Winter 2019-20

Fishing Report

March 13, 2020

1st place Jack Pot goes to Jeff Giese with a 290 pound yellowfin tuna

2nd place goes to Dylan Malmberg with 142 pound Bluefin tuna on 30 pound test

3rd place goes to Bill Moore with a 128 pound Yellowfin tuna

Trolling Jack Pot goes to Steve Durfunger with a 42 pound wahoo

Another long afternoon drift for a few more fish.

Light line fishing for these tuna .

Most of the guys using 30 pound test makes for a few loses.

Big thanks to Pelagic Gear for sponsoring the Sonny Jones 15day trip!

Awesome giveaways and great fishing memories!

March 12, 2020

A few nice Blue fin this morning. Drifting on a pretty good school hoping for a couple more bites. Picked a couple more Bluefin but looks like we will be on the move soon

March 10, 2020

With no current we were able to drift up some nice yellows. The lack of condition made it tough and the fish were reluctant to bite. Nonetheless we manage some nice trophy Yellows

March 8, 2020

The wahoo gave us a pick up after the tuna fishing took a dive. Zero sign yesterday and today on the tuna

March 7, 2020

Tough fishing at the Bank .
We managed to get a little bit each day with a couple missed opportunities on nice size fish.

Jeff Geise got lucky and managed a nice fish at 290.
Pretty tough to get things going .
Hopefully conditions straighten out in the next couple days

March 1, 2020

Jimmy with a nice Pelagic Duffle bag
It’s Raffle time on board the Red Rooster .
Pelagic and Sonny Jones are starting is off with a great giveaway

Dylan Malmberg starts off with
 a United Composites Tuna Rod
Steve is the big winner with the Makaira 16
A nice group shot of our loyal March Red
Rooster passengers
Wayne with a Pelgic Hoody

Feb. 21, 2020

The Larry Brown trip will be returning with US Customs at 8:30 am and at the H&M dock at 9 am Feb. 23rd.

Feb. 20, 2020

More photos from Larry Brown 16/13 day trip

Feb. 19th, 2020

Headed on our way to Cabo. We found scratch fishing out at the Bank with very tough fishing conditions. Wind against current almost everyday which that alone made it tough. Sharks and junk fish in the mix added to the challenge.
Managed to catch a little bit each day that slowly added up.

We have another 15 day trip coming up on the 28th and hoping for better conditions.

3rd place goes to Howard Folmer
215 lb. yellowfin tuna
2nd place goes to Tom Jackson
218 lb. tuna
Edward Furu wins first place 221 lb. tuna

Tom Jackson wins the trolling jackpot with a 56 pound wahoo

Feb. 10, 2020

This qualifies as nice weather on the way down. Water is warming up and the outside temperatures are comfortable.

Feb. 9, 2020

We left on the Larry Brown 16 day trip Bait has been a bit shaky but starting to come around today. The weather has been calm but very chilly. It will be nice to get to a warmer climate . Looks like good weather at the Bank and looking forward to that

Jan. 8, 2020

Very nice day on wahoo and Dorado.

From daylight until lunch time we had nonstop action

Some of the stops they came charging the boat

Jan. 7, 2020

Tough day today with no bites on the big tuna. Going to change gears and go up and fish Marlin, Dorado and wahoo and spend the day with hopefully action

Jan. 6, 2020

There’s Bobby
30 plus years of Sport fishing and
Phil Lisi finally got the one
he was looking for,
a 318lb Yellowfin Tuna.
Congratulations, Phil
Donny Smith with this 213 this morning

Jan. 5, 2020

Dennis Pennell with a nice cow
retrieved in the skiff.
282 on 80 pound test
There’s Bobby
Bob Peterson with a nice fish
to start off with
Dennis with the taste of success
Charlie McGee with a nice fish
Karen with a nice fish

Jan. 4, 2020

Left on the Seeker 9 day trip out of Cabo . Bait lived good all the way down and just getting started fishing today. Conditions look good with calm seas and warm water

Dec. 16, 2019

ETA for tomorrow morning will be 8:30am with Customs
and 9-9:30 at the H&M dock

Dec. 14, 2019

Victoria with a 275.

Dec. 13, 2019

Earnie with a 285 on the
Accurate ATD 12 and 100lb Seaguar
Gary with his 2nd cow of the trip. 220lbs
BC with a 212 on the
Accurate 12 and 90lb Seaguar Blue Label
Bill did something on his first trip
that not many people do.
He caught a 200lb class Yellowfin, then
decided that wasn’t good enough.
So he went and got a 314. Congratulations!!
Allan and Bill with their trophies.
Allan Babashoff has been fishing with the Red Rooster III for 20+ years in
search of his 300lb Yellowfin.
Last night, his persistence was
rewarded with this beautiful
304lb trophy.

