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For our four day charter of the 2006 season we again headed towards Guadalupe Island. There had been a bit of a hurricane the week before, so the offshore scene had changed a bit. The island had been doing well, but with the change in the water things had the potential for doing getting better (hoped) or worse (dreaded thought). This was our fifth trip to the island on our RRIII charters, and each was different, but very enjoyable. We again ran a limited load, with 26 folks on the boat. The RRIII again provided a great platform for fishing, and the deckhands were super helpful. As the rip progressed, we'd have to say it was a pick at the fishing, but fish were caught - a lot of personal bests taken. 

We arrived at Guadalupe in the morning and had a slow bite our first day. The second day provided a little better fishing, though we were visited by a pack of sealions the entire day. No great whites were sighted, no fish given up to the "tax collector." So, the sealions had little reason to be wary I guess. The island is a bit fickle. Sometimes you're on, and sometimes you're snake-bit. For me, I was snake-bit this time around. I couldn't buy a yellowfin this year. I got one hookup, got too aggressive and didn't trust my drags to do their thing. The fish came in easily, so I buttoned down the drag to bring the tuna in more quickly. Wrong move. The fish then took off on an extended run and I pulled the hook. That was my only bite in a day and a half at the island. But, for others that wasn't the case. Brandon Wallis was the hot stick, pulling six yellowfin, including the jackpot winning fish at 105#.

Folks were fishing 40# with fluorcarbon leader for the most part. Some dropped down to 30# to try to finesse 'em, but that would definitely make the fight longer, and add to the odds of loosing fish. This time out, the kite proved VERY productive. It seemed that the guys on the kite stood a better than 50/50 chance of getting hooked up. Mike (from our shop) even got a kite fish probably only 10 yards off the stern as the line was going out. The kite was a great way to go!

We finished the trip at San Martine Island looking for yellowtail, and even did a drift for island halibut. Along the way we fished some kelp paddies for dorado and some high spots for yellowtail. We also got into a bonito bite, hit up the bottom scratchers - redfish, ling cods and whitefish. All in all, we did okay at the island despite the conditions. Anytime you can boat 30 or more yellowfin at the island you're doing pretty well. The downside was the offshore scene being slow and hard to find the kelp pads for nailing dodo's. Had we done some fishing off Benitos and Cedros we would have no doubt put more yellowtail on the boat, but that option wouldn't have produced much size at this point, and it was even harder going there after the hurricane. We did pretty well given the conditions, and that's fish'n.

DAY YELLOWFIN YELLOWTAIL DORADO HALIBUT
1 12 1 - -
2 34 2 - -
3 - 6 7 1

 

Jackpot winners:
Brandon Willis 104.9#,
 Suzanne Richardson 98.3#,
 Bill Falls 94#,
Buzz Buzzetti 91#
yellowfin tunas.
 

 

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