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The Democrats in Sacremento wish to end all fishing. Take it to the bank.

I was solo in my 19 Whaler. Saw you guys from a distance and thought you fishing fast moving porpoise. I ran to get way out front saw the whale and a foamer. I did hook one on a jig, fought it about 10 min and the hook pulled. I think it was snagged. I'd heard about all the fog on the 9 mi...

That's a frigate bird your thinking of

At 0900 I was looking at "Windy.com" and it was calling for less than 10kn WHILE I'm in my patio in Sunset Cliffs and it was blowing 25kn easy

Was that the 32 X 29 paddy we kept hearing about? Damn. It was sporty out there today.

Just erase your tracks and say you aren't exactly sure where you were. With the rules and regs that exist in California.; they can always find something to write you up on. Plus, half of the wardens have different interpretations anyway.

I've noticed the Dorado have gotten bigger.

Nice picture of the breezer. Sometimes hard to explain to a rookie what to look for.

Will BOLO

Wow. Owned boats for 50 years and have never seen one. Just wow. Thanks

Thanks

Thanks for the post. We Ziggded today when we should have Zagged. What were you trolling that got hit? Please. Thanks. Mark

Monkey pox

Zane Gray would be proud. (Look it up)

Not to hijack this thread, just adding to it. I fished up on the Ridge today. Skunked, pretty glassy all day, found two paddies not holding. Trolled a spreader bar from 182 to 181. Water blue and 70-72

Dana landing or Dana Pt. Just curious Thanks

Mike, glad you saw this. My buddies favorite moment was watching your guys reaction. Great fun. Thanks a ton. Mark

Thanks Jeff. Mark

Friday July 8. Dragging my new Spreader bar around near the 425 and a very cool cat on the vessel Reel Tight calls me on the radio...."Boston Whaler, North of me, we have a bait ball being destroyed and are currently on a fish. Feel free to come down and pull that spreader bar over this bait...

They do love big lures. Thanks for the report

They were not anywhere between la Jolla and the 209. Nor were they at the 181, 182, 178 and points in between. The good news was that it was greasy calm, blue water. 70° to 73°. Saw plenty of terns, just not working. Mostly they were hunting as singles, no splashes under them. Patties I found...

89 lbs

Head down to WestMarine and get a map of the "local banks" or check out a map of the "bite zone" on Tempbreak.com

I am literally sitting down right now with my grandkids for some fried barracuda and fried potatoes. So good.

Hi guys. Damn. I should have just hung out with you and come home in the dark buddy boat style. My firefighter son and law had the exacts same thing happen two seasons ago. Big meter marks on a paddy, he drops down a flat fall on 40lb (learned the hard way). Hooked it about 4pm. We were out at...

Thanks for the report. All good dope. We need to hear where they aren't as well as where they are

Larger bft will bite right through 50# mono too

Now that! Is a great report. Thanks.

Damn. Maybe they got hot in the morning or after I left.

Hit the Islands today. Didn't buy bait and had trouble making any, so Rapalas it is. Picked up a nice 10÷ lb yellow at North Island at 1000. Trolled a couple more hours there then checked middle grounds. No go. Picked up some rokfish then headed for home. Easy peasy. Water was 63 around north 64...

Come on guys. Not a Skippy........Bonito

This year the limit on Coppers went from 10 down to 1. Fyi

Water cool and dirty from PL until basically the 371. Then it goes quickly from dirty 67-68 to nice blue 70+ Pretty windy and "a bit sporty" for my 19 Whaler but trolling speed was fine. Trolled 4 or so hours usually within 8 miles of 371 high spot. Bottom line.....Skunked. No real sign of Tuna...

Just curious. Made bait? Or, bought bait?

Where can we read this entire story? It looks like Coast Guard had already begun to search. For learning purposes, I'd like to hear the entire story and see what mistakes were made. Maybe the boat wouldn't start up etc.

I was out at the 181 in y 19 Whaler. Heard you put this info out on the radio but had paid so dearly for those miles decided to stay out there and come home through the 178. We only hooked (snagged) one and it came off.. Thanks for the report and the authentic radio call out. Queenfish......out

Open 24/7

Summit on Sports Arena. ( actually at the Sports Arena) is the best. They are eager for boater's business. If you buy 35 gallons of gas they will give you 100lbs of ice. BUT, you have to ask for it. Mention the "radio special " Plus the ice Is a fair price if you need more. Like $3.99 fir...

Around 3 pm the 181 went off.

Frozen FF, or Yummy Flier?

Quick trip to 'nados today Lots of bait, birds sitting on baby red crab slurping them up. I just caught 4 barracuda (2 legals) one 6-7lb yellow. Lots of these around.

In the last 50 years out of San Diego that "little bft" would have won a hell of a lot of tournaments. Just saying , don't get too cocky about local tuna. In my book that's a hell of a fish.

I really appreciate the dope about finding the chunks in their belly. For us skiff guys that don't haul (or want to buy) 3 scoops of bait, that's great news that they do seem attracted to chunk.

Thanks

Aloha my Hawaiian bloodydecker brothers. I'm in San Diego and my nephew went fishing with some friends off of your islands. They caught this little guy and ate it. He asked me what it was. To me it looks half greenback mackerel and half Bonito. Can you guys give me the correct name? Thanks. Mark

Was this back in March?

I hope you dropped off a loin with the whale watch Capt

Shark.....meh.

I thought electric reels were not legal?

The dog has to surface to eat the big fish...watch for it and run over him

A still green Dorado on the deck swinging a treble hook is scary.

Never vote ********.

Made mini macs in dense fog at la jolla. Sun came out at about 1000. Pointed her west and ran. Found mucho paddies, some with birds, all with tons of bait and baby YT. Went out to the 118° line then bent north to run back. No trolling, did see a feeding marlin. Water was 74, 75 and even 76 deep...

Too windy for us skiff drivers

Great timely intel. Thanks.

Sold

In OB. PM me if you want it

This is Mark with the ladder. I live in OB.

Price $100.00

Three step. Under platform mount Windline Unused

Good to hear there are some troll fish. Not all of us carry 5 scoops of bait.

.....and not a 33.

Not a 118, that would put him outside Clemente. 117.....

Thanks to Reggie from Tow Boat US for hustling out to rescue us.

Launched at 1100. Made some quick macs got to the islands at 1200. Conditions didn't look very good. Tried rapala. Flat calm until about 1pm then some breeze and chop. Went to some rock fish stones Got 9 reds one starry. Bait for me flat fall for my son in law. Then ran west about 10 miles saw...

