshs for supplying answers to all the fishing/boat history questions you were asked during the voyage - we were honored to have you with us. 1st place: George Iwamoto 41.4 lbs Halibut 2nd place: Dennis Ludington 39.0 lbs Albacore 3rd place: John Ito 37.8 lbs Yellowtail Honorable Mention: Dick Gaydosh 35.6 lbs Yellowtail
The boat departed with the 6th annual Crystal Pier Charter. Jim Bostian kicked it off with the traditional large platters of Sushi, coming down the dock. Stay tuned in and we'll keep you posted on their trip. American Angler |
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What Happened? We started out on the tuna grounds with very high expectations. Reports from the previous day were very good with excellent sign of fish from the whole fleet. The morning started out great with several short stops lined up back to back. Right about the time we thought it was going to be easy(what were we thinking?) the fish disappeared. For someone to say that they swam away, went down or just plain evaporated is just an opinion not fact because as far as we know nobody has talked to a fish lately. The fact of the matter is that when we don't see the fish, it makes them hard to catch. We ended up scratching for our 51 albacore and 8 bluefin tuna...which was made possible by our talented fishing group. Al Tokunaga and the SFVJAFC once again put together a great group and we would like to thank him. Sorry for no daily picture as we kept waiting for the big hit. As Fast As Fish Sign Disappears, It Shows Up, The Guys |
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Scratch We covered alot of water today and drowned alot of feathers behind the boat. We had grease weather which made an otherwise uneventful day into a great one. We ended up with thirty or forty mixed kelp fish that came one or two at a time. We are honored to have Dick and Millie Gaydosh aboard sharing all of their great fishing adventures and knowledge. Today's picture is of Millie having a great time
On The Albacore Grounds Tomorrow!! The Guys We have 2 spots available on our 5 day trip departing Sat. July 19. |
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The Show We left the offshore scene to enjoy some fishing on the beach and the 25-40lb yellowtail we found in shallow water left a definite impression in all of our minds. Fish walking up the side of the boat leaving sea lion sized swirls as they chase down a bait or the surface iron is not a scene easily forgotten. We had a great day on the big yellows and had a handful of bonus halibut. The biggest halibut of the day was caught by George Iwamoto with the assist by Taro Takeuchi.
We Enjoyed The Show!! The Guys We have 2 spots available on our 5 day trip departing Sat. July 19. The fish are biting, jump onboard and join in on the fun. |
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Mixed Bag Today we took advantage of the good weather and went offshore looking for our tuna honey hole from last trip. We saw a few tuna marks in the dark but by eight in the morning we realized something was different. We ended up spending the kelping, we were able to catch every offshore species albacore, bluefin yellowfin yellowtail and Dorado in all different shapes and sizes. Lance Yamanaka lead the hit parade with his 40 pound class bluefin tuna.
Changing Zip Codes!! The Guys |
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Generosity This trip that we are on is very special for many reasons. First off, this trip would have never come around if it weren't for the generosity of Ken Johann. The planning that it took to organize Friends and family to join one another was overwhelming and in the end it payed big dividends as everyone had a great time enjoying the ocean and escaping the rigors of everyday life. The majority of people assembled have very little if any fishing experience but that did not seem to matter. Under the tutelage of the deck crew everyone did a great job on the rail and caught a bunch of fish. Today we enjoyed good action on albacore and bluefin tuna. Whales,porpoise,squid, and many other wonders of the ocean topped off with the fishing made this a great offshore experience.
The World Needs More Generosity!! The Guys |
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Mixed Bag Today we changed locations and took advantage of some great weather conditions and ended up with a mixed bag of several different species. We caught albacore, bluefin tuna, and yellowtail. We were busy most of the day, as the slow times for tuna fishing was filled in with kelps for yellows. Our charter master Ken Johann poses with friends holding a stock-sized kelp yellow and Taro Takeuchi helps Garry Fox with an albacore that was subdued by the old standby Zuker jig.
