Fish Reports - June

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BLUEFIN - Name: Marty Morris  Date: 30 Jun 2000  Time: 23:07:12
The Fishspotters.com web site indicates Bluefin at 33 N and 118 E. Doesn't that put them somewhere in - about - the Gobi Desert. Most of us don't have the fuel to make it there - especially if we want to make it back. But, I am sure the natives out there are glad to hear that Bluefin are in the area. Is it possible they mean "118 W?"

YELLOWFIN TUNA -  From Affordable Marine: Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 13:33:00 EDT Subject: yft
That guy I had with me the on Tuesday when I dropped of the albacore is a charter captain.  He was at one of the boats he skippers yesterday and spoke with a guy who just came back from the 60 mile bank.  The guy said he had 6 yellowfin tuna to 40#'s. My friend didn't was skeptical so he say's, "that's great, say I haven't seen one of those for a while, have you cleaned them yet? To which the angler responds "no, I haven't" and then he reaches into his fish-hold and pulls out the fish.   I will be 60 miles offshore on Saturday. Terry  E-Z LIMITS

ALBACORE - From Affordable Marine: Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:45:09 -0700   From: Jeff Gammon 
Dennis, you seem to be short on reports, so here's mine...can't have everybody giving up!  Lorie and I launched out of Mission Bay, picked up a scoop of the ugliest half dead sardines you ever saw. Headed out on about a 210 heading towards the area we got the fish last week. Wandered around for a while, finally found some fish at 32*17.48/117*41.32 (Thanks to whoever you are that put out the numbers!) We worked an area no more than a mile from this spot for about 2 hours, ended with 9 albies, kept 3, released the rest (Single barbless hooks on the jigs, slides right out!). Mostly single and double jig strikes, we managed 3 baitfish out of 4 hookups on bait, by sliding back baits as soon as the jigs got bit. I'm sure we could have had a bunch more, but Lorie threw out her back fighting a baitfish, so we quit a little bit after that. No big fish, no small fish, all were about 18-22#. Water temps 66.5 - 67. This area is 35 miles from Mission Bay on a 203 heading, or 30 miles from Pt. Loma on a 214 heading. So don't believe 'em when they tell you all the fish are 60 miles out! Jeff / "Terrafin"

ALBACORE - From Affordable Marine:    Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:53:58 EDT     Subject: Albacore at the 1010 trench
Dennis,  I fished yesterday on the "Outer Limits" on one of the charters departing from Dana Landing with 11 other anglers. We started the day a few miles west of the double 220's in the 1010 trench. The water was very clear and was holding a lot of bait. After several jig stops with no bait fish we had a stop for 12. The rest of the day was a pick, except for one 5 fish stop. We were metering scattered fish all day that just didn't want to bite, and ended up with 32. My guess is that this area will improve through the week end.  Sterling

ALBACORE - From Marlin on-line:     June 29
The funky weather early in the week kept a lot of people on the beach as the remnants of Hurricane Carlotta blew through the region. However, those people who reached the fish were rewarded for their efforts. The albacore bite remains centered in the region of the 43. At least, that's where the boats are centered - there might be fish elsewhere - and probably are. From Dean Plant at Angler's Center come the following numbers from Tuesday's action: 32° 39' / 118° 04' and 32° 38' / 118° 20'. The fish continue to be found along the big temp breaks to the west of the 43. Why, you ask? Well, tuna like cold water, and bait likes warm water. Tuna like bait, and where's the one place they come together? On the temp breaks! School's out. If bluefin is your bag, the best spot for the week seemed to be between the 43 and the 302. Also courtesy of Dean: 32° 32' / 118° 00' and 32° 21' / 117° 40'. We also received a report that some of the San Diego boats were finding yellowfin tuna out at about 70 miles. More on that as we learn it. The only marlin reports came from our eye in the sky at spotterplane.com, who reports seeing two marlin on Wednesday, one about 6 miles off the east end of Catalina and the other off Ship Rock. The 4th weekend is often a good one for catching the first marlin of the season. Lord knows there'll be enough boats out there! If you head out, whether you find them or not, be sure to file that trip report!

YELLOWTAIL - From Affordable Marine: Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:53:42 -0700 
Hi Dennis Not much of a report we over ran the yellowtail and went to the 425 then west about five miles looking for the break but didn't find it, headed back to the rockpile and then to Rosarito and found the fleet, picked up a couple of nice yellows and alot of Berries all released. Last year I wrote and ask if you knew much about Raytheon Auto Pilots you said no. Well I bought the Sport Pilot Plus for a 21ft Striper and I think it is the next best thing to sex coupled with the GPS it works good cruising and fishing, so I think it is the best item I put on the boat. Joe Hiner and Bill Eggleston on board the Fresh One. Have Good Day Joe

