Summer-Fall 2021

Fishing Report

Oct. 26 – Nov. 2, 2021 8 day trip

Nov. 1, 2021

Mark Smith with a 60 pound wahoo for the trolling jack pot

Oct. 31, 2021

Nice half day of fishing for yellows. Better grade than down on the ridge. YoYo fishing is the primary technique. Headed up to make a couple short stops in the morning and head home

Oct. 30, 2021

Oct, 29, 2021

Great day on quality tuna / yellowtail/ pargo and wahoo. Classic ridge fishing today!

Oct. 28, 2021

Nice day today with wahoo in the morning, nice grade tuna and yellowtail most of the day. We’ll be trying it again tomorrow.

Oct. 27, 2021

On our way to the ridge now after a morning of wahoo strikes in poor conditions. Weather was not quite what was predicted. Pretty choppy and hard to fish was more accurate. Anyway had some action and now on to the next.

Oct. 26, 2021

We made it out just before the storm hit San Diego. We had a nice afternoon of travel and enjoyed wind and swell on the stern all night. Surfing our way down to Alijos Rocks. Great to be out with Mark and the Charkbait group

Oct. 17- 26, 2021 8 day trip

Oct. 23, 2021

Beautiful grade of wahoo on the ridge this trip. We spent the day on the beach yellowtail fishing and it was productive. Good action mainly on the yo-yo iron. Grade was as displayed 15 to 20lb fish. Headed home now. Weather is considerably better than anticipated.

Oct. 21, 2021

Currently out on our BFJ 8 day trip experiencing excellent action on Tuna, Yellowtail, Dorado, and a few Wahoo. Lot of school grade tuna around that we’ve been weeding through to catch these 30 to 45lb fish. Also some very nice Yellowtail on the bottom. Weather is nice

Oct. 9-17 2021 8 day trip

Oct. 17, 2021

Levi gets awarded the trophy for biggest fish. a Wahoo at 42 pounds took the pot . Thanks for all the support from Half Moon Bay Sportfishing and tackle . Special thanks to Bob and Sherry . The guys appreciate all you do

Oct. 15, 2021

Nice day today. Finished off with Dorado and some nice yellows. Really nice weather and hoping for the same for another 350 miles.

Oct. 14, 2021

We had a nice day of wahoo fishing. Trolling and drifting from daylight to evening. Lots of chances throughout the day but hard to make them stick!

Oct. 13, 2021

Awesome night bite on quality tuna last night. Nice grade of fish with no skip jack mixed in. Clean tuna fishing. A few Dorado and a few more wahoo for the effort. Headed outside for tomorrow in hopes for wahoo.

Oct. 12, 2021

Tough day today with the wind coming up. Had a rally on tuna in the morning then a few strikes on wahoo. Checked out a couple other areas for not much as the wind peaked out. Sitting tight on the anchor tonight hoping for a break in the weather tomorrow

Oct. 11, 2021

Nice action on schooly tuna and a few chances at wahoo for the first day. Headed down in hopes of wahoo tuna and yellowtail tomorrow

Oct. 1 – 9, 2021 8 day trip

4th place honorable mention goes to Susan Weinblatt with a 120.1 pound yellowfin tuna

Oct. 8, 2021Great fishing for yellowtail on the beach. Full speed action on yellows until dark yesterday. Trying again today

Oct. 6, 2021

Another nice day today with Big Tuna and Big Yellowtail. Picked all day and took off inside for the last part of the trip with some inshore action tomorrow

Oct. 5, 2021

Slower fishing today with one nice bite in the afternoon. Things never really got going but managed to pick throughout the day. We will be here again tomorrow

Oct. 4, 2021

Nice day today at the Island. A lot of personal best fish today. Really nice weather here today on the anchor and hoping for more tomorrow

Sept. 23 – Oct. 1, 2021

Oct. 1, 2021

We’ve had the chance to do a lot of product research with
Nomad’s new SlideKick Surface Iron.
Dale Hightower brought us a variety of colors a few months ago and we are very impressed with its ability to harvest yellowtail.
It’s heavier than a traditional surface lure which enables you to cast much further especially straight into the wind.
It is very important to have a heavier action jig stick such as a Calstar 90j or a Seeker 93h Ulua in order to take full advantage of the 4.5ozs.
Nomad once again producing another game changer. Can’t wait to try it on wahoo!

Sept. 30, 2021

Very busy the last few days working up the beach. These fall 8 day trips are always full of variety and this trip was no different. Very good yellowtail, bass, and rock cod fishing. Everybody has tagged what they need and are breaking down the gear in flat calm weather.Thanks again to Sonny Jones, Pelagic Gear, United Composite Rods, Okuma, Ballyhood Lures, Peter J Art, Cal Sheets, Five Star Fish Processing, Seaguar, and Tiburon for all the giveaways. Also to our loyal clients who enjoy fishing for whatever we put them on. Wether we are casting bombs for wahoo or bouncing a swimbait for sandbass they always try for them with a smile on their face.