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Sometimes Seeing Is Not Believing Last night we got to the grounds and found a deal of albacore that wanted to bite. We ended up with a couple of handfuls of fish and and a great place to start in the morning. We woke up to much nicer weather and saw sign of fish right away. The unfortunate thing is that for the majority of the fleet {there were a few exceptions} the fish did not bite like they should have. We saw plenty enough volume throughout the day, but never got one stop to react they way we would've liked. We almost ended up with two around and thankfully we will be blessed with two more days of beautiful fishing weather. We are sorry that there is no picture this evening and we'll make up for it tomorrow. Hope They Bite Better Manana, The Guys |
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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! The boat returned this morning with 60 albacore and the group all telling each other on the dock - see ya next year... Thanks so much for joining us and we'll see you at the next red, white and blue! The boat departs tomorrow morning with a special family 4 day charter - check back to see progress of these first time fishermen - go make some memories! The AA Team |
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PICK, PICK, PICK First of all, I'd like to comment on the weather, it was aalll right. Fishing has been the same for the last few days, in that Luck has come into play and again today, that was the case more than once on the Radio waves. We ended our day with 60 Albacore, which was pretty much the average score, unless you were the token couple of boats that got a super-stop. We would like to say Thank You to all of the 4th of July Gang for coming out with us on this trip. It is just about the same group of folks every year and it was great to see everyone and we have a good time every year. The photo of the day is some of the gang strutting their stuff.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND HAVE A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TOMORROW NIGHT, Your crew Sam, Brian, Taro, Jordan, Jon, Matt, Nate and Paul ETA 0600 |
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RATHER BE LUCKY THAN GOOD ANY DAY OF THE WEEK It has not been easy to put a catch together out here on the banks the past few days, with the weather up and fishing scratch at best. Today was one of those days we did everything right and that doesn't mean skill, it was just Good Luck. We ended up with 64 Albacore and 1 token Bluefin tuna for our day. We would just like to say Thank You to all of the gang and especially Brad Overfield from the Imperial Palace, who puts a lot of work into organizing this trip - we look forward to fishing with you every year. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AGAIN.
Your Crew, Sam, Brian, Taro, Jon, Jordan, Paul and Greg ETA 0600 |
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Shaker Trip Home The boat returned early this morning and unloaded absolutely gorgeous, big fat Yellowtail - many of these fish were in the 30 - 40lb league and all the jackpot fish were over 50lbs. They also had a few albacore for their efforts. A big thanks to Barry Gambarana & co. and to all our new passengers as well. And to Evan, Dayvion and Malcom, it was excellent to have the younger generation represented on board- thanks for bringing them along, Dads. Check out jackpot winners - congrats guys!! Also pictured one of Greg's sushi spreads and Kerry, the "Pig winner". Pictures and Pig, compliments of BG... 1st place: Kerry Way 53.2 lbs Yellowtail 2nd place: Jack Purtell 51.4 lbs Yellowtail 3rd place: Russ Suzuki 50.2 lbs Yellowtail Honorable Mention: Matt Fitch 48.4 lbs Yellowtail
The boat departs this afternoon with the annual Harrah's Imperial Palace Charter - bring us some offshore luck tomorrow, Vegas! |
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BUNDLED UP AND HOMEWARD BOUND We started in Hot Albie grounds this morning, but today it wasn't so Red Hot. There is still a good spread of fish but the wind was up and for most of the day, the fish were down. We did have a couple of stops to make it worth our while, but as usual we wanted More! We would like to Thank Barry Gambarana and all of the gang for coming on the annual Shaker Tour trip, we had a lot of fun with everybody and can't wait til next year to fish with all of you again. THANK YOU SO MUCH! GOOD NIGHT AND MAY WE ALL DREAM OF BIG SCHOOLS OF ALBACORE, Your Crew, Sam, Ray, Jordan, Cameron, Jon, Nate and Greg |
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TRAVEL DAY We spent most of the day traveling, but did run across a small spot of Albacore, Yellowfin and also a few Yellowtail. It was a just a little warm up for tomorrow - we hope. We are going to spend the last day of our trip up in the one day area and hope to get some more Albies for the gang. GOOD NIGHT, The AA Gang |
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THE YELLOWTAIL GODS WERE LOOKING DOWN ON US TODAY First of all, let's start with the weather report... just beautiful, flat calm all day. The fishing was very steady for most of the day - we had a little slow period just after lunch, but by mid afternoon we got our game on. The photo of the day is Kurt Suzuki wiith his Giant Yellowtail weighing over 50lbs on the hand scale. We are going to start rolling up the line tonight with the news of the Albacore biting. It's going to be a bit of a run for us so we're on our way. Hope they keep hitting!
GOOD NIGHT, The Shaker Tour Gang couple of spots on 5 day trip departing July 9th |
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FISHING THE BEACH We are taking a break from the offshore scene and thought we would start by fishing for Yellows. Things looked a little dim when we arrived, but late in the afternoon the ocean started to wake up and we were able to put some nice fish aboard to start this trip off on the right foot. The photo of the day is Evon and Capt. Ray with the biggest saltwater fish she has ever caught - I'm sure she'll have more firsts during her trip. The weather is nice and we're going to focus on Yellows here for the next couple of days before taking a stab at offshore.