YELLOWTAIL - From Affordable Marine: From:  Floyd   Subject: Wed fishing   Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:24:39 PDT
Dennis,  we went out planning to look for the albies but upon hearing that they were not doing well on the 425 or the 371 we decided to fish the coast instead. We fishing 2 miles off the coast in front of the movie studio. We sifted through the millions of barries for near limits of 13 pound yellows. We picked a few on surface iron but most we got by sliding up on the breaking fish and laying out some dines. Chuck was just killing them on clear 20 lb line and I could not get touched with blue 20 lb line. We tied on flourocarbon leader and climbed back into the game in no time. They were feeding on small anchovies and some of the yellows were full of squid. We also caught two small white sea bass. By the end of the day we heard on the radio that they started to have some action on the albies at the 390. The water was flat on the coast and about 66 degrees. Nice day on the water.   Floyd 

ALBACORE - From: MMorris999@aol.com      Subject: Oops, shooting blanks    Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:31:46 EDT
Wed fish report: apparently the sport fleet bite has petered out and they are scratching between the 43 and the Butterfly. The  BFT have all but disappeared. But a day and a half boat returned from about 150 miles with lots of Yellowfin as well as the others. And reports of lots and lots of BFT further behind. Things should pick up when these all get closer.  Received reports of several marlin seen and baited past week-end at the 289 and a fish being lost down on the Banda Bank. Today we (x4) wandered down towards the 60. The water there is now green and no life. More of the same towards the Airplane. But heard of some bites at the 390. So we turned East and as soon as entered the "trench"  the water cleaned up, saw birds, breaking fish and had a couple of bites with fish boiling on the anchovies (ignoring sardines) and got a couple of bait fish. When we found the "fleet" (2 boats at the 390 and both stopped) we got bit and it turned out that there were steady jig (mostly singles) bites all morning in the area. We wound up with 16 and 1 'tail. It appears to be time to either stay home and do "honey dos" or spend some time "washing" the marlin lures. And wait until the next "herd" from down below gets within range. Marty

From Spotterplane.com      Above-The-Water Report for:  June 28, 2000
Flight Path:
START: Oceanside Airport, Oceanside CA
LEG 1: Head WNW to 5 NM east of the the 14 Mile Bank (33.25.00/117.55.00)
LEG 2: Head to E to 6 NM east of Avalon at Catalina Island (33.20.00/118.15.00)
LEG 3: Head North to West End of Catalina Island (33.28.00/118.32.00)
LEG 4: Turn SSW to the Farnsworth Bank (33.22.00/118.31.00)
LEG 5: Turn S to 4 NM east of the Mackerel Bank (33.03.00/118.17.00)
LEG 6: Turn SSW to 15 NM west-southwest of the 43 Spot (32.35.00/118.10.00)
LEG 7: Turn E to 11 NM west of La Jolla Point (32.50.00/117.27.00)
LEG 8: Turn NW to 12 NM west-southwest of Oceanside Pier (32.07.00/117.31.00)
LEG 9: Return E to Oceanside Airport
APPROXIMATE FLIGHT TIME: 2.5 HOURS
LEG 1: Good clean water just 6 miles offshore between Oceanside and Dana with lots of mola-molas (ocean sunfish), but few paddies and very little bait-life or porpoise. Arrived at the east edge of the 14 Mile Bank with little action.
LEG 2: This leg took us thru the center of a bubble of warm water that has been pushed and condensed together fairly closer to shore. This is where we hoped to find signs of marlin. At 33.21.90/118.04.90 we indeed spotted a jumping marlin out under the left wingtip near a cluster of kelp paddies. We spun around to try for a photo, but by the time we got back he had sounded and was gone. This whole area had lots of molas and paddies and looked real good for small boaters out of Dana or Newport. Seas were very calm.
LEG 3: The area to the direct east of Avalon was offcolor and appeared cooler with scattered kelp but no signs of life. About 1/3 of the way up the island the water turned blue and clear and looked alot better. Near Ship Rock by the Isthmus the second marlin of the flight was spotter just a couple hundered yards outside the rock itself. Scattered kelp but little else was found at the West End frontside.
LEG 4: There were no boats fishing along the entire West End backside so we headed out towards the Farnsworth Bank. There was a large school of porpoise feeding between the West End and the Bank. The Farnsworth had just one yacht drifting near the highspot and some bird action to the outside, but not much else happening. We passed the binoculars over the East End backside and saw very little in the way of boats so continued south.
LEG 5: The ride to the Mackerel Bank was unproductive.
LEG 6: Between the Mackerel Bank and our target 15 NM WSW of the 43 Spot we came upon an area of bait-spots and feeding albacore at 32.54.70/118.09.90 to 32.54.60/118.06.50.(Roughly right on the 289 Spot) No boats were in the area.
Our flightpath took us to the west of the 43 Spot and right into the middle of a mix of yachts, private boaters, and a least one sportboat working an area of a few square miles about 13 miles west of the 43 (32.41/118.09 and 32.40/118.11.6)
LEG 7: Our trip back to the coast brought us over the 43 Spot where a huge blue whale sat right on the highspot. This was the biggest whale we have seen, at least 70 feet or more in length. The rest of the trip towards La Jolla was uneventful.
LEG 8: About 8 miles off of La Jolla a seiner worked wrapping a spot of mackerel. The trip up the coast found good water about 6 miles offshore with a strong break between the offcolored inshore water and the blue water outside.
LEG 9: Our last leg was a quick turn back to the airport from just outside Oceanside.
Next flight will be Wednesday the 5th of July.

