Izorline sponsored a 3-day
trip on the First String and Mike Riley and myself were the Izorline
representatives. Mike had to get a
medical problem taken care of and was checked out at a local hospital and I am
happy to report that he was just dehydrated. Mike is fine and actually on another Izorline trip as we
speak.
We left H&M landing,
loaded some very large sardines and headed southward towards the kelp patties
approximately 70 miles from the point.
We spent the first day catching school size yellowtails off nermous
patties. We had lot of action all
day long and ended up with approximately 300 yellowtails and 3 Bluefin Tuna
(BFT) the first day. The second
day, we were further south (over 100 miles) and were focusing on BFT. We added 50 more yellowtail and a dozen
BFT up to 65#. On the final
morning we added a few more yellowtail and had to head for the barn around
noon. 
The winner of the highly
coveted Izorline Lunker Award trophy was Juan Sanchez with a BFT just under
50#. Close behind was Freddy Solis
with a 45# BFT (Izoline hat). I
also wanted to recoginize Fernando Padilla, owner of Precision Engineering
Surveyors Inc. Fernando brought 17
of his employees fishing. What a
wonderful way to bond with your fellow employee as well as the boss. This was my first chance to use a Accurate FX-500 Boss Fury reel on a tuna. I had no problem landing the two 40# BFT with this reel. I had 400 yds of 65# Izorline spectra and 19 ft of Izroline 30# fluorocarbon with a Mustad Demon 39942 3X 4/0 circle hook. This is a pretty sweet combination for this application. There would be no problem using 40# fluoro on this reel. The Accurate Boss Fury FX-400X would make a perfect 25# or 30# outfit with 400 yds of Izorline 50# spectra.
Thank you to Izorline for
providing line to fill up passengers reels & fluorocarbon leader material,
Salas Lures for 6x JR jigs & 7X surface irons, and Mustad hooks (94150
hooks that I installed rings on).
Thank you to Bradley Phillips for doing an outstanding job of skippering
the First String and finding yellowtail and giving all of us a chance at a
BFT. The crew and cook Mark were outstanding (as
usual). And thank you to Alex for
the special attention during the fish cutting, my parents and friends really
appreciated.
Izorline has one more trip
on the First String this season that leaves Aug 4 (2-day trip). Contact either H&M landing or the
First String to make your reservation so you can participate in the fun.
Thanks for checking out my blog,
Gary Teraoka
