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J.D.'s Big Game Tackle  Tuesday, May 29, 2001
"Your gaff repair worked well", as David Runstrom aboard his 48ft. Ocean, Dragon. told me after just weighing in the potential First Fish of the Season for Albacore,at the Balboa Angling Club. Catching the fish in US waters Northwest of the Cortez Banks, Three stops (32:31/119:21, 33:29/119:20, 32:33/119:27) and catching four fish from 17 to 24lbs, Their first strikes came at just before 8am, with acres and acres of bait as far as you could see on the horizon , birds everywhere and rafts of 200 seals at a time seen. The life was there over a two mile wide water temp break, a cool 59 degrees on the San Clemente Is. side and warming to 63 degrees to the outside, the current break running roughly N/N/E. The first Albacore took a Purple Daisy chained lure, the second fish came in on a mini-jet Blue & White and the biggest fish ate a natural Cedar Plug, coughing up a 10" sauries when boated.

Albacore Sunday 5/27    Berzae   - Affordable Marine   May 27, 2001 06:13 PM
Left the bait barge at 5:20 and headed towards the 371. The water was polished glass...we could have powered out at full throttle if it weren’t for the price of gas. After getting skunked last weekend because we couldn’t find any paddies that were holding I was afraid I was looking at a repeat until we found the first paddy just south of the numbers at the 371 at 9:00. Bumbling though, we lost 2 of three hookups! We left that paddy and put out a trolling spread, figuring that we were missing paddies because we were travelling too fast to see them on the slick water. 5 miles south of the 371 at 32.11.37 / 117.32.32 we saw baitfish breaking on the surface...I figured it was the bonita that everyone has been hooking into. As we trolled past the bait, double hook-up but these fish fought! Albacore!! (14 and 16 lbs). Too bad I wasn’t thinking because I failed to throw bait to keep the school up and we lost them. I tried to call AMS boaters to the area...I don’t think anyone else found the fish. Found two more paddies holding. The last has yellowtail breaking bait on the surface as we drove up...left them biting when we ran out of bait. Learned a good lesson of what not to do when a yt bite is wide-open.... never set your rod down (out of a rod-holder) with bait in the water. My buddy set his virgin Shimano TLD Star 20/40 against the rail to grab the gaff for my fish when zing!!! There goes the rod over the side like a missile (then a torpedo). If anyone catches a yt attached to an entire rig let me know! Hit a total of 11 yellowtail and 2 albacore and back at the dock by 1:00pm. Great day on the water

Sunday Yellows  Mrs. Bill   - Affordable Marine  May 27, 2001 05:48 PM
Launched from Shelter @ 5:15 am and headed to the 371 - at @ 3 miles south of the 371 we sighted a paddy and as we came up to it we could see the yellows. When we flylinned the sardines all hell broke loose - quadruple hook ups and the yellows ran to the paddy. After an hour of this, we had boated 13 yellows in the 8 - 12 lb range. Unfortunately another boat with two anglers drove up to the paddy and started fishing - so we invited everyone else passing in - it was a nice free for all at that point. Later went to the 425 for nada and then the Rockpile for a couple of Lingcods, whitefish and rock cods. A very good day on the water - hope someone else finds yellows at the 371!

ALBACORE!!   - Affordable Marine    Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 18:02:29 -0700
Left the bait barge at 5:20 and headed towards the 371. The water was polished glass...we could have powered out at full throttle if it weren’t for the price of gas. After getting skunked last weekend because we couldn’t find any paddies that were holding I was afraid I was looking at a repeat until we found the first paddy just south of the numbers at the 371 at 9:00. Bumbling though, we lost 2 of three hookups! We left that paddy and put out a trolling spread, figuring that we were missing paddies because we were travelling too fast to see them on the slick water. 5 miles south of the 371 at 32.11.37 / 117.32.32 we saw baitfish breaking on the surface...I figured it was the bonita that everyone has been hooking into. As we trolled past the bait, double hook-up....but these fish fought! Albacore!! (14 and 16 lbs). Too bad I wasn’t thinking because I failed to throw bait to keep the school up and we lost them. I tried to call AMS boaters to the area...I don’t think anyone else found the fish. Found two more paddies holding. The last has yellowtail breaking bait on the surface as we drove up...left them biting when we ran out of bait. Learned a good lesson of what not to do when a yt bite is wide-open.... never set your rod down (out of a rod-holder) with bait in the water. My buddy set his virgin Shimano TLD Star 20/40 against the rail to grab the gaff for my fish when zing!!! There goes the rod over the side like a missile (then a torpedo). If anyone catches a y/t attached to an entire rig let me know! Hit a total of 11 yellowtail and 2 albacore and back at the dock by 1:00pm. Great day on the water!! Thanks for the site! Love the buddy boater pages! Alex