MARLIN - From Marlin on-line: MarlinNut    Jun-29-00, 07:53 AM (PDT)    "Airborne Marlin Sightings"  From our friends at spotterplane.com comes a pair of marlin sightings. One was about 6 miles off the East of Catalina and the other off of Ship Rock down by the Isthmus. With two competing airborne fish reporters, this could make for some interesting information once the billfish arrive - especially if they're both circling the same fish! Fourth of July weekend is always a good opportunity to get the first fish of the season, so sharpen your lure hooks and clean the gyrobinos!

ALBACORE   - From: MMorris999@aol.com      Date: 28 Jun 2000    Date: 06/28/2000 11:11:39 PM PDT
Report:  As the Albacore counts have dropped precipitously and the BFT have disappeared we wandered out on Wed., 6-28. While what little action was left has been between the 43 and the Butterfly we wandered down and out towards the 60. The water there was green with no life (birds, bait, fish). Headed to the Airplane for much of the same. Turned to the East towards the 390 where someone was reporting a few fish. As soon as we entered the "Trench" the water cleaned up, started to see birds and had a couple of bites with fish boiling and a couple of bait fish thrown in. Anchovies only! with utter distain for the 'dines. When we found the boat at the 390 (along with one other and in a small area at the southern border of the bank) and both appeared to be stopped we began getting bit. Apparently there were steady jig fsh there all morning until almost 1 PM. We wound up with 16 and 1 'tail for the day. Temp was 64.1-.5. Also found 71.9 just outside of North Island and up into the bottom of the "9."

ALBACORE - From Marlin on-line: Globetrotter Jun-27-00, 00:24 AM (PDT) "Albies and Yellows off the Inner Banks Ensenada".......Wow, am I tired as I struggle to write this report at 11pm. We fished Sunday and Today for 2 different results. Sunday we fished 6 miles southeast of the 295 in pouring rain for 15 Albies to 30lbs. and 15 Tails to 36lbs, not bad for 3 guys. The fish bit the 7Strand mini clones and the mini jets real well and we had one good bait stop for 4 fish. The tails all came from 1 monster paddy and they were quality. We also saw one large school of jumping Bluefin that looked to be between 50 and 70 lbs. but they were all show, no go. Water temp was 63 to 63.8 where we had all the action. Without ANCHOVIES forget about baitfish. Today the weather kicked our ass and we were in a 44' Pacifica. It was victory at sea on the Worm Bank/Lower 500 where we managed 1 25lb. Yellowtail. The albies were absent and we paid the price for fishing. Water temps dropped to 61 in the area we caught fish on Sunday. I am falling asleep, Chet zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

From Marlin on-line: June 26 Tired of hearing about albacore yet? Sorry, but they're still out there. If you're one of the two or three guys who hasn't been out to the Butterfly Bank yet, this weekend will be a good time to do it. We should have newer numbers later in the week, but here's a couple that worked over the weekend - 32° 25' / 118° 20' and 32° 18' / 118° 02'. Remember, no guarantees. We're still getting the widespread albacore bite, with rumors of fish as far north as Santa Rosa Island (still waiting to confirm that one!). There is still some bluefin around as well in the same places as before. My perception (and it's just that - pereption) is that it is slowing down a bit. Fear not, though - there's no sign that it's going to end any time soon. The real news is that while there is no solid marlin dope as yet, we have a good swordfish encounter to report. Pat Holmes on HAWK baited a broadbill on Saturday 5 miles north of the 209. Unfortunately, while it did put on a light show for him, it didn't take the bait. Pat ... Pat ... Pat. Herodom was staring you in the face ... :-) Go find another, buddy!

From Marlin on-line: Kawakawa    Jun-26-00, 10:38 AM (PDT)     "Alba...all you want,etc."
Fished aboard my boat, Kawakawa, 60mi 223deg from Mission Bay on sat for easy numbers of alba at 3218/11802. Same story as everyone else.. lots of jig fish on brite colored 7strand minis they even out-fished the CD14 this time. Had over 20 fish by 11:00 flat calm conditions and 66.4 sea temp. Lots of show on BFT but no bites. Meatballs everywhere. Fished off the smokestack in Rosarita on Sun in 15 faths. WFO sand bass,bonita,cuda and limits of yellows... sardines,mackerel,Tady 45s... it all worked! Later...GS

DORADO - 6/25 - Dorado reported caught out of Oceanside..... 
From: jgompper@gte.net (JGompper)         Date: 06/26/2000 7:32:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time  
I saw the fish! About noon on Sunday I was at the north end of "the fleet" 15 miles or so north of Oceanside heading south when a guy passed me going north. He was proudly displaying a 3 foot long Dorado to me and anyone who would look! My response was DORADO??!!! With a big grin on his face he pointed to "the fleet" and was off towards Diana Point. I took home a 32 inch long yellow tail but no dorado.

