The hits keep coming out here. Another great day of Tuna fishing. We picked away till about noon on good gradeTuna. The guys dropper looping captured a few dandy Yellowtail as well. We got a fast flash on jumbo Mahi today as well. A very fun filled day indeed. We are starting our way up tonight fishing the coast for Yellowtail. We have been very fortunate thus far and hope to keep the ball rolling. Wish us luck. Matt and Independence crew.

Whenever the Santa Ana’s are howling on the coast, the weather offshore tends to be beautiful.  The last couple days were no exception.  On our first day of fishing, we had barely enough wind to be able to get baits out away from the boat.  Yesterday, we did get a little taste of the Santa Ana’s all the way out at Cortez Bank.  Luckily it was never more than necessary to fly a kite.

Fishing was steady the first day on 40-60 lb bluefin, with a few 20 lbers thrown in.  We ended the day with limits for the day for our 18 passengers, and had one good show on big fish that caught us by surprise.

The second day was a little slower, with a higher percentage of little guys.  However, we did have another run in with Jumbos and missed a monster on the kite, while Charter master Chris Yamada picked up his fourth bluefin over 200 lbs for the year. It was a beauty at 252 lbs.  A couple more big ones were hooked on 30, 40, and 50 lb gear, but as expected, those fights did not end in our favor.  At the end of the trip we ended up with 68 bluefin for our 18 anglers.

Hi Gang,

Yesterday was a very enjoyable day here on the Intrepid. After an amazing breakfast of eggs benedict, we had a tackle seminar covering basic tuna fishing for bigger fish. We covered the gear, line, hooks, drag settings, setting the hook method, and fighting techniques. Shortly after our seminar we arrived at Alijos Rocks to try for wahoo. Our weather was perfect, and we picked up enough wahoo for a couple of meals later in the trip. AJ Masters caught his first wahoo ever today. Strong work AJ! The rest of the day was spent rigging gear and relaxing. Chef Brian's dinner of braised short rib over goat cheese polenta was out of bounds. Life is good. Thanks for checking in, Captain Bill Cavanaugh and the Intrepid