Yellow Saturday   Mike  - Affordable Marine  Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 22:48:09
Hay Dennis,   We headed out from SD with a half and half scup of healthy bait around 6:00am. Eric, Tim, Josh and I were hoping to find em around the 425. Sea was flat with a little mist to keep you awake. Pulled up short of the mark on the first paddy in 62deg H2O. No one home. Heard things had been going off south of the 425, pulled up and ran to find a couple of boats taking turns parking on the paddy. Fish were scattered but they were there. We encouraged the guys to give it some room and it began to produce. We pulled off 6 before the rest of San Diego should up. Headed south of the 371 after talking to Captain Scot and Sea Sharp. Found a paddy that looked bare. I was about to head on when the mother load breezed through. There were poles bent, reels screaming, lines crossed, bait chumming, gaffs and blood, guts and glory for the next 15 minutes. Then they were gone. So was our bait. We heard that Albie was in the area so we got greedy and trolled the rest of the day, making our way to the 302 but our luck was used up. Water temp was 63, dark clear blue. Ride in was smooth and dry. Final count; 17Yellows form 8-12 lbs. Great day on the water. Go get'em Mike and crew on the aFISHionado

5/26 Yellowtail limits Brian Fish-N-Time   - Affordable Marine    Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 07:16:30
Dennis, Fished the 302 and 371 5/26 for 8-12 lb. yellows. Water was flat calm 61.2-62 deg. and almost purple. We found the first patty at the 302 for 3 fish then a non AMS member crashed the patty bite over. Second patty on the way to the 371 wide open no boats around limits by 8:30 am. Called in other AMS members but the bite got slow. Brian Fish-N-Time

fishnplay      - Affordable Marine        posted May 28, 2001 10:29 AM
Sunday was my "day in history" to remember, or forget!! We all had the lesson of our lives in fish farming. Some pretty nasty yellers on our light gear wrappend us kelp and it just went on. Never had a day like this before. Did end up with 6 quality yellers.    There are some sweet paddies between the 425 and the finger bank. Found mother paddy about 9 mi towards the finger straigt from the 425. Tight lines!! C'mon Albies!

"ALBIES"     SeaShepard -   ALLCOAST    May-28-01, 12:32 PM (PST)
Picked up 4 Albies between the 302 and the 390 on Sat 5/26. First fish hit the deck at about 5:15Am the rest by noon. We also pickedup alot of bones in the area as well. Look for the puddlers and troll past them. Worked well for us. We put the numbers out over the radio and let the other skippers know what we had. Seemed like everyone was just patty hoping. After we put it out we had albies other boats started trolling and picked some up as well. One of the Boats we called in Caught a bluefin off a patty in the Area we tried to find the patty to no avail I would say that we were within a mile of the patty when we picked up a double on the albies. Tight Lines Jason on the Sea Shepard (28 Carver Santego)
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Sea Shepard  - Affordable Marine  May 27, 2001 12:44 PM
We boated four Albies yesterday in between the 390 and the 302. Fish were 8 to 12 pounds and taken on small jet jap heads. Caught the first two at about 5.30am and the second pair at about 12pm. we also found lots of bonita out there all fish were caught trolling through the puddlers. Will try to post PHOTO Later today as soon as i Find the time to tigure it out. Tight Lines Jason