Sept. 27, 2021

Weather has been tough this trip.
Thankfully the fishing has been excellent on the anchor for Yellowfin, Yellowtail, and Dorado.
We’ve had a great couple days down here now we are headed up to fish yellowtail the remainder of the trip.
Hopefully we can find some calmer water on the beach.

Sept. 25, 2021

We arrived at first destination and were welcomed by a few strikes on wahoo. Weather was less then ideal but we had our chances. Headed into the beach now hopefully some tuna and more wahoo are waiting for us. Congrats to the anglers that caught one today!

Sept. 24, 2021

We departed on our annual Sonny Jones Pelagic 8 day. We got most of the gear rigged up today and we will be arriving at Alijos rocks tomorrow around noon. Sonny presented Bob Cherry (Wahoo Bob) an award for fishing with Lee Palm Sportfishers for the past 50 years. Bob started fishing on the Red Rooster II after His service in Vietnam.

Sept. 17 – 23. 2021 6 day trip

Sept. 22, 2021

Finished up our Calstar 6 day trip with some more nice yellowfin, a couple days of kelp fishing for school grade tuna and dorado, and then finished up with some cod drifts. Thanks again to Gary Teroka and Calstar fishing rods hope to see everybody again next year!

Sept. 20, 2021

Ted DeLacruz with 2 nice tuna 108, 102

Sept. 19, 2021

Tough start yesterday due to aggressive sharks, however today was action packed. Nice yellowtail and tuna coming over the rail with some interference from the tax man. Hopefully tomorrow is similar.

Sept. 18, 2021

Left on our annual Calstar Fishing Rods 6 day yesterday. Gary and the guys have spent the day getting their gear rigged up and are eager to fish. We will be arriving at the island shorty.

Sept.11 – Sept. 17, 2021 6 day trip

Another nice day at the Island. Picked at big tuna and a few Yellows almost all day. Heading up now and going to make a short stop tomorrow before going to Ensenada

Sept. 15, 2021

Great day at the Island. The weather turned nice and the fishing on big tuna and yellowtail was all day long. We have another day here and then moving up.

Sept. 13, 2021

Great fishing this morning on the beach, nice grade yellowtail.
High impact starting from sun up to lunch.
Headed out to the west to look for a kelp paddy in hopes of dorado.
On Course for the Island will be there in the morning

Sept. 5, 2021 – Sept. 11, 2021 6 day trip

Sept. 10, 2021

4th place Honorable mention
Jaclyn Deilgat
with 118.5 pound yellowfin tuna

Sept. 9, 2021

Nice day today on Yellowtail in the morning and tuna in the afternoon good weather and nice conditions for fishing

Sept. 8, 2021

Nice day today on a mix of nice Yellows and tuna.

Flyline for tuna and yellows for most of the afternoon

Sept. 6, 2021

We had a nice start here today on these quality tuna. Conditions were extreme with a lot of current and of course sharks. We managed to make an afternoon of it.

Aug. 31 – Sept. 5, 2021 5 day trip

Sept. 4, 2021

Sharky day here today. Heavy losses with a lot of hard work. After two days with very little shark presence. It was a bit more than challenging for the group. Still managed a nice day,

Sept. 2, 2021

Nice start here today with scratch fishing on decent size tuna. We will see how it goes tomorrow after trying for bait tonight

Aug. 26-31, 2021 5 day trip

Returned this morning from are 20th Year with the Charkbait 5 day group. Tough fishing this to start but we ended up finishing with some trophy Bluefin Tuna. 7 fish over 200lbs with 1 at 326.6! Also a few in the mid 100lb range. This one California Flyer was responsible for all but few fish. Now retired in the Red Rooster office.

Sept. 2, 2021

Nice start here today with scratch fishing on decent size tuna. We will see how it goes tomorrow after trying for bait tonight

Aug. 26-31, 2021 5 day trip

Aug. 23-26, 2021 3 day trip

Quality Bluefin tuna fishing the past few days on our Bob Michener Memorial 3 day. Between night time lure fishing and plunker style drifts during the day we were able to put together a nice trip.

Aug. 20-23, 2021 3 day trip

Amazing Bluefin Tuna fishing the last 3 days with John and Nathan Oldenkamp’s annual private charter. Lot of epic battles on light line for these 60 to 80lb fish. Also managed to get a few samples of Dorado and Yellowtail. Till next year thanks again guys!