GOOD NIGHT, The Shaker Boyz couple of spots on 5 day trip departing July 9th |
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The boat returned early this morning with beautiful grade Yellowtail and a few offshore pelagics - thanks again to Mike Farnsworth and all the passengers on board, we appreciate your business. Check out jackpot winners - congrats guys 1st place: Don Garcia 38.4 lbs Yellowtail 2nd place: Bob Reed 35.0 lbs Yellowtail 3rd place: 3 way tie! 34.4 lbs Yellowtail Don Banks, Etti Yootanawin, Mike Farnsworth
The boat departed early today with a great group of regulars and we're excited to have some new guys join us as well - some traveled as far as Hawaii and Arkansas to be on this trip. Have a great time everyone. |
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WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THE OFFSHORE SCENE Again we looked at a lot of water today to finish up our trip and the only thing we had to show for it was 1 smaller Bluefin Tuna. Things aren't all bad - there is still a wide spread of Albacore which tells me it's just a matter of time. This is a wrap and we would like to Thank all of the Gang for coming out on the Mike Farnsworth 5 day trip and of course a special Thank you to Mike for all his hard work putting his trips together. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, The Crew - Sam, Taro, Ray, Jon, Cameron, Nate and Paul. ETA 0600 Note for tomorrows Group, Be here early we are going to try to depart by 10:00a.m. Thanks. |
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BETTER DAY! It seemed the fish were in a morning biting pattern here the last couple of days and of course that changed today. It took some time and searching, but we finally landed on some fish that wanted to bite. The photo of the day is Jay Klopfenstein with Super deckhand, Cameron. We have been in travel mode most of the afternoon to fish the Offshore zone tomorrow in hopes of finding some fish that want to bite.
GOOD NIGHT, The AA Gang |
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AT LAST, WE STOPPED THE BOAT AND DID SOME FISHING We arrived to our destination around 0900 hours and I'd have to say we missed out on the morning bite. Fishing was very slow until around lunchtime when it seemed we started to put our day together. There is very good sign of fish at our location - I sure hope we're here when the light switch goes on. We ended the day with 48 of the Premium Grade Yellows and like I said, that didn't even dent what we saw. The photo of the day is Adrian Klopfenstein with one of her Trophies of the day.
GOOD NIGHT, The AA Gang |
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SOMETIMES IT HELPS TO BE ABLE TO SEE! We avoided the fog as long as we could today, but there was no way of getting out of it in the afternoon. We started outside and saw fair sign of fish in the dark but again throughout the day the fish had their noses in the Mud. We were high boat on the BFT count with 1 fish for the day and the LR fleet didn't have a whole lot more than that to show for all of our efforts. The photo of the day is a shot of what we had to deal with this afternoon... needless to say it was hard trying to spot anything. The bright side of the story is there is sign of fish - all types - in many areas and they will be on the bite soon, you can count on that. Tomorrow we are going to fish for Yellows so keep your fingers crossed for us.
GOOD NIGHT, The AA Gang |
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Zuker/G Loomis back The boat returned this morning with a great variety catch- Yellowtail, Bluefin, Albacore, Yellowfin and White Seabass. Thanks to all our regulars on this trip - it's really fun watching the group after another year of fishing together and hear stories of their adventure, and to the new guys that joined in the fun, thank you we appreciate your business and hope to see you back on the American Angler. And of course, it wouldn't be the trip it is without Zuke and Phil! Check out pics below of jackpot winners and John Haugland's biscuit beauty: 1st place: George Kaneko 39.8 lbs Albacore 2nd place: Mark Farris 36.8 lbs Yellowtail 3rd place: Matt Hall 36.4 lbs Yellowtail
The boat departed a little before noon with the annual CME4tuna 5 day trip - it was really warm today, but everyone took it in stride and found shade to cool themselves until boarding time - have a great time gang! |
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A great ending! With only a half day of fishing left in the trip, conditions could not be more in our favor. Flat calm seas, no wind and a crew eager to spot breaking fish all add up to successful fishing. Today we spent the morning sliding into breaking fish that wanted to bite for us. We ended the day with 25 bluefin, 8 yellowfin and one albacore to wrap up another fun filled Zuker/G-Loomis 7 day trip. Special thanks to John Lloyd of Zuker lures for all of his great stories and sharing his fishing knowledge with everybody, and also a special thanks to Phil Oliva of G-Loomis, a class act working for a classy company. Kaneko, Takeuchi, Kiyohara, Hatada display the Japanese American fishermans favorite fish, the bluefin tuna.
Looking forward to next year's trip, The Guys (couple of spots on Wed. July 9th 5 day) |
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The Amazing Ocean How many times have we gone fishing looking forward to a good day because they have been catching limits for several days? It seems like there are so many fish how can somebody possibly miss? Out on the grounds at daylight the following day there are no signs of fish and by mid morning it almost seems as if there are no fish in the entire ocean. Thus comes the old saying, "You should have been here yesterday". Quite often though as fast as the fish go away, they seem to reappear. This afternoon we ended up in a zone where three days ago it was 3 degrees cooler, off color and had no signs of life. Today the water was 65 degrees, purple, full of bait balls and had many spots of breaking fish. We had several stops after we got into the zone late that were very encouraging. In a matter of days, we went from no offshore sign to catching bluefin, yellowfin and albacore. The interesting thing about our couple of albacore stops was the size of the fish. One stop we had 5 "fatso's" that weighed 30-43lbs and another stop where they weighed 22-25lbs. We finished up the afternoon with 8 albacore, 8 bluefin and 3 yellowfin tuna. We would bet that this is just the tip of the iceburg for the upcoming offshore season. Today's picture is Steve Kneip with a beautiful bluefin tuna.