They're Here.....  GatoGordo   ALLCOAST   May-26-01, 10:36 PM
Guys,   We went out this AM the 26th and joined the armada.  It was friggin packed out there! Anyway, We did the paddy hunt for most of the day for nothing and then.... After making way to the 425 from SI, I decided to go to the 371 and drag the jigs just in case. About half an hour later, we got bit on a sardine rapalla and a white/red cedar plug. We were 5 miles SSW of 371. Turned out to be a couple of nice 20lb class Albies! Here's a pic.
http://members.home.net/hussainy/albacore.jpg We were all pretty stoked with that, but unfortunately that was all we saw of them. Total for the day was 2 Albies and 3 Yellows. Water was flat a lake, 63 degrees and clean. I heard reports of a couple others getting the longfins on the radio, nearly all were blind strikes with no bait fish. I might give it another go on Monday depending on what I see here tomorrow. Good luck! GatoGordo

Sat. yellowtail,albies,and bluefin  hermit   ALLCOAST  May-26-01, 07:35 PM (PST) 
started fishing 2 miles n.west of the 425 and found numerous paddies while heading south at a 180...lots of yellows under these paddies.seemed to chew for only a short period of time though..heard news of someone pullin up 2 albies out by the 390 around 6:00,so we eventually decided to work our way out after catchin limits of yellowtail.about 3 miles before we were about to drop jigs out around the 1000 fathom area we sighted another paddy and threw bait out once again..instant hookups as the bait hit the water!this time, not only did we score more yellowtail, my buddy somehow yanks this 35 to 40lb BLUEFIN TUNA from the paddie fishing live bait!!! i cant tell u how crazy we must of looked dancin around the boat in excitement!!!our first bluefin of the season. cordinates were roughly 32 08.000 117 37.000 for that paddy..after that we dropped jigs and trolled for the 390..well, an hour later after leaving that last paddie, that same guy who caught those albies out by the 390 came to that same area that we caught the bluefin, and ended up takin two more ablies at roughly 32 08.000 117 35.000..and he even saw more jumpin..sounds like this could be an area to check if ur gonna head out!good luck the HERMIT
Sat. yellowtail,albies,and bluefin    HERMIT     - Affordable Marine    Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 11:07:59 -0700
Fished sat and started the paddie hunt 2 miles n. west of the 425..found lots of em and ended up with limits of yellowtail as we passed south of the 425 on a 180 degree. got report of someone picking some albies out by the 390 so we decided to head out that way. found more paddies on the way out and even found one that had nothin but 10 lb sized bonita under it. just as we were about to toss the jigs out at the 1000 fathom curve we spotted another lone paddie just shy off the drop off. well, we were bent again by a much better grade a yellows,,,,and then, my buddie starts yellin " i've got color and this looks like a big albie!! wait,, holy $#&% , its a BLUEFIN !!! panic broke out as i threw my bent rod in the holder and grabbed the gaff...and then this beautiful sight of a 35 to 40 lbs pure BLUEFIN floppin around on the deck was bearin down on us..one off a paddie with bait instead of trollin some 60 miles offshore? well it turned out the bite shut down after that score and we pressed on. about an hour later after leaving that paddie, that same guy who picked up 2 albies outside of us came inside and picked off 2 more albies within a mile of that bluefin paddie!!! sounds like that area could have been the place to really work the jigs and spend more time fishing deep under the paddies..the numbers are 32 08.000 117 37.000 on that bluefin paddie..and those albies were caught roughly at 32 08.000 117 35.000. we also ran over some boils at around 32 07.000 117 38.000 but couldnt get nothin to go as we drove right over them doing 30 m/h... water was 63 degrees almost everywhere, and where the boils were was 63.8- the warmest area we found.. flat calm too, so we were able to cover alot of ground in just a short time. shoot, i even came back w/ over a quarter tank off gas..limits of yelllowtail,some fun sized bonito, a very nice bluefin, all on a flat calm day on the water- what more can we ask for as the season is just around the corner!!! or maybe, it just got started..go get em! the HERMIT