ABACORE - From Finnseeker: Posted by jeff on June 25, 2000 at 13:57:34: We headed on a 223 water flat, it was a nice ride. The water was as flat as I have ever seen it. by first daylight, we had the jigs in the water and had our first hook-up by about 6:40 a.m. We were at about 45 miles. We then headed out to about 53 miles (coordinates 32.10, 118.03 - no takers). We pointed our bow towards Pt. Loma and picked up 19 albies on the troll and never left our course. The last albie we caught was about 1 p.m. (coordinates 32.22.676 - 117.42.141). Lots of jumping fish everywhere, also lots of boils. We saw fish boiling off large patty and was able to take a 25 lb. yellowtail on bait with the flippin' stick. Cedar plug was 'hot' all day. Also green and black early in the day. Not many fish on bait, about 3 or 4 I guess. Back home in barn by 4:00 p.m.

ABACORE - From Marlin on-line: Kawakawa Jun-26-00, 10:38 AM (PDT) "Albacore...all you want,etc."
Fished aboard my boat, Kawakawa, 60mi 223deg from Mission Bay on sat for easy numbers of alba at 3218/11802. Same story as everyone else.. lots of jig fish on brite colored 7strand minis they even out-fished the CD14 this time. Had over 20 fish by 1100 flat calm conditions and 66.4 sea temp. Lots of show on BFT but no bites. Meatballs everywhere.
Fished off the smokestack in Rosarita on Sun in 15 faths. WFO sand bass,bonita,cuda and limits of yellows... sardines,mackerel,Tady 45s... it all worked! Late...GS

MARLIN - Lucky Strike Jun-25-00, 01:38 PM (PDT) "Jumper nr the Mackeral Bank ... Albies ..."
Left King Harbour @ 8 pm and headed to the 43.. @ 5 a.m. put in the lines and trolled to the outside of the 43 (32,35 118,12). The conditions were millpond calm. There was plenty of chat about stops on jigs and a few bait fish. At 7.30 I had a double jig strike. I threw chum and a bait which was instantly bit. I threw another bait and that was bit.. I landed 3 fish 1 jig and both bait... I slow trolled with live bait and was bit.. working the same area saw more jig strikes and by 10.00 am I decided to head to Pyramid with 7 fish (1 released).. 4.5 miles short of the point I had another strike (32,45 118,20) anther albie (released). Round the corner and up towards the Mack bank I saw tons of life. Anchovies, mackeral, birds, porpoises and whales. The water temp was up to 71 - 72. I saw my first marlin of the year jumping amoungst the bait. I tried soaking macks and trolling the area for several hours but no bites....The area looks really fishy hopefully it will hold some more marlin soon....   Lucky Strike out.

ALBACORE - Name: Rich Hamilton     Date: 24 Jun 2000    Time: 12:27:19 
Friday June 23, 235 deg 36 mi. to 245 deg 26 mi.: steady albacore strikes, limits plus by 10 AM, left area biting. Few bait fish if you work at it. Didn't carry enough bait to chum. Doubles and triples if you kept trolling after first strike. Kelps holding a few yellows and albie. 65 to 68 deg water, 5 kts of breeze out of SW.

ALBACORE - Name: Ed Waldman      Date: 23 Jun 2000    Time: 18:03:49
Fished Friday, June 23rd with Garven Herring on his boat La Salida. Nice day. Took 5 albacore in the 20 lb range on 240 heading 34 miles from Pt Loma. Scattered fish throughout area in 65 degree water. Smooth ride both ways but return a little smoother. We quit at 5 fish because we only wanted that many. Could have had more.

MACKERAL  -  Name: Marty Morris    Date: 23 Jun 2000    Time: 15:54:07   
This past week (6-21 included) several of us have been out looking for Mackeral off the beach near the Del Coronado Hotel. I plugged the boat in ten munutes. The mackeral are thick - for now. Hopefully, it remains this way when the Marlin are here.

ALBACORE - Dennis Albert     Date: June 22, 2000
Fished Thursday, June 22 on the Dolphin 2 out of Islandia... (My boat is being serviced and finally getting a 'tru-hull' transducer)Didn't get back in til 9pm....Only got 3 Albacore, almost had the jackpot on a baitfish, but missed by the rock of the boat. Forgot what it was like to fight for space at the bait tank and the rail....... The boat got 54 albacore, 5 Yellowtail most were jig fish from 33 jig stops....... We were 55 miles from the 5-bouy at Point Loma....32-03-069/117-55-038.  Standard trolling jigs worked...... almost all jig fish were on anchovies which were smallish for the hooks used for sardines. Finally went down to a #4 hook and 15lb test with 1/4 oz lead and got bit.

SWORDFISH - From Finnseeker: Posted by Jeff on June 21, 2000 at 04:21:20: On the 60 mile Bank fishing on the Prowler. A lot of breaking fish but not too eager to bite. Albacore and Bluefin to 30#. A small sword (75-100#) came by the boat feeding for about 15 min

MARLIN - Posted by Ray on June 21, 2000 at 04:16:28: 2 Marlin spotted at 33:05 and 117:22.3 That's close to the beach off the river east of the Encinitas Power Plant. They were swimming towards the beach. Also 1 Marlin spotted at 32:53.5 and 117:19.7 

ALBACORE - Name: Dennis Albert -- Date: 17 Jun 2000   Time: 20:15:37
Fished Saturday with Al Kelly on my boat, Tight Lines. Went to 302 then West. Got a triple to sstart the day off west of 302 in 65 degree water. Scattered fish out to 10 miles beyond 302. We had 9 fish for the day. All jig fish in the 20 lb range. Fish seemed to be boat shy, biting lines that were further back..... Hot lure was the small purple 'Catchy' accounting for 4 fish. Could hear the 'fleet' at the 43 getting fish.