The Only Thing For Sure About The Ocean Is That Tommorrow Will Be Different, The Guys |
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Focus on the target! After a couple of days of good yellowtail fishing, today's main focus was Premuim grade yellowtail. We started off the morning driving by the smaller grade yellows, hoping the better grade would make an afternoon push. We were very fortunate to stumble across several spots of good grade fish showing on the surface and biting fairly well. Everybody aboard got to sample the excitement that these fish create. Today's picture is the last of our father's day, father-son tribute. Proud father, Jim Hall flanked by his sons, Matt and Steve with the quality yellows.
Mission Complete, The Guys |
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Good Fishing We decided to make a move and try an area that hasn't been fished in several weeks. We found out pretty quick that we made the right decision. We had great fishing on mixed grade fish using your technique of choice. The fish we captured were 12-30lbs and in the middle of the yellowtail melee, we were treated to a special show as a couple of large, lit-up striped marlin made their presence known. Today's father and son team consists of father Dennis Serrato [who can choose his wardrobe more wisely] and his star pitcher son, Ryan.
Trying For Trophies, The Guys |
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The Food Chain We fished on the beach for yellows today and saw incredible signs of life. We investigated multiple bird schools that started with areas of krill-like shrimp about a half an inch long. There were sardines and mackerel breaking the surface like raindrops only to be moved off the krill by spots of yellows. Quite often by the time we would get the boat stopped it would be too late and instead of the hoped-for yellowtail, there would be a hundred yard spot of giant squid on the surface. It made for an impressive show as this went on for miles. Even though we saw thousands of yellows with all the feed in the water, it was very hard to get a bite. One of our three father-son teams proudly get together and display a hard earned fish. George Courtney, Justin and Georgie are today's featured team.
True Witnesses Of Mother Nature, The Guys (2 spots on this Friday's 5 day trip) |
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Down Day There is a long list of excuses that can be made when one doesn't catch fish. Some excuses are based on some sort of scientific information that may or may not be true and some are based on wives tales. The one fact that remains true is that we didn't see any tuna fish all day long (nor did the rest of the fleet). Tomorrow we are changing scenery in hopes of making the most of our fishing adventure. The Sun Was In Our Eyes, The Guys |
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Catchy Tackle trip returns The boat returned this morning with a catch of just World class Yellowtail (which had beautiful color when they came out of the hole) mixed in with a fair amount of the early season Bluefin tuna, a sampling of Albacore and not to forget our first White Seabass. The weather was one we all will remember in a good way...after last weeks trip. It was a great time with a variety of nice fish. Thanks to our wonderful gang of Guys and Gal thanks again to Catchy Tackle - Drew, John and Wayne - for the nice give aways on this trip. Check out jackpot winners below and passenger Carl Brown, who treated himself to this trip before going overseas to serve - thanks for fishing with us! And, not pictured, our regular passenger, Joe Skinner, caught the second biggest Albacore of the season (according to Bill Roecker), weighing in at 37.6lbs. 1st place: Sol Gordon 52.0 lbs Yellowtail 2nd place: Dave O'Halloran 40.2 lbs Yellowtail 3rd place: Paul Medina 40.2 lbs Yellowtail
The boat departed this morning with the annual Zuker/G Loomis trip. This trip has more every year return passengers than any other open trip we run - It was great to see everyone! Check back for reports. American Angler |
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THAT'S ALL FOLKS We spent the last day of our trip offshore and around 8:oo in the morning fish starting showing up on top. Same old, Same old, the fish didn't want to bite and this time we can't blame it on the weather, that's for sure. We did end up with 6 BFT'S and 1 Yellowfin tuna to wrap it up. We had a very nice trip with the Catchy Tackle gang, the weather was just epic and of course all the Anglers were just great. So we would like to say Thanks to everybody that was on the trip and a special Thank You to Drew Grindley, John Grindley and Wayne Martin for sponsoring the trip - it's always a pleasure to fish with this group.
YOUR CREW, Sam, Brian, Taro, Jordan, Jon, Nate and Greg ETA 0645 GOOD NIGHT AND THANKS FOR A GREAT TRIP |
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FISHING OUR PARADISE ISLAND We took a break from the offshore scene today to do something different - we basically wanted to be able to stop the boat and fish in this beautiful weather that we've been enjoying the last few days. We had a fair day on Yellows and a Sundown Calico bass bite on the light gear, which was a lot of fun. Several of today's fish were released to bite again another day. Tomorrow, we're going back offshore to finish up the trip and then head it for the barn. The photo of the day is today's fishing hole... Very nice.