Costa Rica   Rich Johnson     Date: 24 May 2001   Time: 07:52:06    
Marie and I flew down to Herradura Bay in Costa Rica to check out the new marina and hotel there. It is called Los Suenos Hotel and Marina. The marina has been open for 4 months. It is small but growing. It will be tough to get a spot in there. Lots of surge. The boat Nu Co2 from Florida had 53 sails in one day just before the full moon. They have already relaesed 1,000 sails for the season. . Went out with Augie on the Luna Sea. Trying to learn dead pitch baits--cicle hooks--on fish raised by hookless teasers was tough for an old lure fisherman. 1 for 11 the first day. 5 for 12 the second day with 3 tuna thrown in. Nice trip. Weather starting the rainy season. It's hot--calm seas--friendly folks Rich and Marie --Marie-B

371 albies?   hermit    ALLCOAST   May-23-01, 11:05 PM (PST)
Got rumor today, wed. that a couple of albies were picked off somewhere out by the 371..and more seen jumpin in the same vacinity. anybody know more about this? i guess these were small fish too. also told the larger sized fish are roughly 200 miles away,even though i would settle for anything at the moment.. all within a two weeks time i heard " the albies are at 200 miles,195 miles,150,95,then 75 miles,63 from 2 days ago,up to jumpers somewhere south of 371 yesterday,and now a couple were caught around the 371 today.... i wouldnt be surprised if that rumor was true. wish this cloud cover would clear so we could atleast get a decient shot of water temp and get more people out locating some fish closer to home..its hard to go wondering out there now and days w/ gas prices doubled from last year-ive gotta be lookin at 250.00 a week,atleast! ouch. 1,000.00 a month, and roughly 4,000.00 if the season backs out at the end of september.. geez, this could get real ugly-just dont tell my wife ok! HERMIT

No Albacore divedemo      ALLCOAST   May-23-01, 09:12 PM (PST) 
I think the subject line says it all but... a great day for yellowtail. Weather perfect. Water looking excellent, very, very deep purple. Sorry no temps. Trolled out to the butterfly and almost down the the 60 Mile bank and back to the 371. One patty we left after about an hour on constant yellowtail. We had one blind strike and put in a bait for an instant hookup, thought we had them but turned out to be those pesky yellows. We caught them on large beat up sardines. It just did not seem to matter what shape the dines were in and they looked bad. The blind strike came on a purple and black yori in tight next to the boat run off of a flat line. By the way, the Yori ran much better than the Rapalas and I will not be buying any more rapalas. We could troll more than 7 knots and they stayed in the water. The paddy was out past the 302 on a 225 heading about 30 miles from san diego. It was just a small paddy and was the third one we hit that morning, first two were dry. All were withing 1.5 miles of each other. You just never know. Most fish were caught after drifting off the patty a 50 to 100 yards. The blind strike was 28 miles from the 371 heading back from the 60 mile bank.  Saw two flying fish today also, first ones I have seen this year. Great to be alive and living in So Cal!!  Keep it reel.

Mo Yella!!!  - Affordable Marine  TORTUGA Wed, 23 May 2001 23:30:03 EDT
Went out on the hunt for more good yellowtail paddy action. Fished around the 302 area and found a paddy for about 10 fish. Trolled from the 302 to the 371 and back for nada. It seemed that most of the paddys were lined up around the 302. Caught some fish in as close as 14 miles that were about 20#'s. Must have caught and released well over 20+ fish for the day. Perfect large sardines from the Bait Bros, go and get you some...    Capt. Timmy and sons and friends

Limits weds Grulock  - Affordable Marine  May 23, 2001 08:41 PM
Started today at 5:30am. from SD. harbor. After getting a healthy half scoop of large sardines we headed for the 425. The fog made it difficult to locate patties early. By 9:00 there was sufficient visability. However we could not locate a single patty. On to the 371 still nothing. Then @ about 10:00 we heard of a wide open bite @ 32 19.88 / 117 51.590 This area was loaded with productive patties holding 8-20lb yellows. This area is beyond the 371 and about 38 miles off B5. We had limits for two within an hour and then began to catch and release. I could not make out the name of the boat that called out the numbers. But this guy saved our day! Thank's

