Winter and Spring 2015-16

July 2, 2016

Good morning guys here’s the jackpots
1st place is Randy Ladd with a 74# Bluefin tuna
2nd place is none other then Sonny Jones with a 55# wahoo
And with the coveted Red Rooster III trolling jackpot is Pat Zukowski with a 41# wahoo
Thanks again guys for a great trip and a hell of a good time!!!! Hope to see ya’ll next year!!!!

July 1, 2016

Just a reminder gang our ETA is 7 am see ya then

Well folks another one in the bag here with tons of fish to look at today but not to many bites none the less we know where they are and they have to bite sooner or later so maybe on the next one. Every one here on the Rooster would like to give a special thanks to Sonny Jones and Shane from pelagic for all the donations as well as Mark Smith and Megan from charkbait for all their contributions for this trip they were greatly appreciated. And also thanks to Ballyhood lures and Peter J art gallery. So we will see you guys for tomorrow’s JP winners in the am thanks again to Mike Mahoney and Mike McVey for putting on an awesome trip you guys are rad!!!!
Derek Waldman

Checking in for the afternoon bite. …or lack thereof as it seems. There’s been a few caught today a lot of guys with none and a few with a couple so we’re seeing these giant spots but haven’t found out what they want to eat yet so hopefully soon coming

Randy with a 74#er here this morning. We’ll guys a few fish seen and a few caught hopefully they get with it for us we will let you know

June 30, 2016

Checking in for the morning we got a slight breeze with a few foot swell coming out of the west northwest so a little bumpy bit not bad by any means. We’re looking for the odd school of yellowfin out here and hopefully connect otherwise were going to be trying for those elusive Bluefin tomorrow hope it’s as good weather at home as it is out here talk to you guys later.
Derek Waldman

June 29, 2016

June 28, 2016

Good little action here this afternoon with some better grade yellows and a few grouper to go around. We decided to go out to the rocks for tomorrow and see if we can capture a few wahoo so wish us luck see ya’ll in the morning
Derek Waldman

Not much happening this afternoon except chef mike’s killer chicken cesar salads and we put our top guy behind the binos, get Em Sonny

Here’s Adell and Gary, Sonny and Pedro, and Warren

Good morning folks we got a run on these better 30-40# yellows last night here’s McVey and John with a couple

June 27, 2016

Well gang nothing to report except exceptional weather and good fishing in the morning obviously but this evening we never connected with anything substantial so a few more miles till we anchor up for the evening and try again tomorrow we will get you in the AM
Derek Waldman

Found some tuna out here but not the right size all 5-8# so we’re heading back up to see if any wahoo pushed in with this new water that came in yesterday it went up into the 70° mark so fingers crossed again

Well folks the afternoon quest for tuna continues on with no sign as of yet now it’s like a crusade in these awesome conditions slight breez and little swell it’s perfect for looking so with the mast and helm full of stabiscopes were hoping to have a good report soon
Derek Waldman

June 26, 2016

All in all a nice day here with good action for most of the afternoon then around 4:30ish it definitely tapered off but we would hook one here and there till dark now we’re off moving south to start in a new area in the morning. And with the weather report holding favorable conditions for us were looking forward to it
Derek Waldman

June 25, 2016
Lance and Adell hooked up here for a little action before dark as we roll south tonight. We picked up a handful of yellows and released a few as well just getting the yayas out before tomorrow. Hopefully we find what we’re looking for there have a good night guys and girls I’ll be checking in mañana

Adell and the gang from Vegas and local boy Jay on the end there with a solid 25 ‪#‎er

We stopped on a kelp here to see if it had some dinner fish and it did we ended up with 7 nice yellows Shane got two here on the plug along with Ben Frizzell

June 24, 2016

Good evening anglers. We cleared the point about 2pm this afternoon with a great load of bait and good weather on our annual Mahoney McVey 8 day charter. We’re headed south hoping to be in the grounds day after tomorrow so wish us luck and with everyone stuffed with chef mike’s beef Wellington and thus weather it’s going to be a good night’s rest wish us luck I will check back in tomorrow.
Derek Waldman

