Royal Polaris 7-day Accurate Trip (September 15-22, 2013)

Congratulations Robert, Trip JP 85# YFT

The annual Accurate 7-day trip on the Royal Polaris got away early on September 15, 2013.  Frank LoPreste skippered this trip, with Jonathon, Ben, Terence, Eddie, Darren taking care of us on the deck, with Anthony and James taking care of our nutritional needs.

Accurate provided Boss reels with the latest Calstar graphiter rods for the passengers to use for the entire trip.  Izorline provided 40# and 50# fluorocarbon along with XXX mono to top off the reels. 

We started out fishing kelp paddies for yellowtail the first day and then moved over to the Asuncion/Hipolito area for yellowfin tuna on day 2.  We fished Cedros 2 day for nice size yellowtails.  Frank was telling us whenever a school of yellows swam under the boat.  I dropped a blue and white salas 6x jig to the bottom, waited until Frank saw the fish on the machine and then started cranking (saves the arm from unnecessary cranking).  Don’t tell your friends about this, because it works too good.  We fished the last two days off shore for yellowfin tuna.  We had one drift for 6 hrs that put over 300 tuna in the RSW.  Now that was a great stop. 

The jackpot was won by Robert Frank with a 85# yellowfin tuna.  Robert also received the coveted acrylic Accurate trophy for the largest fish caught with a Accurate reel and the daily prize of a 2 speed Boss reel.  Other daily prize winners were Peter Martil (Calstar 875XH factory wrapped rod), Kelly Palmer (Calstar sweatshirt), Gene Sato (Calstar blank), Mike Reed (Swifty spectra washing system),  and Jay Swindler (Maui Jim Sunglass voucher).

I want to thank the following sponsors for supporting this trip with products that were very much appreciated by the passengers.  Accurate Fishing Products, Calstar Rods, Izorline fluorcarbon and mono, Salas lures, Swifty Mfg line washing system, Maui Jim Sunglasses and Baja Fish Gear gift cards. Thank you to Frank and his crew for making this trip a success.  One last thanks to Monica in the RP office for getting us all on board early.   I tried to capture the passengers having fun.  I hope you enjoy the following photos as much as the passengers enjoyed creating them. 

Accurate Trophy for the largest fish caught on a Accurate Reel

Jay Swindler won the Maui Jim Sunglass Voucher

Peter Martil won the Calstar 875XH Rod

Kelly Palmer won a Calstar Sweatshirt

Mike Reed won the Swifty Spectra Washing System

Gene Sato won the Calstar 700M blank

Robert Frank won the 2-speed Boss Reel

Hi Patrick

Las Vegas buddies Jim and Art

Peter caught two YFT at one time

Big Dodo Jim

Nice Yellow Robert

Big Cedros Yellow caught by Mike

Al and Vince with dual dorados

Gene with Jonathon

Karl with Eddie

Glenn, turn the handle

Jonathon with Vic's Tuna

Sugi

Look Matt Salas, a 7X scrambled egg

Nice Yellow Doug

Hanging out with Phil, Gary, Joe, Eric, Ben and Terence 

Joe having fun behind Kelly

Sugi, that rod is too big for you

"It's All About the Reel"

Gene, congratulation on winning the Calstar 700M 

"little" help sorting fish

Robert's JP fish

Don't fall in Mike

Larry, Nice job on you first trip

Bob got this on plastic

Accurate Sponsored American Angler 5-day (Jul 27 - Aug 1, 2013)

We cleared the point just after noon and headed south with a fantastic load of large cured sardines (thank you Everingham brothers).  Skipper Brian Kiyohara started us off around 120 miles looking for kelp patties.  We hooked a lot of yellowtail but only a few of the bigger ones.  The next day we moved back up to the 80 mile area and caught our daily limit of bluefin tuna (from 8 to 70 pounds).  The next day we did it again for about 60 more bluefin.  For our last day of fishing, Brian took us south again (to 160 miles) for bigger yellowtails.  After a lot of kelp patty action we turned north and called it a trip.  

What a trip it was.  We all made new fishermen friends, had great meals (way too much food for most of us) and had a chance to use the latest fishing gear from Accurate, Calstar and Izroline.  Accurate provided loaner Boss reels and their matching Accurate rods.  Calstar provided several new and popular bait fishing rods and Izorline provided spectra and fluorocarbon.  In addition, Salas provided surface and yoyo jigs, Swifty Mfg provided line de-spoolers & spectra washing inserts and Maui Jim supported the trip with a VIP voucher for a pair of sunglasses.   Thank you to Baja Fish Gear for providing rod ties and gift cards for the passengers. 

On this trip, the ideal set up was a 500 size Boss reel, Calstar 875H rod, 65# Izorline spectra with a short piece of 60# hollow spectra transition piece and a 25 ft section of 40# Izorline spectra tied to a Mustad #39942 4/0 Demon circle hook.

Congratulatons to our jackpot winners.  1^st place, John Berekoff 70# bluefin;  2^nd place, Tony Contreras with a substantially larger 67.5# bluefin than 3^rd place Roger Kuramoto’s 67# bluefin (it was substantial to Tony since it was bigger than Rogers and that is all that mattered to Tony).   John Berekoff also won the Accurate trophy for the largest fish caught on a Accurate reel.  The daily prize winners were:  Arthur Ramirez won a Calstar rod, John Berekoff won a Boss 500  reel, Tony Contreras won a Accurate sweatshirt, John Liu won a complete Swifty de-spooling and washing system and Dr. Mike Uyeki won a sunglass voucher from Maui Jim. 

Accurate will be sponsoring this trip again next year (Mon. July 28 - Sat. Aug 2, 2014).  It you are interested in joining us next year, give Lori a call at the American Angler office.  Check out the following photos of the passengers having fun.

Thanks for checking out my trip report,

Gary Teraoka

Jackpot Winners (John 70# BFT, Tony 67.5#, Roger 67#)

John won the Accurate Trophy
for the biggest fish on an Accurate Reel

Arthur won the Calstar Rod

Mike was the winner of the Maui Jim Sunglass Voucher

John receiving a Boss Reel

Tony won the Accurate Sweatshirt

Smile for the camera Ron

Tony got a bigger BFT than Roger

Rick, hard at work

Arthur and Taro with Calstar rod winning yellow

Breath Roger

Rick and Cam smiling

"my fishing buds" (Art, Roger, Tony, Cub)

Breath Jack

Gary S.  (a catching machine)

Gordon (really funny dude)

Andy (having fun in retirement)

Joe

Cub, fish tag #4 

 John used a Accurate loaner outfit and won Boss reel, trophy and boat JP

Robert, Ray, Jack, Fred

Dr. Mike having fun

Smile Fred (just like Cam), "bam bam"

You've come a long way Trevor

Nice Robert

Nice Yellow Harry

Izorline 3-day First String Trip Report (July 11-14, 2013)

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