Lots of macs around the bait barge. Need to chum and put bait on the lucky joes (sabikis for you youngsters)

My usual 0800 gentleman's start. Made some macs. Ran straight to the south end of south . Water was dirty. Signs of bait but not fish. There was a good barracuda bite there yesterday.....a desert today. Caught some reds around SKR and called it a day the only sport boat that I saw there was the...

On the big bay check with Half Moon Inn on Shelter Island

Thanks for releasing those future seal killers

Juvenile black sea bass.........delicious NOT. I stand corrected. But I knew it looked delicious

Revolution CNG. "They" are no longer called Dept of Fish and Game anyway. Now "They" are called Dept of Fish and Wildlife to let us know it is no longer about harvest, but is now about making our state into an animal sanctuary and an aquarium. Yay.....keep voting for those dems

Thanks gang. I'm always learning. This yellow had a couple of dozen Probably got tired of the tiny meals and decided to eat a big mac.

Pic

Wed June 10, 2020 Great conditions. Made macs at Whistle Bouy ran solo at 30mph to middle grounds. No one there, everyone else on weather side of North Isl Party boats stayed there all day and did well I pretty much had the rest of the islands to myself. Slow trolled the macs for two nice...

Spanish jack?

Last time I actually used a Traeger for a couple hours They turn a golden color.

I posted last year about eating the dines that I caught. Obviously exactly the same as the barge stuff but to me......its wild caught. Scale em, head em gut em. Slow cook em in Weber with some smoke. The filets fall right off the bones, a little mayo on a cracker. Enjoy.

Nathan Fletcher

My favorite line was, "we then inserted the gaffs".

Awesome. Thanks for the report. Mark

You must be getting a good hook set with circles. I get bit off with 50 and under by these guys.

Are those YFT?

Call your congressman's local office. That's part of their job.

Thanks for the report. Ditto for us. Wanted to add that my yellows were stuffed with red crab.......yay

The same people that shoved the MLPA up our collective ass are the ones keeping us from fishing. If you recall they jammed the MLPA on us because it would actually improve fishing.......in other words....for our own good. They know so much more than us and are in general just better people...

I say that on May 1 we all hook up our boats and head to our SD ramps. It's called, "civil disobedience " Ok, lifting these unconstitutional actions will be risky.....but I'll choose risk over tyranny anyday.

Sloberdog report from yesterday was right on. We were at 32/52 long drift. Straight Yft plunker bite. 20lb flouro small hooks and the small dines worked best. GO NOW.

Great side by side pic of those beauties. Thanks for reporting. Timely reports are so important. Mark

Did you fish today, Thursday the 21st?

Thanks again you guys. Mine were all around 20#. Got two on macs on dropper loop. The rest on the micro dines. Did you see that most of the fish were jugged with anchovy? That was the big meter mark that was hugging the paddy down about 100'.

Thanks Descanso for calling out the numbers. I got my limit and "Double Treble" did well too. Lots of tuna out there from the Nine out to, at least the kidney bank.

Not seagulls....shearwaters

San Diego, always a top boat, plus plenty of free parking at Seaforth

The saves keep coming. Oct 15 I heard on my car radio just now that yesterday (or early today) the Pegasus spotted a couple of guys in a capsized boat and made the rescue. Thank you Skipper.

Thanks for the heads up.

My nephews, brother and I rolled into he Armada 3 miles so ofth 302 about 1100 Caught two nice bft, 37# and 41# on a long drift. 25lb flouro, number4 hooks, hot 'dines.

My nephews, brother and I rolled into he Armada 3 miles so ofth 302 about 1100 Caught two nice bft, 37# and 41# on a long drift. 25lb flouro, number4 hooks, hot 'dines.

Hi Russ. Hell yeah I remember that. Out by the 302. I haven't had much luck on the porpoise the last couple of seasons You still have your Shamrock, I know.in the last 25years I've gone from my 17 Whalerto an 18 Whaler and now a 19 Whaler. But the time I reach 70. I'll prolly have a 20

I believe you meant to say, "two bft" and one miscellaneous.

Son in law and I heard about the grest yft bite grtting started on the 9 mi bank, but only had a handful of mini macs in the tank and hears it was all about chumming them up. Decided to go west and look for foamers or kelps. Water finally cleaning up near the Ridge and vert warm 73° +. Found a...

Son in law and I heard about the great yft bite grtting started on the 9 mi bank, but only had a handful of mini macs in the tank and heard it was all about chumming them up. Decided to go west and look for foamers or kelps. Water finally cleaning up near the Ridge and very warm 73° +. Found a...

Is this the area where the "fleet" is fishing or were you alone?

Around the 230 yesterday an Everglades swamped and had to abandon ship. He had water coming in, could not make way. He had radio comms and there were other boats around, so he was safe, but ended up having to bail out of the boat and the Jig Strike allowed let them save their gear and ride...

Yep. On the shearwaters.

FRIDAY AUG 9th Had a tank of macs and was gonna get my first dorado of the year. Hah! From Lower 9 to 302, up the ridge to near the 182, and back to point loma. NEVER SAW A SINGLE FRIGGIN PADDY. The only life i saw were a bunch of flocks of shearwaters, sitting patiently between the Upper...

This is why I've only owned Boston Whalers for the last 36 years. 17 Montauk 1983-2000 18 Outrage, classic hull 2000-2014 19 Nantucket 2014-

Ditto all around . Want to add; water at midlle grounds was almost 73 degrees. Also the Mex Navy is there in their big boat with their crew in a panga checking the boats

Did you mean 64-68?

Thanks Cody. I'm usually solo too. Hittin it tomorrow.

All on macs. I trail one when working a bird school.

Gentleman's 1000 AM start out of Shelter Island. Made some macs pointed to the 302 where i got a 35# and a 75# bft on Monday. A little bumpy in my 19 Whaler running west. Once there, great conditions. 67.5 degree, blue water. Metered bait a lot and other shit (tuna?) Some dolphin, not many...

My son in law needs to renew his liability insurance for his slip. Insurance company insists on a new survey. Any one have a good hook up? Queenfish. ......out

I cooked it on the bbq. The flesh definitely looked different than say, a Red. Was darker, but not DARK. Looked kind of like whitefish flesh. Not as flaky as Reds, but made great tacos. Yield wasnt as much as i would have thought, such a huge head..

Rokfish, thanks. You're spot on. I've fished for a long time and never seen one.

Sat. Great conditions, red crab, clean 64 degree water, just no yellos today. SO, i went rokfishing. Caught this, thought it was the spawn of a bocachio and a red. Didn't seem to stink so kept it. Fish and game survey guy had never seen one but identified it from his pictorial charts. Any...

