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Click for Current Photos from Summer 2010 July 29th, 2010 Good day friends. We arrived this morning at Fisherman's Landing around 7:00 am and unloaded our Southern California Tuna Club members and their fine catch of Albacore, Bluefin tuna, and Yellowtail. We said farewell to the gang and began our standard turn-around routine. Fuel, oil/fuel filters, oil, boat scrub, fresh linens, fresh groceries, you get the idea. Once all was said and done, we loaded Mr. Tom Chaparro and 17 of his closest friends for their annual limited load 5 day expedition. After a quick stop at the bait receivers to top off our bait supply, we began listening to the reports from various areas as the gang enjoyed lunch and rigged tackle. As of now, we don't know where we'll be starting off tomorrow, but there is still a lot of time left in the day to decide. For now, we'll just take it easy and see what the rest of the afternoon/evening reports will tell. The weather for our current course is very pleasant for the moment. Great weather for taking a good book and a beverage on up to the sun deck for a little R & R. Anyhow, we'll be checking back in tomorrow, hopefully with the report will read something like "we were very busy today and our anglers have sore arms from pulling on fish all day". We will see. Take care now. Richie and the boys. July 28th, 2010 Good evening to all. Today was our final day of our SoCal Tuna Club 5 day trip and there was only one thing on our minds...Albacore. As of now, Albacore are still on our minds because we didn't quite connect with what we had hoped for. We had a few stops throughout the day that made our day not all for lost, but overall it was a slow day. Everyone in the zone were concentrated on a tiny little area with the hopes that the late afternoon float would be grand. The float, or lackthereof, was definitely not grand. Although we did see a couple massive schools of Albacore late in the day, we never saw the whites of their eyes. No boils, no hookups, no go. Encouraging to see such a nice volume of fish but discouraging to not get any response whatsoever. Scores for the day varied and we were smack dab right in the middle. Let my clarify, it wasn't like some guys clobbered them and some guys didn't. It was a slow day of fishing for all the boats down here and the numbers weren't so great. Needless to say, we feel very fortunate to have caught what we caught. At dark, we called it a trip and began heading for the barn. The best bite of the day was in the galley for sure. Our traditional final night feast of filet and lobster dinner was enjoyed by all. Our thanks goes out to our fine passengers today for always being on call to throw a bait in the water and keeping a good attitude towards the day. We'll be arriving tomorrow morning around 7:00 am to unload, refuel, resupply, reload and do it all over again with Tom Chaparro and the Stern Hogs. Thanks for checking in. Have a pleasant evening. Richie and the gang. July 27th, 2010 Howdy gang. Today's day from the offshore grounds was nothing to write home about but we're going to do it anyways. The numbers weren't the greatest but we sure did see a lot of life in the area. Birds picking on the bait from the surface and Bluefin tuna attacking from the bottom. We saw tons of fish and only managed to capture a handful. If this stuff decides to get on the bite, it's going to be a lot of fun for us. For now, we'll just keep our fingers crossed until then. We'll be finishing off our trip on the hunt for Albacore for our last day. Our weather is improving as we speak and we're currently enjoying a nice ride. Wishing you all the best and hopefully you're doing the same for us. Richie and the fine crew of the Polaris Supreme. July 26th, 2010 Good evening friends. Here's a rundown of our adventures to "Yellowtail Land" for the 25th / 26th of July. We arrived to our first destination just after dinner and began the dropper loop assault. Well, it wasn't quite an assault, but we did manage 7 quality yellowtail between 25-30 lbs. The gang fished hard throughout the night but sleep ultimately was needed, so we made the decision to bust a move and start off elsewhere in the morning. The morning time brought us cloud cover and breeze. Not bad by any means, but it was a little cold for my liking. Anyways, what was not cold was the fishing we enjoyed for the next few hours. Steady drift fishing for yellowtail in the 14-20 lb. range and that was before we decided to drop anchor. After we came tight on the anchor, it was GAME ON! Now I know you might be asking "Richie. What was the preferred method of fishing for these fish?" Well, today it was having a live bait or a jig with a hook on the end of it. Pretty simple. They bit very, very well and just to top off a stellar morning of fishing, the skies were sunny and the seas were flat calm. Awesome. After Chef Schooler kicked out his signature Carnitas Taco Plate with all the fixin's, we pulled anchor, gave up our spot to our fellow code boat, and boogie'd out of the area to focus solely on tuna fishing for the next couple of days. Now our plan is to go and catch lots of albacore and lots of bluefin. We'll be sticking to the plan, but it's all up to the tuna to make it happen. Currently, our weather is a little choppy but it's nothing we can't handle. Wish us luck and stay tuned. Richie and the members of TEAM SUPREME. P.S. Drew says hi mom. July 25th Sunday Of shore fishing just isn't