ALBACORE - Name: Ed Waldman -- Date: 15 Jun 2000   Time: 20:15:37
Fished Thursday with Garven Herring on his boat, La Salida. Went to 302 then on westward. Got first strikes about 4.5 miles west of 302. Flat seas, warm weather. Great day. Scattered fish out to 10 miles beyond 302 but we had Mexican limits and brought home 10. All jig fish in the 20 lb range.

ALBACORE - Monday report    From Affordable Marine:   -Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 15:20:15 -0700  
Hey Dennis, got a Monday fish report for ya.  I fished on my friend's boat, we launched about 3:30 AM.  The temp charts were clouded over on the local banks, so we started down below the 371 in the area where they hit the fish on Saturday.  All we found was cold water once we got a few miles below the 371.  Went down 10 miles and it just got colder.  We came back up to 65 degree area the charts showed just below/outside the 371, found the area loaded with bait.  Trolled for a while, and finally got bit. A double here, single there, a couple of baitfish, another double, another couple of baitfish, etc., ended up limited in two hours.  Not bad fish, I'd say
18-25#.  The bulk of our fish were caught at  32*16/117*36, about 30 miles from the point.  We got the our last fish at 32*19/117*33, just 25 miles out.  We pulled the lines at that point, so who knows how close they are.  I'd guess that the whole band of 65 degree water might have fish in it...  
Jeff - Terrafin

YELLOWTAIL -From Affordable Marine    Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 14:30:18   Subject:  Farming yellows
Fished this morning in the rockpile area for 6 yellowtail and lost more than that.  All were caught fly lining sardines and it seemed the fish wanted the bait a long way  from the boat.  We lost 5 while trolling CD-14 green/yellow.  I have never farmed so many fish trolling.  Not sure what the problem was.  The fish slowly moved west throughout the morning and we ended up only a few miles away from the 425.  LOTS of puddling fish around, but they were only up for a short time and then back down. The wind picked up late in the morning and it was a bumpy wet ride home.

Grant on the Mossback
MAKO:  First large Mako of the season caught   -...........310 lbs male and caught close trolling around the barracuda, actually we were trolling for thresher...........

LOCAL FISHING  Barry Rockwell   06 Jun 2000   07:04:41
Fished the La Jolla Kelp on Saturday, June 3. Nice calico fishing pretty wide open on the sardines. Largest we caught was 5.3lbs. Found a paddy near the weather buoy that was holding a few yellowtail and my son caught a 9.5 pounder. Barracuda eating the trolled rapalas at Northwest. My son also caught a 20.15# white seabass on a flylined sardine at the edge of the kelp using 15# test line. Weather was great and had a pretty nice day on the water.

ALBACORE: From Affordable Marine     Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 18:41:06 -0700
Hi Dennis:   Thanks for everything. Will you please forward to the Bonnie Rose if you have time. I don't have his email. And thanks again for the site.
Dear Bonnie Rose:
Just wanted to say "Thanks" for helping me out with the numbers and the advice on Saturday. We talked on the Campland channel. This was my first trip out on a private boat, and as a skipper to boot. I was a bit intimidated going to the 371, and then on to the hot numbers. You and the "Eggstosea" helped ease my mind. I felt like I had some buddies in the water. You were on your way back home before we even had a jig stop. Then, Fred took off and said good luck. As I pointed the bow northward, BAM! Triple, Quadruple, three singles, and a bait fish. The first two stops were like a Chinese fire drill - tangled up, blood everywhere, and I'd never gaffed a fish before. Needless to say, we didn't farm a single fish. We probably could have got a few bait fish if we had enough sense to keep chumming, or work the slide. We ended up with 11 albies between your hot spot and 32.09.00. I can't begin to explain how excited and happy I was. I'm still grinnin' ear to ear. I hope the weather and the fish hold out for this weekend. I owe you. Thanks. All my best, Brent Hill on the 31 Uniflite out of Campland. (Boat still needs a name.)

WHITE SEABASS    Name: Barry Rockwell     Date: 06 Jun 2000    Time: 07:04:41     
Fished the La Jolla Kelp on Saturday, June 3. Nice calico fishing pretty  wide open on the sardines. Largest we caught was 5.3lbs. Found a paddy near the weather buoy that was holding a few yellowtail and my son caught a 9.5 pounder. Barracuda eating the trolled rapalas at Northwest. My son also caught a 20.15# white seabass on a flylined sardine at the edge of the kelp  using 15# test line. Weather was great and had a pretty nice day on the water.