Fishing 5-23  - Affordable Marine  Lee Maio May 23, 2001 06:56 PM
Left MB around 3:45 am with a nice mix of sardines and anchovies. Went to the upper end of the finger bank. Ride was excellant. Trolled for about 1 1/2 hrs. for nothing Started looking for paddies and found only two. Got one tail to the boat but it broke off at the gaff. water at the finger was around 63.2. Started going back towards the 425 looking all the time for more paddies. Nothing. Trolled through the 425 for nothing. water at the 425 63.8. Went to the 371 for nothing and finally to South Island for nothing again! Water at the South Island was 64.7. Went home skunked for the first time in a long time. I must say though the scene is set for fishing to break wide open.   Lee on the Heather Lynn

J.D.'s Big Game Tackle    Monday, May 21, 2001,
Baracudda fishing continues to be good in the morning hours off northern Newport waters and the Huntington Flats. Catalina Island was slow today, dreams of catching a white sea bass were just that. dreams, squid was hard to get and the water temps dropped a couple of degrees, 61,. Against the coastline/ Newport it was 64 degrees. Good 2-4 lb Sand Bass were caught outside the outer oil rigs while fishing the bottom.

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San Diego Triangle - Affordable Marine  Sun, 20 May 2001 18:56:51 -0700 (PDT)
Left sunday morning w/ no line @ the bait dock~ off to the 302 on pure glass (75 minutes). started trolling...found nothin'. from there we trolled to the 371, landed one bonito on green and yellow feather. tracy had to go pee in the five gallon bucket. nothin' else biting. listening to the radio, we heard of limits on yellows 6 miles south of the 425. off like a rocket. fifteen minutes later we found a good sized patty. threw bait, landed one 15 pound yellow. that sucker went strait for the mother's arms of the patty. had 30 pound test to jack ass him the hell outta there. props to whoever put that pink balloon on top of the patty. Jeremy, first mate on the "Little M"

Nada.- Affordable Marine     Sat, 19 May 2001 13:25:17 -0700
Estimado amigo:   Yellow tails disapeared! Yesterday I departed from Marina Coral Hotel with a 230 heading to find an excellent calm day with great blue water with NO Kelp Paddies on it. Find this paddies was our hope since we did it fine 3 days ago with this technique, but, not today. How far? 42 nm. (that's around 70 miles south of point loma). Water temp up to 64; Sardines and anchovies with mike (great bait).Visited banks: 1050, Inner, 1500, Banda, and around. Total trip? 100 nm. Saludos. Lic. Daniel Gonzalez M. "Pacific Pal"

Saturday South of the 425 - Affordable Marine  Sun, 20 May 2001 08:27:10 -0700
Headed out from MB on "Providence" at about 5:45 and went straight to the 302. Bait was mostly small chovies and some dines. Could have used more dines. Water was flat, 62 and a perfect blue. Starting working every paddy we could find. Worked 3 or 4 with no results. Decided to head southeast from the 371 until we hit something.

limits of yellows     Affordable Marine    Sat, 19 May 2001 18:42:17 -0700
We had limits of yellows for four today half way between the 425 and the upper knuckle of the finger bank following a temp. break and working patties. Most of the fish were caught on slow trolled dines when they wouldn't take the soaked baits. Also saw 2 albies jump in the same area just couldn't get them to go for us. Water looks great temp was 60.1 on my gauge and 62.5 on another boats in the same area who knows who was correct didn't matter. Floyd and Rob on the Black Fly.

Saturday Fish report     Affordable Marine    Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 10:58:38 EDT    
We launched Saturday about am from Dana, picked up a nice mix of choves and dines, and headed for the Coronados. Ride down was smooth and flat. Fished South Island for the halibut, water around 62 degrees, and clean blue. No action at South Island, so decided to take advantage of the flat weather and head or the 425 for some paddy hunting. Found a few nice paddies with no one home. Then about 3 miles southwest of the 425, 2 boats were working a productive paddy. 1 boat had limits, gave us permission to slide in (I forgot their name, but "Thanks!") and we ended up hooking 6 yellows, and landing 4. Salvaged the day! I hung 2 on a blue and white Iron Man. Awesome flat ride home, now ready to catch some yellows at a more closer spot, like La Jolla. The Arco station was happy though... 60 gallons and $120.00 later, they had a good day too! Randy on the "Gimme Shelter".