Appreciate an Islands report like this. Seems like everyone else is off shore. Thank you.

Thanks for the same day report.

Length times girth squared divided by 800. 69.1 lbs

Happy April Fool's Day

Sold

Good thing it was released.

300' deep caught some Reds, Coppers and this-

Nice pic from 1998

Shrimp??? Since when is there a shrimp fishery here or in Baja Norte on the Pacific side?? Is this a joke? We do have some spotted prawns at 1000 ft depth, caught one at a time, but not like these

I think this race was a few weeks ago. Their calendar indicates nothing this weekend

Wahoo shouldnt be too far behind...

Truly, best report ever. Thanks

Caseydmaze. Actually on Sunday i let my nephew Austin take it out. That was him

Late start, made macs. Found only one paddy all day. Ran as far west as 35 mi. Found the right one (and only one) 20 west of MBay. Water clean and blue, 75°. Caught six. Worked it with "Double Down". Queenfish...............out

Why waste $35 for small sardines?

Odd, on Friday fishing the Coronados I heard a call on ch 72 for assistance. Two young guys in an 18' Grogor aluminum said they were broken down at the north end of South Island and that "Vessel Assist" was not responding. I contacted SeaTow and was able to hook them up. The two guys had only a...

"Headed north" ?

I thought some of these were recipes for old goat

Wondeful. Grest puc while its still got color. Any idea what weighed? 200? Thanks. Mark

Could it be that the old annual sand bass spawn bite is back?

Did you catch the name on the boat?

Easy ride out from MB in my 19 Whaler. Great conditions. 69 degree water, clean, clear water, light swell, light breeze. Bait everywhere. Two of us caught 8 yellows (6-11 lbs) 2 big barries, one big calico, one big bonito. We fished only middle grounds. Both ends of South Island had much...

My son in lawbwill be passing through Maui in a week or so on his senior deployment aboard the CAL Maritime training ship Golden Bear. Anyone willing to bring him along on a day of fishing? He can help with the gas etc. If you (or a friend) comes to San Diego, I will gladly repay the favor I...

Rember this? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/sea-lion-attacks-san-diego-man-posing-for-photo-yanks-him-overboard/

Fresh caught on sabikis off Mission Beach. Which is why it is a fishing report. I haven't paid for bait in years. Way tpoo pricey for me and not as much fun.

Got the recipe off google. Head, gut, the scaling takes care of itself. Brine for 8 hours or so rinse, dry, leave in fridge for a few hours. Smoke at 185 degrees 3 hours or so. Crackers and mayo. Bones lift roghtbout or so small you don't notice them. Good stuff.

Conditions getting better and better. Water cleaning up, temp near 65, bait EVERYWHERE. Smelt, macs, red crab and of course big fat sardines. Hopefully the yellows, bacaruda and bonito at the island roll up here soon. Seals terrible. Took every single bait i had out. Ended up dmoking the...

Piggyback on your report. I was there at greylight. Water has cleared up just a little. Lots of crab, not much fin bait. Didn't see or hear of any caught 60 degrees.

Timely report with pics greatly appreciated.

Every morning when i look in the mirror

Sittin by the fire wishin i wuz fishin

Thanks Will, sounds like the candy is starting to show. Mark

You sure it was a lightboat? Was he anchored?

Nicer grade of fish. Thanks for the post

The title says it all. Morning bite, trolled Rapalas. Not much bird sign, but some. We got 10, some guys got less and some more. ....fish were between 6 and 40lbs

There was a time when full grown makos would eat seal lions...........

Thanks Tom. I'll dig into that. Mark

I can't pump gas into my boat on its trailer now, more than a wuart at a time. 4 different gas stations. 4 for now, not working. It's like the gas has too many bubbles that shut off the pump. Anybody else having this issue?

Qwik trip to report. 0900 ran from MB down to the International reef area No meter marks for us and no bird sign but caught 5 yellows, delicious looking 6lbers or so and two fat bonito. All on trolled mag rapalas except one on a slow troll mac. Water was clean, blue 68.5 degrees.

My 2 cents. Coronados are Mexico. At this time, not a great idea to anchor up overnight there alone. Sorry, but it's true. Plus the extra paperwork. Just bait ip and drop anchor in Bonita Cove in Mission Bay. Grey light, hit the road, its less than 60 minutes to the islans anyway, but stay...

Link to the first hand account. https://www.bdoutdoors.com/towboatus-catalina-rescues-man/

Great info, will come in handy two weeks ago

Heather, the reason i posted this was to see if some of the players eould chime in. I could usually only hear half of the conversation. Thank you. Please extend my sincere thanks and deep gratitude to Capt Lins for his heroic action. TOW BOAT U.S. Rocks. Mark

wanted to put it on fishing reports, so for what it is worth: Started late, hit LJ for nada, but great conditions. Clear clean 70 degree water, lots of bait down deep. I blew it off at about 1 pm to go look around outside (then, naturally the New Seaforth killed the yellows in the afternoon...

Makes me recall those dumb asses in the past that have caught and killed a 7-800lb mako just for the picture. Oh. Yeah. That's right, after the carcass sits in their driveway all day they, "donate it to a food bank". Long live these seal killers.

Mission Bay to 181. Nice day, no sun, light breeze, beautiful deep blue, clean 67 degree water. Porpoise at 5 miles and again at 28 out por nada. Trolled some, flew the kite some fished three decent paddies... .nuttin. Not much life, no other boats seen all day. Queenfish.........out

No, we kept six boneys

And finally, seared

Grilled

Poki

Treated right, eats as good as any tuna on the grill. Bleed it, submerge it in ice, keep it cold up until it hits the grill.

Quick report. Made macs right outside MB jetty, ran down to the islands. Great weather, calm, deep blue water, 67 degrees most of the day. Tons of 'chovy and red crab at middle grounds. Knocked the heck out of nice big, hard fighting, tasty bonito. All on jigs or iron. Didn't see any yellows...

I think it's oil. That guy "Hoops" has a kid that does them too I guess.

Will hang in my man cave. Cool original art work from local guy named "Bon Chovey'

Never heard of "DNR".

What's a "sammy"........? A stinky?

Thanks you guys. That is kind of what i had determined. Never had seen one. I hope there is no size limit, but it was tastey. Cooked it whole except the head Much more meat than on a sand dab.

Rok fishing yesterday. A few small reds, a few small whitefish and this. Anyone know what it is? Not halibut, not sand dab. Some kind of turbot? Sole?

Vote. And let your state reps know that you vote.......and that you fish......and that you don't appreciate being treated like a piece of shit by our "public servants"

Thanks for the report. Happy birthday

You didnt shoot a picture?