GOOD NIGHT, The AA Gang |
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UP EARLY AND DOWN ALL DAY The caption pretty much sums up our day, which started out on a spot of fish which had a mix of Bluefin, Yellowfin and an Albacore... we thought we were on our WAY. As it turned out, it was just a short time frame when the fish were up and biting. On the bright side, we enjoyed some of the best weather of the spring season. We have a couple days left in our trip and we have had great fishing so far and we are going to keep doing what we do. The photo of the day is Joe Skinner and Capt. Jordan with a shot of the biggest Albacore of the season so far. We did end up with 16 bft's, 1 Jumbo Alby and a nice Yellowfin Tuna. That's a rap.
GOOD NIGHT, The AA Gang |
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WORLD CLASS YELLOWTAIL FISHING.... PERIOD. After 2 days of fishing the beach, we ended up catching an average of 10 fish per person, and most of these were giant Yellows. With the weight of these fish averaging 30lbs, you'll have to agree that is plenty for everyone, so we are going to spend the last couple of days on the offshore scene and hope the Tuna Gods are ready for us. The photo of the day is Sol Gordon with, without a doubt, the biggest Yellow of the trip, it was a stand-out fish. The weather forecast looks good, so wish us luck.
GOOD NIGHT, The AA Gang (a couple of spots on our 5 day departing Friday, June 20th - call the office) |
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WHAT A FUN DAY We came in to fish the beach today and it took a little while to get located, but we stuck with it and did find what we were looking for. We ended the day with near daily limits of Yellows - pushing up to 40lbs and the first White Seabass of the spring season for us. The photo of the day is "DAD" Dave O'Halloran. The weather is very nice and the troops are having a good time. 
GOOD NIGHT, The AA Gang |
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MORE SHOW THAN GO! Today we stayed very busy running from spot to spot of Bluefin Tuna but most of them weren't very eager. We did manage to catch 18 BFTS and 1 Albacore for our efforts. The photo of the day is father/son team, John and Drew Grindley with a sample of what we picked up today. We are enroute to an Island spot and then we'll just take it from there. Despite our score today, there is very good sign around and the conditions look very good for our upcoming trips and the summer. We are going to give the offshore scene a rest and take a look at it again later. 
GOOD NIGHT, The AA Gang |
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THE WIND FINALLY BACKED OFF, BUT IT TOOK ALL DAY TO FIND EM Some days you just drive right to the fish and other days it might take a while, like it did today. We made the long run down and found warm water and some of those small Albacore but no BFT'S. After many hours of searching we did find the zone, right before dark. It seems we got in here a little on the late side, so we are going to be here all day tomorrow and see what happens. The photo of the day is Alex Tomkinsons with one of the two BFT'S we landed. 
GOOD NIGHT AND WISH US LUCK, The AA Gang |
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Sport Chalet 8 Day returns The boat returned this morning early from the first 8 day trip of the season. Despite the tough weather, everyone had limits of Yellowtail, 20 Bluefin, 7 Albacore and a Yellowfin. The Yellowtail were beautiful and they were cookie cutters from 34 - 36 pounds, in fact three in a row weighed in at perfect 34.6lbers... Thanks to Brad of Sport Chalet for sponsoring the trip and thanks to all of our wonderful passengers - we appreciate you! Check out jackpot winners below and then a few trip pictures:
1st place: Dennis Saylors 37.6 lbs Yellowtail 2nd place: John D'Ornellas 37.0 lbs Yellowtail 3rd place: Dan Spiegel 36.6 lbs Bluefin Tuna
The boat departed @ 11:30am with the Catchy Tackle Gang. It was great to see everyone and meet the new guys. For this upcoming trip, fortunately for everyone out in webworld - the email modem on board is back in business, so no more lame land line reports. Check back tomorrow night and see what's going on. American Angler |
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They are calling it a trip - the guys finally found a place to eat a calm dinner and will be in by 6am tomorrow. Check back tomorrow night for trip pictures, including jackpot. American Angler |
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The guys called in tonight to report a choppy day offshore - they saw 3 spots of Bluefin Tuna, but conditions were a little tough - so no go. They are slowly working their way home and will pull into an island for dinner tomorrow night. Check back tomorrow night for ETA. American Angler |
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The boat checked in this evening and it sounds like everyone has plenty of yellowtail and they fininshed the day with some nice freezer fishing. They are settled in for the evening at Benitos, where it's nice and calm, and after this they're hoping to get another shot offshore, weather permitting. American Angler |
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Spoke to Capt Sam tonight and he said they finally hit the jackpot today. Excellent fishing on beautiful grade and quality yellowtail all morning long. And this afternoon, under the command of Capt. Ray Lopez, they had two nice stops - good going, Ray. They are still waiting for the wind to back off, and hoping the weatherman is wrong so they can venture out. We'll have pictures at the end of the trip, as we are still waiting for parts to fix our fish report modem. American Angler |
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The boat called in to let us know that they are still hunkered down at an island, catching a few nice quality Yellowtail. Sounds like they have to spend one more day before they can move on when the weather becomes nicer and that of course where they are now, in the lee of the island, it's beautiful. American Angler |
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The boat reported good Yellowtail fishing today - up to 35lbers, in the lee of the island. They said it was a fun day of good, quality Yellowtail plugging... They are going to fish the lee and stay out of the wind for the next day or so - check back tomorrow night. American Angler |
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Bluefin and Albacore The boat checked in this evening and although they had choppy weather, they caught 20 Bluefin Tuna, average size 25 - 35lbs (hot stick of the day on BFTs was Dan Spiegel), 7 small Albacore and one nice Yellowfin Tuna. They are headed to dirt for tomorrow's fishing - tune in tomorrow night. American Angler |
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The American Angler returned early this morning from their last May 1.5 day trip, which was a success. They spent the morning putting together a nice rock fish catch and then continued with 12 Yellowtail and a fun Bonito bite. Sounded like everyone had a great time, despite the lumpy ocean...thanks to all and hope to see you fishing on the American Angler again soon! Check out pic below of our very own Pt Loma Sportfishing Tackle specialist,A.D., with some Ling things. American Angler The boat departed today at 10:30am for the very first 8 day of the season. It was so great to see all of our regular passengers and a few new - check back for their progress.
