Garrettc8
10-25-2009, 08:32 PM
Damn, it’s already been a week since we got back. I’ve told myself I’ll post a report within a couple days but work was limiting me from doing squat. Shoot, I didn’t have a second to pick my nose this week.
Anyways, the trip ran smoothly with a great bunch of anglers.
Here is how the trip went:
Fishing conditions were normal for Alijos. It was never wide open on YFTs on the days we were there. It was a pick bite at best. The grade of YFTs went from 15lbs to 90lbs. Most of them were between 40-80lbs. Majority of my bites came in from LOOOON NGG soaks. Wahoos were around here and there. I don’t believe any wahoos were landing on Jigs. All wahoos caught were on bait. Boo! There was one nice wahoo that was landed by Dorado Dave on trolled Marauder (Pink and Black) when we first arrived at the rocks. Post a pic of that nice catch Dave!
We mainly fished 50-60# line for the most part but at times, I did fish go down to 40# which helped to bargain me a few yellowfins and a wahoo. Oh yea, the kite, how did I almost forget that. It treated all of us on the Shogun well. Almost everyone, if not all, landed a nice tuna on it with live squids, that were jigged up the night before.
Here is a story of my adventurous catch. I was fighting an 80# YFT on my Calstar 700H pair with my NEW Accurate BX2-500. As I was fighting the fish up and down while it was doing its circle of death, the reel’s base came off of the reel! Yes, it came off completely! I noticed that the base lost a couple screws from it not having any locktite. (This happened to someone before on the forum). I now only have 2 of the 4 screws. So I now have the reel base on the reel seat of the rod, and I’m holding BX2-500 reel itself with my other hand. Now what?!?! Luckily, Craig, Tommy, and Matt came to the rescue. They got a screwdriver and tightened the screws that were holding the reel base to the reel itself tightly and continued the battle. After about 2 mins, the reel came off again! This is the 2nd time, and by now, I figured the screw threads on the reel were stripped. I hurried and grabbed another set up off the rack and Tommy cut the line from the Accurate BX2-500 and tied a worm knot to a uni to continue the fighting the fish up. This is all while the fish is relentlessly trying to flee the boat. Miraclously, the fish came up and had a relieving gaff to the fish. Up and over the rail it came! A good THUMP on the black rubber-matted deck with high fives all around for the one that could have and should have gotten away. Big big thanks for the Shogun crew on the catch!
Other than yellowfins at the rocks, there were some yellowtails caught. One notable forky that was caught by Marley, scaled at 42# at the docks. It was on the kite with squid I believe. DoDo’s were everywhere. There were pesky like flies on **** at times. Most of us stopped fishing when we saw a school come around the corner. It was hilarious to witness the school move from our boat to a neighboring boat. You know when they are Dodo’s when everyone on the stern is bent and doing the “Dorado, oh **** tangle shuffle”.
After the rocks, we moved up the line to Clam Bay/ Turtle bay for some jellows! More often than not, it is WFO on the yellows the over there. This time was no exception. The grade was decent, ranging from 15-25lbs. They weren’t Cedros grade yellows, but it was still fun. All of my forkies came from yoyo jigging. After about 15 of them in a row, I attempted the surface iron for a big nada. They didn’t want to come up the water column. Most of them hovered down in the 70ft-100ft depth. After the yellows, we chase a school of porpoise around for some popper sized yellowfins. We did that until dark and called it a trip.
All in all, it was a great trip. It was my first time on the Shogun, which is definitely not my last. The crew worked hard throughout the trip with Randy and Bryan buttering us up some delicious meals and snacks.
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Anyways, the trip ran smoothly with a great bunch of anglers.
Here is how the trip went:
Fishing conditions were normal for Alijos. It was never wide open on YFTs on the days we were there. It was a pick bite at best. The grade of YFTs went from 15lbs to 90lbs. Most of them were between 40-80lbs. Majority of my bites came in from LOOOON NGG soaks. Wahoos were around here and there. I don’t believe any wahoos were landing on Jigs. All wahoos caught were on bait. Boo! There was one nice wahoo that was landed by Dorado Dave on trolled Marauder (Pink and Black) when we first arrived at the rocks. Post a pic of that nice catch Dave!
We mainly fished 50-60# line for the most part but at times, I did fish go down to 40# which helped to bargain me a few yellowfins and a wahoo. Oh yea, the kite, how did I almost forget that. It treated all of us on the Shogun well. Almost everyone, if not all, landed a nice tuna on it with live squids, that were jigged up the night before.
Here is a story of my adventurous catch. I was fighting an 80# YFT on my Calstar 700H pair with my NEW Accurate BX2-500. As I was fighting the fish up and down while it was doing its circle of death, the reel’s base came off of the reel! Yes, it came off completely! I noticed that the base lost a couple screws from it not having any locktite. (This happened to someone before on the forum). I now only have 2 of the 4 screws. So I now have the reel base on the reel seat of the rod, and I’m holding BX2-500 reel itself with my other hand. Now what?!?! Luckily, Craig, Tommy, and Matt came to the rescue. They got a screwdriver and tightened the screws that were holding the reel base to the reel itself tightly and continued the battle. After about 2 mins, the reel came off again! This is the 2nd time, and by now, I figured the screw threads on the reel were stripped. I hurried and grabbed another set up off the rack and Tommy cut the line from the Accurate BX2-500 and tied a worm knot to a uni to continue the fighting the fish up. This is all while the fish is relentlessly trying to flee the boat. Miraclously, the fish came up and had a relieving gaff to the fish. Up and over the rail it came! A good THUMP on the black rubber-matted deck with high fives all around for the one that could have and should have gotten away. Big big thanks for the Shogun crew on the catch!
Other than yellowfins at the rocks, there were some yellowtails caught. One notable forky that was caught by Marley, scaled at 42# at the docks. It was on the kite with squid I believe. DoDo’s were everywhere. There were pesky like flies on **** at times. Most of us stopped fishing when we saw a school come around the corner. It was hilarious to witness the school move from our boat to a neighboring boat. You know when they are Dodo’s when everyone on the stern is bent and doing the “Dorado, oh **** tangle shuffle”.
After the rocks, we moved up the line to Clam Bay/ Turtle bay for some jellows! More often than not, it is WFO on the yellows the over there. This time was no exception. The grade was decent, ranging from 15-25lbs. They weren’t Cedros grade yellows, but it was still fun. All of my forkies came from yoyo jigging. After about 15 of them in a row, I attempted the surface iron for a big nada. They didn’t want to come up the water column. Most of them hovered down in the 70ft-100ft depth. After the yellows, we chase a school of porpoise around for some popper sized yellowfins. We did that until dark and called it a trip.
All in all, it was a great trip. It was my first time on the Shogun, which is definitely not my last. The crew worked hard throughout the trip with Randy and Bryan buttering us up some delicious meals and snacks.
http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l403/kyosuke8/Shogun%208day%20October%2009/IMG_1028JPGsmall.jpg
http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l403/kyosuke8/Shogun%208day%20October%2009/IMG_1081small.jpg
http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l403/kyosuke8/Shogun%208day%20October%2009/IMG_1047small.jpg
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