Made some Macs off Point Loma, ran down to 371. Nice day, deep blue water. Water temp at Lower 9 was 72, the further south and west i got, the lower the temp. 371 was 68 degrees. No birds, no meter marks, no sign of tuna that i could tell. No other boats, no seiners, no porp. Found one nice...

The "sidled up his rear" was a little bit of TMI

Thanks Bryan. Mark

You chose the former not the later

My buddy and i went the Coronados today (meh) but on the way home with a bruising south wind we both said we were sure happy to be heading north instead of the poor bastards southbound.

The "offspring" is krill

Dorado will bite a mac in half too.

I caught one on a paddy Friday that was huge.......at least was really looong, had a huge head but totally scrawny from the head back. Had a lot of bugs on it. Wierd. I figured it was a spawned out female?

Mid shipman

Timely is what matters. Good, bad or ugly. Thank you.

Teally appreciate the timely intel. Was the mac plentiful? Last week, i couldn't find any out of MB. Thanks Mark

Right on. Thanks for the timely info. Not one of these "5 days ago we knocked the shit out of them reports" I think ill hit it. Will report back too. Thanks again.

Yuge Did you tag and release it?

Caught two yellows both on Macs. Had to battle a seal lion for the second one, but won. Water was 66, decent enough color. Fish were scattered, most of the sporties looking for them on sonar, but some bird sign too. Both YT caught on soaked macs in the vicinity of the "high spot". saw others...

Caught two yellows both on Macs. Had to battle a seal lion for the second one, but won. Water was 66, decent enough color. Fish were scattered, most of the sporties looking for them on sonar, but some bird sign too. Both YT caught on soaked macs in the vicinity of the "high spot". saw others...

Thanks for posting. Any size to the yellows?also were you able to make squid?

If i saw them towing a boat, I'd shoot some qwik pics........i notice that that just never seems to happen.

I have attempted to put some new pics up on "Dropbox". They are there and this is the link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6a0we3m1pc5b61a/AAD20tXBeUKJQJF52pBGGVjXa?dl=0 if that doesn't work, send me an email at [email protected] and I'll send a better link. These are pics that I took...

5K for the boat.

I'm selling the Queenfish (but I've moved the name over to my new sled, a 19 Nantucket). Has a blown (dead, dead) 150 Etec hanging on it, so really no engine. Has delam issues on the deck (pretty common with this model). I'm looking to package it with the 2004 115 2 stroke Merc that came on my...

It might have been easier to just snip that last piece of ear and keep fishing......just sayin'.

thanks for the report. I too was at the islands yesterday, but really just stayed out in the canyon fishing for cod. That report was from GooeyDuck, he's legit. He is also the same guy that had the passenger with the hook through the ear. I know Vanion posted it up, that he did catch Dorado...

I got one on basically my first effort at just wahoo.......then I proceeded to go 0 for the next 15 trips and counting. Got mine 10 miles west, nowest of la jolla on a rapalla with just one trail hook. 40#

Best post all season.

I saw that the Mission Belle got a wahoo today. I know they fished the rock pile for yellows all day too.

Aaagh! No pic hurts. Still, great job Jeff. Mark

Quit killing big makos, since they will eat seals. Threshers......go for it, but leave the makos alone.

Me too, but only from 0600 until about ten. Worked Coronado canyon area por nada

.........and I trolled all of the Lower None por nada today. Nice conditions, just no takers

Here is the rapalla he hit Also a good close up of his teeth

75 degree water.

Speed was somewhere between 7 and 10 mph, goes up and down when its bumpy. Was trolling downswell at the time

Some replies: Yes the rapala still lives. Tore up pretty good, my good friend Tim Hawkins taught me the trick about using an old rusty rapala with one hook missing. It looks even better now. As to the mess, when im solo, all heck does break loose. Flip flops flying, drinks spilling blood all over.

Launched at noon. Windyn but n8ce and sunny. Could not make bait, so decided to catch a troll fish for dinner. Ran west approx 250 degrees until i got tired of the beating. Put out one Xrap, one prple cedar and an old rapala with one treble missing (has only the tail one, but runs great. Guess...

8 am launch, made bait at lj kelp (macs). Paddie hopped on a 300 degree heading. Many dry kelps. Did see some tuna under a tern but they sunk out. Around noon decided to troll and put out one Mean Joe Green, one cedar plug and one Halco. 15 min later got hit on the marlin lure. 25 min fight...

Kill all seals

great day

Way to go Webfoot.

I was at that same high spot late in the day. We were there to be an escort boat for the Catalina Classic surfboard paddle race to Manhatten Beach the next day. Don't know shiat about fishing Catalina. Love the place but only get there once or twice a year to be a tourist. Got over to Isthmus...

Thank you for the picture of the sonar. I'm still dialing mine in and trying to be able to tell the difference between bait and fish. Yesterday, in about that same area, when we had them feeding off chum off the transom, I'd look at the meter and that is the same thing that I saw. Thanks agin. Mark

Bo, I just spotted your reply. That is so frigging accurate. Mark

You need a red flag, like a ski flag. in broad daylight, it is a bit much to fire off a flare, but I gaurentee 99 out of 100 boaters would react to a red flag being waved. Yelling could mean anything, from "you're in our chum line" to "do you have any spare bait", but a red flag won't go ignored.

Don't forget, with that 63 degree water we also always got to enjoy "albacore weather" fishing conditions,vwhich sucked. I'll take 75 degree water, yft, dorado and bft all day long. Mark

great, timely report. Thank you. I'll do same tomorrow.

tape it, it is very accurate: Length (nose to v in tail) Girth (largest you can find on his body) Formula is Square the Girth, multiply that by length then divide that number by 800 it works like a charm. Use the calculator on your smart phone.

Mola

Bo. Probly late like 0900. Were eating fish now.

thats my bro. we went together. i loved that Gap picture you posted yesterday. id head so we tomorrow. lots of paddies. my bro might go tomorrow without me. ill tell him to look for fish longe

My bro, his three sons launch 0730, big deans that lived all day from sd barge. Ran to nine, looked for paddies, lots today. One for three yellows, about ten for nada, then the motherload of yt. Called in a few boats. Water flat calm 75 degrees, deep blue. Also picked up one small yft on porp...

