This is the trip report for the annual 6-day Izorline sponsored trip (Sept 10-16, 2012) on the Red Rooster 3. We all had a great time. The Izorline reps were Roy Yoshida and myself. Andy Cates skippered the trip and the crew was comprised of Derek, Tom, Nick, Fernando, Stan and Chapman.
With the
primary support from Izorline and addition support provided by Accurate,
Calstar, Salas Lures, Mustad hooks, and Baja Fish Gear, we were very well prepared. When the opportunity to catch big tuna
is met with the level of preparation afforded us by the sponsors, the results
are 360 yellowfin tuna, 299 yellowtail, 79 bluefin and 71 dorado.
We fished
off-shore the first two days catching school size YFT and BFT from 80# to 107#. Andy did some of that magical “skipper
stuff” to find the bigger bluefin tuna.
We landed 27 of them on the first day. We thought that we were blessed after the first day, but
little did we know that Andy would look in the right place on the 2nd
day and we caught 52 more large BFT.
With 79 of these larger unit BFTs in the RSW, we headed south for
yellowtail. Two day later we had
all of the 20-30# yellowtails that we wanted. We spent the last day fishing off shore looking
for kelps with dorado. The weather
was flat and calm the entire trip.
I don’t think that we could have asked for better conditions or better
fishing than we experienced. Stan and Chapman kept us all well fed and Derek,
Tom, Nick, Fernando and Andy were always there to untangle our mistakes,
provide valuable advice and gaff our catch.
The jackpot
winners were Anthony Logrande with a 107# BFT, Mark Wallace 91.4# BFT and Frank
Brown Jr. 90.8# BFT. Anthony also
got to take home the Izorline Lunker award for the biggest fish caught using
Izorline line.
Here are
some photos of the passengers having a great time. Feel free to leave a comment or ask a question regarding this
trip or fishing equipment .
Thanks for
checking out this trip report.
Gary
Teraoka
