Originally Posted by
etucker1959
I'd like to put my 2 cents in on this one. I too was at Catalina the same day you were, but on a different boat. My dear friend was on the Enterprise the day before you rode her, so I sort of know what was going on with the fishing. A couple of corrections should be noted, the Enterprise runs out of Marina sport fishing not Pierpoint landing. As far as the fishing goes, I'm amazed at how many people get on a boat and have no idea at what's going on!!! The local fishing at the Horseshoe kelp is crap!!!!!!! After the big bite on those Yellowtail at the 150 spot dried up, the only thing left locally is Scupin and Rockfish!!!!! They occasionaly will get a few Barracuda and Bass and the odd Yellowtail but that's it. Catalina Island is the new norm for all 3/4 day boats. So your surprise at going to Catalina means you have done no research at all before getting on the boat. I don't think a 3/4 day boat from San Pedro to Long Beach has fished locally in over 2 weeks!! !!!!!! What you didn't grasp is what happened the day before on the Enterprise. My friend told me after having a fair fishing day at Catalina Island, on the way coming home what they saw was unbelievable!!!!!! They first hit a Kelp Patty that was loaded with Slug Yellowtail, unfortunately they had no live bait left and they couldn't get any of those Yellowtail to bite. Then they came up on Acres and Acres of boiling tuna and THEY HAD NO LIVE BAIT!!!!! So what Capt Andy did was cover his arse, he was first going to fish Catalina Island for some fish and then try to hit a Home Run on some tuna coming home. Unfortunately the tuna were a no show yesterday!!!! Hence a mediocre trip!!!! I was at Catalina yesterday also, that current was ripping all over the Island and hurting the fishing for all the boats. That's why they call it fishing!!!!!!!