June 24, 2016

Our first Seeker rods sponsored 8 day trip brought us to the ridge fore scratch fishing on school size tuna and excellent fishing on quality yellowtail. After two days of the ridge we decides to head out to the Rocks where we had a nice surprise for 26 wahoo up to 66.0 pounds and quality trophy yellowtail up to 46.5 pounds .The weather was perfect the whole trip and are final move settled our Jack Pot with a few nice Bluefin tuna to top off the trip.
I would like to thank Bob …and Caleb Peterson for putting on a great show with the help of Seeker rods and Pelagic gear.
1st place Jack Pot
Gene Townsend with a 67.5# Bluefin tuna
2nd place Jack Pot
Tony Rauckaus with a 66.0 pound wahoo
And Bob Peterson with 3rd place with a 65.1 pound Bluefin tuna
Also George Taylor with the trolling Jack Pot with a34# wahoo

June 23, 2016

Flat calm today. Jeff and the Peterson’s show off there start of the day

We started to hook a few in the dark and at daylight that was it. A little sample on the 60 plus pound Bluefin

June 22, 2016

I had a type error on Kyle’s yellowtail that was really 47.5 pounds that has him in the running for 3rd place right now. Yesterday was a foggy day at Cedros the only noteworthy and productive thing was the bait fishing in the evening. Pretty tough on even Bass fishing with virtually no kelp do to the hot water last year. Today we are offshore in search of tuna. We are way out offshore looking at some water that looks good on the water chart….  No wind today so the working conditions are perfect. Hopefully we can locate something worthy.

June 20, 2016

We picked off a few more nice wahoo in the afternoon and then started hearing north.Our next stop will be Cedros tomorrow morning

We picked at a few nice yellows and picked up these quality fish with Kyle puking off this 46.5 pounder and Jeff with a 42 pounder. Sal and Kenny with fish in the mid 30’s Going to give the wahoo another try this afternoon

Jeff and Tony with a couple of J.P contenders Jeff with a 56 ‪#‎ers‬ and Tony with a 65.5 both on the casting jigs

First thing in the morning we had a couple of bingos on wahoo. Casting jigs flying around and wahoo in the air

June 19, 2016

One last stop on a surprise school of yellows offshore before heading for alijos rocks We will arrive first thing in the morning

We had a great morning of quality yellowtail fishing. Great top water with surface iron and popper action. 18 to 30 pound yellows snaking through the corner. Really fun fishing and quality. We are headed offshore to look at an area for tuna. With the flat calm weather we will be able to give it a good look

June 18, 2016

We had a nice day with good action on quality yellows and a pick on school size tuna. Yellowtail were nice grade 18 to 35 pounds and tuna 12 to 27 pounds.

June 17, 2016

A group shot of the Seeker /Accurate 8 day charter

June 16, 2016

Good afternoon.
We just left on the first of three eight day trips this spring.

June 11, 2016

Nice ride today and it looks like 7:00 at the dock.  See you then

June 10, 2016

We made stop to break up the ride and had a nice afternoon on Yellowtail.  The weather was perfect and got to catch fish as well  Back on the road tonight and headed home

June 8, 2016

The Accurate sponsored June Heat 15 day trip started of on the inside where we found a mix of 60 to 120 pound fish with a chance at a cow each day. After four days we decided to head outside where we experience great fish on some real quality fish from 100 to 223 pounds. Most of the fishing was on the drift and the sharks were a problem , but we still managed to put together a beautiful catch of nice grade tuna. There was a little wahoo each day to mix it up with and that ate up the afternoon slow periods. One noteworthy thing was how tough these fish were in the hot water. Some of the toughest battles we have had all year on hundred plus pound fish. Another successful Accurate sponsored trip. Thanks Accurate for all the loaner gear and providing the Red Rooster with such a superior product

June 7, 2016

Another nice day to finish off the trip. Ralph Cox and Bob Hohman with a couple of really nice fish. A lot of hard battles to put together a great trip with an amazing grade of fish.