working out south of the border lately. Weather was good and catching was bad untill dark when we slid into the island for a little night bite on 25 to 30 lb Yellowtail. It was just a taste of what we are hoping for tomorrow. Our Southern California Tuna Club Anglers got to bed around 11:00 pm and we are off to set up for the morning. The local boys scratched up a afternoon after what was a brutally slow morning of albacore fishing up north. We are hoping that is on the up swing for the end of our trip. Good luck tomorrow and find me some fish. Good night and thanks for tuning in. Tommy and Crew. July 24th Saturday Off we go on a 5 day Trip. Our Charter head Dr. Al Hermer has put together a Limited load group of only 20 anglers for this adventure. As the end of the day approached we received news of one boat with over 100 Albacore and 4 others in the 60s. With the inconsistency in the bite we decided to head for the yellow tail grounds first. The weather is a little choppy but our ride is good heading down as our anglers dine on prime rib. Tomorrow will be a off shore day. We have a nice load of bait and are looking forward to putting it to good use. Thanks Tommy and crew July 23 Friday After spending all day yesterday searching and not catching our 35 albacore we caught this morning seamed like a bonanza. They shut off at 11:00 and that was that. With the Albacore hit we got on the way down and one of those days fishing Yellowtail one can only dream of, our over all fishing was great. many thanks to our charter head Paul and his great crew of anglers. For my self and the crew we had a great time with all. From all of us good luck in the Marines Rose Go Kick Butt! and Be Safe! Thanks for tuning in. Eta is 7 am. Tommy and Crew. P.S. Ya I know Richie writes and spells better than me. But he also dose a better job scrubbing and Drew wasn't letting him get out of it. Tommy. July 22nd, 2010 Hello to all. Today we decided to look around at some new territory for the elusive albacore. I'm going to cut right to the chase, fishing was great and catching was terrible. We did see an area of birds/whales that looked promising but we never saw a tuna and that was the highlight of our day. Maybe in time this area will be productive but for now, we know where not to go. The weather is still picture-perfect and our anglers are all in good spirits. We are currently moving up the line to put ourselves in position for a full day of albacore/bluefin fishing for our final day. We'll check back in tomorrow and keep you posted on our day. Richie and Crew. July 21st, 2010 Wow, what a day we had aboard the Polaris Supreme. We arrived at our destination first thing in the morning to find calm seas and a slight overcast. After some scanning around, we located a nice school and within a few minutes we were bent over with yellowtail. It wasn't wide open by any means but it was a very enjoyable pace for our fine group of folks. Around lunch time, we went through a little lull and took full advantage of a chance to rest sore arms, enjoy a glass of water, and get out of the sun for a bit. Oh yeah, the weather was gorgeous. Flat calm with sunshine. The SPF 50 was flowing for sure. Anyhow, after a little break, it was time to go to work again. This go-around, the yellows gave off a much more ferocious vibe and we enjoyed excellent fishing to round out our day. The show of yellowtail was very impressive to say the least. Not many times when we would look into the water and not see free swimming yellowtail everywhere. In closing, we had a very fun day of fishing and we will be sleeping easy tonight. Our plan is to take a look in some different areas for tomorrow and to hopefully round out our beautiful catch of yellowtail with some tuna fish. Thanks for checking in and wish us luck. Richie and crew. July 20th, Good evening everyone, We finally wet our lines first thing this morning and it didn't take us long to get the blood flowing with some Albacore jig strikes. After some short stops for a handful of fish, we found what we we're looking for. We enjoyed a couple of very good stops that kept us busy for the morning. We also threw on a few Bluefin tuna to round out our morning. After lunch, things kind of died down and we decided to head on a southerly course to do some Yellowtail fishing. The cherry on today's sundae was the absolutely beautiful weather. Flat calm, a light breeze, and a nice cloud cover to keep us from getting too toasty. Well thanks for checking up on us. We'll be at the Yellowtail grounds first thing in the morning. Take care. Richie and crew. July 19th, Hi friends, Today we departed on our annual Paul Hess 5 day with 23 of his closest friends. After clearing Point Loma with a beautiful load of bait and an eager group of anglers, we enjoyed a wonderful lunch and rigged up tackle. After our tackle seminar, Sandra and Dave Lafferty went to work in the galley preparing a meal fit for kings and queens. Appetizers, clam chowder and Caesar salad. Main course, Fresh salmon and crab cakes with a hollandaise sauce with gourmet macaroni and cheese, asparagus and corn. To top off the meal, we enjoyed homemade cherry cobbler with vanilla ice cream. To sum it up, it was excellent. The service was top notch as well. Paul and Kyle served it up and Matt kept those dishes sparkling clean. The whole dinner was a thank you from Paul and friends for 10 years of the fine service he's been treated to onboard the Polaris Supreme. From all of us, thank you to Paul