ALBACORE - From: MMorris999@aol.com   Subject: 1st Report of Year    Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 01:29:33 EDT
All week we heard of albacore around, on, and just west of the 425. So we(Geoff Halpern, Kenneth, and myself) decided to give it a try. Not wanting to fight the saturday crowd (the bait receiver was bad enough) we headed to the 320 intending to work the area for a while. When we got there (late start, clearing the point at 0500) we saw no life (bait, birds, fish, etc). We wandered out past the 302 and just outside of it got a double. Nothing was happening at the 425, but reports kept coming in of doubles, triples, etc 10 miles (+) south of the 371. We trolled in that direction for nothing and no life on the way. So we pulled them in and ran for half hour and resumed trolling about 6 miles above the little fleet that had built up in the area.

On the radio was talk of a sport boat out of Newport hooking and releasing a marlin. It appears that THE season is not too far away. Tight lines - Marty

ALBACORE-"Sunday Albi report"   Posted by NoSlack on Jun-04-00 at 06:02 PM (PST)
First off I would like to thank Aluminator and Albiebac for the Saturday report and numbers to get us headed in the right direction today.  The day starter off with the wind blowing and some nice chop left over from the day before. This to me was a good sign, the worse the weather the better the Albi are going to bite IMHO. We were headed for the numbers the boys put out at 15 miles or so below the 425. 5 miles past the 425 the water dropped from 66.1 to 64.7 and we stuck the jigs in the water. We where at 32 09 by 117 28 when we had a triple go off and boated all three. We worked a 1/2 mile box for 2 more doubles and a pair of bait fish that we farmed. By 9:40 we had 7 fish and decided to start pounding our way back to the barn. The ride back was a slow one at 10-14 knots with a stiff wind in the face.  Mike   check the picture at http://members.aol.com/mdj1215/albi.jpg

MARLIN-6/3-Marlin Posted by Marlinloco on June 03, 2000 at 15:19:53: MARLIN!!!! First marlin of the season was supposedly caught by a Davey's Locker party boat yesterday. The fish was released as stated in today's newspaper. Tried calling to get more info on the fish but the desk did not have any. I guess it's time. Go get em! Marlinloco Jewel Lure

MARLIN-1 . "marlin info......" Posted by BigE on Jun-04-00 at 05:10 PM (PST) SUPPOSEDLY the sport boat Caliber caught the fish 4 miles off laguna while fishing barracuda and the fish was released.

MARLIN-6/3- Capt. Jim Squibb on June 03, 2000 at 12:04:01: If you have not already heard, a MARLIN was hooked and lost 4 miles off and 6 miles down from Newport Beach on Thursday June 1st. This was witnessed by 2 open party boats and 2 private yachts. Bob Fletcher was said to be on one of the yachts and verified this as well, looks like its on boys!! If any of you know of someone who still needs a captain this season please email me or call me at 714-220-0149. GOOD LUCK TO ALL - Capt. Jim Squibb

MARLIN: Posted by Bret on June 01, 2000 at 02:05:22: Went out to Catalina on sunday and monday, incredible Calico Bass fishing in White's Cove, and on Monday morning we went to the backside by orange rock and the 3 V's for anything, but came up blank, as well, as everyone else fishing there. We decided to circle from the east end to the 277 to the 14 mile bank and back home to Alamitos Bay looking for paddies and yellows, but didn't see a single paddy the whole way...However, 1/2 mile from the 277 we saw a fairly large marlin jump only 50 feet in front of our boat. We slow trolled around the area for a while but no luck. Oh well! Where's those albacore for LA/Orange County? - BRET

MARLIN- 6/1: Several sighting on marlin over the past weekend with a jumper on the 209 next to the Cazador on Saturday and a feeder was seen 14 miles off the beach on a course from Avalon to Newport Beach (221 Fathom Spot) . It's this time of year these fish come in from open waters and are not accustom to boats and all the noise that's associated with them so they're a little spooky. If you can get a few flyers at night try slow trolling em' it's a good natural bait for them this time of year. CHET SPRING/BITE ME

ALBACORE - The best that I can tell, it was the Bonnie Rose who called us in, So thank you Walter....You made our day!  Dennis Albert - Tight Lines

ALBACORE -From Affordable Marine  Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 23:59:56 EDT   Subject: Fish Report  
Dennis: Morning started out a bit slow. It seems that the early morning bite at the 317 and 425 vicinity was gone. Punched in the numbers to the 1010 trench to intercept the next wave of albies working up the line and found tuna town at 32.03.932/117.35.529. Aggressive bite. Triple hook ups several times. They even chewed while we were at two knots while we were working fish to the gaff and other lines were still out. Grn/blk, and pur/blk worked equally as well at 6.5 knots. The water was 63.4. clean and cobalt blue. Once we found them we just trolled north and south in the zone and boxed the area. Walt - The Bonnie Rose  - BONNIE ROSE - WALTER M. - BAYLINER TROPHY - 25' - Range 180miles