Dec. 12, 2019

Bill Gurner is on fire with a 275,
his 4th cow of the trip.
Dan Burns with a 220
Billy with a 250 this morning
Bill came all the way from Hawaii
to wrangle this 242lb Yellowfin

Dec. 11, 2019

Pappy with a 242, his 75th Cow Tuna on Accurate Reels
LA James with a 160 this morning

Dec. 10, 2019

Bobby with a nice 100lb fish
Chiaquiles Mole with Chicken for breakfast
today on the Lower Banks.
Laurens with a 225 on the Helium Balloon
Charlie Tanaka with a 337 lbs tuna
Bill with another personal best 248 lbs tuna!
Way to go Bill!
Charlie with a nice fish
Victoria Jones with a nice 372 lbs tuna!

Dec. 9, 2019

Gary finally reached the mark of 200 and gets a Red Rooster 111 200 pound club Jacket for his catch
Bill from Kona picked off a nice fish
Windy conditions today on the lower banks, still had a few chances at nice fish . Darwin with his best fish close to 200 pounds
Billy has been at it for a couple years and picked off his first cow

We had a nice ride all the way in and will start fishing after lunch. We have 6 days to get on it for now and plenty of bait. Here we go

Dec. 6, 2019

Trolled around most of our first day for 40 wahoo and just a handful of tuna. Not much current today. Hoping for better conditions tomorrow. A nice day with great weather.

Dec. 4, 2019

Another nice day of travel . Spent the day rigging up . As of now we are headed down to the Bank. We will wait for a report tomorrow on how it looks

Dec. 3, 2019

Mark Moffat Charter. Headed south with a nice load of big sardines . Perfect size bait for fly lining heavy gear . Warm weather with calm seas all day today.

Allan showing off his SKB soft box. More certificates from 5 star fish processing as well
Ernie picked off this nice new SKB tackle box.
We had a great raffle on our first day of travel. Lauren’s started it off with this nice Calstar rod

Nov. 22, 2019

320 lbs.
Gary and the guys displaying his 302 on an
Accurate 12 and 100lb Izorline.
2 over 300lbs today so far, plenty around
hopefully we can keep the ball rolling!

Nov. 21, 2019

Great sign at the lower banks today! Lots of fish around just a little hard to get a bite. All different sizes from 50 to 300+lbs. They put on a show, boiling right next to the boat. Managed to catch some fish all mixed sizes over 100 lbs. Miles pictured here with the big one for the day right at 190lbs. He won the Daily Jackpot, an Accurate Valiant 600. We also lost a handful of big jumbos, but we are here for one more day and looking for revenge. Overall super excited for trips to come, lot of fish on several of these banks. Call the office (619) 224-3857 and see what we have available for trips coming up. Looking forward to a great winter season!

Dave had a heartbreak on a giant due
to light line earlier in the day,
but he got some pay back with this nice one.
Another redemption fish
Jerry Price got one
Gary was playing around with his smaller Accurate reels
(not recommended for this kind of fishing)
and caught this nice one on a Valiant 600.
He later got into a situation with a giant and dumped it.
Reel did great but the 80lb line was no match.

Nov. 20, 2019

Travelled most of day and rigged up some last minute heavy gear.
Had time for margaritas with some Don Julio floaters courtesy of Phil Lisi.
Trying for wahoo this afternoon then make some bait for tomorrow’s festivities.

Nov. 19, 2019

Yellowtail made a little
showing this trip
Steve Is the Daily Jackpot winner
with a 20lb dorado.
He won a Calstar blank,
Accurate hat, and shirt.
Daily jackpot winner Doctor D
with a 50lb wahoo.
 He won a Accurate Valiant 600!
Paul with one on the Valiant 300
Yellowfin tuna fishing has been outstanding
the last few days.
Little bit of work releasing some smaller ones
but plenty of jumbos for some fun light line action.
Jack with a jumbo on the Tern 500

Nov. 17, 2019

Really nice tuna fishing today.
Weather got kinda bumpy and we had to
put the wahoo fishing on pause.
We got the anchor down and started to
pick away at these nice fish.
Charlie started the trip off with a hog wahoo
weighing in just shy of 70 lbs

Daily prize winner of a pair of Accurate Piranha pliers

Nov. 15, 2019

Departed on our annual Accurate trip with a healthy load of bait and are headed south.
Jack brought tons of demo gear and raffle prizes for the group.
Great traveling weather and hopefully biting fish in our future. Wish us luck!