Aug. 14 – 20, 2021 6 day trip

Aug. 18, 2021

Very nice fishing for yellowtail this morning. Yesterday was pretty good as well. Epic weather and headed up the line to finish off with a little Rock Cod fishing

Aug. 16, 2021

Great fishing here again today. With sore arms and backs we are headed in to try for Yellowtail somewhere on the beach.
Try something a little less demanding Lots of fish 100 pounds or better today. Really nice grade

Nice day today to start off the Larry Brown 6 day trip.
Steady fishing here on nice grade tuna from 80 to 130 pounds

Aug. 11 -14. 2021 3 day trip

Did some flat fall fishing last night and picked off a few stops before running out and spending the day trying for yellowtail.
Today was not quite what we were hoping for but we were able to keep the people entertained throughout the day.
One last try tonight in the bluefin grounds then in tomorrow at 6:00 in the morning

Aug. 12, 2021

Nice day today fishing bluefin.\We had a few short stops yesterday at night and then a long drift after breakfast until after lunch. Everyone had a chance at light line fishing this quality Bluefin.Pelagic Clothing has sponsored the three day trip with an outstanding giveaway of state of the Art clothing

Aug. 8 – 11, 2021 3 day trip

Aug. 10, 2021

We spent the day yellowtail fishing again.
Glenn was the hot stick on the surface iron.Last shot for Bluefin tonight

Got in to the Bft area and went straight to work.
Got our daily limit and the after midnight we went straight into today’s limit.
Will be fishing for yellowtail in the morning and try this again tomorrow night. Very memorable night for all of us.

Aug. 9, 2021

Left on our annual Glenn’s Alignment 3 day trip yesterday. Group wanted to get in on this hot good grade yellowtail action. Very good fishing this morning. Headed to fish for Bluefin this afternoon.

Aug. 3 – Aug. 8, 2021 5 day trip

Finished up our annual Seguar 5 day put on by our good friend and great charter master Dale Hightower.
We had some chances at Bluefin but the Yellowtail fishing was excellent.
Very nice grade 15-30+lbs on the anchor in flat calm weather.

July 27-Aug. 3, 2021 7 day trip

July 31, 2021

Another morning of great fishing.
The grade is 85 to 110 pounds everyday.
Please bring a 600 accurate Boss or Fury 2 speed and a Calatar 800 H rail rod for this fishing

July 29, 2021

Started our fishing trip yesterday with a nice bite on big tuna.
Chuck Barnnet also has a long trip thats matched up with Izorline for this trip

July 25, 2021

First full day of kelp paddy hoping worked out well. Good mix of fish. Yellowtail, Dorado, Bluefin and Yellowfin tuna.

July 18-24, 2021 6 day trip

3rd place Jackpot Roger Lee
with 123.4 lb. YFT

July 22, 2021

Another outstanding day of yellowfin tuna fishing at Guadalupe Island. We were able to bring out some of the heavier today with the mackerel we caught last night.

July 22, 2021

Another outstanding day of yellowfin tuna fishing at Guadalupe Island. We were able to bring out some of the heavier today with the mackerel we caught last night.

July 19, 2021

Got to Guadalupe Island @ 3 PM and had a nice afternoon bite on yellowfin tuna. 70 lbs. and up. Great start to this 6 day trip.

July 10-18, 2021 8 day trip

July 17, 2021

Looks like we have the Jackpot winner here from the Bluefin grounds

July 15, 2021

Conditions changed over night. Fishing slowed way down. Still a few wahoo and yellowtail but nothing like the last two days.

July 14, 2021

More yellows and wahoo today

July 13, 2021

Excellent first day at the Rocks. Wahoo bit until mid-afternoon. Then put the anchor down for quality yellowtail on the dropper. Wahoo averaged about 40 lbs. and the yellows were 12 to 40 lbs.

July 7-10, 2021 3 day trip

July 9, 2021

Had a night on smaller grade fish last night with pretty good action just no bigger fish. Nice day yesterday with a 6 hour drift in the morning with fish from 20 pounds up to 80 pounds. Had to stop and go fishing in the afternoon for more of this mid grade fish in great weather

July 8, 2021

A nice start this morning with a long plunker on mixed grade Bluefin. Flat calm weather keeping a couple fish on the line all morning

July 7, 2021

Had a pretty nice start on our first afternoon with a drift on these catchable grade Bluefin. Gave the folks a chance to loosen up and enjoy catching some fish on the first day of a three

June 26-July 4, 2021 8 day trip

July 3, 2021

Bob got his limit today of Bluefin Tuna

Headed for home with Beefer/Nicifore 8 day group. Good to see some familiar faces that we missed last year. We had excellent Bluefin tuna and Yellowtail fishing. Looking forward to next year.

June 30, 2021

We are all finished up on our yellowtail down below. Really exciting last couple of days, but now it’s time to try for tuna. Currently we are traveling up and gonna start fishing midday tomorrow. Big Bluefin Tuna seminar and lots of rigging has kept everybody busy today. Perfect weather.

June 24-26, 2021 1.75 day trip

Excellent fishing on school size bluefin with a nice hand full of 60-70lbs. It was nice to see John Loftus back on the boat!

June 22-24, 2021 1.75 day trip

June 20-22, 2021 1.75 day trip

June 17-20, 2021 Sonny Jones 3 Day

Honorable mention hoes to Sonny Jones with this 110lb. BFT

Sonny Jones 3 day trip starts with a bang! Good job guys! Great night and day on the Bluefin grounds. Flat calm and biting fish!!!! We’ve been on a drift for a few hours picking away at these nice 100lb class Bluefin tuna. 100lb line with a sinker rig has been the key. We have had chances at 100 plus pound fish today. Hopefully more chances to come on the next trip. ETA 6am