ALBACORE -Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 19:09:45 -0700   From: Dennis Hytinen <dlconstruction@home.com>
You had to go 40 miles plus South for the fish today but it was worth the time. It turned into a parking lot this morning when the Bonnie Rose gave the numbers. Slow start then they said they would head to the 10 10 trench if they had to to get the fish. Well about 24 miles North or 15 South of the 425 they found them and it went wide open. 1,2,3,4,5 at a time. I had the company of three great guys and one gal that kept the fish coming over the rail at will. Jig fish on dark feathers and bait fish on the slide. Largest was 28# on the boat scale and the rest were 18-15.  We kept 12 and farmed as many. Weather wasn't the greatest but the fishing made up for it. I was nice to talk and hear the BUDDY BOATERS sharing the bite. And these three guys: when their boat is fixed we will be hearing many posts from them.    Dennis (ALUMINATOR)
PS. GREAT BAIT TODAY THANKS TO BUCK AT THE BAIT BARGE!!(and his helpers)

ALBACORE -From Affordable Marine Subject: Albies Sat.   Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 20:20:18 -0700  
06/03/00 (Sat.) We left Mission bay @ 4:00 Am. and went out to the 371 @20 knots. Trolled for three hours on and around the bank. Nothing! Then a very cool skipper turned us on to the gps coordinates : 32 05 117 33. (about 11 miles south of the 371). Thirty minutes later a double hook up! Then five more albies in a period of one hour! Nice fish all over 20# ! We also found a fat pattie in the area which yielded five yellow tail! (8-14#'s) all total 7 Albacore and 5 Yellow tail! Not bad for getting in @ 1:30 Pm. Important Note: As my good friend Mark will now tell you, Getting boozed up the night berfore a early fishing trip is a bad idea! He spent the first two hour of the trip blowing chunks!!! Don't you just love that deep gut GURGLE!

ALBACORE - From Affordable Marine   Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 02:14:40 EDT    Subject: Sat. June 3, Albacore Galore near the 425   Started trolling Mexican flags about 6:45 a.m. 3 miles north of the 425 at a 180 degree heading with no luck. We switched all rods to cedar plugs at 8:30 a.m. when we were 10 miles south of the 425 at the same 180 degree heading.  Fifteen minutes later we had a double longfin hookup. A little chum held the school for three additional fish on bait. At 9:00 a.m. we had another double hookup with similar results fishing the bait. This continued all    morning. We were 13 miles south of the 425 on a 180 degree heading about 42-44 miles from Point Loma. Finally, we started using ultra light gear and releasing all any fish caught on bait. It was a grand day for myself, Jerry and Jeff.   The wind was blowing when we left in the morning and we knew the afternoon would get rough. It did. The wind blew from the North and it was uphill all the way home. We got beaten up. Post game rap-up with the trio came to the singular conclusion that LONGFIN DIG THE WOOD! Albacore galore south of the 425.    -BluewaterJack

ALBACORE -From: Dennis Albert - 6/3 
Thank you to the boat that shared the Albacore bite at 32-05/117-31, 15 miles from the 425. We were trolling from the 425, Southwest and might have gotten there on our own, or may have stopped short. Sure made a great day in spite of the wind. We got 10 fish, and if we had stayed longer, we could have had our 15 fish limit, but I was concerned about fuel and the wind for the return trip. My crew was very happy. Hope I can repay sometime..... 66 degree water, deep purple color and the sun was out for a change. Purple Cedar Plug-2, Melton hollow Jet Head Sardine color-2, Channel Island Chovey Fish Trap 2, Purple CD-14 Rapala-1, Green/Yellow CD-14 Rapala-1. And something whacked the Purple Cedar, but didn't stick, then hit the purple Rapala, ripping it out of the flatline clip, then cutting off the Rapala, then hit a feather, ripping it from the out rigger and cutting it off.... What ever it was, it has some new hardware in it's mouth. Rough ride home, made it with 8 gallons to spare..Tight Lines

YELLOWTAIL- From Affordable Marine     Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 22:45:02 EDT   
Dennis,   Decided not to go for the albies since they still seem a little scratchy within our range. Left the ramp at 5:30. Most of the parking was full with trailers from those that left earlier. Huge line at the bait barge. We were the last boat to get sardines. They were out! Some skimpy anchovies left but we got the last of the dines. Our good luck but I felt bad for the 30 or so boats still in line, We started fishing on the north end of north island and worked our way towards the coast. Early morning had a strong bite and we picked up 4 yellows in that area. Lots of bird activity but moving quickly. Up and down and gone. Then we trolled rapalas just inside of south island and got a few more. I decided to pickup and cruise around a bit. We found a number of the party boats on the south side of north island. Clean blue water. Fish on the south side were much bigger than the ones we had been picking earlier.   We could start a drift just off of pukey point on the west side. We would drift the length of the island in no time. The Producer anchored on the west side of the island and they were picking quite a few fish there. We also got some fish about 3 miles south of north island. The south side was definately better today than was the north side of north island.    We ended the day with 12 yellows for the 3 or us. 4 or 5 of these were really nice fish, maybe 20lbs. Sounded like there was some pretty good activity outside but we had a great day bait fishing for those yellowtail.    We fished with 15 lb test and little bait casting reels. Great fun!   Rick Fisher   Alley Jack

MARLIN-Sat - 6/3 There is a report of a marlin hooked up off the oil platforms 6mi outside of Long Beach....