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WELCOME BACK TO THE MEMORIAL DAY TRIP The American Angler returned this morning at 7:30am with a beautiful load of rock fish and nice Yellowtail - They came away with 24 after numerous paddy visits. Check out pics of a few of these beauties below...We have in order, Ryan (11 yrs old) with Taro, The Rosenbergs, and George Swarberg(www.rodknobie.com) with his family - Wyatt and Bob. Our jackpot winners this trip were Wyatt Ogilvy with a 35.5lb Yellowtail, Ryan Farris with a 15lb YT and Rob Depue with a 14.5lb YT. Honorable mention go to husband/wife team Larry & Kim Rosenberg - a true team effort: hooked by Larry and reeled in by Kim, a beautiful 33lb Yellowtail. Congrats everyone! 
Thanks to everyone for a great trip! The boat departs this afternoon for one more 1.5 day trip - check back for the report.. The American Angler |
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Talked to the boat tonight and sounds like they had a successful 3 day trip - and will be back at the dock @ 7:30am tomorrow morning. They had good rock fishing the first day, 24 yellowtail came on board today and nice weather conditions for the duration. Thanks to all our regulars on this annual Memorial 3 day trip and thank you to our new passengers - 3 of whom have traveled all the way from Iceland! We have one more day and a half trip departing tomorrow afternoon - the last before we get into our 8 day trips. American Angler |
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The guys returned from this day and a half trip at 6am, which opted to fish the local Coronado Islands for Yellowtail. They enjoyed a full day of standing at the rail, soaking up the rays and having the opportunity to catch a decent grade Yellowtail. There was good sign of fish around the Island and as far as catching went... they got some, lost some and saw a bunch. Thanks to Russell for coordinating the Porterville gang! Check out pic below of Russell with our newest crewmember, Jon and Randy with Cameron,our other new crewmember - and both of them are already making us proud. Our next trip is the 3 day Memorial Day Trip which departs on Friday - check back then. American Angler After the 3 day, we have one more day and a half trip which departs Memorial Day Monday afternoon - there is still availability - call the office.
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The boat returned this morning, with nothing to report but a tough day offshore and departed again this evening .... check back tomorrow night. American Angler |
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The offshore scene was very slow on the American Angler today - they gave it a 110% from sunup to sundown, with no luck. Sounds like there will be a different plan for tomorrow night's trip... Our ETA is 6am. American Angler |
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GOOD TIMES The Curtis Rosenthal trip returned this morning with rockfish and a couple of yellowtail and it sounds like they enjoyed their time on deck yesterday. A huge thanks to the following generous people: Bob Hoose with Berkeley and Ron Marin Kawaja with Pelagic for their donations to the raffle. Also thanks to Mike Naoe for his donations and the jackpot rod, a 970 calstar won by John Calder. Our friend Matt Salas also brought a trophy and we always truly appreciate his jigs. Thanks everyone, the people were stoked! And of course, don't forget our chartermaster, Mr.Bob Hara, who has been working for many months to make this happen. Our jackpot winners this trip were Greg Stoney, Gregg Dahl and Ken Caughlin for their Yellowtail and Lingcod. Congrats guys - check out Stoney's new trophy 
Photo credit goes to our chartermaster - Bob Hara, Bob's Sporting Goods Blog Dude, Newsletter WebAddress - bobssportinggoods.blogspot.com The boat departed again for another 1.5 day trip - this one is going to take a peek offshore, tune in tonight for a report.... We also have a few spots on Sunday nights 1.5 day adventure - call in sick with the Oceanic Flue and come fishing.... The American Angler |
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IT'S FINALLY HERE! The boat departed tonight at 6pm for the first trip of the season - everyone here at the American Angler was ready to go. Our chartermaster, Bob Hara, organized a mix of guys and gals from his real estate world and some of the Bob's Sporting Goods gang. It was so great to see everyone and have them step aboard - the crew and boat are beginning-of-the-season ready to go. Check back tomorrow night for a report... We have a few spots on the next couple of day and a half trips - come wet a line and get your season started! The American Angler |
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Here's a peek of the upper deck makeover...