Steve with a nice 160 pounder. One of the toughest hard fought fish so far today

June 6, 2016

June 5, 2016

Richard Goka and Bill Walsh with a couple of nice fish. The sharks have pretty much taken over but steady fishing today looks like we will try it again tomorrow

June 4, 2016

Dave picked off this decent fish but most of our day we saw and picked at smaller grade fish .The porpoise did back off so we were able to soak baits but still pretty tough. Thankful for what we are getting but making a move to see what else is down here.We will be traveling tonight and fishing at 7:00 tomorrow morning

Started off with a couple fish. One fish 201 and it is hard to fish through the porpoise. Really have our work cut out for us. Once again pretty good sign just hard to soak a bait. Maybe later

June 3, 2016

We had a few nice fish this morning and now watching fish jump around d that won’t bite. Maybe they will settle in this afternoon and we can pick up the pace Leo scored this 215 this morning

Brian just picked this one off on the kite 185 was the weight of the fish

June 2, 2016

This one is Jesse, Anyway Biggest fish today was 181 pounds the Leo managed in the afternoon We will report again tomorrow.

Tough day here but the sharks backed off in the afternoon and we were able to pick while drifting. Plenty of sign here so hopefully tomorrow we can put together a nice day. Gil with a decent tuna.

Judy finished the day with this nice 178 pounder.Kite fish can’t win the Accurate daily prize so Joe Armitsu wins a nice Cal star blank from Accurate

We had a pretty good bite on 60 to 120 pounder this afternoon. Only a couple got hit by sharks and for the most part they are not a problem. We are hoping as the conditions clean up we will get a few chances at some big fish. Happy to stay busy this afternoon
Here is a picture of happy Bob

May 30, 2016

We have had cool weather on the ride down nice calm seas and just a little afternoon sunshine. The water is cool coming down most of the way below 64.0 degrees. We made a quick stop at allijos and picked up a who for fish tacos tomorrow. Ralph Cox did the harvesting on that wahoo.
We will do another seminar tomorrow before lunch and be on the grounds the next day

May 28, 2016

We are finally on our way after 60 days of maintenance. Our Accurate sponsored June Heat 15 day trip is here. We left this morning and found ourselves scooping an amazing load of sardines for our 8 days of fishing. We have some prep to do tomorrow and will be spending the day getting things in fishing mode. Here is Leo .Finally made it!

Bill Walsh made this tidy little rod holder that clamps to the rail and can hold the big gear

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES…
DATE OF TRIP: 3/8-3/23/2016
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 4W16-Loftus & Martin Charter
1st PLACE JACKPOT 228.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT JIM MITCHELL OF GARDEN DROVE, CA

2nd PLACE JACKPOT 201.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BOB MICHENER OF OXNARD, CA

3rd PLACE JACKPOT 194LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY ED SUN OF ORANGE, CA

NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 99.6LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT RON HIRAO

Mar. 19, 2016

We are headed up the line with beautiful weather after a nice trip that produced quality Yellowfin tuna and Wahoo.

We spent the first five days at Clarion and found scratch fish from 15 to 20 tuna a day and a few wahoo a day. The fishing was tough but we manage to throw on about 35 mixed tuna and wahoo a day. The sign was incredible but the sharks made it very challenging to bring fish aboard. 

We spent the last two days outside at the Bank and had two really nice days of  wahoo and tuna fishing .

Averaging 37 tuna a day and 50 wahoo a day with the first day being the best on the wahoo.

Really nice weather and a little less on the sharks made for classic Bank fishing with conditions that took the lines perfectly back behind the boat.

The kite was the tool of choice and also the balloons providing most of the bites with a great show on fish jumping around the boat and the Bank.

We will be in to unload on Wednesday the 23rd .

See you then Andy Cates

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Mar. 11, 2016

Good evening folks. Tomorrow we will be fishing after a really nice day of travel. The bait looks good and we we ready to go.

Mar. 10, 2016

We have found the nice weather and headed south. We came down just outside alijos rocks with 65.5 degree water and green . Now it is blue water and 70.0 degrees. We had a nice seminar today and spent the rest of the day rigging up. The boat is about ready and so are the people.

Mar. 8, 2016

Good evening .
We left on a 15 day ride down ride back sponsored by Loftus and Martin. We picked up a real nice load of bait with a good percentage of nice hook bait. All sardines with a slight mix of mackerel. The weather is bumpy but going down swell is fine….Tomorrow our first full day of travel and we will be getting the boat ready for a week of fishing.