Blue fin

Max, i'm 0 for my last three trips. short ones, but still painful. yesterday trolled porpoise for 3-4 hours, I just could leave them, it looked so fishy......skunk. Today up and down the nine all day, fished lots of porp, trolled hoping for a blind strike, hit six or so paddies. did catch and...

very cool. I want to agree about just taking what you need. You look like a young guy............someday you'll tell your kids about these "good ol' days" Mark

thank you for posting a pic of the FF. I've had my FF for years and never really know when its tuna or red crabs. The more screen shots we can see the more we can all learn.

great and timely report. Thanks. Mark

I love the pic of the other boat skipper scanning the horizon for more kelps....................or rather, more boats stopped on kelps. Is that new rule in effect with regards to filleting tuna?

was the turtle tagged? Look like it.

Sorry again for the l as te reply. Joe just got home from the cruise. learned a lot had some fun caught no fish, glad to be home. Marrying my daughter in two weeks. Ive caught a few good tuna. One yft at 52lbs. The rest around 20. Two bft around 20 also. Just getting warmed up Mark

Got three. all about 20lbs. All jig fish. All on Cedar Plugs. The entire fleet, I mean 1/2 day, 3/4 day, 1 day and I think some multi day boats are all sitting on the same spot tonight. I can see them from the top of point loma. Big body of fish there. Seems like the big boys did best by...

Ok, but where are the flying fish?

Thanks for the responses, I really appreciate it.

he's hoping to go out Friday the 3rd or Saturday the 4th. Do you know of availability?

My nephew is heading down to Baja for the upcoming weekend. Does anyone have any recommendations on 8-pack charters out of Ensenada? He is hoping to snag a few yellowtail.

Black Sea bass

All good, except posted in the wrong section. These were basically caught in Point loma kelp.....................might as well post it in the inshore section.

just glad you found some kelps. few and far between right now

Thanks for posting. I too got a some YT today. Two of them about 15# each on a kelp outside of upper nine. Water was 65 degrees. I couldn't tell about the color because it was so damn overcast all day. But looked okay. Mark

Thanks for the report. I'll post one tonight.

Heading out tomorrow. Thanks for the intell

the "brown seagulls" are probably shearwaters not gulls. Great indicator birds.

Skipper, was this yesterday, June9th? Sorry, I can't tell. Thanks. Mark

Did you get the yellows on a paddy or under birds?

Thanks for the 411 Bryan.

That's a Blue Marlin! Sweet, next up Tarpon.

Yesterday. Saw puddling fish, tossed out a greenback. My daughter's bf Ro' caught it. 52lbs weighed at Dana Landing by Dallas.

We were out too in my new whaler. Made it to 45/40 and around the ridge. Snotty butt ok for trolling . Found zero kelps to speak of. Water was 62 ish . Skunked

.......................and thus it begins

thanks for the report. I just bought and installed the same FF. So far, so good. Did you get the $100 rebate?

I was out there too. Late start, saw you guys. I was in a 19 Whaler. How in the hell do you keep the dogs off of your slow trolled bait? I gave up and tried a rapala. I was like 8 for 8 on seals. Conditions do look great. Thanks. Mark

Great report. I've kind of given up on live bait because of the seals. Last time I was out the dogs took 11 Macs in a row and the only one that didn't get eaten by a dog got eatin by a big bonito.............that got eaten by a dog.

On Saturday we were rockfishing in 300' and a f ing seal stole half of our baits and 10 nice rokfish off our lines at the bottom. Hadn't seen that before

all the fish that eat greenbacks eat spanish, its just that the spaniards are sluggards as opposed to the greenies being "hot" baits.

On Tuesday the 11th we went fishing at the Coronados (only caught rockfish, but that's another story). We spotted a jumping stripe marlin in our wake about 2/3 of the way to North Island on a 180 heading. Wild.

Big Five sells wrist rockets for 10 bucks. Legal, just don't inure them.

You guys apparently handed the patty off to two guys in a blue speed boat. Their names were Chris and Chad. They saw me driving by and waved me in. They had already gotten some nice dodos off of your patty and wanted to look for some YFT. I caught 6 nice dorado, three of which were my biggest in...

i keep saying this, but. That is a new state record. (if they have records for spearfishing that is)

unreel video. The best is when the skipper spots that 'hoo and runs down and gaffs it. Thanks for posting.

No Mex Navy. I had my FFM/Passport and Mex lic just in case.

Thought I'd take one for the team and see what's up at the Islands. Great Conditions, water clear, 72 degrees, lots of boobie birds today. Seals not as bad as I'd heard, but bad enough that you could not soak or slow troll a mack without them eating it. I actually hooked one seal. switched over...

was a bad captain (me), great crew, still a great time. Also, was not at an Island or Inshore trip, but I was tired last night and just glad that I spelled "desert" with only one "r". My brother is in town from Mich with his sons and we're trying to get them on some fish. Caught two small YFT...

74 degrees, kind of green but still clean. no birds, no porps, a few kelps, nobody home. trolled all around the Ridge, 182 up to near the 181 and ten or so miles back towards the nine for nada. heard of a couple of marlin hooked up near 182, but that's it. Hopefully, fish will return soon...

we tried there today, but couldn't get past the dogs. every single bait was bit in half within seconds of going out.

Old School Zukers ZM2 12.5 inch in Greenback Mack Pattern, single hook hanging near the end of the skirt. (the other marlin hit a deep diving rapala, and you can guess how that turned out)

123 lbs

Actually tuna fishing, but none to be found by us today. I always mix a marlin jig in the pattern 'cause Dorado and YFT love 'em too. Hooked this bad boy (actually had a double, his bro hit the mag rapala but quickly spit it). Plan was to release, but came to the boat pretty lifeless after 45...

I can tell ya where they weren't today. Desert like out by the corner, out to the 43, up to the 182. Saw some huge paddies, but vacant, almost no terns, some seagulls, a couple of hammerheads. Lifeless. Water was 74-76 had streaks of blue for a mile or two then turned a little bit greenish for a...

That will be a State record......first one ever recorded in CAT

That will be a State record......first one ever recorded in CAT

appreciate the report too. thanks. Mark

We wanted to stop in at the Islands too, but since we were fishing off shore did not get the FMM thing. Great day out there. Mark

saw same thing last year and did some digging. it is a glider from Scripps. you're right about the hazard though. we saw it and thought it was a drone, then as we approached it started sinking out. I was going to gaff it,but decide better.

Hey Chuck, didn't know that you'd left Point Loma. I was wondering why I hadn't seen you out lately. Nice Durango. Mark

launched at 0800 out of MB. Made some macs saw a nice warm spot with a temp break nearby up by the "209" spot. Ran that way looking for paddies etc. trolled a few miles up there, had one knock down but came unbuttoned. Lots of working small tuna (not bonito) under birds (terns and shearwaters)...

Nope. those are white anal fin- yellowfin tuna.