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AN ENDING TO ANOTHER PART OF OUR SEASON...BOAT MAINTENANCE Well we are ready for our annual topside Coast Guard Inspection next week, which means the Mighty AA is all put back together and looking good!!!! As far as the tasks accomplished during boatwork; the upper deck got a complete make-over which includes the top of the Pilot house, where we added a few more tubes to store all of the Boats Loaner tackle, Kite rods, big gear and of course, The Long Rods. Also there were a lot of upgrades done on the boat which most likely nobody will see,(like every year) down in the Engine room. We went through the whole fuel system on our main engines fuel pumps, injectors, raw water pumps, raw water cooling, system and the normal TLC we do evey year. Your AA Crew On Deck..... Ray and Taro will be onboard along with a few new faces joining the team - Jordan, Cameron and Jon, who have been down working on the boat the last couple of months. This is going to be your 2008 A team. In the Galley is our team Paul, Greg and of course Nate making those awesome salads and bread which we all love. And up in the Bridge we have those same old guys steerin the boat and working the Sonar, Sam and Brian. May 14th will be our first trip, organized by Bob Hara - a day and a half trip - and we are really excited to the get this show on the road!! Looking at the water conditions the last few months since we've been home, it reminds me of back when Brian and I owned and operated the Pacific Queen. We are looking at a cooler water year which indicates a Boomer of a Albacore year - hope I'm right. Our season is starting off with some day and a half trips into the end of May, rolling into a 3 day Memorial day and then a couple of 8 day trips, a 7 day and then Summer will be here. We have a few spots on some of these trips and I know everybody's gear is in order - so now's the time to throw your rods in the back of the Truck and come fishing. We're looking forward to fishing with all of you this season!! The American Angler family Check back - we're going to post a few pictures of the boat. |
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That's a wrap The boat returned a day early from just an awesome trip with numerous fish well over the 100lb mark and a very nice catch of Wahoo to go with it. Thanks again to Ken Corwin of Ken's Custom Reels - you rock - it was a fantastic 2 weeks with you and your gang. This is the end of our 2007 - 2008 fishing season and what a great year it has been. Now it's time to tie the boat up dockside and start giving it some of that Tender Loving Care that is normal protocol every year. Looking forward to seeing everybody up at the Fred Hall Long Beach Sportshow in March (5th - 9th). And on a final note, thank you for fishing with us on the American Angler - you all mean so very very much to us. Check out jackpot winners below and a pic of the whole gang.
1st place: Galen Steward 223 lbs Yellowfin Tuna 2nd place: Zeke Harloff 218 lbs Yellowfin Tuna 3rd place: Ken Corwin 202 lbs Yellowfin Tuna Honorable Mention: Bill Miller 232 lbs Yellowfin Tuna The Guys |
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THE FINAL TACK We had another nice day of traveling today, we got things all cleaned up and the Troops are ready to get home in the morning. We would like Thank all the gang for being a part of this wonderful trip - it will be one to remember for a long time. And also a special Thanks to our Super Sponsor Ken Corwin of Ken's Custom Reel, he had a bunch of great give a ways. Our ETA is 6:30 AM Tomorrow Thank you all so much. Your Crew Sam, Bill, Ray, Tony, Jordan, Nate and Paul. |
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED After a 670 miles move and for the most part a beautiful ride most of the way it took all day but we got the job done. We fished the coast today in hopes of finishing up with some Yellows but the first spot gave a little surprise with just Dandy size Seabass 3 fish total. The photo of the day shows off the first two we caught in the first twenty minutes and Dale picked up the last one about a hour into it. Then it was time go look for Yellows, we tried various spots with no luck until the end and then Bingo we finally got on some Yelllows that wanted to bite. Everybody got to tag one or two fish and that was all it took to finish up this trip. We are going to be getting in a day early on Sunday morning our ETA should be around 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning, check our website tomorrow night to confirm the time for sure. 
GOOD NIGHT AND WHAT A TRIP!!! The Gang |
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TIME TO HEAD UP THE LINE We have been very lucky the last few days with good weather and good fishing - this morning we only had room for just a few more of these nice grade tuna and by lunchtime we had what we needed. The photo of the day is Bill Salyer and Bill Miller with the last two fish of the day; these were just the average size of most of our catch. Bill Miller caught the first fish over 200 lbs and caught the last fish. The plan is to run up the line for a couple of days, play around up by Cedros and then we'll just take it from there. 