and the gang. Anyhow, reports from the tuna grounds sound encouraging so we will find ourselves in the zone tomorrow morning. Thanks for checking in and we'll keep you updated on what we do. Wish us luck. Richie and crew. July 18 We couldn't get in our groove today. Stops for 1,1,1,1,1. Saw plenty of fish. Nothing I would call a school but descent balls of fish that just wouldn't react for us. And that's all I have to say about that. Arrive depart tomorrow on another 5 day. Drew and crew July 17 We made awful time coming up the line from Cedros last night then all day we got tied up with all the tons of bluefin schools we passed along the way. 60 miles of the fish. We also scratched yellows on the kelps we went by. The albacore evening area moved up 20 miles and we didn't get to the grounds until 3:15. We did manage to find a couple hungry biting schools of albacore before dark and put some more meat on the boat currently chilling at a comfortable 30 degrees. Weather is fine and we're going to enjoy some delicious lamb chop for dinner and hit the rack. We'll be here tomorrow to finish up the trip. We are far away from home but we'll stay as long as the fish are biting. Sorry Tommy, we might be getting home late on Monday. Drew and crew July 16 For the past 2 weeks if you were a long range boat at Cedros you just rolled up to a certain spot on the island, shut down and made a day of it. Not today, that certain spot was not happening today. We had to fish. It took a while to locate them but around 11:30 we did. 6 schools up at a time. Unfortunately they were not biting fish. We'd stop on a big school for 6, stop on one for 3,1,0,6,12, like that. At 5:30 we stopped on the mother load school and had them almost jumping in the boat they were so thick but yet again, it didn't bite like advertised. We did get quite a few there and hit a couple more schools before dark where we caught some fish. Perfect weather today and should remain that way for at least a couple more days. We're going to take advantage of the glassy sea and head back offshore for the remainder of the trip. Good night. Drew and the famous crew of the Polaris Supreme. July 15 We started off at the night before hot evening bite area with the fleet. We drove 20 miles to far before light. A code boat who had a later jump passed through that area at daylight and found some biting albacore. So the fleet slides up 20 miles. When we got up there we had time for a couple of stops before the door slammed shut. From then until we left, SLOW. We started to slide down. 20 miles later we're back where we started and we see the fish. 1 good stop, 3 short stops and 1 great stop later, we're headed down to the Island for some great yellowtail fishing and sun block wearing weather. Oh yeah, the weather today was just fine. Drew and the crew. July 14 Good afternoon viewers. We arrived at the dock early this morning and weighed up jackpot. 1st was Tim Ryan with a 36.6 albacore. Second was Kirk Kirkpatrick with his 34.6 pounder and bringing up third was Dennis Mc Neely with one at 33.6. We are now rolling down in beautiful much overdue sunny weather. We have a full load of fantastic sardine and passengers eager to use them. I'm just sitting in the wheelhouse starring at my water charts and listening to my code boats trying to figure out where to be tomorrow. We're going to start somewhere offshore tuna fishing. The reports don't sound to great so we might have to do some fishing tomorrow and try and relocate these albacore. The weather forecast looks great so we have that going for us. It's almost seminar time and shortly there after dinner time. Drew and crew July 13 Tuesday That was great fishing yesterday but today was a different story. The fish really got scattered early and we never found any solid area on Bluefin or Albacore. Weather made looking good and we saw quite a few boilers but only scratched till we had to head for home at 2:00. Lucky our 20 anglers caught plenty of fish Yesterday. We will be in 7am tomorrow and Drew will be heading out on a 5 day with the boys . Their prospects look good with clear skies for water charts, Good weather , Great yellowtail at the islands, and the potential to have the kind of albacore fishing we had. Good luck to the next group and thanks to all the great folks on this trip. Tommy and the Boys. July 12 Monday P. S. got blue fin too. 7/11/10 Sunday We got a nice early departure today even though their where 7 long range boats arriving and departing on the same day. Weather is great and the bait is beautiful. We are going to make a long run to a new albacore area that is starting to develop. We should be their first thing in the morning. Wish us luck. Tommy and Crew July 10 We started off with six jumbo albacore on the sea anchor this morning, then it was over. We searched and searched and searched for most of the day for just a few scattered jig strikes. Finally around 4:00 we ran into an area holding the albacore. We stayed busy till dark. No giant hits, just steady scratching from spot to spot. We were always running on something. A special thanks to all the passengers for keeping a great attitude and patience during the slow times. It makes a huge difference and we really appreciate it. Thank you. We get in tomorrow and turn right around on another 3 day so stay tuned. Drew and crew July 8 - We departed today with our charter being headed up by Bret Lane, Jorge Da Silva and Jim Seifert. With 24 anglers on board, most are returning from last