Sat. 19 May Paddy Fishing Affordable Marine    Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 08:58:25 -0700
Dennis, Got great bait (dines) and headed for the 371. About 6 miles north of pukie saw a paddy on the outside of a current break and decided to stop. Got 5 'tails up to 10.6 lb using iron, slow troll, and just soaking bait. Farmed almost as many (we're a little rusty I guess). After a large group of seals joined us we left and followed the current break south, saw other paddies but no luck, so we stopped at the South Island for Halibut. Great day for fishing with a final count of 5 tails, 1 Halibut, 1 sand bass, and one scooter. The water temp at the current break was about 61 degrees inside and 60 outside. Sam and Robb on the SAIL FISH

Sat Paddy Results    Affordable Marine     Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 20:49:30 -0700
Went out to the 371 and found first paddy (32 15 58, 117 32 57) and caught first two yellows, one on bait and the other on Ironman 5. Traveled SW and a few miles later saw some puddling fish outside the our next paddy (32 12 48, 117 34 55). Trolled feathers by the fish and the Mean Joe Green Omni jet got nailed, however the fish came unbuttoned right at gaff. Went back to the paddy and soaked baits and got 5 more. Continued to work wsw but saw no other paddies. Turned around to hit the previous paddies one more time without any luck. Found another paddy toward the 302 and only one fish home, ate the iron. Totals: 8 yellows (5-10#) and 5 bonito (3#). Weather was fantastic, no wind all day. Water clean blue, lots of bird life. No temp gauge today.

Name: Josh and Mike Burnam      Date: 20 May 2001    
5/19/01...  Fished the 302/371/425 area looking for paddies. Hoping to find some mid-range yellowtail, but found nada except 63.8 and deep blue water, very few paddies, all empty. Going to try the 390 to the 213 area first weekend in June. Josh and Mike Burnam "Reel Bruin"

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Bluefin - Bob Vanian 976-BITE - Saturday Evening May 12, 2001
Today's fishing in the San Diego was highlighted by the continued taking of some good numbers of yellowtail on kelp paddies and by the taking of a bluefin tuna on a one day trip on the Holiday out of Point Loma Sportfishing.

302 - 425 report 5-12 - sushiholic,  ALLCOAST,   May-14-01, 07:51 AM (PST)
Left Dana landing 5:30 saturday and went to the bait barge, lousy scoop o' bait, half dead sardines HUGE, too many mac's some in the several POUND range..very disappointing. punched in the 302 as we heard favorable reports. ended up on a paddy a few miles short, dead, then breaking fish in the distance (at a distance in the bad light they looked like albacore (hey stranger things have happened !) put out two zukers and headed for more paddies at 8 knots. it did not take but 5 minutes and both rods went off, pulling hard. lot of high fives. Grave disappointments when it turned out to be "only" Bonita even if they were the biggest I have ever seen. trolled up a total of 8 Bonita and gave it up. We must have fished 12-15 kelps, got two bait fish off kelps, pulled like the right kind, but more BONITA. Not one lonely yellowtail. According to the radio, everybody and their uncles were pulling yellows off paddies. headed for the 425, then the islands, ended up at mission beach for 2 sculpin and a sandbass. Marvelous day on the water see the photos. the 302 was as flat as Irvine lake. after 86 miles run, the gas gauge still reads 3/4 full, starting to really appreciate the FICHT ..what a day, at least we got to pull on heavy fish, and got red decks, and finally tested the washdown. Boat
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Bernie Zelinski    "DieTrying"     05 May 2001     10:48:17
Went out and fished south of the 425 in very nice calm tuna blue water but no biters had toughts of running to the 60 mile bank but changed our minds. Went over to S. Is for a wide open Barracuda bite and did some drifts for halibut for nada. Came back to the harbor and made some drifts and caught a 22in Sand Bass (huge), some smaller ones, short halibut and about a 14lb black sea bass (released). Great day out on the water, shirts off by 0800, sunny and warm. Looking at the terrafin site, I will say the first tuna will be caught very soon.  Bernie