Fish Report

Bob Hoose - Stoked

Another Yellowtail Fish Catching Report Courtesy of Todd Garrett
The Yellows Are on the Chew....

From: Hoose, Bob
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 4:37 PM
To: Todd Garrett
Subject: Fish Report

Did our annual New Years Day offshore scouting trip on PROSPECTOR. We ran for Pyramid and spent the afternoon catching cod on Desperation Reef. At about 4pm, I metered a school of yellows under the boat- dropped a dorado colored Salas 6x jr on #30 Big Game and a Penn Torque 200 and immediately hooked one – ended up weighing 24.9 lbs. As it was getting dark, we anchored up in the cove and cooked up some steaks and rum drinks. Woke up at 4am and were completely fogged in- thick, could barely see the bow of the boat. While waiting out the fog, we hooked three soupin sharks of about 30-40 lbs They fight like sea bass, had our hopes up for some ‘biscuits’. At 9am, we could see enough to run, so we worked the yellowtail spot for an hour- no sign of yellow. At 10am- made a run to the west Butterfly. Found an edge of 59.5 to 60.1 degrees with birds and bait- but the water was slightly off-colored and only saw one ‘tuna like’ jumper on the break. We did have a bite on the Green Machine bird rig- which turned out to be a 9lb bonita. Worked to the west, to the 167 spot, and turned it home at 5pm. Made it to Catalina and the bait grounds & Vees at 8:30pm, and set up on a small spot of squid in 12 fathoms. It was running around our underwater lights, but we weren’t set up with crowder and could not get them to bite the squid jigs. Fished the grey light until 9am and ran home. Fun holiday, wish we would have had more time looking on the outside. COLD! BH

Bob Hoose
PURE FISHING

Nicely Done Bob
Good luck with the Search for Albert

Yellowtail

From: Pat Holmes

Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 9:55 AM

To: Todd Garrett

Subject: Yellowtail

Todd,

Happy New Year. Got lucky this AM on first cast. Ate the iron 3 cranks off the bottom. A hog at 35.8 lbs. Off to Aruba for honeymoon w/ Sara. Hope to get a Sail and Wahoo.

Pat

Thanks for the report Todd

Congrats Pat - Gettin' Jiggy

Anacapa yesterday

From: Greg Stoney

Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:47 AM

To: Bob Hara; Garrett Todd; Phil Lindholm; Tim March; Jay Maeda; Matt Sautter

Subject: Anacapa yesterday

What's up guys,

It sounds like you guys had a very cool trip with Shaun. Did he let you drop the 10 hook ganion?

I managed to get out yesterday, unfortunately I blanked on the bank perch and chilis. I did find one biter though... 37# on the CP105

Stoney

What a Phatty!!!!!



Nice Job Stoney

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Aloha Spirit

Shig Getting "Shiggy" with a Nice Chili

Hey Gang

Check out the pictures from the Jay Maeda Charter Aboard the Aloha Spirit out of Oxnard CA. Captain Shawn Steward and Crew provided a great day of fishing up the Beach. It was limit fishing for the Chili Peppers and the group was stoked. Man, I was stoked for the fishing and the great weather.

There was a bit of wind on the water in the Grey, but it turned out to be "Morning Sickness" where the Ocean greased out to a Flat Calm Sea. It was pretty brutally cold in the morning, but it turned into TShirt Weather by Mid-Morning.

Kenny

Ernie

We had one bite that woke everyone up on deck. John hooked into something on his Cod Rig that ripped off just about all of his 30 lb. on his Newell.

After about 10 Minutes, the line frayed and all was lost. The 30 lb was no match for what we thought was a Thresher. Nice Fight. Who needs a cup of coffee after watching that.

CharterMaster Maeda with a Nice One - I see you Ernie...

Ernie with a Nice Chili / Bankie Combo

The JackPot Scramble - Mine is Bigger...

Jackpot Day for Jay

After an action packed day of Codding and a Couple of BreakFast Burritos, some Grilled Pastrami Sandos, and add in a few Cheese Burgers, the Group was wiped out after the fun day on the Water. Jesse in the Galley Cooks up a M ean Griddle.


We all want to thank Shawn and Crew for an Awesome Trip on the Aloha Spirit. Check him out in 09 if you want to get into some good Northern Island Fishing. He runs a top notch operation and is Living Life with a True Aloha Spirit.

Mahalo!

Brace Of Supercows

Hey Gang

I was surfing the web tonight and came across this great report courtesy of Bill Roecker of Fishing Videos.Com. Kevin Osborne docked Intrepid at Pt. Loma Sportfishing December 18 following a 10-day trip with 24 anglers.

We got the big fish from a school that was hit by at least one other boat that hooked and lost one,” remarked Osborne. He was referring to the pair of tuna his anglers caught that went over 300 pounds. The big one came in at 341.6 pounds, caught by Bill Dunn of Malibu, whose best previous tuna went about 120 pounds.



“He hit after a long soak,” said Bill, “about 3:30 p.m. He seemed slow to move off, like a dorado, until the line came tight. It was just a battle. He stayed close, and at the end, after an hour and a half, he came up in the port stern, after he took me around the boat four times. This was my first opportunity on a big fish.”

Dunn said he baited a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook on 130-pound Momoi leader and 130-pound Momoi Spectra. He fished with an Avet 50 N reel and a Calstar 6465 XH rod built by Bob’s Sporting Goods in West LA.


Outstanding.......

Bob's Sporting Goods 11 Day on the AA

Jackpot winners:
1st place: Joel Akamine 157.0lbs Yellowfin Tuna
2nd place: Jay Maeda 135.0lbs Yellowfin Tuna
3rd place: Larry Bolan 131.0lbs Yellowfin Tuna
(From the American Angler Website)

Bob's Sporting Goods Trip is home

This 11 day adventure returned with a plentiful load of school size tuna, along with some nice 100lbers and then they finished off the trip with a great day of yellowtail fishing for variety in the bag. A Huge thanks to Mike Naoe of Bob's Sporting Goods and onboard sponsor, Jay. And of course, to all the passengers - the guys who come every year and the passengers getting their feet wet for the first time on this trip, thank you all so much!

Well Done Gang.....What a great trip.

WELL IT'S TIME TO BREAK OUT THE BIG GEAR

Greetings

Check out the latest report from the American Angler Fishing Reports. CharterMaster Jay Mayeda, Greg Stoney, and "UL" Uncle Larry are on the trip.

Keep in touch with the Boys be visiting the American Angler Website

Chasing the Rainbow for the Larger Units - Good luck to you guys.