ALBACORE - From Affordable Marine  Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 02:22:38 EDT  Subject: ALBACORE   YELLOWTAIL 
DENNIS  -  TOOK MY BOAT OUT WEDS 31ST TO TRY FOR ALBACORE FOR THE FIRST  TIME THIS YEAR  AND FOR ITS FIRST REAL TRIP SINCE YOU LOCATED AND FIXED MY ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHEN I WAS TOWED TO SKI BEACH A FEW WEEKS AGO.  FIRST OFF I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS !!!  THE BOAT IS RUNNING AWESOME!  BACK TO FISHING, WE RAN OUT TO THE 425 AND PUT IN THE JIGS.  TOOK A 185 HEADING FROM THERE AND IN 15 MINUTES HAD OUR FIRST DOUBLE HOOK-UP ON ALBACORE.  CONTINUED FROM THERE AND IN ANOTHER 15 MINUTES HAD ANOTHER DOUBLE HOOK-UP.  ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER WE GOT INTO A TRIPLE HOOK UP FOR 7 FISH IN THE FIRST HOUR.   AFTER THAT I THINK I JINXED MYSELF AS I CALLED SOME FELLOW BOATERS INTO THE SPOT.  FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS WE COULD NOT GET BIT.   SATISIFIED WITH WHAT WE HAD, WE MADE A RUN FOR SOUTH ISLAND AND FISHED FOR YELLOWS OFF THE SMOKE STACKS.  MY BUDDIES VINCE AND CRAIG MANAGED TO LAND 10 BETWEEN THEM BOTH AS I PLAYED SKIPPER WHILE THEY SLOW TROLLED THE DINES.  WE FINISHED THE DAY WITH 10 YELLOWTAIL AND 7 ALBACORE.  NOT BAD FOR THE FIRST TRIP OFF SHORE THIS SEASON. THANKS AGAIN FOR FIXING THE BOAT - MIKE ON THE 24FT SKIPJACK "REEL EFX"

YELLOWTAIL - From Affordable Marine  Subject: Re: Web Link   Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 00:06:08 -0700
Dennis, Thanks for adding us to your wonderfull web site. I just got back Monday from a 5 day trip aboard the American Angler.  Fished 180-250 miles south.  We caught 137 yellowtail in 2 hours, just before dark the first day right outside the Rosarita stacks.  There was a large spread of albies and bluefin in the 180 mile range which we fished.  They were moving north fairly fast.  We ended up with 337 albies 25# average, 137 yellowtail, and 156 bluefin up to 42#. Some of my buddies fished private boats Wed. and Thursday and had good counts on albies and yellowtail on the 371 and the 425.  Both species were also found on kelps. Luc

ALBACORE - From Affordable Marine  Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 09:58:07 -0700    Subject: 6/1/00 Albacore Report
Left Shelter Island ramp at 0430. Went to the bait barge and picked up a scoop of decent bait and headed for the 425. Received a tip from another boat the the albacore were biting 6 miles southwest of the 425. We arrived at the 425 about 0630 and tossed in the troll poles.Water was 65.3 degrees and a beautiful blue.The poles were set up with a green and yellow and purple and black Zukers feather, along wit a natural cedar plug. We set it up to troll in the reverse "V" pattern (middle cedar plug furthest back with the two side feathers equal distance behind the boat). I like this pattern best because it seems to me that - in theory- the feathers always get blasted first then the cedar plug (or at times I'll use a fish trap) gets hit "on the slide". We trolled about an hour and a half on a 240 heading when we  got a chance to test my theory. BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ !!!! HOOK UP !!!!  TRIPLE HOOK UP !!! Green and Yellow followed by Purple and Black then after the boat stopped the cedar plug started ripping off drag (I swear it happened just the way I visualized it). Got two of the three on board as I threw bait and created numerous boils around the "BOILER MAKER". It was awesome as us rookies went through the first triple hookup the boat has ever seen !!!! We didn't get any bait fish cause I was so concerned about getting the first albacore on my boat but I saw lots of them. !!! The fish we got on board were 18 to 22 # class according to my calibrated arm !! Well now    us veterans are ready to catch some serious albacore. The poles go in at the exact same set up as mentioned and 5 minutes later !!!!! BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!! An instant replay of what just happened in the exact same order (I SWEAR IT). We go through the drill again and land 2 more albacore around 20 #'s. Both times we lost the fish hooked on the cedar plug. After that we trolled until about 1100 and decided to head back (the beer had expired and I wasn't sure about the long drive (33 miles) back with the waves picking up). These two stops were all we had for the day but it was the best trip to date for me ! The fish we caught were at 32.14.70 and 117.30.04 water temp was 65.5.

Got a coast guard inspection on the way in. No big deal just detained me for about 15 minutes. Told me I had a great fishing setup and the boat had no violations. I asked them about the flare gun issue (I carry one)  and they told me they never heard of anyone getting arrest for having one in Mexican waters.

  I won't be out until next week I have many "Honey dews" to perform this weekend. I will be having my albacore marinated in teriyaki wrapped in bacon and cooked on the grill today. Don't get much better that that !!!!

GOOD LUCK AND GO GET 'EM, THEY'RE OUT THERE !!!!!!
Captain Jerry on the "BOILER MAKER"