07/14/24

by Dan Stauffer / On July 16, 2024

Ran north to the bluefin grounds in zero visibility. Fished by radar for the first hour until my nerves were totally shot. Move a couple miles offshore to a little hill and as soon as we came up the edge my way back gets hit. Whatever we have on is not fighting like a tuna. About 20 ft from the boat the fish pops to the surface and I'm  looking at a 70-80 lb wahoo. The bugger shakes his head and...

07/08/24

by Dan Stauffer / On July 9, 2024

Today began with serious screw-up on the part of a charter. This will definitely make it into my memoirs when I write my book. After getting things straightened the mate and I spend the day with a very enjoyable family. After briefly looking for tuna we turned our attention to filling the box with tilefish  

07/07/24

by Dan Stauffer / On July 8, 2024

Made a 55 mile run east this morning to 80 fathoms in search of tuna. After 3 hours of trolling and hearing only of three tuna caught amongst 20+ boat we make the bold move to run 20 mi west to a big shoal that is rumored to have produced some fish earlier in the morning. About 2 miles east of the shoal our short spreader bar gets absolutely crushed and the fish screams off line but after about 2...

07/04/24

by Dan Stauffer / On July 6, 2024

Todays crew of mostly college aged guys experienced some early fireworks in the form of yellowfin tuna exploding on our baits today. Even though the days started almost an hour late, i guess one of the young bucks had a late night, by the end of our slightly shorter day we had four in the box, one released and a few other swings and missed.

07/03/24

by Dan Stauffer / On July 6, 2024

A nice day of yellowfin action offshore. Even though things started off rather slowly by the days end we had 5 nice yf in the box and a few other explosions that missed the baits.

07/02/24

by Dan Stauffer / On July 3, 2024

Out with a crew of guys eager to lock horns with some of our yellowfin. After less than an hour of fishing they got their wish and we put a single YF in the box. Next encounter sees two rods go down and both of those go in the box. The rest of the day produces three more YF bites but only no more make it in the box thanks to a hook pulling two feet from the gaff and a couple of the guys finding...

06/29/24

by Dan Stauffer / On July 2, 2024

Today was to be a tuna trip but the wind forecast for the canyons had this crew choosing to hang closer to the beach for a few hours of bottom fishing. The bite was decent with a nice variety of keepers.

06/27/24

by Dan Stauffer / On June 28, 2024

After several days of wind and rough seas we're back on the water with a very nice crew looking for tuna. Pulled the throttles back in 80 fathoms and within 30 minutes three rods get hammered. One fish pulls off after about 30 seconds but the other two make it in the box. The next bite takes a couple hours. I mark the fish about 30' down and throw the boat into a hard turn. Two of our short biats...