Capt. Steve Lassley, Author at BD Outdoors

Big Sword In Five Minutes

World Record Swordfish Caught In Five Minutes Editor’s Note:The crew of the Bad Company just got to experience an epic fishing moment recently. Boat owner and angler Anthony Hsieh pitched a bait to a tailing sword and fought a quick epic battle to land it in …

Fishing

Video of Harpooning Swords in the old Days

Watch this classic video of some amazing swordfish harpoon action put together by Capt. Steve Lassley and the crew of the Mirage while commercial swordfishing on the West Coast in 1999. Capt. Steve said ” I think we were 23 for 27 over that two …

Fishing

Percentage Points

Over the years I have been given a number of great opportunities to run a number of very good commercial fishing and tournament fishing operations dating back to the 1970’s. So many come to mind — Agitator, Dorsal, Unreel, High Gross, Ab Seas, Hana Pa’a, …

Fishing Reports

2012: Fishing Year in Review

I guess 2012 was a pretty good year overall. The fish pretty much did exactly what they were supposed to do in this condition, well sort of. The Browning newsletter kind of called it back in April — a wannabe El Niño. I think the …

Fishing Reports

Early Season Magic

First a quick fish report. I’m in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, right now and by the looks of things here, this El Niño is really going to happen. The water has already pushed way around the corner and up into the Pacific. August could be …

Fishing Reports

Team Bad Company Springtime Fishing

We just finished up our spring mission and as always, it was action packed. The swordfish didn’t show up like last year, at least not on the surface, so I switched gears and started fishing all of the stones — all of ‘em — stuff …

The Unknowns – Lassley Reading Water To Find Fish

Where do they come from, where are they going and do they move with the water? These three questions plague my thoughts and dreams (aka nightmares) more than any others. When you’re fishing on a daily basis, whether it’s commercial fishing, chartering or whatever, you’ve …

Fishing

Another Successful Delivery | Cabo Delivery Lassley

After putting the boat back in shape we made plans for a quick delivery to Cabo. The amount of work was staggering. The crew included myself, Eliseo Herrera, Erik Carmack (the captain from Shannon Rose) and Kyle Kritz. I had invited some others to go …

Boat Maintenance

The One Constantant Change! | Capt. Steve Lassley Changes

I honestly don’t even know where to begin. So much has happened since my last article. I was fully planning on getting all caught up as soon as I got home at the end of the tournament season — remember, we rebuilt a main in …

Boat Maintenance

Good Days, Bad Days – Boat Maintenance and Engine Work

When I first thought about writing this column I sent out a request, asking readers what they wanted to hear about. One of the things that came up more than once was to write about some of the struggles we face, not just the fun …

Fishing

Whatever It Takes

I gotta tell ya, missing the Catalina tournaments gets harder every year. Several people made comments to me, saying things like, “Well you can be glad you weren’t here this year.” And all I can think is really? I mean really? I love those tournaments …

Fishing

Marlin Tournament Time!

I can feel it in the air — it’s that time of year again. If you love fishing tournaments, then September in California is like Christmas to a little kid. The anticipation, the check in, the shotgun starts — all of it — what an …