Fred, I'd missed this 'cause the thread didn't mention "Charlene". Water at the Coronados was dirty green and full of sea weed. Saw one yellow come aboard a boat, but decided to go rokfishing. ended up with 10 assorted rokfish in short time. Thank you much for the squid. Even though it had been...

ive recently brought up rokfish and after I get home, the cooler that they're in has a lot of crill in the bottom of it. Most rokfish puke out what is their stomachs when they get hooked, so I think it's likely they are plugged with crill while still on the bottom. I've also seen a few Red...

I was rock fishing at the Islands and heard your report. you were very patient in giving and repeating the info. I must say that you did catch a lot of flack from other guys, but then again, it was kind of like saying that had caught a couple of wahoo. Thank you for being generous enough to...

Thanks for the report. I'm too lazy to post one today, but mine was exactly like yours except we came out of Mission Bay. Best conditions you could ask for...........................except for the lack of fish. Mark

Great news! Sprint has sprung if the 'cuda are here.

Just watch this though. These enviros should know are do know that may be an "El Nino" year...............and most of the kelp will disappear. They will figure out a way to either blame A) Fishermen, B) Fukishima, C) Global Warming or D) all of the above.

Nice fish Jeff. You're always in the right place at the right time. Mark

Thanks Jared. Well, we did end up with a few nice Reds at least. I appreciate that info. Mark

We were out catching rock fish but could see the Mission Belle in there sniffing around all day. By the way, what was the big boat that looked Blue/Gray and White? Was that Mex Navy? We saw it near you guys around 2PM and decided it looked too much like a Mex Fast boat to go in and fish even...

Haven't posted up in a while, but here we go. launched out of MB, they had great bait, firecracker dines with a few healthy horses and some mid size macs mixed in. Bait lasted most of the day. headed out on glassy seas straight to an area halfway between 371 and 302, found a patty. pretty...

Those are some of the largest dorado i've ever seen outa san diego. Great job.

ditto on the thanks for the intel. That's how my last three trips have been. Warm water, lots of patties, TONS of bait.

We "caught" one last summer. At first I thought it was a Navy drone and as I got closer it started to sink, so I'm thinking, "don't let a million dollar drone sink" and went to rescue it with the gaff, but then thought better of it and let it sink. Did some research and here is what they...

It's five in CA now too. Plus they must be 14 inches.

Thanks Christopher. I'm just glad to see there are some yellows on the kelps now. Does yellowtail that has been speared not taste as good as hook caught? The reason I don't jump in and spear is because I'm too much of a pussy, and am not ashamed to admit it. Thanks again...

Harry O, we were the lone 18' Boston Whaler just south of the islands and the Apollo drove right by us. I was wondering what their skipper would know about it. Mark

Outside the Coronados looking around, water cooled to 67.5 not much happening so we caught some rokfish. But what I thought interesting was that there were two new seiners with tuna pens in tow getting set up at the south end of South and six more about five miles west. Of the eight seiners, six...

wow, this place called lahoya sounds great.

we saw that too. A lot of private boaters started to leave the Ribbon Kelp when they saw the Mexican Navy, the bigger boats stayed put. At least one boat just tried to run for it and you're right the Mexicans took off after them. We saw the Navy boat again only about 30 minutes later, and I do...

Frank, are you doing the Los Barriles thing this year?

the yellow fishing was pretty good. We missed a couple of light biters. We just go kind of impatient and wanted to get some rok fish before the wind came up. Red crabs come around every few years and seem to be associated (in my humble opinion) with better tuna years. Red crabs float en masse...

Friday went out to get some YT, got a couple, then went for some rok fish to fill our grocery list. Cleaning them I found this "crawdad". I've had some fun summers when these dudes show up. Mark.....................out

What a great site! The knuckleheads that actually live here don't have any idea how important it is to us fishermen to know the marine weather outlook..............especially the wind! Thank you, you'll be my "go-to" site this summer. Mark

RJ and crew, thank you and God bless you. Seems to me, you guys have done this before. on behalf of all of the skiff guys that sometimes drive you nuts...........thank you. Mark

is it just an old legend, or is it true that the aquariums off California offer a several thousand dollar "reward" for one of those captured alive? I've heard that, and thought if I ever caught one close to shore, I'd call Scripps and see if was true. Mark

Glad you're safe. I was out Friday too, fishing solo and for the first time ever, I tied my self to the console for the ride home it got so rough. I always where a kill switch, but with that much wind and chop I don't think I could have caught up with my boat if I did get tossed. One comment...

eventually the population will go so dense that some kind of disease, likely a canine variety, will kill 90% of them. Sweet.

Here are some remarks: 1) your avatar looks a lot like a picture I took from the balcony on Vergugo's 2) It's wierd seeing pangeros fishing with ski jackets and sweatshirts on 3) who were you fishing with? Looks like Tom Selleck? Great report big fella. Mark

Guys. Help. What is the deal with the Visa's that the Mexicans hassled us over last year? Have they just said "forget about it"? Mark

I haven't been on this board for a while. Question: Are the Mexicans letting our 3/4 guys fish the islands again? Is the FMF or FMM or WTF thing over with?

I'm glad you posted big D. Nice fish. Mark

This is the first I've heard of any tuna on the porpoise. Any more info from anyone would be appreciated. Mark

That's a hen.

A) The state of California is out of money and they are looking to get it anyway that they can. B) even a gut hooked fish can survive if you just cut the line. Don't try to do surgery on it, just cut the line. C) When you see DFG coming dump all fish 'cause there is no way to comply with all...

Cool, thanks for clearing that up. That's exactly how I handle it too. My best day of fishing this year was when two cool boats out of O-side waved me in to a patty. I too, stayed way off (which works just fine anyway). Thanks again. I'm heading out tomorrow. I'll report back what I find...

Good stuff, please don't take this wrong, but I never saw any mention that the guy on the patty originally waved you in or the like. I'm thinking it's always best to at least ask first. Mark

Frank, a few weeks ago I was fishing at the Islands when someone said on the radio that: " a Mexican Navy boat is escorting an American Private Boater over to the Armada on South Island from Middle Grounds". Not two minutes later someone else said: I am at Middle Grounds right now, I got checked...

It's why we stopped going to east cape.

sweet, thanks for the dope. (are you sure that's not a Bluefin?) Pec fins are pretty short, but the ahi looks pretty dang good. Mark

Mmm sea trout

Lots of them at the lower nine, right around the border line just northwest of North Coronado Island. Also been seeing them west and northwest of La Jolla. Get on the radio when you're out and ask around, not many fishermen keep Blue whale sightings secret. Mark

I was wondering, why, for the first time in my life I saw the Malahini up at La Jolla today.