Feb. 28, 2016

Larry Brown and Izorline Jack Pots
1st place Herman Jones 221.0
2nd place Knut Korsbrekke 214.0
3rd place Larry Brown 208.1

Feb. 24, 2016

We have had a great ride up with classic no wind conditions we will arrive in Cabo at 7:00 and hopefully San Diego at 9:00 on Sunday.

Feb. 22, 2016

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Feb. 20, 2016

Herman Jones with a nice 220 to finish the day

With the weather coming up and the last part of the trip we decided to head inside and finish our trip. We won’t get there until late afternoon.
Hopefully we have something to report

Feb. 18, 2016

Feb. 17, 2016

Feb. 14, 2016
We have had a nice day of travel with a tuna seminar today and a lot of action at the tackle table. Still have another day of travel and a wahoo seminar tomorrow

Feb. 13, 2016Larry Brown and his crew left with us yesterday on our annual 16 day fly home trip. We had a great raffle that produced $1100 for charity and The prizes were great.

CAPTAIN: ANDY CATES…
DATE OF TRIP: 1/23-2/7/2016
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS

TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP Bluefinjim.net/Pelagic Gear 
1st PLACE JACKPOT 261.8LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY JIM CASEY OF GARDEN GROVE, CA

2nd PLACE JACKPOT 254.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUN A CAUGHT BILL BRANDSTETTER OF LAKE FORREST, CA

3rd PLACE JACKPOT 228.0LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT TIM IVY OF SAN DIEGO, CA

NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 43.2LBS WAHOO CAUGHT BILL BRANDSTETTER

OTHER:
BILL BRANDSTETTER 229 LBS
DANNY WADE 226 LBS
GARY ROGERS 218 LBS
GARY ROGERS 216 LBS
HUNTER BERG 212 LBS
DON SMITH 210 LBS
JOHN REINHART 204 LBS
HUNTER BERG 203 LBSFeb. 5, 2016
 We have had a couple days of choppy weather .We have reached the waters below Cedros island and the seas are much better. We have wind again but nothing like what we had the last couple daysWe should be in the bay early and at the dock as scheduled

ETA looks like 7:00 am Sunday

Feb. 3, 2015

We our way up after finish our Blue Fin Jim and Pelagic clothing sponsored 15 day trip Starting the trip out at the Bank saw a downhill slide in fishing as we scratched about 35 tuna and 20 wahoo before heading inside. The fishing at the Island was hit and miss but the quality was there. We managed to be in the right place at the right time to scratch up another 80 tuna with an estimated 12 tuna over the 200 pound mark. A little here and a little there added up and yesterday was our finisher with a really nice day with 37 fish from 75 pounds up to 230 pounds with 4 fish over the 200 pound mark

We left last night due to the weather and are headed up in choppy windy conditions. We will be in on Sunday to weigh up the Jack Pot

Andy Cates

Feb. 2, 2016
 We scratched all day until dark with a little shot on 100 to 150 pounders at dark. A really nice day today. Unfortunately we have to start heading up due to the weather conditions the next three days. Nothing hazardous but it will be slow going on the way up. We are going to break down the gear and head up tonight.

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CAPTAIN: THOMAS FERRARI
DATE OF TRIP: 1/4-1/19/2016
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
 
TRIP/CHARTER MASTERS: TRIP 1W16-LOFTUS & MARTIN CHARTE
1st PLACE JACKPOT 273.5LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY PAUL HUDDLESON OF KNEELAND, CA

2nd PLACE JACKPOT 251.3LBS YELLOWFIN TUN A CAUGHT JONATHAN JEFFERS OF REDWAY, CA

3rd PLACE JACKPOT 244.5LBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY GARY GRIMAUD OF SAN DIEGO, CA

NOTES: TROLLING JACKPOT 42.4LBS WAHOO CAUGHT JEFF HARNISCH OF PIERCY, CA

OTHER:
244 LBS CARL EICHIN
205.4 LBS BILL SANDBOURNE
205.3 LBS RON LLOYD
202.1 LBS STEVE WESSELINK

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Today’s prize winners

Jan. 6, 2016

We did our tuna fishing seminar today. I went over different rigs and methods we will be using this week. Pictured is raffle host Tom Kelleher and winner “Dude”. Proceeds will go to a charity benefitting local Marine Corps families.