GOOD NIGHT, The Gang |
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BLESSED WITH GOOD LUCK We had a big day on nice grade Tuna and that pretty much sums it up. We only have room in the fish holes for a handful of fish and that's going to be it and then it will be time to start heading up the line. The photos of the day are Allen and Dale with a sample of today's fishing. Tomorrow we are going to do the family thing and let the guys that need to do some catching up just go for it before it's all done. Not sure what we are going to do on the ride up.... but I'm sure it will be just what the doctor ordered.
GOOD NIGHT AND WHAT A TRIP, The Gang |
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WE'RE STILL IN THE GAME Today was a different day - it wasn't til late in the afternoon when we finally got the bigger fish to bite for us. The last couple of days we have been getting a shot in the morning and then late in the day, but hey no matter when, we'll take em. The Wahoo fishing was slow we only picked up a couple but did end the day with 25 Tuna, 13 of which were over 100 lbs up to 191, and the gang was very happy with that. The photo of the day is Bill Randall with his big Tuna for today - one of the fish caught early in the day. The weather is still nice and we are all liking that. 
GOOD NIGHT, The AA Gang P.S. To Twikle, Bill says he loves you |
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ANOTHER DAY OF GOOD SCRATCH FISHING Today we woke up with nice weather and again it took a little time for the fish to wake up as well. Throughout the day there was always something going on down on deck - it may have been YFT small or larger, a bite on a Wahoo and every once in a while the bigger Tuna would swim by and we would hook one here and again. The afternoon was slow and we had just about given up all hope when right at sundown we hooked some bigger units... what a way to finish the day. The photos of the day are Zeke and Galen with the two cows for the day. The story with our buddy Zeke is yesterday he didn't even wet a line because of an old football injury but today he was back at it and the last fish to come over the rail was the fish of a lifetime for him. Hats off to Zeke for sticking it out. We are going to hang out for another day and are hoping for more of the same.
GOOD NIGHT FROM THE OCEANSIDE BOYZ, The AA Gang |
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OFF TO A GOOD START We arrived at our destination in the wee hours of the morning. Looking at the current conditions it looked like the right place to be anchored up, we waited a couple hours after daylight and it was obvious we were not it the right place so it was time to do some of the Skipper stuff and get these folks situated. After looking around we picked out a spot and things started to happen - there was sign of better fish and a few Wahoo. We had a shot in the midmorning and midday was our slow period. By the afternoon things started to get with the program. We ended the day with 31 Yellowfintuna 50 to 232 lbs with a mix 17 Wahoo to go with the catch. The photos of the day are Ken Corwin with his 195 lb Tuna (he also caught one 202lb later) and Mark Rubins (Rubes) with his 150 plus Tuna which the first of the bigger fish for the day. The weather is very nice and we're going to give it another day then take it from there.
Good Night, The AA Team |
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Bob's Sporting Goods/Sport Chalet trip finally made it uphill and home The guys were happy to be home this morning, after a choppy ride home. We want to thank Liwei Liao for being such a great onboard sponsor - and for the nice giveaways. Also thanks to Brad from Sport Chalet, who was not able to come along, but sent down his donations - thank you. A note about Bob's Sporting Goods - they have started an online tackle shop to make your life easier; just go to www.bsgtackle.com and start clicking! Thanks to all our wonderful passengers on this trip. They started with Wahoo, had a few days of big tuna hunting and finished the trip with a couple of great days with steady tuna fishing on 40 - 130lbers. We'll see everyone next time. Check out jackpot winners below.
1st place: Ben Frazier 231 lbs Yellowfin Tuna 2nd place: Ray Salvador 191 lbs Yellowfin Tuna 3rd place: Bill Randall 180 lbs Yellowfin Tuna The boat departs Sunday with the last trip of the season - a 14.5 day trip with onboard sponsor, our friend Ken Corwin, owner of Ken's Custom Reels. Check back in a few days for first report of the trip. Expecting a wet sign in guys - American Angler |
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The End We woke up to windy, choppy weather with hopes of catching a few more fish before going home. It took a few different moves before we found ourselves a steady little pick on 30-80lb fish. We used the rest of our bait and caught some fish which concluded our fishing trip. Today's picture is two crews of guys that we have aboard. Tony Duprey,Monteil Tremaine, Rocky Opliger and Bob Will represent our Federal Firefighters and of course our guys. The fifty Pound tuna that they are posing with was caught by Tony and was the last fish of the trip. We had great wahoo fishing,a shot at cows and great tuna fishing on mid-grade fish. The guys aboard clicked and worked like a well-oiled machine. We would like to thank our sponsors Sport Chalet and Bob's Sporting Goods for all the great prizes and giveaways. 
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