year with a couple of new faces. Got an early departure from the dock, loaded up the bait and we are off on the hunt. Wish us luck. Drew and crew 7/6/10 Fish Report We spent a long day looking around for 1 Albacore. We are a long way down south and where hoping for the kind of fishing Drew had on Mal and Joe's 5-day but no such luck .There are lots of Bluefin tuna around that didn't cooperate today like they did yesterday. Probably a little too much mesh action. Well here we go, another 300 mile run back up north to the local area where they had 100 to 110 albacore per boat. We will be their at day light chomping at the bit. Thanks for tuning in Tommy and the boys. Monday July 5 - For the most part, we spent most of the day driving through a baron ocean. We picked up only 4 albacore for a long day of looking. We are headed to an area where there was some good bluefin. Our weather is great. Thanks for checking in. Tommy and crew Sunday July 4 - Happy 4th of July!!! We departed today with a private charter for a 3 1/2 day trip. We are headed south to target that albacore and bluefin. Thanks for checking in. Tommy and crew July 2-4 day and a half trip. Very choppy weather today and very slow fishing, until 4:00 pm that is. Due to the poor reports the day before we made a long haul to some untouched, warmest water around in day and a half range the we found on a sea surface water temp satellite image. There were no fish in this zone. We looked hard till lunch time and took off for some different grounds. We ran into those grounds at 4:00 and from then till dark it was game on. Very good fishing. ALBACORE! The weather didn't come down but if the fish don't care, we don't either. The weather did come down after dark though and we had a nice comfortable nights sleep. Much appreciated after the night before. Leaving Sunday night for a 3 1/2 day private charter. Drew and crew Wednesday June 30 - The report today is coming from Susan's kitchen
(my wife and secretary) as the boat is at the dock preparing to depart
on Friday. With all this great albacore being caught I wanted to share
one of our favorite recipes we cook at home. She doesn't have exact
measurements, but you'll figure it out. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat the fish with the dressing and let
it sit for a half hour or so in the refrigerator. Mix up the cheese and
Fritos. Spray the baking dish with Pam and place the fish in the pan
and cover the fish completely with the cheese mixture. This will be a
nice crisp crust when done. Bake for 30 minutes or until done. Time
will depend on how thick you cut your fish fillets.
Tuesday June 29 - We arrived at the dock this morning at 7am. It was low tide and we had a lot of fish to push up that ramp, but everyone did it with a smile on their face. Our jackpot winners were Kub Ito with a 39.6 bluefin, Joe Beck had a 38.8 lb. albie for second. And Harry Harms took 3rd with his 38.6 lb. albacore. Mal Wagstaff and Joe Beck run a great charter and we are happy that they will be doing this one again next year. Joe also has a 5 day in August with a few open spots if you want to join him on that. Give Susan a call in the office and she can tell you what is still open. Thanks for checking in. Drew and crew June 28 Finished up today with some absolutely beautiful weather and some spectacular sights. Very large bluefin schools foaming on the surface feeding. The catching wasn't that great. They were in bluefin mode but we managed to hook and land a few and lose a few most every time we stopped. Some of our passengers were to busy taking pictures of the schools to drop a line in. Time for fillet and lobster. What a great trip. And I'm not just saying that. Thank you all. Your friends, Drew and crew June 27. Arrived to the island at 9:00. Arrived to the yellowtail at 11:30. Nothing red hot. 2 long drifts and some short stops to finish plugging the side fish holds. Left that fish in search for the big boys. We saw one big spot of the toads crashing on bait but 2 minutes later when we got to it it sunk out never to appear again. Heading up the line now still figuring out where to be tomorrow. We'll let you know. Drew y crew. June 26. Very good albacore fishing today! Yup. We even threw in a catch of blue fin too. Weather was not pleasing to wake up to but we worked with it and scratched out a good half day into lunch. The fishing slowed so we made a little move and it was game on the rest of the day. Oh yeah, the weather turned great to go along with it. We're all beat and are going to enjoy baby back rib night brought to you by team galley then hit the rack. We're headed to an Island to try our luck at some yellow tail catching. Drew and the fantastic crew of the Polaris Supreme. Saturday June 25 - The albacore are back. Oh yes. We had some good fishing this afternoon on some good grade albacore. Some might call them fatsos. Descent weather today although it did appear to get windy and choppy late. We will be putting out the sea anchor tonight hoping for a nice ride and keep our fingers crossed the weather stays down and the tuna stay up. Sincerely Drew and Crew. Thursday June 24 - We departed today nice and early with 21 passengers on the Mal Wagstaff/Joe Beck charter. Loaded up some bait and we are heading south in hopes of finding some of those albacore. Everyone is anxious to get down tot he fishing grounds and get their lines wet. Wish us luck! Thanks, Drew and crew |
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