Great to hear. thanks for this report. I got rocked on 3 out of 4 at MG last weekend. It is harder for them to rock you in 500 fathoms. Great report. Thanks. This should thin out the herd too. Mark

For what it's worth; I caught one that went 30+ on Friday, when I cleaned her, she was plugged with small squid.

Heck, it's been three years of drought. What's a couple of more weeks?

What a great report. Live! I'm gonna try that next time. Even though it wasn't all that red hot for fishing, I enjoyed kind of being there. Thanks. By the way, after dark, any sign of squid? Mark

Contact the Smokehouse up in Los Barrilles, I think they sometimes will go down there to get fish. They'll smoke it, wrap it and/or freeze it.

Yikes! I knew it was a Cow Cod and did release it. That was hard. I had only planned on fishing for a short time that day, so I only grabbed about 6 heavy sinkers (10-12-16oz etc). I ended up tying ALL of them to some 10lb test line I had in the boat in order to get him to sink. I attached the...

Fished around the Coronados today for a short trip. No sign of yellos for me, so did some ground fishing. Landed this, the biggest damn sculpin I've ever seen. Thought it would be tough, but no, it was tender and delicious. Mark

Thanks for all the good info guys. This sounds like a great place. Mark

are you able to make sqwid there?

Volaris out of TJ to La Paz or Los Cabos is always around 250. TJ is a great airport by the way.

Thinking about moving operations from Verdugo's down to this little hotel. Pain in the ass to have to retrieve and re-launch the little whaler every night so that it isn't stolen from anchor. Has anyone stayed here? I was hoping that we could stay there, launch the boat (on a real launch...

where might there be squid right now? please

I mean PSO. Mikeylikesit. I read it again and the culprit here is this group: California League of Conservation Voters. Their advertisement is an attempt to demonize PSO (our guys). I agree that we should click the ad a couple of million times and run up their tab. Sounds like...

The ad, I believe is attempting to do harm to PSO. I also believe, ( I could be wrong) that PSP is generally on our side. Right?

THANK YOU for one of the first private boat reports short of 140 miles. It would be a blast to use live squid on a patty that had yellows or BFT on it. Thanks again for the report. Mark ............. out.

C'mon guys. I was just joshing. Let me put it this way.............I'm heading over to LJ tomorrow and will be slow trolling macs until I'm blue in the face. Mark

Nice try. I magnified that little patch of shore by your right elbow and could clearly make out Palmas De Cortez in the background. Still a nice fish for that close to shore down in East Cape. :rofl:

Chuck, this is why I've always driven a Whaler. Hey, a couple of seasons back one of the guys on this board was trolling cedar plugs and stopped the boat for some reason. As the Cedar Plugs sunk out he got picked up by a good size Opah. Maybe you had a 150 pound Opah on. Glad you're...

#1 buy a Mexican License (CONAPESCA officina in San Diego) #2 go to website of airline Volaris (flight to SJDC around 400) #3 Share a cab from airport up to Martin Verdugos Resort (or call them and ask them to send someone (about 80 dollars) #4 Stay at Verdugos (70 bucks a night) #5 Ask Greg...

I don't know, I'm thinking that I am instantly on the VHF Radio Channel 16 reporting it to SDPD, and Lifeguard. They simply wait at the entrance of Mission Bay for a boat with a bunch of aluminum scrapes on the bow. Either that, or I cut the anchor line and follow him.

Ah ha! got the pix. even more awsome report now. Nate is sure getting growed up. Mark

why the Hell can't I see the pix? Frank, i wait all year for your reports on East Cape. The little Boston Whaler that my buddies and I bought to leave down there is in Loreto..........next stop Los Barriles. I'll fly down next week. I'll try to mimic the quality of this report. thanks.

Frank, that's great. I love seeing your reports. I look forward to seeing them.

Frank, did I hear that you're not going to Los Barriles this year? I hope I'm wrong. We're going to leave a 17 whaler there full time starting July 1. Mark

For 20 bucks, I'll take it. You wanna PM me? I can meet you in O-side.

Doesn't Volaris still have a shuttle? Last summer we boarded a bus and the Downtown SD Greyhound bus station that went straight to the TJ airport.

Don't forget the Smokehouse only reports what charter boats do. A lot of the good fishing is out of private boats too.

thanks for reporting. Startin' to look like last summer.

GReat pics. That's what we love to see. We're heading down early July and will posst daily. Keep the pics coming of the fish and whatever else you have going. It's great fun for those of us stuck up here in Alto California. That one big dodo looks like he was starving.........must be the...

Is there going to be another Wounded Warrior event? In San Diego? I would really like to be involved if there is going to be one. Mark

When you mention engaging someone at NOAA it sets off alarms. There are real enviro-nazis working there now. I'd caution any serious fisherman about getting too cozy with the likes of NOAA. Think.........MLPA. It all starts out as an effort to "save something" and by the time these whackos...

...but a lot of the rest is just base on emotion. Billfish, Sharks, Grouper are slow growing fish and not particularly prolific in reproduction. Tuna have their own issues as they require a critical mass to survive. Dorado, however are the ocean's version of rabbits. If they have food (which is...

I could so... be wrong, but I think the guy with the Harley T-shirt is holding up a Rainbow Runner.

Bummer. I remember seeing your boat anchored off Verdugo's this summer. I know you lost it. Did you ever get the boat back? Even without the motors? Maybe this summer the hotels will all hire someone to patrol at night. I'd be happy to chip in some.

Are boats still disapearing from their moorings at Los Barriles? Anyone have some current dope on that? I know it was a big problem a while back. Mark

also, you can buy them on line now. Google CONAPESCA

The thing about iron on rock fishing is that if you can't fish straight up and down you're dragging that treble hook through a lot of rocks. You'll lose a lot of iron. If you can fish up and down, less problem.

About an hour ago, driving along Sunset Cliffs Blvd I noticed a sailboat with his sail secured trying to manuever inside the kelp line. He was having trouble, looked like his motor quit and was starting to drift. Shitty, windy cold day and he's scrambling to drop the anchor. I stopped and...

I found some trips from TJ to both La Paz and Los Cabos in May for $87.00 Round trip. These were the "want to save" type and you left TJ on a Monday came back Friday.

Bryan, long time no see. We too jugged the freezer. We filled the bait tank and a big cooler, let them die then ran the bait tank to rinse them. They freeze up much nicer with all the ink washed off. My buddy and I each jugged our freezers in one night. 80 one gallon ziplocs ready to go...

SPOT

7:15!!!! Hell I didn't know that there were two 7:15's. I only know about the one that comes around happy hour.

All rock fish are in season right now aren't they?

I could be wrong, but I think Ling Cod went out of season Sept 15. I hope that's correct, 'cause I tossed back an 10 lber a couple of weeks ago. Might want to double check the regs. Mark

Here is an email that I sent out to all of my friends and family. To a lot of them, seeing "State Parks" sells them on the Prop. Feel free to copy it, I encourage everyone to send it to at least 10 friends and relatives. Mark Here's the email: Hi. If you’re receiving this...

I trust none of them, and as far as Whitman goes......how do you think she became so wealthy? Huh?

Were you fishing out by La Ventana?

Because of your Sunday report, I was going to give it a go yesterday. I had trouble just getting out of the bay with that south wind, so I scrubbed it. In the 40 years that I've fished here in SD, I don't think I've ever done well in a South Wind. Thanks. Mark

I ran into Zenspearo at the SI dock yesterday and we talked some about MLPA. We both feel that a lot of guys that fish may not be registered to vote. Figure out for yourself who to vote for, but do vote. And to vote, you must first be registered. (Also, get your family and like-minded...

Mike, just bring your reels. YOu can put them in your luggage, whereas a rod-tube costs you one whole piece of luggage. Rods are rods in East Cape. Mark

If it was true, it would be a new state record, since a wahoo has never been caught in CA. Ever.

Pelagics are easy...........it's the winter rockfish, lingcod, cowcod etc that is out of control. It simply depends upon which warden you get and what kind of mood he is in..............which is why I now carry a good old fashioned gunny sack with a 20 pound brick in it while I'm winter...

Ditto what Chad says except when it comes to tuna we always catch them in US waters, that way you don't have to do the declaration form etc. When it comes to rock-fish this winter, that's a whole different ball game. We're only talking pelagics here. Mark

I heard one side of your conversation as I was passing the islands on the way in. The Coastie lady seemed obsessed with whether or not all of your passengers had on life jackets. I heard her ask you that like 10 times. I cut in and asked her to state what your position was. A male Coastie came...

I had gotten tired of the talk on 72 so was only monitering 16. I was just east of the Islands when I heard one side of the "sinking boat" conversation with SD Coast Guard. I listened for like 10 minutes while she kept asking them "does everyone have on life jackets?" When finally there was a...

Sounds exactly like my solo run. The ride home was windy but manageable. I got in behind a fast moving 40 foot yacht near the islands and rode home in the rockin' chair. THis season sucks.

Heading out tomorrow. That sure looks like a bluefin.

SOLD...............to a guy whose name I dare not speak.

What were you catching the fish on? Sardinas? Humboldt Squid?

Are you towing your boat?

Sorry Tim, we need the clams to help off-set the cost of the boat we got for baja. If you have someone that will rent us storage in Los Barriles for a year........we could trade that..... Mark

Full canvas enlclosure for a 17' Boston Whaler. $600.00

It might be a good idea to hide a SPOT, in your boat in the tracking mode at night. If you wake up and it's gone.........go the "find me SPOT" website and it'll give you lat/long every 10 minutes. You can sit at the hotel watching your laptop and be in VHF contact with someone in a fast boat...

Jerry, I think those are Starrys.

I don't want to hijack the thread about poor Fat Cat. Coincidentally, we are just putting the finishing touches on a little boat for baja. We plan on leaving it down at East Cape in Storage and fly down a few times a year to use it. Having just read about the theft of those moored...

Did the thieves hot wire the boats and drive them off, or tow them out to sea? This is a bummer. I thought East Cape was safer than this.

We have a little Boston Whaler Montauk that we're setting up for a Baja Boat and still need a few items. Anyone looking to upgrade their existing, simple GPS to a chart plotter? We'll take your old GPS Got some Clamp on (NOT Strap on) Rod Holders sitting in the garage? Make us a...

JUst another tip, if I may. The Smokehouse also has great hamburgers, fries and cold beer.......the big plus is that you can (or at least we did) bring in a fresh YFT loin, slip them $5.00 and they'll prepare a plate of seared ahi with all the fixin's. Good stuff. Smokehouse rocks. Mark

Skunked on the yellows so we ran out to look at some paddies. More skunk but we did shoot this great picture of a blue whale just outside Pukey Pt.

So.......................are they still available?

I just wanted to add, that I was there too with a couple of friends and got skunked. Don't know why, did see some caught and slow trolled for hours. Oh well. What I wanted to add was that yes the water temp at Pukey was about 67.5 but on the way home I ran west for five miles to 25 over 26 and...

Hustler, thanks for the report. I've gotten a few nice yellos this year but not for several weeks now. I've got some friends in town for one shot at them tomorrow. I'll see you out there. Thanks again. Mark

These were attached to our new baja boat. It was formerly a Seattle Salmon boat. We have no use for them but do need a simple fishfinder and/or GPS. We'll trade or sell these for $300 for all that is in the picture. Mark

I've got two that came with a boat we just bought. I can't find the model number on them but they are Scotty, are extentable and have a manual retrieve. I've got some pix if you want to see them. What's all this about Germany? I'm in San Diego, if you want them you're going to have to come...

Did you happen to notice what the water temp was?

That's a great report. East Cape is great. Thanks for taking the time to put this up. Mark

Anthony, thanks for the weather report too. I'm sick of getting beat up and down. Mark

Brian, we'll be eagerly awaiting your posts too. Mark

Frank, now I told you, you can ask Eduardo at the bar to plug your lap top in when he isn't making margaritas and then you can update us live. I hope you get some tuna in the tin can again. We took a couple of loins over to the smokehouse and for $5 they gave us a plate of sushi and two...

Bought a couple of licenses today down at CONAPESCA in San Diego and found out two new things that I want to share: 1) used to be you had to come down there with a money order made out to them for the exact amount. Now, they will take cash and give you change. Still no checks or credit...

Frank, I've been waiting for you to post. Sounds a lot like when I was there a few weeks ago. The green jacks (cabalito right?) that we got from the bait guys were big enough to fillet if I had to. We never ended up using them as we got tuna very well on the chunks. We had such a good...

They just want their pound of political flesh. The best we can hope for is that someday, in order to fish La Jolla, we will be able to by a permit from Viejas or Barona. No joke. Mark

Duane, take your laptop with you, take some pix and post them right from the bar each day. I did that when I was down there and would really enjoy seeing some real time stuff. Even if it's just how you made bait that day or how the weather is. It's kind of like being there for those of us...

In case some of the BD guys don't read the local paper, here is a letter to the editor that I wrote and they published yesterday. Mark: Beware of saviors I read the July 19 letter to the editor submitted by Gabriel Solmer of San Diego Coastkeeper regarding Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)...